RATP to trial Solaris hydrogen bus in France

French public transit operator RATP has signed an agreement to trial a hydrogen bus from Solaris in real operating conditions in France next year. The two-month trial is part of RATP’s ambition to convert its 25 bus depots to electric and biogas by 2025 and to operate a clean bus fleet of 4,700 vehicles. RATP says the Solaris bus will be housed at the Thiais bus depot in the Val-de-Marne department, located south-east of Paris.
June 14, 2019 Read time: 1 min

French public transit operator 4223 RATP has signed an agreement to trial a hydrogen bus from Solaris in real operating conditions in France next year.

The two-month trial is part of RATP’s ambition to convert its 25 bus depots to electric and biogas by 2025 and to operate a clean bus fleet of 4,700 vehicles.

RATP says the Solaris bus will be housed at the Thiais bus depot in the Val-de-Marne department, located south-east of Paris.

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