Trolleybus reprieve as Schaffhausen buys electrics

摘要

(£46million). The first 15 ieTrams — seven 12m rigids and eight 18m bendybuses — are expected in 2020/21 along with 12 fast-charging stations and 16 in-depot chargers. There is an option on a further 33 vehicles in a possible second phase. The seven Hess SwissTrolley/Kiepe trolleybuses on 8.8km route 1 were bought new in 2011. They will be upgraded with battery packs to enable in-motion charging and boost off-wire operation. Around a third of the overhead will be dismantled. Trolleybuses replaced trams in Schaffhausen in 1966 and the system has survived several campaigns to oust them in favour of motorbuses.