{"id":104860,"date":"2025-06-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/dubais-rta-taps-four-major-players-for-637-buses\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T00:00:00","slug":"dubais-rta-taps-four-major-players-for-637-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/06\/23\/dubais-rta-taps-four-major-players-for-637-buses\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai\u2019s RTA taps four major players for 637 buses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Dubai\u2019s Ro<\/strong><strong>ads and Transport Authority (RTA) inked four major agreements <\/strong><strong>valued AED 1.1 bn for 637 buses<\/strong>, scheduled for delivery in 2025 and 2026, according to a statement <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rta_dubai\/status\/1935741153137270900\/photo\/1\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mediaoffice.ae\/en\/news\/2025\/june\/19-06\/rta-receives-flag-to-host-uitp-global-public-transport-summit-2026-at-hamburg\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. The agreements were signed on the sidelines of Hamburg\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uitpsummit.org\/hamburg2025\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Public Transport Summit 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">The orderbook breakdown is as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The RTA tapped German-based <strong>MAN Truck &amp; Bus<\/strong> for <strong>400 city service buses<\/strong>, with a capacity of 86 passengers each;<\/li>\n<li>China\u2019s <strong>Zhongton Bus Company<\/strong> will provide <strong>40 \u201czero-emission\u201d electric buses<\/strong>, each capable of accommodating up to 72 passengers \u2013 the first and largest of their kind in the Emirates. The firm will also supply some <strong>51 regular city service buses<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>RTA tapped Turkey\u2019s <strong>Anadolu Isuzu Automobiles<\/strong> for some <strong>70 articulated public buses<\/strong> with a capacity of 111 passengers each, under an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/anadoluisuzu.com.tr\/en\/news\/10739\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">export agreement<\/a> valued at USD 37.8 mn. The vehicles are scheduled to be delivered next year;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sweden-based Volvo Buses will also supply 76 double-decker buses,<\/strong> with a capacity of 98 passengers each.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>That\u2019s not all:<\/strong> The RTA also inked an MoU with Chinese vehicle manufacturer BYD for a trial run of an electric bus in Dubai during the summer months. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Sustainability in mind: <\/strong>The buses will be equipped with Euro 6 engines, which comply with European low-emission standards, capping the volume of pollutants a fossil-fuels-powered vehicle can release. This includes an enhanced gasoline particle filter for gasoline direct injection engines, as well as a tighter standard for diesel engines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>What they said:<\/strong> \u201cThe newly procured buses will support the geographic expansion of bus services across all areas of Dubai and will play a key role in our transition towards a 100% electric and hydrogen-powered public bus fleet by 2050,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mediaoffice.ae\/en\/news\/2025\/june\/19-06\/rta-receives-flag-to-host-uitp-global-public-transport-summit-2026-at-hamburg\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> RTA Chairman Mattar Al Tayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The total value of the agreements is valued at AED 1.1 bn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1624],"tags":[87,7,211,5,339,1367],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-104860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transport","tag-dubai","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-renewables","tag-roads-and-transport-authority","tag-sustainability","tag-transport","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"46a72b9a-548f-4770-b893-6a0aa4810190","order":"7","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/10\/2661.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Dubai\u2019s RTA taps four major players for 637 buses","related_issue":[104848],"teaser":"The total value of the agreements is valued at AED 1.1 bn","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/6\/.e00ae7fa-0b84-4ec6-881f-89337404fb76.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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