VDL Bus & Coach

VDL Bus & Coach
IndustryAutomotive
PredecessorBerkhof
Bova
DAF Bus
Hainje
Jonckheere
Kusters
Founded1993
Headquarters,
Netherlands
ProductsBuses and Coaches
ParentVDL Groep
Websitewww.vdlbuscoach.com

VDL Bus & Coach is a Dutch builder of buses, bus bodies, coaches, coach bodies and trucks. It is a division of VDL Groep.

VDL Bus & Coach has building factories in Belgium and the Netherlands.

In 2018, VDL Bus & Coach made 500 electric buses.

History

VDL Citea XLE-145
VDL Citea DLF-114
VDL Futura FHD2-122
VDL Futura FDD2-141
Arriva Shires & Essex DAF DB250LF with Alexander ALX400 bodywork at Northwood tube station in June 2014
DAF MB200 with Plaxton Paramount bodywork
Arriva North West VDL SB200 with Wright Pulsar 2 bodywork in Liverpool

VDL Bus & Coach have purchased the following bus building companies in the Netherlands and Belgium:

Products

Current

Buses and coaches

Chassis

  • SB180 - Low entry
  • SB200 - Low entry
  • SB230 - Low entry
  • SBR230 - Low entry
  • DB300 - Double deck
  • TB2175 - Heavy duty (front engine)
  • TBR2175 - Heavy duty (front engine)
  • SB4000 - Intercity / Coach
  • SBR4000 - Coach

Van conversions

  • MidCity
  • MidEuro

Previous (including DAF bus models)

Coaches and whole vehicles

  • Lexio (interurban bus body on VDL SB4000 chassis, marketed as VDL Bova Lexio)
  • Magiq (integral coach, ex Bova, renamed VDL Bova Magiq)
  • Synergy (double deck coach body on VDL SBR4000 chassis, marketed as VDL Bova Synergy)

Chassis

  • B62
  • B1100
  • B1300
  • B1500
  • B1502
  • B1600
  • DB250
  • MB200
  • MB205
  • MB210
  • MB230
  • MBG200
  • MBG205
  • SB120
  • SB201
  • SB210
  • SB220
  • SB225
  • SBR235
  • SB250
  • SB260 - Chassis modules for VDL Citea SLF
  • SB1600
  • SB1602
  • SB1605
  • SB2000
  • SB2005
  • SB2100
  • SB2300
  • SB2305
  • SB2700
  • SB2705
  • SB2750
  • SB3000
  • SBG220
  • SBR3000/SBR3015
  • TB100
  • TB102
  • TB160
  • TB163
  • TB300
  • TB2100
  • TB2105

References

  1. ↑ Core activities Archived 2019-04-21 at the Wayback Machine VDL Bus & Coach
  2. ↑ Kane, Mark (2018-09-26). "VDL Bus & Coach Sold 500th Electric Bus". InsideEVs. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  3. ↑ "VDL at Euro6". Bus & Coach Buyer. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  4. ↑ "VDL Weborganigram" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  5. ↑ ANP (1998-10-06). "VDL neemt Berkhof Jonckheere over". de Volkskrant (in Netherlands Dutch). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  6. ↑ "Fusie busfabrikanten". Trouw (in Netherlands Dutch). 2003-05-07. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  7. ↑ VDL Bus International becomes VDL Bus Chassis VDL Bus Chassis September 2008

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