23.07.2015
Solaris and Millennium Leasing will supply 40 buses to Lodz
On 23 July the consortium of Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. and Millennium Leasing Sp. z o.o. signed with Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacyjne Sp. z o.o. (City Transport Company) in Lodz an agreement for supplying and 10-year lease of 40 factory-new buses with a service package. The contract value is almost PLN 95 mln.
The contract is for the delivery of 20 low-floor city buses with a 12-meter body length and 20 articulated buses 18-meter long. These will be Solaris Urbino buses, perfectly known to Lodz residents, this time provided with ecological engines meeting the restrictive Euro 6 fuel emission standard. Moreover, the buses will have an expanded monitoring system. Cameras will record both images inside the bus and in front of it and the recordings will helpful in resolving potential traffic disputes. As to the additional features, passengers and drivers will certainly appreciate air conditioning all over the bus’s space.
– The transport market, which includes urban transport and passenger transport, is a strategic area for Millennium Leasing, in which we constantly develop – said Wojciech Rybak, Chairman of Millennium Leasing. – In this context the contract signed today is the crowning of yet another project implemented together with our multiyear partner, Bus & Coach. The employment of a lease or rent agreement to finance this type of investment is a perfect example of how we adjust our offer to needs reported by the market.
– Investments in innovative and comfortable vehicles are proof of dynamic development of public transport, which is one of the main determinants of a high standard of living in town. The decision to rent forty ecological, low-floor buses demonstrates that the Management Board of MPK – Lodz consistently takes steps towards city transport development in Lodz. This is good first of all for its residents – adds Dariusz Michalak, Vice-chairman of the Management Board of Solaris.
Pursuant to the terms of the contract the deliveries of buses will start 18 weeks after signing the agreement. This means that the first new Solaris buses will arrive in November and the total order will be supplied by the end of the year. By the same token the number of Urbino buses sold to the Lodz City Transport will go up to a total of 154. The first five Solaris buses were purchased by MPK-Lodz Spółka as early as in 2000.