350 French buses working on natural gas to be delivered to Astana in 2014

Talgat Ardan, chairman of the board of the JSC "Astana LRT": "Astana will purchase 350 vehicles from the factory located in France. These are vehicles of the new generation, absolutely adapted for winter conditions in Astana and with the full set of service applications. There are 350 vehicles in the contract, including 270 12-meter buses, 80 18-meter buses, and these are big buses of high capacity". Pierre Lahutte, president of "IVEKO BUS" company: "We will supply the latest modern buses working on natural gas to Astana. Passengers there will have the high level of service in terms of comfort, quality and safety. The buses are peculiar for they are low floor buses. There will be an entrance ramp, places for invalids and information system. The same buses are used in France". 200 buses will be supplied by this August, and 150 more - by October. This will allow significantly improving the quality of passenger transportation, as well as ecological situation in the city. Source: astana.gov.kz