In Gothenburg, two contracts have been procured, one covering the core bus service and having been awarded to Keolis. The second covers the area traffic for the centre and the north-east and has been allocated to Nobina. In the agreement for the core buses there will be 52 electric buses and in the agreement for the center north-east there will be 85 electric buses, a total of 137 electric buses.
The agreement for the core bus service covers lines 16X, 17 and 25. Traffic starts in two rounds, in June 2022 and in June 2023.
The Agreement Centre Northeast covers lines 57, 59 60, 62, 71, 73-78, 159, 167, 168, 173, 178, 179, 190 and the new lines 56, 61 and 63. Traffic starts in two rounds, in June 2022 and in June 2023.
Both agreements run until 2032.
New electric ferry between Lysekil and Skaftö
In addition to the procurement of bus services, a new contract for the traffic between Lysekil and Skaftö, on line 847, has also been completed. It will be Gunnars Båtturer & Charter AB that will run the traffic in the future and it will be done with a new electric ferry on the line.
The start of service for the new ferry is in December 2022 and the agreement extends until 2037.