Irisbus Citelis

Irisbus Citelis is a wheelchair-accessible city bus produced by Irisbus. It was introduced in 2005 to replace the Agora. It comes in two varieties: Citelis 12, which is of standard length, and Citelis 18, which is articulated and has a length of . Citelis models use Euro 4, Euro 5 & EEV engines. The buses can also be built as trolleybuses, utilising overhead electrical wires for their power supply instead of fuel.Trolleybus version of Citelis is also known as Skoda 24Tr, especially in Eastern Europe.

Use

Citelis vehicles were introduced in 2007 on Bucharest's trolleybus network run by RATB and in 2006 or 2007 in Riga, capital of Latvia, in which they are owned by Rīgas Satiksme . They are also used by the RATP in Paris, Germany's VER in Brno and Prague, Czech Republic, by ATM in Milan, by Strætó bs in Reykjavik, by EMT-Palma in Mallorca Spain, TEC in Belgium, in Iceland, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria by Hebros Bus, in Varna, Bulgaria by Transtriumph Holding and by DPMK in Košice and from 14.4.2011 also in SAD Trnava in Trnava and will be used in Zagreb, Croatia.

A Citelis 18 CNG chassis was converted to right-hand drive and bodied by Custom Coaches in 2008-2009. It is now being operated by sWAn transit, who is one of three contractors that operates buses under the Transperth brand name in Perth, Western Australia.

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