VDL Bus & Coach

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.Core activities  VDL Bus & Coach

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

 History 

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

 Berkhof (purchased in 1998, became VDL Bus Modules)
 Bova (purchased in 2003, became VDL Bus Valkenswaard)
 DAF Bus (purchased in 1993, became VDL Bus Chassis)VDL Bus International becomes VDL Bus Chassis VDL Bus Chassis September 2008 
 Hainje (purchased in 1998, became VDL Bus Heerenveen)
 Jonckheere (purchased in 1998. became VDL Bus Roeselare)
 Kusters (purchased in 1998, became VDL Bus Venlo).
 Van Hool (purchased in 2024 purchased after Van Hool became bankrupt.)

Products
Current
Buses and coaches
 Citea
 Futura
 Midcity

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

Other websites
VDL Bus & Coach website

Category:VDL Groep
Category:Coaches (bus)
Category:1990s establishments in the Netherlands
Category:Transport companies of the Netherlands