"Rheinbahn has inaugurated its new e-bus port at the Düsseldorf-Heerdt depot. The facility, built on 5,500 m² with an investment of €24 million, can host 60 battery-electric buses and is fully equipped with charging, cleaning, and maintenance infrastructure. Public funding played a key role, Rheinbahn stresses: the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association (VRR), and the city of Düsseldorf supported the €6.086 million cost of charging infrastructure, with a funding rate of 90%."
"The project includes two parking halls for 30 buses each, plus a technical floor housing transformers, fire alarm systems, building controls, and a photovoltaic plant with 501 modules. The solar system generates around 195 MWh annually, enough to cover the depot's energy needs and avoid about 66 tonnes of CO₂. The city of Düsseldorf financed the PV installation as part of its solar initiative, Rheinbahn points out in a press note."
"The transport company has ordered in 2023 a fleet of VDL articulated e-buses that will join a e-bus fleet mainly consisting of Irizar electric buses. In fact, back in December 2020, Rheinbahn had put ten battery-powered buses from Irizar e-mobility into service - eight of which were destroyed four months later in a fire at the bus depot in Heerdt (38 buses in total were affected)."
Rheinbahn opened a new e-bus depot at Düsseldorf‑Heerdt on 5,500 m² with a €24 million investment and capacity for 60 battery-electric buses. Public funding covered €6.086 million for charging infrastructure at a 90% funding rate from North Rhine‑Westphalia, the VRR and the city of Düsseldorf. The depot has two parking halls for 30 buses each, a technical floor with transformers, fire safety and building controls, and a 501-module photovoltaic plant generating about 195 MWh annually, avoiding roughly 66 tonnes of CO₂. Rheinbahn ordered VDL articulated e-buses in 2023 and continues fleet renewal after a 2020 depot fire. A high-capacity hydrogen refueling station began operating in May 2025, and Cologne operator RVK started construction of a depot with on-site green hydrogen production in September 2025.
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