Bus port with charging infrastructure
Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB) has been running electric buses for 124 years, and partially electric buses have been running on some bus routes for quite some time. But the real e-bus era began in May 2021, when a number of LVB's brand-new electric buses started rolling there, some even every 10 minutes.
By moving into e-bus technology, Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe want to further support the city of Leipzig in its climate protection efforts and make a contribution to a climate-conscious city. To this end, they are not only procuring new vehicles, but are also expanding the necessary charging infrastructure on the route and at the depot in Lindenau.
Since spring, LVB has been building a new bus port at the bus depot in the Lindenau district for charging and parking up to 50 e-buses. The new 3,600 m2 busport steel hall was planned and built by HABAS AG, a long-standing Astron builder dealer. The medium-sized construction company from Leipzig has been successfully realizing projects in industrial and commercial construction for 30 years.
The roof of the new bus port is anLMR600 roof system, i.e. a standing seam roof, which is attached to the roof purlins by means of internal brackets so that it slides without tension. Ideally suited for installing the desired photovoltaic system on it. The gable walls are horizontally clad with sinusoidal sheets and the longitudinal walls with polycarbonate glazing. The special features inside the steel hall are the intermediate platform running centrally in the longitudinal direction of the hall for the installation of the charging devices and the 10 charging traverses arranged transversely to the direction of travel with a total of 50 charging stations.
The new e-buses noticeably improve Leipzig's eco-balance. Not only will air cleanliness be improved, but the noise level in the city center and in the neighborhoods through which the e-buses travel will also be significantly reduced. In addition, an e-bus consumes an average of about 1.1 kilowatt hours per kilometer, the equivalent of about 11 liters of diesel per 100 km. This is an astonishingly low figure for bus traffic, as diesel buses usually consume around 38 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers.
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