As part of an unprecedented partnership between Geneva public transport (TPG) and the Tunis transport company (TransTu), Tunisia is about to receive a major boost to modernize its urban transport network. Next to 200 thermal buses Geneva will indeed be given to Tunisia over a four -year period, from January 2026rbring several local media.
In Geneva, TPGs are engaged in a Transition to a 100 % electric fleet. The thermal buses, still in good condition, gradually become useless as they replace. Rather than putting them in the rebuilding, the Geneva authorities have chosen to offer them a Useful second life in a partner country.
In Tunisia, TransTu faces a Advanced wear of its rolling stock and a chronic lack of vehicles, which leads to Degradation of service quality For users. This gift will thus allow relieve the most saturated linesof reduce recurring breakdowns and ofImprove frequency On several axes served by dilapidated buses.
A win-win project
Buses will be transported to transu costs and gradually integrated into the Tunisian network. The Tunisian Ministry of Transport sees in this operation a Economic and ecological opportunityallowingIncrease the transport offer without eating the state budget.
For their part, the TPG see it as a way of Value still functional equipment all in strengthening international cooperation. This donation is part of a broader dynamic: Tunisia has already announced a National renewal plan of more than 1,300 buses In the coming years.
