The first public hydrogen bus will run in the city of Konin

Bus producer Solaris on Thursday handed over the first public hydrogen bus to the city of  Konin in central Poland. The bus called Solaris Urbino 12 will drive about 300 kilometers per day on weekdays and Saturdays, and about 200 kilometers on Sundays and public holidays. It will be available on city lines 50, 52, 54, 56, and 59. The vehicle will be refueled at a dedicated mobile hydrogen refueling station. 

"It is expected that in the coming years there will be several hundred hydrogen buses in Poland,” the company said in a statement. Kraków plans to buy 150 such buses, and Poznań wants to buy 25, Solaris added.