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

Industry	Automotive
Predecessor	Berkhof Bova DAF Bus Hainje Jonckheere Kusters
Founded	1993
Headquarters	Valkenswaard , Netherlands
Products	Buses and Coaches
Parent	VDL Groep
Website	www.vdlbuscoach.com

VDL Bus & Coach has building factories in Belgium and the Netherlands.^[1]

In 2018, VDL Bus & Coach made 500 electric buses.^[2]

History

VDL Citea XLE-145

VDL Citea DLF-114

VDL Futura FHD2-122

VDL Futura FDD2-141

Arriva Shires & Essex DAF DB250LF with Alexander ALX400 bodywork at Northwood tube station in June 2014

DAF MB200 with Plaxton Paramount bodywork

Arriva North West VDL SB200 with Wright Pulsar 2 bodywork in Liverpool

VDL Bus & Coach have purchased the following bus building companies in the Netherlands and Belgium:^[3][4]

• Berkhof (purchased in 1998, became VDL Bus Modules)^[5]
• Bova (purchased in 2003, became VDL Bus Valkenswaard)^[6]
• DAF Bus (purchased in 1993, became VDL Bus Chassis)^[7]
• 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