Natural gas buses in operation at Expo 2000

Hanover's transit company üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG gets the first of 56 natural gas powered regular service buses from the Mercedes-Benz Citaro series, which will find use at Expo 2000, the world exhibition. The Citaro G with four doors, an automatic door control system and a wheelchair ramp is at the same time the first vehicle of the model series equipped with the environment-friendly natural gas drive. The vehicles operating in Hanover feature individual interior and exterior styling specially created for üstra by British designer James Irvine.