Overview
- A convoy of 40 EMT buses left Madrid late Friday morning with Burgos volunteer drivers and a Guardia Civil escort, and the first 25 arrived in Burgos by mid-afternoon.
- The loan runs free for six months with the option to extend and is designed to get the network back to full strength within a week, with Madrid saying its own service will not be reduced.
- The depot blaze early Tuesday destroyed 39 of 75 buses, forced six lines to suspend, and caused losses above €20 million as police continue to investigate the cause.
- The vehicles are 12-metre compressed natural gas city buses, supported by two workshop vans, an intervention unit and a tow truck for on-the-ground maintenance.
- The transfer is constrained to 70 km/h for safety and insurance reasons, and EMT technical teams will assist Burgos operators with the start-up and integration.