Danish public transport authority Movia announces it has deployed a further batch of 62 electric buses, bringing the share of electric vehicles in its fleet to 72 percent (following achieving a 50 percent share in late 2024). At the same time, Copenhagen has completed the transition of all municipal bus lines to electric operation.
Danish public transport authority Movia announces it has deployed a further batch of 62 electric buses, bringing the share of electric vehicles in its fleet to 72 percent (following achieving a 50 percent share in late 2024). At the same time, Copenhagen has completed the transition of all municipal bus lines to electric operation.
The introduction of new battery-electric buses across key routes in the Greater Copenhagen area marks a further step in the ongoing transition of Movia’s bus operations toward zero-emission propulsion. The rollout increases the number of electric buses in daily service to 794 units out of the total fleet.
Movia began introducing electric buses into regular service in 2019. The transition aligns with a target established in 2016 by Movia and its public owners—45 municipalities and two regions—to achieve 50 percent electrification of the bus fleet by 2030, a target reached in 2024. In parallel, the Municipality of Copenhagen decided in 2016 to convert all municipally funded bus lines to emission-free operation.
Electric buses take all Copenhagen’s services
The 62 newly introduced electric buses entered service on 29 March 2026 and are assigned to three lines: 5C, 350S, and 19. These routes operate across multiple municipalities, including Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Tårnby, Rødovre, Herlev, Glostrup, and Brøndby, within the Capital Region of Denmark.
Line 5C, identified as the busiest bus line in Denmark with approximately 17 million passengers annually, receives the largest share of the new vehicles, with 37 units deployed. Line 19 is assigned 15 new electric buses, while line 350S is operated with 10 units.
The deployment of electric buses on lines 5C and 19 also represents the final step in the transition of all 42 bus lines financed by the Municipality of Copenhagen to zero-emission operation. With this change, no bus lines in Copenhagen operate with internal combustion engines emitting CO2 at the tailpipe.
Line 5C had previously been operated using biogas since 2017, while line 19 connects Glostrup Station, Frederiksberg and Valbyparken.
