Tallinna Autobussikoondis (Tallinn Bus Company in English

English language

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, abbreviated as TAK) is the largest bus operator in Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

, Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

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TAK was founded in 1945 as a state-owned company, under which status it operated until 1993, when it was reorganised as a public limited company owned by the City of Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

. Currently, the company is divided into seven operating divisions:

• Tallinn City Lines (Tallinna Linnaliinid), which operates bus lines in the city
• Bus Repair and Maintenance (Busside Remont ja Hooldus), which is involved in maintenance of the bus fleet
• TAK Training Centre (TAK Koolituskeskus), which trains bus drivers, as well as international lorry drivers and car drivers
• TAK Real Estate (TAK Kinnisvara), which owns the bus stations, buildings and energy supply of the company
• TAK Catering (TAK Toitlustus), which provides catering and food to TAK staff
• Burman’s Willa, which provides conference and hotel facilities
• Kadaka Sport, which provides recreational and sports facilities

Buses

TAK uses Scania and Volvo

Volvo Buses

Volvo Buses is a subsidiary and a business area of the Swedish vehicle maker Volvo, which became an independent division in 1968. It is based in Göteborg....

 buses. During the Soviet era Ikarus

Ikarus Bus

Ikarus is a bus manufacturer based in Budapest, Hungary. It was established in 1895 as Uhri Imre Kovács- és Kocsigyártó Üzeme .-History:...

 buses were used. Currently used buses are:

Scania

• Scania CN112
• Scania CN113
• Scania OmniLink
  Scania OmniLink
  The Scania OmniLink is an integrally-constructed rear longitudinal-engined citybus available on the European market. It is a complete product built by Scania AB, a company based in Sweden....
  
  
• Scania L94
  Scania L94
  The Scania L94 is a longitudinal inclined-engined bus built by Scania AB, which was a direct replacement of Scania L113. It is used widely in Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, Brazil and Australia...
  
  
• Scania L113
  Scania L113
  The Scania L113 was a single-deck bus built by Scania AB of Sweden between 1989 and 1998.-Design:The L113 was largely a cross between the N113 and K113, with the front section of its chassis of a similar height to that of the N113, and an 11-litre engine that was mounted longitudinally as per the...
  
  
• Scania K270UB
  Scania K-series
  Scania K-series is a series of bus with longitudinally, straight-up mounted Euro IV engine at the rear. For the 5- and 6-cylinder engines Scania is using exhaust gas recirculation system to fulfill the legal Euro IV emission standard...
  
  

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