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With the launch of the robot bus service, City of Tampere positions itself at the forefront of smart mobility innovation.
Autonomous urban transport in Finland took a major step toward the future yesterday 17.11.2025 as Remoted launched a commercial trial of its autonomous robot bus service in Tampere. The service, operated in cooperation with Tampere’s public transport operator Nysse, is now running on route 301, connecting Lintuhytti residental area with the Hervantajärvi tram stop from early morning to late evening. Passengers can find full schedules in Nysse’s route guide and board the bus with a standard Nysse ticket, making the robot buses a genuine part of the region’s public transport system.
The autonomous traffic trials beginning this autumn will continue for one year, with the option to extend them for an additional two. Alongside evaluating technical performance, the project will assess whether autonomous public transportation can be economically viable. At the start of the service, a safety driver will ride on the robot bus. Later in the spring, the route is expected to shift to fully driverless operation, with the bus monitored from a remote control center.
Remoted is developing Finland’s first fully autonomous commercial mobility service as part of the European Union–co-funded metaCCAZE Project. The initiative aims to reshape mobility across European cities by introducing electric, automated, and connected solutions that support smarter, more efficient, and net-zero transport for both passengers and freight.
Remoted has already achieved several industry firsts. Earlier this autumn it became the first Finnish robot bus operator to receive an official passenger transport license from the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom), paving the way for yesterdays’s commercial rollout.
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