Solaris Urbino 9
Neoplan Polska
### Neoplan Polska

[thumb\|left\|Neoplan N4009](/wiki/File:Neoplan_N4009_ty%C5%82_Gda%C5%84sk.JPG "Neoplan N4009 tył Gdańsk.JPG")

On 2 August 1994, *Neoplan Polska* company was established in [Poland](/wiki/Poland "Poland"). 5 September of the same year, the first [low\-floor buses](/wiki/Low-floor "Low-floor") Neoplan N4020 (15 metre long) were ordered by [Warsaw](/wiki/Warsaw "Warsaw"). 5 October 1995, the day after signing the contract for the supply of buses to [Poznań](/wiki/Pozna%C5%84 "Poznań"), it was decided to build a factory in [Bolechowo](/wiki/Bolechowo%2C_Greater_Poland_Voivodeship "Bolechowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship") near Poznań.

Between 1996 and 2000 *Neoplan Polska* built the Neoplan N4000\-series buses. In 1999, the company even as *Neoplan Polska* started to independently produce buses under the brand *Solaris*, but the offer was not yet available for the short 9 or 10 metre buses. Therefore, the Neoplan K4010TD low\-entry midibus with two doors was built with a length of 9\.5 metres. However, only 3 were built and all were sold to [Świdnica](/wiki/%C5%9Awidnica "Świdnica"). The Solaris Urbino 9 replaced three of the shortest in the Neoplan N4000\-series: N4007, N4009 and N4010\.

In 2001 [Neoplan](/wiki/Neoplan "Neoplan") was taken over by [MAN](/wiki/MAN_Truck_%26_Bus "MAN Truck & Bus"), but *Neoplan Polska* became a separate company as [Solaris Bus \& Coach](/wiki/Solaris_Bus_%26_Coach "Solaris Bus & Coach"), which has preserved the company tradition and assets \- including models of the buses \- of the Polish branch of Neoplan.


Did Neoplan Polska face any challenges in producing buses independently under the Solaris brand?