Hidral Gobel

Accessibility Equipment for Passenger Transport

Hidral Gobel is a Spanish company that designs, manufactures, and installs accessibility solutions for passenger transportation for people with reduced mobility. With more than 20 years of experience, it makes lifts, ramps, and securement systems for buses, minibuses, and private vehicles. Its manufacturing plant is in Lanciego, Álava. The company says its products meet current regulations and use technology intended to make them easier to operate and maintain.

Products and Services

• Platform lifts: EVO and MICRO semiautomatic models and the GOBEL vertical automatic platform.
• Bus ramps: HGR Comfort, VÍCOLI, EWR, and GOLDEN.
• Kivi Mobility Freedom: a personal-mobility product line.
• Wheelchair and passenger securement: anchoring systems and rails.
• Lowering kits for vehicles.
• Adapted-vehicle sales.
• After-sales service: legal guidance, installation, technical training, and warranty.

Customers and Partnerships

The company works with bus manufacturers and transportation operators. Customers and partners named in its profile include MAN Truck & Bus, B.A.S.E. Ltd. in the United Kingdom, and Castrosua. It has a country manager for the U.K. market, reflecting its international activity. Its Spanish offices can be reached at +34 91 677 00 29 in Madrid, +34 945 625 116 in Álava, and +34 954 514 500 in Seville.

Initiatives

In 2022, Hidral Gobel promoted the “Manifesto for Urban Transportation for Everyone,” with support from Fundación ONCE and CONFEBUS. The initiative called for universal mobility that addresses not only adapted vehicles but also infrastructure, information, and training. The company is part of Grupo Hidral, which also includes Acros by Hidral.