The Espoo-based bus operator West End Linja has installed hand sanitizer dispensers on 40 buses. The route operator aims to offer passengers the opportunity to cleanse their hands either on boarding or disembarking from its fleet.
The pump bottles have been located in the mid-section of the buses. Marketing Manager Arttu Tehiranta said the idea gained currency when the company began distributing bottles of hand disinfectant to its bus drivers.

"When we distributed them to our workers, we thought `Why not to the passengers too?' If people do use them, we may even provide the gels for a longer period," Tehiranta explained.