Stagecoach adds more and greener vehicles to bus fleet 30 May 2013

Stagecoach has confirmed that it is to make a multi-million pound investment in dozens of hybrid electric and biomethane gas buses for its operations in Manchester and Sunderland.

The £13.5 million allocation is helped by £2.3 million worth of grants from the latest round of allocations from the Department for Transport's (DfT) Green Bus Fund.

A fleet of 38 ADL Enviro 400 hybrid diesel-electric double-decker buses, costing £10.5 million, will go into service in Manchester by 2014.

This investment sees number of hybrid electric buses operated by Stagecoach in Manchester rise to 128, making it the biggest bus fleet of its kind in the UK, outside London.

Sunderland will be allocated 17 Scania/ADL Enviro 300 single-decker biomethane gas buses, at a cost of £3 million.

"Stagecoach is already the leading bus operator investor in low-carbon hybrid electric buses in the UK, with more than 230 in service across the country," states Robert Montgomery, managing director of Stagecoach UK Bus.

"These have been manufactured in the UK, helping support British jobs," he adds.

Author
John Challen

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