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Peter A Walker

UK’s first full-size autonomous bus carries passengers for first time

Stagecoach has successfully transported its first group of passengers in a trial in east Scotland.

The project, named CAVForth, which is part funded by UK Governments Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, was the first registered service in the UK to use full sized autonomous buses.

A fleet of five Alexander Dennis Enviro200AV vehicles covered a 14-mile route, in mixed traffic, at up to 50mph across the Forth Road Bridge from Ferrytoll Park & Ride in Fife to the Edinburgh Park Transport Interchange.

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