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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
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David Elliott

Wrightbus bags order for further 117 electric buses bound for England

Ballymena bus manufacturer Wrightbus has secured an order for 117 electric buses destined for use across four English council areas.

The deal, worth £25.3 million, has been signed with operator First Bus with funding from the government’s Zero-Emission Buses Regional Area scheme, which allows local transport authorities to bid for funding for zero emission buses and supporting infrastructure.

First Bus will operate the new vehicles, 55 of which will be purchased by Norfolk County Council, 28 by Portsmouth City Council and Hampshire County Council, 25 by West Yorkshire Combined Authority and nine by City of York Council.

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