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Lockerbie-based luxury coach and bus operator Houston’s Coaches has begun taking delivery of four new Volvo B8RLE-MCV eVoRas, for use on the 240-mile round-trip between Dumfries and Edinburgh. The new order consists of three 10.8m B8RLE-MCV eVoRas and one larger…

Oxford Bus Company has taken delivery of 21 zero-emission battery electric Wrighbus StreetDeck Electroliner double-deck buses for its operations in the city. The new Brookesbus fleet, which is owned and run by the operator, will replace the existing fleet of…

A new £2 million competition is launching to encourage businesses and local authorities to work together to develop and trial transport schemes that cut emissions in the long term. The Transport Decarbonisation Demonstrators programme, funded by the Department for Transport…

Arriva in London has placed an order with Wrightbus for 34 more double deck battery electric StreetDeck Electroliner buses. The high-spec vehicles will arrive at Arriva’s Enfield depot in early 2024 and will serve passengers on Route 279, taking the…

First Solent is fitting its Hoeford depot in Fareham with EV charging infrastructure ahead of  the arrival of 62 new electric single-deck buses in 2024. The zero emission Wrightbus GB Kite Electroliners, built in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, for First Bus…

Lothian Buses has placed an order for 50 new Volvo BZL Electric double deck buses, each with MCV bodywork, for Scotland’s capital city. In an investment of more than £24million, Lothian will introduce the new vehicles in two batches across…

First Bus has appointed a decarbonisation director as it makes strides towards having a fully zero emission fleet by 2035. Faizan Ahmad, who joined the business from Amazon at the end of June, will spearhead the environmental, decarbonisation, and fleet…

A new network of cables and equipment at a substation near Abellio London’s Twickenham Bus Depot will enable the electrification of up to 150 buses. UK Power Networks has installed 2.5km of new underground cable and upgraded the local substation…

Last month, government announced £77 million in new funding for projects developing clean transport technologies, from a hydrogen-powered version of the Ford Transit van, to work on battery-powered buses. The schemes will support more than 4,400 jobs across the UK…

Translink has unveiled the first single decker and double decker buses in its new zero emission Foyle Metro bus fleet during a special preview event in Derry-Londonderry. A total of 38 GB Kite Electroliner BEV and StreetDeck Electroliner BEV buses…