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Go-Ahead has signed a £500 million deal to take delivery of 1,200 buses from Wrightbus over the next three years – with over 90% of the order zero emission. The agreement, which is the largest in the 78-year history of…

Go-Ahead Group will introduce an additional 201 zero emission buses by March 2026 in a bid to take its green fleet count to more than 1100. The total investment, comprising both buses and infrastructure amounts to £112 million, with Go-Ahead’s…

Go-Ahead London is to add another 299 BYD–Alexander Dennis battery-electric buses to its fleet by the end of 2023 as it looks to accelerate the delivery of an entirely zero-emission bus fleet by 2030. A total of 169 BYD–Alexander Dennis…

Bus operator Go-Ahead unveiled commemorative buses in London and South West England to mark the coronation of Their Majesties Kings Charles III and Queen Camilla. In Devon, a red, white and blue Plymouth Citybus double-decker with festive bunting took to…

Go-Ahead has signed a three-year extension to its Michelin Effitires tyre management contract. Michelin says the deal with one of the UK’s largest providers of public transport was secured due to the quality of its products and high standards of…

The Go-Ahead Group is rolling out air filtering buses to towns and cities nationwide. The single-decker models, which are said to strip pollutant particles from the air as they drive, will be deployed in Brighton, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford, Plymouth and…

The Go-Ahead Group is introducing a new generation of electric buses to Brighton and Hove, utilising geo-fencing technology enabling buses to switch into zero-emissions mode in the area’s Ultra-Low Emissions Zone. The company will introduce 30 of the new buses…

The Go-Ahead Group has introduced a new contactless ticketing system allowing passengers to pay for their travel with their smartphone. Customers link a bank account with the HOPSTA app and are then charged the lowest possible fare for their journey,…

A fourth London bus route has turned all-electric, thanks to a partnership between BYD and ADL, Go Ahead London and Transport for London. 11 of the 10.8 metre BYD ADL Enviro200EV single decker began servicing route 153 at 5 am…

It’s tempting to think that buses are restricted in terms of design. Fundamentally, they have to be large rectangular vehicles, capable of fitting as many people on board as possible. However, designers can play with a number of different areas,…