Wrightbus

07 November 2024 #Bus and Coach #TNB News

Wrightbus has announced it has acquired RGI Bus and Coach Refurbishment in a ‘pivotal’ deal to continue the firm’s push into bus refurbishment and repair. For the Ballymena-based firm, the buy-out of Southam, Warwickshire-based RGI underlines its commitment to growth

10 October 2024 #Bus and Coach #TNB News

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

12 September 2024 #Bus and Coach #TNB News

Wrightbus has unveiled a 300kW driveline demonstrator hydrogen fuel cell-electric coach, able to cover about 620 miles on one refuelling. The vehicle, displayed at the recent Cenex Expo show, has its driveline fitted to a GB Kite Hydroliner hydrogen fuel

20 June 2024 #Bus and Coach #TNB News

Bus manufacturer Wrightbus has launched a new re-powering service, replacing older diesel engines in buses with new zero-emission electric powertrains. NewPower, which has moved into a hi-tech factory in Bicester, Oxfordshire, aims to speed up the decarbonisation process by eradicating

15 February 2024 #Bus and Coach

Zero emission bus manufacturer Wrightbus has secured a new order with Arriva to deliver 87 new buses to London. The order consists of 11 single-deck GB Kite Electroliners and 76 StreetDeck double-deck Electroliners. The buses are due to be delivered

30 November 2023 #Bus and Coach

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

09 November 2023 #Bus and Coach

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

06 July 2023 #Bus and Coach

The Go-Ahead Group has unveiled an initial fleet of 20 hydrogen fuel cell buses to carry passengers on routes in the Gatwick Airport, Crawley and Horley areas, the start of an order that will create one of the largest hydrogen

03 May 2023 #Bus and Coach

Bus manufacturer Wrightbus has secured a new order to deliver 48 zero emission vehicles for Stagecoach in London. The double deck Electroliners will be ready by the end of the year and will be manufactured at Wrightbus’s headquarters in Ballymena

16 February 2023 #Bus and Coach

Sustainable bus manufacturer Wrightbus has unveiled a £3 million green hydrogen production facility at its Northern Ireland headquarters that could enter operation next year. The new facility, subject to consultation and planning approval, would produce enough clean energy to power

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