Green bus giant
Date published: 28 May 2013
Transport leaders in Greater Manchester are celebrating success in securing low-carbon buses for the region.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has been awarded just over £850,000 for three fully-electric buses – believed to be the first of their kind in Greater Manchester – and 10 diesel-hybrid single-decker buses.
TfGM has now received just over £7 million of government money to part-fund 112 green buses, which are used on its contracted services, including the popular Metroshuttles and its dedicated Yellow School Bus routes.
Together with successful bids by operators – with Stagecoach Manchester securing 38 diesel-hybrid double-decker buses in the latest round of the fund – Greater Manchester will soon have more than 280 green buses on its roads.
That’s more than anywhere else in the country, outside London.
The buses are capable of achieving a 30 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to a similar-sized standard diesel Euro 3 vehicle.
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