The government has committed £25 million to purchase an extra 117 buses to be rolled out in Yorkshire, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Hampshire

Wrightbus has secured the funding, as it looks to build 3,000 zero-emission buses

Wrightbus will deliver 20 buses to the company this June

The 20 new environmentally-friendly buses will help reduce Transport for London’s carbon footprint as well as harmful emissions to ensure cleaner air for Londoners

Transport business FirstGroup has put in an order for hundreds of ‘greener’ buses to use around the UK. It is spending £70 million on 425 new vehicles including six electric buses and 274 hybrid models to join its routes in cities like Manchester (pictured). These diesel hybrids – called ‘StreetLite Micro Hybrid’ buses – are […]

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has officially opened a new manufacturing plant in Northern Ireland where part of the new hybrid buses for London is being built. Wrightbus will build 600 of the Mayor’s new buses over the next three years at the chassis plant in Antrim. The bus is claimed to be more […]

It was all aboard green public transport today as Transport Minister Norman Baker announced £31 million will be spent on 439 low carbon buses. The Government’s Green Bus Fund will bring down fuel emission and air pollution levels, says the Department for Transport, with the cash meant to encourage bus operators and local councils to […]

A new hybrid bus that could replace the Routemaster on the roads of the capital has been taken for a test ride in Ireland by London Mayor Boris Johnson. The prototype is the first of eight to be built by specialist engineers at the Wrightbus factory in Northern Ireland. The Mayor first unveiled the New […]