£8.4 millon secured for more electric buses in York
The City of York Council has been awarded over £8.4 million to support the purchase of 44 fully electric buses.
Public Transport
UK’s biggest zero emission park & ride fleet goes live
The first of 21 new all-electric double-deckers entered service on the York Park & Ride network in July. The full order of Metrodecker EVs, manufactured by Optare in Yorkshire, will gradually replace existing diesel vehicles in an investment totalling £9.3m…
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York’s Park & Ride to be fully charged
York is set to boast the country’s first fully electric Park & Ride fleet after securing funding for 24 brand new emission-free buses. The council has been awarded £3.3 million funding from the Department for Transport’s ‘Low Emission Bus Scheme’…
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York trial electric double-decker bus
A landmark moment has been celebrated in York as it has become the first UK city outside London to trial a new fully electric double decker bus. Representatives from City of York Council, First York and local bus manufacturer, Optare…
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Council and First to extend successful Park & Ride partnership
City of York Council and First York are set to extend their partnership delivering York’s Park & Ride service after the bus operator successfully bid for the seven year contract commencing in early 2018. The new partnership agreement will see…
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