Manchester to get new £56m fleet of electric buses
Bus company Stagecoach has announced it is investing £56m in a new fleet of electric vehicles for the Greater Manchester area.
The first of the 105 zero emissions double-decker buses and associated infrastructure will go live from summer 2019, with the new fleet fully in place by early 2020.
Stagecoach has pledged to invest £34.6m in the ground-breaking project, which is backed by Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham along with Transport for Greater Manchester and other key organisations.
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