New electric buzzes for Manchester’s Bee Network
New electric buses are coming to Greater Manchester. Buzzin’. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has ordered 50 Enviro400City EV buses from manufacturer Alexander Dennis for its new franchised bus system, part of the city’s impending ‘Bee Network’. They’ll be built across the Pennines in Scarborough, and will be the first to feature TfGM’s new Bee […]
#AYearOfBuses 204: Harrogate Electrics Pateley Bridge – Harrogate
Time for something a little different! Today’s day 204 on #AYearOfBuses, and if you take the ‘0’ from 204, you’re left with…24. We didn’t get the chance to feature The Harrogate Bus Company’s 24 on day 24 of #AYearOfBuses, but it’s a route that deserves its place here on our list. Silent and scenic in […]
#AYearOfBuses 134: North Finchley – Tottenham Court Road
Today’s feature here on #AYearOfBuses has a strong accolade – it’ll be the first route in London to be run purely by all-electric Optare Metrodecker EVs. 31 of Optare’s double decker battery-electric buses are on order for Metroline’s Potters Bar garage, part of an order for 68 electric buses for the 134 and 43 (Friern […]