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Brighton Council switches contract from electric buses back to diesel

Deniz Huseyin
06 March 2025
 

Brighton & Hove Council has replaced a zero emission bus operator with a firm that runs a fleet of diesel buses. The council said it replaced The Big Lemon, which has operated on routes 16, 47 and 52 since 2017, with Compass Travel after “a full and fair procurement process”.

The Big Lemon’s Chief executive Tom Druitt said that Brighton & Hove has refused to explain how the tenderer was selected, and said that using diesel buses is at odds with the...

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