Stagecoach orders hybrids for Scottish bus operations

17 hybrids will enter service with Stagecoach in Scotland

17 hybrids will enter service with Stagecoach in Scotland

Stagecoach confirmed today that it is to invest around £2.3m in a fleet of 17 state-of-the-art greener hybrid diesel electric buses for use at the group's bus operations in Scotland.

It follows the award of around £1.5m in support funding from the Scottish Government’s Green Bus Fund, the largest successful bid.

Stagecoach is expecting the new vehicles to be delivered in late summer 2011 and the investment will involve:

Nine single-deck vehicles running on the flagship...