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[aswilliamsuk]

Haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere on the forum, so:

484 electric buses to be funded by £73m of government funding​

484 electric buses to be funded by £73m of government funding

The government has announced part-funding of 484 new zero-emission buses via a £73.2 million package for councils and authorities in England.

www.route-one.net

The government has announced part-funding of 484 new zero-emission buses via a £73.2 million package for councils and combined authorities in England.
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) is the biggest recipient with £33.42 million going towards 186 battery-electric buses in Sheffield, as it prepares to franchise the county’s bus network.
Meanwhile, £11 million will support Tees Valley Combined Authority’s (TVCA) introduction of 82 electric buses and the electrification of two depots.
Liverpool City Region, which is also working towards bus franchising, benefits from £7 million for 36 zero-emission buses.
Reading Borough Council (£3 million), West Northamptonshire Council (£2.2 million), North East Combined Authority (£3.6 million), Isle of Wight Council (£3.6 million), Devon County Council (£7.5 million), Surrey County Council (£0.5 million) and Nottinghamshire (£1 million) are the other benefactors.

Of these:
- Tees Valley CA funding is for 82 vehicles - to completely convert Stagecoach Hartlepool, and complete the conversion of Arriva Darlington (which is expecting 21 Wright GB Kites soon from a previous funding round): https://teesvalley-ca.gov.uk/news/h...-82-more-electric-buses-to-tees-valley-roads/
- North East CA funding is for 18 vehicles on the Go-North East 307/309 "Coast Road" corridor out of Newcastle: https://www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/news/transport/mayor-announces-latest-wave-of-electric-buses
- West Northamptonshire funding is for 17 more vehicles to add to the 54 now arriving with Stagecoach Midlands: https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/ne...ercharge-electric-buses-across-west-northants
- Devon funding is for "around 90" vehicles, and is understood to convert the rest of the Exeter allocation at Stagecoach Devon (Exeter is already expecting 20 BZLs, which are delivered but not yet in service, and 10 Yutong U11DD later in the year): https://www.devon.gov.uk/news/devon-awarded-more-than-7-5-million-new-zero-emission-buses/
- Reading funding is for another 17 vehicles - most to convert routes 5/6, but the news article hints another unspecified route will get the rest: https://media.reading.gov.uk/news/funding-awarded-for-17-more-electric-buses-in-reading
- Isle of Wight funding is for another 23 vehicles - most interestingly including three open-toppers for the Needles Breezer, and otherwise will convert the rest of the core network with the exception of the 7 and 12, it seems: https://www.islandecho.co.uk/11-7m-investment-to-bring-23-more-electric-buses-to-isle-of-wight/

I've not seen any press for the small additional funding for Surrey and Nottinghamshire.

 

[Mollman]

Thanks for the summary, I was struggling to work some of them out from the original press release