[GB] FirstGroup places major bus order

After a year break of new bus order, FirstGroup finally made their move. The order covers both 2011 and 2012. The details are sketchy so far, but at least 390 of them are Wright-bodied Volvo and 170 are ADL Enviro range - the latter are mostly believed to be destined for London. 40 of the vehicles are hybrid - which includes an unspecified number of B5LH. Also included are an unknown number of Wrightbus' new Streetlite - in what I believe is the first order of the type from a major group in the UK.

http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=5224&categoryid=0

http://www.firstgroup.com/corporate/latest_news/?id=007041

嘩正。。。glasgow都食到新 hybrid 車。。。

first 兩年時間入左成５百幾６百架新車，分分鐘好多舊車都可以收工。。

今次真係轉性wo...個170部ADL對呢間公司黎講算大數目的異類

原帖由 S3N92 於 2011-3-31 01:44 發表
今次真係轉性wo...個170部ADL對呢間公司黎講算大數目的異類

Nope, considering the usual intake of E200Darts in London, that isn't a surprise as such. And no to mention that should include a batch of 40(?) E400s, also destined for London. I think this number also include the E400Hs destined for First Glasgow as well, but will have to wait for more detail to emerge to confirm what this order encompasses.

The breakdown of 431 buses ordered for 2011/12 can be seen in this page:

http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=5279&categoryid=0