At a special launch event held at the town hall on Friday (25th October) Warrington welcomed the latest edition to the electric bus fleet – a bright yellow double decker!
Local MP’s and dignitaries attended the event as the latest milestone towards Warrington’s journey towards a sustainable future for bus travel and greener, cleaner transport for eveyone was celebrated.
Cllr Wendy Johnson, Mayor of Warrington cut the ribbon on the latest edition to to the fleet which will soon have 105 electric buses.
Warrington Borough Council is the first Council in the UK to introduce a fleet of all-electric buses.
It is expected that a total of 105 buses will entirely replace the old diesel vehicles in Warrington after the Council received more than £20m of funding from the Government’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme.
Smithy from CHESHIRE’S MIX56 reported from the event. You can listen again to the highlights right here.
play_arrowAll Aboard the Double Decker! Ian
