Buys 480 buses on board

British transport giant Stagecoach announced on Monday that it has placed an order for new buses worth 1.2 billion Swedish kronor for its operations in Great Britain. That’s around 480 new buses. Over the past ten years, Stagecoach has bought more than 6,500 new buses worth around twelve billion kronor.

The big winner is British bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis, ADL, which can deliver the majority of the buses, but Volvo also gets its fair share of the pie with just over 20, while Mercedes-Benz gets 30 Sprinter City 45 minibuses. In addition, Optare can sell six Optare Solo Slimlines.

All new buses are equipped with surveillance cameras and most have Wi-Fi. Deliveries start in the spring and all buses should be delivered before the end of 2017.

For its London operations, Stagecoach purchases:
37 ADL MMC E400 Double Deck, Hybrid
3 ADL MMCE400 double decker vessels
13 ADL MMC E200 single decker buses

For express bus business at Megabus.com, you can purchase:
7 Volvo B11/R Blackstone Elite I
6 Van Hool Astromega double-decker aircraft

For traffic in the rest of the UK, Stagecoach purchases:
278 ADL MMC E400 Double Deck
71 ADL MMC E200 Single Decker Bus
13 ADL MMC E200 Medium Bus
11 Volvo B11/R Blackstone Elite 6×2
2 Volvo B11/R Blackstone Elite 4×2
1 Volvo B11/R Blackstone Elite I
30 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter City
6 Optari Solo SR Slimline

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