1,000 new Buses - 200 Buses for the Olympics and 40 Hybrids Buses

The UK's largest bus and rail operator, First Group, announced (30 March 2011) one of the largest bus orders the British transport industry has ever seen. The announcement of a £160m order for more than 955 buses over 2 years, comes as fuel prices across the UK hit an all time high and the British public begin to look to alternative modes of transport in order to keep costs down.. The order includes an additional 200 buses for the London 2012 Olympics which will help transport the thousands of visitors expected to converge on the UK throughout the Games. First Group's order includes 40 hybrid buses which have been funded with the help of the Government's 'Green Bus Fund'. These hybrid vehicles will be operating in Leeds, Manchester and Glasgow from 2012. Powered by a combination of batteries and conventional diesel, the new hybrid buses produce around 40% less carbon emissions. As well as being kinder to the environment the new state of the art buses are quieter than other vehicles and also more comfortable -- with leather seating.

First Group plc is the leading transport operator in the UK and North America with revenues of over £6 billion a year. It employs more than 130,000 staff and transports some 2.5 billion passengers a year. The Group is Britain's largest bus operator running more than one in five of all local bus services. A fleet of some 8,500 buses carries approximately 3 million passengers a day in more than 40 major towns and cities. It also operates Greyhound UK providing regular services between London and the south coast and between Cardiff and Swansea.

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Why not get everybody onto high speed electric bikes. Oh thats right they don't keep the oil companies rich

[thisiszaphodbeeblebr]

Increasing fares, and reduced services - is that the way to attract more customers? I think not!