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First places huge bus order as Sandell attacks board lethargy

24 January 2014
Tom Sandell: Stagecoach better run than FirstGroup
Tom Sandell: Stagecoach better run than FirstGroup

 

FirstGroup has placed a £70m order for 425 new buses for delivery in 2014/15. The order represents the groups’s biggest ever order for buses outside the London area to date. 

All but six of the new vehicles will be UK built: Northern Ireland-based Wrightbus will supply the lion’s share with 301 buses, with ADL, Optare and Volvo UK getting orders for 97, 21 and six vehicles respectively. 

“In 2013 we laid down the gauntlet to bus manufacturers to work with us to...

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