Double deck electric buses for Manchester

Stagecoach Manchester has taken delivery of a fleet of 32 electric double deck buses, the first in the conurbation. The vehicles can travel 190 miles on a single charge and will operate on routes 111 and 43,  connecting Manchester city centre and Manchester Airport via hospitals and universities. The investment has cost £16.5m. Elisabeth Tasker, managing director of Stagecoach Manchester, said: "The introduction of the new electric double-decker buses is a significant milestone in the history of transport in Greater Manchester and represents one of the biggest single investments in electric buses anywhere in Europe.”