Go-Ahead Adds 20 FC Buses To Gatwick Fleet
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on electrive.com.
I described my ride on these buses in My Second Ride In A Wrightbus Single-Decker Hydrogen Bus.
I am publishing this post for this key paragraph on the electrive.com article.
When the order was placed in 2021, Martin Harris, Managing Director of Brighton & Hove and Metrobus, already specified why hydrogen buses were now being used for the first time: “We run services 24 hours a day, with hilly terrain, heavy passenger loads and duty cycles well in excess of the national average at up to 370 miles per day. Those provide really challenging conditions for any technology but we concluded that hydrogen provides the most efficient replacement for our diesel buses.”
It is interesting to note, that the hydrogen buses in Birmingham, Dublin and Liverpool are used on longer routes.
The Anonymous Widower 
It’ll be interesting to know where the additional 34 Wrightbus hydrogen buses being ordered by Surrey County Council will run. While SCC say they’ll run County-wide it’s obvious that their cooperation with Metrobus will entail Fastway services towards Redhill and Reigate.
https://wrightbus.com/eu/node/166
Comment by fammorris | July 4, 2023 |