Ireland’s National Transport Authority has announced an order for 120 double deck battery electric buses with 100 for Dublin Bus for Dublin Metropolitan Area and 20 are destined for use by Bus Éireann for use in the Limerick Metropolitan Area from Bamford Bus Company, trading as Wrightbus. These 120 buses are part of a framework agreement which provides for the procurement of up to 800 zero emission battery electric buses over a period of five years. The tender was issued in late 2020.This initial order for 120 buses represents an investment of some EUR 80 million. Commissioning and training activities will get under way later this year, as will work on installing the necessary charging infrastructure. The first buses are expected to enter passenger service in 2023.The buses, Streetdeck Electroliner BEVs, will be manufactured and assembled at the Wrightbus facility in Galgorm, on the outskirts of Ballymena in Northern Ireland.Buses from future orders may also be used to operate PSO bus services in other parts of Ireland, including the metropolitan areas of Cork, Galway and Waterford.
Ireland’s National Transport Authority has announced an order for 120 double deck battery electric buses with 100 for Dublin Bus for Dublin Metropolitan Area and 20 are destined for use by Bus Éireann for use in the Limerick Metropolitan Area from Bamford Bus Company, trading as Wrightbus. These 120 buses are part of a framework agreement which provides for the procurement of up to 800 zero emission battery electric buses over a period of five years. The tender was issued in late 2020.This initial order for 120 buses represents an investment of some EUR 80 million. Commissioning and training activities will get under way later this year, as will work on installing the necessary charging infrastructure. The first buses are expected to enter passenger service in 2023.The buses, Streetdeck Electroliner BEVs, will be manufactured and assembled at the Wrightbus facility in Galgorm, on the outskirts of Ballymena in Northern Ireland.Buses from future orders may also be used to operate PSO bus services in other parts of Ireland, including the metropolitan areas of Cork, Galway and Waterford.
