PAUL SAVAGE & IAN MOLLOY
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Ulsterbus New Flowbird ticket machines, with contactless facility, are to be rolled out at one depot a week from Februar y 20. The next new buses to arrive should be the Wright GB Kite single-deckers and StreetDeck Electroliner double-deckers for Foyle Metro, expected between Easter and July. Installation of charging infrastructure at Pennyburn began in early Januar y and a temporar y bus parking area came into use mid-Januar y on a disused industrial site across the road. Having been repainted and fitted with seatbelts, Volvo B5TL/Wright Gemini 3 2127 (FGZ 3127), which had moved from Metro in December, was allocated to Newtownards in Januar y. Also at Newtownards, Volvo B7TL/ Alexander Dennis ALX400 2875 (EEZ 2875) was returned to ser vice in Januar y, replacing similar 2308 (IEZ 4308) delicensed to reser ve. Similar 2322 (IEZ 4322) went into reser ve in Decemb…