Fleets shuffled for new emission zones

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One of Stagecoach South’s battery-electric BYD/Alexander Dennis Enviro200EVs, 29104 (LJ68 CZD), operating service 715 (Kingston-Guildford) on 1 March.
TERRY WONG MIN

Vehicles have been upgraded or transferred around the country as new zones accessible only to the cleanest buses have come into force in parts of England.

Leicester’s non-statutory scheme was agreed between operators and the city council in 2018. As buses falling short of Euro6 emission standards are charged a fee for entering the city centre, a shuffling of fleets has taken place to avoid charges.

Arriva Midlands has acquired newer Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC doubledeckers from Arriva Southern Counties and 16 older Volvo B9TL/East Lancs Olympus double-deckers from Yorkshire with upgraded exhausts. In a three-way swap, older Wright Gemini-bodied Volvo B7TLs and B9TLs have headed south from Leicester, with 2008-built Enviro400s moved from Kent to Yorkshire.

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