The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority has ordered four single-deck Enviro200EV electric buses from BYD ADL for use on the Sheffield Connect city circular service. The four buses will be the first zero-emission buses in Sheffield, reducing emissions inside the city’s clean air zone which came into force earlier this year.
The Sheffield Connect service links destinations around the heart of the city, running up to every 10 minutes, including links to and from train, tram and other bus services. The 10.2m long buses will be owned by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, which will provide them to the bus company chosen to operate the service. They have been part-funded by the UK Government’s Zero Emission Regional Bus Areas (ZEBRA) scheme.
Regional Sales Manager at Alexander Dennis Martin Dunleavy said: “We’re really pleased to support the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority with its future vision to transform public transport. We look forward to playing our part in supporting South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard’s vision to transform the public transport network with the four publicly-owned zero-emission buses for the city of Sheffield. The new electric buses will be supported by our aftermarket team based locally in South Yorkshire at our AD24 service centre in Anston.”
Frank Thorpe, Managing Director of BYD UK, added: “BYD is delighted to support this eco-friendly initiative introducing publicly owned non-polluting electric buses to passengers in Sheffield’s Clean Air Zone. This is a superb example of ‘thinking outside the box’ to adopt electric bus transport for which we applaud the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority. In partnership with Alexander Dennis, in which BYD brings the world’s most advanced battery technology, we look forward to being part of this ongoing ‘electric bus journey’ in South Yorkshire.”
