Alexander Dennis Secures New £57m Liverpool City Region Order to Expand Customer Fleet to 400 Vehicles
The order includes 117 double-deckers, 60 single-deckers and 30 zero-emission buses, with emissions cuts of up to 24% from SmartPack technology.
- The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority selected Alexander Dennis as the supplier for at least 207 new low and zero-emission buses in the latest procurement round ahead of franchised services.
- Tomorrow, September 6, 2026, marks the start of franchised services in St Helens and the Wirral, driving demand for fleet expansion. These new buses will join 109 Enviro200 low-emission buses and 58 zero-emission Enviro400EV double-deckers already procured.
- The firm order worth £57m includes 117 Enviro400 double-deckers, 60 Enviro200 single-deckers, and 30 zero-emission Enviro100EV units utilizing SmartPack efficiency technology to reduce emissions by 18% to 24%.
- Production will soon begin in the North of England and Scotland, providing wider economic benefits to communities. The City Region has now ordered around 400 buses total from Alexander Dennis for its franchised fleet.
- If fully exercised, the contract could increase the total to 357 buses at an investment value of £95m, with all new vehicles built or completed in Britain for the Metro network by 2027.
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Alexander Dennis secures new £57m Liverpool City Region order to expand customer fleet to 400 vehicles
LARBERT, United Kingdom, Sept. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (TSX: NFI, OTC: NFYEF, TSX: NFI.DB) NFI Group Inc. (NFI), a leading manufacturer of buses and motorcoaches and a provider of comprehensive aftermarket parts and service solutions, subsidiary Alexander Dennis, today…
Liverpool City Region awards Alexander Dennis £57m bus order, with options for up to 357 vehicles
Alexander Dennis announces it has secured a £57 million order from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority for at least 207 low- and zero-emission buses, with deliveries scheduled for 2027. The order comes ahead of the rollout of franchised bus services in the Liverpool City Region and includes diesel low-emission models alongside 30 battery-electric buses. According […]
Over 200 new low and zero-emission buses for Liverpool City Region
Bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis has announced that it has been selected by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority as the supplier for at least 207 new low and zero-emission buses, in the latest round of vehicle procurement ahead of the region’s start of franchised bus services. The firm order is worth £57m and includes 117 [...]
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