19th December 2011
Arriva To Trial New Hybrid Bus

Arriva North East announced this week that they are to trial the use of a Hybrid Bus on it's 1/1B service which currently runs from Tow Law, Crook and Bishop Auckland to Darlington Town Centre and from 2nd January 2012 will be extended to Lingfield Point via Darlington College/University, funded by the Department for Transport through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund.

The bus being trialled on the route is a state-of-the-art vehicle which is powered using an electric engine. If the trial proves a success the company will take delivery of 7 new hybrid vehicles in the summer of 2012.

Other area's and companies have trialled the buses already, Stagecoach have Hybrid buses operating in Manchester for example but it'll be great to see Arriva launch these buses here.

Look out for the bus on route 1/1B in Darlington from 2nd January 2012 and don't forget to let Arriva know your views, you can email them by clicking here.

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