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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

REVEALED: Go ahead transport group orders 1 200 green buses from wrightbus - The Real Truth

a red routemaster bus pictured in Whitehall, London
Wrightbus makes the revived London Routemaster bus. Photograph: Michael Harris/Alamy

Transport group Go-Ahead has announced a £500m investment in up to 1,200 UK-built electric buses from Northern Ireland-based Wrightbus.

The order is expected to support about 500 manufacturing jobs and create a new line at Wrightbus, based in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

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