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25/09/2012
£29m Translink Investment Announced
Transport Minister Danny Kennedy has announced a £29m investment in new Goldline and Metro buses for Northern Ireland.
The Department for Regional Development has provided funding towards the purchase of the new buses.
The Minister saw a sample of the 87 Goldline Coaches and 58 Metro buses when he visited Belfast’s Europa Bus Station.
A number of the Goldline Coaches and Metro buses have already gone into service this month, while the remainder will be introduced later this year and in early 2013.
Minister Kennedy said: "The Goldline coaches will be delivering enhanced express services on key (longer journey) Goldline routes. When all these coaches are in service this will see the majority of all Goldline Express services operating with modern new vehicles.
The new Metro buses are replacing older vehicles in the fleet and will make Metro Services 100% wheelchair accessible.
Translink also revealed that additional double-decker vehicles will enhance capacity on busy routes.
Catherine Mason, Group Chief Executive at Translink said: "This major investment in our bus fleet ensures we continue to provide accessible and attractive bus services for Northern Ireland and we welcome and thank the Minister and his Department for their on-going support.
"Our engineers have worked hard with our suppliers to develop these modern vehicles - in particular, our new high quality Goldline coaches have been bespoke designed to include more spacious legroom.
In addition they boast comfortable leather seating and free WiFi making it easy to access emails, social media and web browsing and further enhancing the overall travel experience and comfort for our customers."
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The Department for Regional Development has provided funding towards the purchase of the new buses.
The Minister saw a sample of the 87 Goldline Coaches and 58 Metro buses when he visited Belfast’s Europa Bus Station.
A number of the Goldline Coaches and Metro buses have already gone into service this month, while the remainder will be introduced later this year and in early 2013.
Minister Kennedy said: "The Goldline coaches will be delivering enhanced express services on key (longer journey) Goldline routes. When all these coaches are in service this will see the majority of all Goldline Express services operating with modern new vehicles.
The new Metro buses are replacing older vehicles in the fleet and will make Metro Services 100% wheelchair accessible.
Translink also revealed that additional double-decker vehicles will enhance capacity on busy routes.
Catherine Mason, Group Chief Executive at Translink said: "This major investment in our bus fleet ensures we continue to provide accessible and attractive bus services for Northern Ireland and we welcome and thank the Minister and his Department for their on-going support.
"Our engineers have worked hard with our suppliers to develop these modern vehicles - in particular, our new high quality Goldline coaches have been bespoke designed to include more spacious legroom.
In addition they boast comfortable leather seating and free WiFi making it easy to access emails, social media and web browsing and further enhancing the overall travel experience and comfort for our customers."
(IT)
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