FIRST GROUP NEW ORDERS 2016/2017

With Thanks to Cameron on the First Eastern Counties Blog for the picture of 2 of the Wright Streetdeck 35195 SK16 GYU, 71 have been ordered of which Eastern Counties have 11 for the Pink Line 11/12.

All of this year's bus orders will come from British firms including ADL and Wright and will feature Euro 6 engines and all will be fitted with free WI-FI, of these orders 14 have already entered service with First South Yorkshire at Doncaster with 10 more due at Sheffield, Bristol will receive a further 68 and Cornwall 30 buses, in total there will be 305, Volvo meanwhile at one time a major player in First orders will only have an order for 10 coaches, Volvo B11R with Plaxton bodies, there is also nothing for Optare who also provided at one time the Solo for most of First's small buses.

Manufacturer	Vehicle Model	Quantity
ADL / Volvo	Plaxton (ADL) body / B11R (Volvo) chassis coaches	10
ADL	Enviro 200 MMC single decker	71
ADL	Enviro 400 MMC double decker	80
ADL	Enviro 400 MMC Gyro double decker	8
ADL	Enviro 400 double decker (exact spec to be confirmed)	45
Wrightbus	StreetDeck double decker	71
Wrightbus	StreetLite Max single decker	20