(26 May 2021, 4:59 pm)Youngymmv wrote Well there was nothing listed for any NE in the stagecoach handbook for this year

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As per usual it’s the “pet depots” of Scotland that get bulk of orders. Investment upon investment in areas that probably don’t even have justification (rant over)

Actually for Scotland:
52 buses are because Stagecoach has been awarded Electric Bus funding by the Scottish Government (which is mostly funded by the UK Government but that is another can of worms).
25 Volvo B8RLEs are for a new contracts gained on Orkney
6 AD E400MMCs for Fife
2 AD E400MMCs for Aberdeen

For England:
4 AD E400MMCs for the Canterbury Park & Ride contract
25 BYD double deckers for TfL contracts 160 & 180
21 Scania / AD E400MMCs for Gloucester route 10

Nothing for Wales

So a total of 140 buses with only 29 not related to a contract requirement or outside funding.
Don't forget that over the past 12 months Stagecoach and every other bus company has not made any money so they are only going to buy buses to meet contractual requirements, hopefully next year it will be better but who knows.