Bus builder wins Dublin contract

The company is to build about 1,000 buses

A County Antrim bus builders has secured an 11m euro deal to construct 50 new vehicles for Dublin Bus.

Wrightbus in Ballymena is to start delivering the buses from November this year through to March 2009.

The contract is part of a fleet replacement programme aimed at ensuring that the average age of the Dublin Bus fleet is no more than six years.

Dublin Bus carries over 150 million passengers annually and on average 500,000 each day across its network.

These are the first vehicles Dublin Bus has ordered from Wrightbus since 2001 and the first double-deckers that the company has ever purchased from them.

Dublin Bus already operates 50 single decks and 20 articulated buses manufactured by Wrightbus.

Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey said they were committed to providing attractive and reliable alternatives to cars.

"Since 2000, we have invested more than 150m euro in capital funding in Dublin Bus which has helped the company to now carry over 150 million passengers annually," he said.

Dublin Bus currently has a fleet of 1,182 buses.

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