First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester

(28/02/2019 18:49)buses7675 Wrote:  I think the proposal for a payment of £100 per day is only for buses that aren't Euro6 compliant.

I suspect with a potential cost of £700 per week to run a Euro5 bus into Manchester, if this gets put into place, it would be cheaper to modify the Euro4/5 buses to Euro6 standards.

I wonder where in the lines an Enviro400H stands though, as while it might have a Euro5 engine, wouldn't being a hybrid give it a better overall rating in theory?

Do all E400Hs have Euro5s? BBC report an arbitrary date of 2013 and newer as exempt which does translate to diesel Euro6, but I thought Stagecoach M'cr s 12 reg E400Hs had identical engines to the 13/63 regs.

Also, don't forget the increasing number of Euro3s that Stagecoach are using and I would think an much larger share of the current "First" fleet (mainly B7RLEs) are also Euro3. Probably, even more significant is that the Zone will be county wide, not just entering the city centre, The only exception being Motorways.