{"id":34745,"date":"2025-01-27T10:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T09:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=34745"},"modified":"2025-01-27T10:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T09:24:22","slug":"wrightbus-record-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/news\/wrightbus-record-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrightbus expects +1,200 buses produced in 2025, +20% on a record-breaking 2024 (and opened a service centre in Germany)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Wrightbus<\/strong> says that January 2025 it has already &#8220;almost 200 new buses entering service in the UK and Europe&#8221;. More than 160 buses were delivered to customers in Manchester earlier this month, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/fuel-cell-bus\/rvk-wrightbus-operation-hydrogen\/\">31 fuel cell buses entered service in Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And <strong>more than 1,200 buses will leave the factory in 2025<\/strong>, with orders destined for fleets across the UK and Germany, vs 1,016 buses built in 2024, according to the OEM&#8217;s figures. Making a few steps back, Wrightbus states it has produced 623 buses in 2023 and 427 the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October 2024, Wrightbus also signed a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/electric-bus\/wrightbus-go-ahead-1000-buses-three-years\/\">deal worth up to half-a-billion pounds to supply more than 1,000 buses to operator Go-Ahead over the next three years<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 90 per cent of which will be zero-emission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Year<\/th><th>Buses produced \/ growth trend<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>+1,200 (expected) \/ +18%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>1,016 \/ +63%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2023<\/td><td>623 \/ +46%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>427<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data from Wrigthbus &#8211; Elaboration by Sustainable Bus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrightbus delivering also diesel buses in Manchester<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Being more specific, Wrightbus strenghtens that &#8220;Manchester\u2019s Bee Network has been bolstered by 162 ultra-low emission <strong>Ultroliner<\/strong> double deck buses, thanks to orders from UK operators including Transport for Greater Manchester, Metroline and Go North West&#8221; (see picture).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wrightbus has also <strong>opened its own\u00a0European service centre<\/strong> \u2013 AllServiceOne &#8211; in Br\u00fchl, enabling its team of experts to service and maintain buses of all types right in the heart of Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The manufacturer has indeed announced\u00a0<strong>plans for further expansion into Europe<\/strong>, as it has landed further hydrogen bus deals in Saarbahn, Vestische,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/fuel-cell-bus\/cottbus-order-wrightbus-fuel-cell-buses-germany\/\">Cottbus (where 46 buses will be headed)<\/a>\u00a0and West Verkehr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wrightbus, &#8220;which currently employs 2,200 people, is looking to increase its workforce in the coming months to keep up with demand, with hundreds of new jobs available across a number of areas of the business&#8221;, the company says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wrightbus CEO, <strong>Jean-Marc Gales<\/strong>, said: \u201cWith some significant orders on our books for the next 12 months, <strong>2025 will be our strongest year ever<\/strong>. January has already been a phenomenal month, with almost 200 new Wrightbus vehicles entering service in the UK and Germany. We\u2019re proud to be part of Manchester\u2019s Bee Network, and to be playing a huge part in Europe\u2019s largest public transport hydrogen fleet with RVK. The launch of our own dedicated AllServiceOne European service centre in Br\u00fchl is also a significant milestone for the business as we continue to build ties in Gewrmany.\u00a0We have invested more than \u00a3500,000 into the facility and will have a 15-strong team by the end of the year.\u00a0This will ensure European customers have easy access to our expertise and is the first step in what will be a growing network of service centres.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wrightbus says that January 2025 it has already &#8220;almost 200 new buses entering service in the UK and Europe&#8221;. 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