Friday, 23 October. 2009

Mistral Group (0800 781 4144) have supplied Powells Bus Company of Rotherham with three new 8.9m Enviro 200 service buses, fitted 28 seats and Cummins Euro 5 engines.

The vehicles will be running the  new free town centre bus, FreeBee which launches on Monday 26 October.

The service will run every 12 minutes from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday, and buses will run around the town centre from Rotherham Interchange via Rotherham Central Rail Station, the police station, Westgate, Canklow Road, the Town Hall, Wellgate, Clifton Park and the town centre markets, then returning to the Interchange before heading to Parkgate past St Ann’s Leisure Complex, and back to the Interchange.

The new FreeBee bus service will be operated by Powells, and will introduce the first fleet of environmentally-friendly Euro V buses to Rotherham. The launch in Rotherham follows the announcement that the hugely popular Sheffield FreeBee has recently carried its millionth passenger after launching just two years ago.

David Young, Director of Customer Experience at South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) – part of the Travel South Yorkshire partnership – said: “This is great news for Rotherham as it will give a wide range of people the chance to travel easily and for free around the town centre. FreeBee will transform the town centre offering, improving accessibility and connections for all transport users."

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