Stagecoach Bluebird is at the forefront of a green revolution on the roads in North East Scotland through its investment of almost £8m in new vehicles during 2012.

On Monday, 29th October, ten new vehicles entered service on the X17 Aberdeen-Elrick route coinciding with an increase in frequency of the route to operate every 10 minutes during the daytime Monday-Saturday, with a bus every 30 minutes in the evenings and on Sundays. Each of the new vehicles are built to the very latest Euro V emission level and will produce almost 20% less carbon emissions than the vehicles they replace.

The buses are fitted with free customer wi-fi, thanks to the support of Aberdeenshire Council.

It was a pleasure to attend the launch of the new fleet last Friday.

Top picture shows Gordon Prentice (Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce), Andrew Jarvis (Managing Director, Stagecoach Bluebird) and Cllr Iris Walker