ZERO EMISSION BUSES (ZEBRA) – FUNDING BID TO GOVERNMENT

Published 6 October 2021 at 3:36pm

On 31 January 2022, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority submitted a Full Business Case to the government’s Zero Emission Bus Area (ZEBRA) scheme, which aims to deliver at least 4,000 new zero-emission buses in England, as part of a £15 million plan to introduce 27 zero-emission buses and supporting charging infrastructure across the region.

Our bid is a key stepping-stone towards our regional Transport Strategy goal of a zero-carbon public transport network by 2040. 

SYMCA owns four vehicles outright, which are already in service on the two Sheffield Connect services.

A further 23 new single-decker electric buses operated by Stagecoach on services 221/22x across Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham will be introduced in June 2024. Charging infrastructure has been installed at Stagecoach’s Rawmarsh depot and at Sheffield Interchanges, with Rotherham Interchange to follow.

Read the bid document (January 2022) PDF, 9Mb

Read the Expression of Interest (October 2021) PDF, 6Mb