Heavy-duty transit bus manufacturer New Flyer has secured a bus supply contract from Sun Metro, of El Paso, Texas in the US.
The five-year deal, includes a firm order for 13 units of 60ft CNG buses and nine units of CNG 40ft buses, along with four, one-year options for about 108 units of 60ft CNG buses and about 72 units of 40ft CNG buses.
Production of the 22 units of 40ft and 60ft buses is expected to start in the third quarter of 2013 and will be delivered in the first quarter of 2014.
Sun Metro director Jay Banasiak said, "Our vision is to improve our community by moving people from their cars to the bus by providing quality passenger experiences and be a model for other systems around the nation."
With the delivery of the busses, the total number of Sun Metro's fleet will increase to 232 CNG buses.
Earlier, New Flyer had built and delivered 60 buses for El Paso's fleet including both liquid and compressed natural gas variants.
