London to upgrade 5,000 buses to Euro VI air quality standard by 2020

Michael Holder
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Capital's entire bus fleet will reach Euro VI emission standard as a minimum by 2020 under City Hall retrofit programme

London's 5,000 most polluting buses are to be upgraded to the latest Euro VI emission standard by 2020 under a new retrofit programme announced today by the city's Mayor, Sadiq Khan. Under the £86.1m...

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