Explained: How Electric Hybrid Buses Help The Environment

Brand new electric hybrid buses are now in service on routes 20 & 21!   The new, greener buses, are running on current bus routes between Dundee and Forfar, Kirriemuir, Brechin, Stracathro Hospital and Edzell.

Why you'll love our electric hybrid vehicles

Similar to the hybrid vehicles operating on the popular  Tayway route 73, our  electric hybrid buses  reduce carbon emissions by 30% compared to a standard bus, providing you with a cleaner, smoother and quieter journey.

Our hybrid vehicles take power from more than one source: a relatively small low emission Euro 6 diesel engine and a highly sophisticated electric motor and battery system. 

• In a conventional bus, when the driver uses the brake there is friction between the pad and the disc, which slows the bus, but generates significant levels of energy, which is  lost in heat. 
• In an electric hybrid, this energy is 'captured' using the motor, acting as a generator and converted to electricity, stored in the batteries for later use. It is this capture of brake energy and use of 'free' energy which makes the hybrid particularly efficient. 

Impressed? Us too, so Go Green and try them out – they also have USB charging ports  on board.

The routes

Route 20 connects Kirriemuir, Padanaram, Forfar (including new Community Campus) and Dundee every hour, Monday to Saturday, and every 2 hours from Kirriemuir on Sundays and still every hour from Forfar on Sundays. 

Combine this frequency with route 21 coming from Brechin, means that there's a bus up to every 30 minutes between Forfar and Dundee on Monday to Saturday and hourly on Sunday.

Route 21 connects Edzell, Stracathro Hospital, Brechin, Forfar, Dundee every hour, Monday to Saturday and Sunday journeys connect with route 20 at Forfar to provide a link to Dundee every 2 hours.  Route 21A also operates between Brechin and Forfar via Aberlemno, which means there are 2 buses per hour between the two towns on Monday to Saturday and every 2 hours on Sunday.

Routes 20 and 21 stop right in the centre of Dundee, using stops at Hilltown, Murraygate, Seagate and the bus station in Dundee.  Onward connections are easy, just plan your journey or view the full   20 & 21 timetable.

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