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PLANS to introduce a third fleet of hybrid "ftr" buses in Yorkshire have been scrapped for the moment with the vehicles now expected to go to Swansea instead.
Bus operator First had intended to introduce the ftr vehicles, which are articulated and have the appearance of a tram, in South Yorkshire, to compliment services they already operate in Leeds and York.
But the company has now made a decision to place that fleet in Swansea instead because it wants to make sure the routes they will operate will be updated before they go on the road.
Those vehicles are likely to go into service in Wales sometime next year.
First insists it still intends to introduce ftr services in the county, but does not now expect them to go into service before 2010.
The decision is a blow to the region's...