Nine brand new electric buses paid for by the Department for Infrastructure have been gathering dust at a depot in Craigavon since August due to a dispute with engineers over their maintenance.

A TransLink spokesman said customer trials on the final three bus operators to be included on the smart ticketing system – Brisbane City Council, Clarks Logan Bus Services and Kinetic Gold Coast ...

The nine Translink vehicles, seven double-decker and two single deck buses, cost the Department more than £5 million and, it’s understood, were initially planned to be made operational in ...