Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has increased its orders for battery-electric buses after agreeing the purchase of six Wrightbus StreetDeck Electroliner double-decks.

They will sit alongside 13 Yutong U11DD next-generation models. All 19 are being part-funded by the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) and will operate from Parliament Street garage in Nottingham, where charging infrastructure is currently being installed. Service entry is scheduled for late 2026.

The operator will confirm which routes the buses are to serve in due course, a spokesperson says. An order for six StreetDeck Electroliners follows the purchase of the same number of StreetDeck Ultroliner diesel double-decks (pictured).

The latter buses work the Pathfinder 26 route and were among the first built by Wrightbus with the Cummins B6.7 engine and Voith DIWA.8 seven-speed gearbox. In 2022, NCT evaluated a StreetDeck Electroliner demonstrator.

EMCCA is providing £4.5 million of funding towards the battery-electric double-decks. They will follow a fleet of 62 Yutong E10 and E12 single-decks with the operator. The latter buses have now completed five million kilometres since the first entered service in April 2024.

Rollout of all 62 single-decks was completed in December 2025. They were part funded with £12.3 million from the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme secured by Nottingham City Council and £17.7 million from the operator.

Commencement of the transition of NCT’s double-deck fleet to battery-electric represents “the next stage of electrification,” the operator says. Its Yutong U11DD examples will be of the new variant with several improvements over the original that debuted at Busworld Brussels in October 2025.