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Bromsgrove to get green bus shelters

Worcestershire County Council is installing new sustainable and greener bus shelters in Bromsgrove. 

Powered by a mix of wind turbines and solar panels, they’ll be the first shelters in the UK intended to be 100% ‘off grid’ and it’s estimated each shelter will save 3.6  tonnes of Carbon over the first decade.

Developed in partnership with the Council’s technology partners, 21st Century Passenger Systems and Etesian Green, each shelter will have real time passenger journey information displays and built-in lighting. 

They will also feature the first interactive transport information display to be powered solely with renewable energy.

This project directly supports several other transport and environmental initiatives from the Council. As well as helping to meet the Net Zero Carbon Plan, the shelters and interactive displays will connect the recently launched ‘Bromsgrove on Demand’, or BOD as it is also known, transport service to the town’s train station.

Councillor Alan Amos, Cabinet Member, responsible for Highways and Transport, said: “It’s really fantastic we're going to be installing these state-of-the-art bus shelters in Bromsgrove.

“We were the UKs first council to seriously investigate the potential for using renewable energy across our transport infrastructure and the first to install a solar-powered, real time passenger information display back in 2016.

“These new shelters will be great for passengers travelling on our buses as they’ll have real time information about services available right before them in the shelter.”