Grande West Transportation Group Inc., a Canadian bus manufacturer of heavy-duty mid-sized transit buses for sale in Canada and the U.S., announced it received a new order from the City of Edmonton totaling approximately $10 million.
The order is for 33 Vicinity buses for delivery in Q1 2018.
"We are extremely pleased to be providing 33 additional buses to the City of Edmonton,” said Jean-Marc Landry, VP, business development. “This is the third order from the City since September 2016, bringing their total firm orders for Vicinity buses to 49 units."
Grande West's total firm orders for 2017 and early 2018 delivery are for 247 buses valued at over $66 million.
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