06:34 AM EDT, 05/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- NFI Group ( NFYEF ) , an independent bus and coach manufacturer, on Friday said its subsidiary Alexander Dennis has received a firm order for 29 Enviro500 double deck buses from BC Transit in British Columbia.

The Enviro500 buses will be built as part of a partnership between Alexander Dennis and Big Rig Manufacturing and are scheduled for delivery next year. The buses replace earlier BC Transit double deckers that have reached the end of their operating lives.

BC Transit provides planning, marketing, fleet and funding support for all transit services in the Canadian province outside of the Metro Vancouver region.