tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35876102223877112222024-03-18T18:55:46.718+00:00CLondoner92Public transport is the veins of the economy 🚏🚌🚐🚋🚃🚄🚇CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comBlogger712125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-63012421817216090642024-03-18T18:54:00.001+00:002024-03-18T18:54:52.238+00:00London Bus Tender Awards: Electric Buses For Routes 98/N98, 188, 355 & 360<div>The London Bus Tender Awards have
revealed that routes 98/N98, 188, 355 and 360 will be using new
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Route 6 (24h)
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Retained by: Metroline
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Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR): 18
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Type of vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck
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Contract Start Date: 7th December 2024
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Contract End Date: 3rd December 2027<span><a name='more'></a></span>
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Route 98/N98
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Retained by: Metroline
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PVR: 22
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Type of vehicles: New electric double deck*
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Contract Start Date: 7th December 2024
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Contract End Date: 5th December 2031
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Route 188 (24h)
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PVR: 22
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Contract Start Date: 9th November 2024
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Contract End Date: 7th November 2031
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PVR: 13
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Type of vehicles: New electric single deck
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Contract Start Date: 7th December 2024
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I'm posting this article on my smartphone because I'm in another country away from my computer. Due to limitations, I won't be able to post a round-up of my tweets on Twitter or X.</div><div><br /></div><div>I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.</div>CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-66067855399941479902024-03-14T18:51:00.004+00:002024-03-14T18:52:12.040+00:00London Bus Tender Awards: Electric Buses for Routes R1, R2, R3, R4, R8, R11, U1, U2 and U3<p>The recent London Bus Tender Awards for the middle of March 2024 have revealed that routes R1, R2, R3, R4, R8, R11, U1, U2 and U3 will be using zero-emission electric buses.<br /><br /><i><b>Monday 11 March 2024</b><br />LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:</i><br /><br /><b>Route R1</b><br />Retained by: Go-Ahead London Metrobus<br />Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR): 6<br />Vehicles: New electric single deck<br />Contract start date: 29th March 2025<br />Contract end date: 26th March 2032<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><b>Route R2</b><br />Retained by: Go-Ahead London Metrobus<br />PVR: 4<br />Vehicles: New electric single deck<br />Contract start date: 29th March 2025<br />Contract end date: 26th March 2032<br /><br /><b>Route R3</b><br />Retained by: Go-Ahead London Metrobus<br />PVR: 6<br />Vehicles: New electric single deck<br />Contract start date: 29th March 2025<br />Contract end date: 26th March 2032<br /><br /><b>Route R4</b><br />Retained by: Go-Ahead London Metrobus<br />PVR: 6<br />Vehicles: New electric single deck<br />Contract start date: 29th March 2025<br />Contract end date: 26th March 2032<br /><br /><b>Route R8</b><br />Retained by: Go-Ahead London Metrobus<br />PVR: 2<br />Vehicles: New electric single deck<br />Contract start date: 29th March 2025<br />Contract end date: 26th March 2032<br /><br /><b>Route R11</b><br />Retained by: Go-Ahead London Metrobus<br />PVR: 10<br />Vehicles: New electric single deck<br />Contract start date: 29th March 2025<br />Contract end date: 26th March 2032<br /><br /><i><b>14th March 2024</b><br />LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:</i><br /><br /><b>Route 150</b><br />Retained by: Arriva London North<br />PVR: 15<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract start date: 12th October 2024<br />Contract end date: 8th October 2027<br /><br /><b>Route 175</b><br />Retained by: Arriva London North<br />PVR: 14<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract start date: 12th October 2024<br />Contract end date: 8th October 2027<br /><br /><b>Routes 406/418</b><br />Retained by: RATP Dev London United<br />PVR: 14<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract start date: 29th June 2024<br />Contract end date: 25th June 2027<br /><br /><b>Routes U1*/U2*</b><br />Retained by: Metroline West<br />PVR: TBC*<br />Vehicles: New electric single deck<br />Contract start date: 26th October 2024<br />Contract end date: 24th October 2031<br /><br /><b>Route U3*</b><br />Retained by: Metroline West<br />PVR: TBC*<br />Vehicles: New electric double deck<br />Contract start date: 26th October 2024<br />Contract end date: 24th October 2031<br /><br /><i>* Please note that the final routes to be awarded and associated PVRs are subject to the review of responses in respect of the ‘Proposals to reroute U1, U2, U3 and E7 in Hillingdon’ consultation. The outcome of this review will be published in due course.<br /><br />New electric vehicles may enter service after the contract start date, dependent on infrastructure and/ or vehicle delivery timescales.<br /><br />The hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.</i><br /><br />You can view the Hillingdon consultation, which has been closed since 21st December 2023 on the <a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/hillingdon-buses" target="_blank">TfL website</a>.<br /><br />Here are the highlights of my tweets on Twitter/X:<p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Press Release:<br />New generation of iBus set to enhance bus travel in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a><br /><br />New £160m iBus contract signed, replacing system that has been operating for 17 years and introducing new technology<a href="https://t.co/NOI6N8xyOz" target="_blank">https://t.co/NOI6N8xyOz</a> <a href="https://t.co/84yuL54iJJ" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/84yuL54iJJ</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1764728895314518226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 4, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">KMB's electric bus fleet has reduced carbon emissions by 3,000 metric tons. A new model of double-decker electric bus (<a href="https://twitter.com/ADLbus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@ADLbus</a> Enviro500EV) will be put into service. The passenger capacity is the highest among new energy buses in Hong Kong.<a href="https://t.co/Uae6u10AIA" target="_blank">https://t.co/Uae6u10AIA</a> <a href="https://t.co/KArk2FOal5" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/KArk2FOal5</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1765087909999530017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Highlights of the agenda reports pack (including the Commissioner's Report) for the 6 March 2024 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Board meeting.<a href="https://t.co/SZknTuJpnw" target="_blank">https://t.co/SZknTuJpnw</a><br />Updates on:<br />Line names for the Overground<br />Central line train availability<br />New Piccadilly line trains<br />Bus SENSE<br />and more <a href="https://t.co/c4SMu5SS1e" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/c4SMu5SS1e</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1765405312855470172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>) Freedom of Information release:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Superloop</a> posters and bus livery drawings for routes SL1, SL2, SL3, SL4, SL5, SL6, SL7, SL8, SL9 & SL10<a href="https://t.co/u1QXsEKfOy" target="_blank">https://t.co/u1QXsEKfOy</a><br />1/3 🧵 <a href="https://t.co/YSsHM56vi4" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/YSsHM56vi4</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1767199584554463417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Press release:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a>’s pioneering new network of express bus services, the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a>, now circles the entire capital<a href="https://t.co/U5qcduwz8x" target="_blank">https://t.co/U5qcduwz8x</a> <a href="https://t.co/Tw1419bPsA" target="_blank">https://t.co/Tw1419bPsA</a> <a href="https://t.co/pl5oxxI0hf" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/pl5oxxI0hf</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1767513495824662716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-82099859137208533612024-03-13T20:48:00.006+00:002024-03-13T20:50:00.055+00:00Making A Case For New Rapid Transit Lines (Including New Tram Lines) By Increasing Bus Priority Measures<p>To tackle traffic congestion and pollution, London is in dire need of more bus priority measures and light rail services, including trams (also known as streetcars for North American readers), as it will help improve the economy.</p>
<p>The first generation of trams operated from 1860 to 1952, serving most of the London County Council area except for the west end of London. The type of trams London had were double-deck.</p>
<p>Then came trolleybuses, which served the London Passenger Transport Area from 1931 until 1962, as they were replaced by the diesel-engined AEC Routemaster.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Taking a look through history.<br /><br />London once had an extensive network of double-deck tram and trolleybus services before it was decommissioned in 1962 and replaced with diesel buses.<a href="https://t.co/42wPRdboDv" target="_blank">https://t.co/42wPRdboDv</a><a href="https://t.co/2LHbnWvJAr" target="_blank">https://t.co/2LHbnWvJAr</a> <a href="https://t.co/j31RDRAfQc" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/j31RDRAfQc</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1747651583213547895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>You can read more about the tram and trolleybus history in London on the <a href="https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/stories/transport/londons-electric-trams-and-trolleybuses" target="_blank">London Transport Museum website</a>.</p>
<p>It has been reported that the plan to build the Sutton link tramway has unfortunately been deferred once again due to funding issues.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">They proposed a BRT alternative for the Sutton Link.<br /><br />They should start with bus priority measures for roads between Wimbledon and Sutton, then they can easily be converted to tramways with steel rails for steel wheels.<a href="https://t.co/kRzUtlQ3aa" target="_blank">https://t.co/kRzUtlQ3aa</a> <a href="https://t.co/Gqmb8Keiwn" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Gqmb8Keiwn</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1757774721385423301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>The early proposal for the Sutton link trams and other rapid transit proposals (such as Cross River Transit) was mentioned in the ‘New ideas for Public Transport in outer London’ document back in the mid-1990s, which is also mentioned in my <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2022/03/my-response-to-tfls-bus-action-plan.html" target="_blank">previous article</a> responding to Transport for London’s Bus Action Plan.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QVoTDsmfzdLG8Nl6-YRmn16OkUkh84rxzRCUKrYCKRIvlkKoXwezP-hcc0c0HhyphenhyphenAJ1xOMXQv2mIQO5075FcQicjcNOwp7yBFb7-DwstnsuapfOh-MusxHa0HxvQaihTyTX-ymt0JQB7IXCT4C-i5TjQmE8rGS_dBvoKIWJ5ySstn9umEWsqIS57EBPc/s4096/mid%201990s%20intermediate%20modes%20in%20London%20iniial%20corridors%20for%20review%20for%20London%20Transport%20Buses.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2861" data-original-width="4096" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QVoTDsmfzdLG8Nl6-YRmn16OkUkh84rxzRCUKrYCKRIvlkKoXwezP-hcc0c0HhyphenhyphenAJ1xOMXQv2mIQO5075FcQicjcNOwp7yBFb7-DwstnsuapfOh-MusxHa0HxvQaihTyTX-ymt0JQB7IXCT4C-i5TjQmE8rGS_dBvoKIWJ5ySstn9umEWsqIS57EBPc/s320/mid%201990s%20intermediate%20modes%20in%20London%20iniial%20corridors%20for%20review%20for%20London%20Transport%20Buses.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Intermediate Modes in London: initial corridors for review</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>We take a look at the Mayor’s Question Time answers by Ken Livingstone during the early 2000s about the Sutton link.</p>
<p>Meeting: MQT on 13 September 2000<br />Reference: <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/tramlink-extension" target="_blank">2000/0220<br /></a>Question by: Andrew Pelling</p><p><b>Tramlink Extension</b></p>
<p><i>One of the options for extension of Tramlink is a route to Sutton via St.Helier.</i></p>
<p><i>Please could you outline, in very general terms, the alignment of such a route</i>.</p>
<p><b>Answer<br />Date: Sunday 17 September 2000</b></p>
<p><i>There are certainly possibilities to extend the Tramlink system, however at the moment, these are concepts rather than specific routes " there are no lines on a map yet. In the next year, Transport for London will work with both Tram Track Croydon Ltd (the concessionaire) and Sutton and Merton councils to explore the possibilities for extending the system. There would of course be public consultation on the proposals before making any firm decisions. If the system did extend to Sutton, we would certainly consider an alignment which served the people of St Helier."</i></p>
<p>Meeting: MQT on 23 January 2002<br />Reference: <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/tram-link-sutton" target="_blank">2002/0022<br /></a>Question by: Andrew Pelling</p>
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<p><i>I was grateful for your comments at the last Mayor's Question Time about your commissioning of a study into extending the Tram to Sutton. Could you advise me as to when the study was commissioned, who is undertaking the study and the likely starting and finishing point of the extension?</i></p>
<p><b>Answer<br />Date: Monday 28 January 2002</b></p>
<p><i>Transport for London is examining a number of potential extensions to Tramlink in accordance with my Transport Strategy commitment. Preliminary planning work by TfL, in consultation with the boroughs, commenced in Autumn 2001. Additional consultancy support (Oscar Faber Maunsell) has been engaged this month to complete the study team. The study is designed to enable TfL to advise me of its findings this Summer.</i></p>
<p><i>Two potential Sutton tramway extensions are being studied amongst the options. Both would be primarily highway-based alignments. One would link Sutton with Morden Road via St Helier Hospital and Morden station. The other would run via Mitcham Junction and Mitcham town centre to a Tooting terminus.</i></p>
<p>I have taken a look at High Street, Angel Hill and Rose Hill in Sutton; unfortunately, they are lacking bus lanes and priority measures.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxPjbatyW4uH03WJ8k62ynFrlRqzEXOEB7tw1RkBgUSdrLyOK22qxwT7U3LTVEpP6uqkDv2QfhsKRnt92JV05CgyajsiRbgWLBOs_kq5SOoBmwiKrJaCIDIDf0zk3Yg-HzOSAundF_m9XSDnfO7uzLXLVOdwHHM-CeaIOKEldVfeROfn07SWVkBvl8K0/s1024/wimbledon%20to%20sutton%20Google%20Earth%20with%20bus%20lanes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxPjbatyW4uH03WJ8k62ynFrlRqzEXOEB7tw1RkBgUSdrLyOK22qxwT7U3LTVEpP6uqkDv2QfhsKRnt92JV05CgyajsiRbgWLBOs_kq5SOoBmwiKrJaCIDIDf0zk3Yg-HzOSAundF_m9XSDnfO7uzLXLVOdwHHM-CeaIOKEldVfeROfn07SWVkBvl8K0/s320/wimbledon%20to%20sutton%20Google%20Earth%20with%20bus%20lanes.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Google Earth view of Sutton with bus lanes</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Sutton Link should start as a Bus Rapid Transit/Transport (BRT) service with bus lanes and priority measures to increase capacity by using tram-style bendy buses, as they proposed in the consultation back in 2019. This will help make the case to convert the BRT service to trams by building rails and overhead wires in place of the BRT infrastructure.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">During year 2018, TfL proposed to reintroduce bendy buses for BRT as alternative to trams for the Sutton Link. <a href="https://t.co/59eOb4uNON" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/59eOb4uNON</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1503499757100089346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>There are also other proposals that I have posted on Twitter/X.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Proposed major transport projects in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> including major rail schemes (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Crossrail?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Crossrail</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Thameslink?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Thameslink</a>), trams & light rail, busways and river crossings.<br />Taken from 2004 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>'s Business Plan summary <a href="https://t.co/0R0Skykdk7" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/0R0Skykdk7</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1505876882536939521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Proposed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Southwark?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Southwark</a> Supertram service for South London.<a href="https://t.co/vRzFDUtR8i" target="_blank">https://t.co/vRzFDUtR8i</a><br />Mayor's response to the proposal.<a href="https://t.co/CD2WvrY7Bj" target="_blank">https://t.co/CD2WvrY7Bj</a><br />Freedom of Information release - correspondence between Trampower and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>.<a href="https://t.co/B3B8u23xrH" target="_blank">https://t.co/B3B8u23xrH</a><a href="https://t.co/aH6PCoEp4f" target="_blank">https://t.co/aH6PCoEp4f</a> <a href="https://t.co/3EiuufmLQu" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/3EiuufmLQu</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1570834651291213824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">September 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>I’d also mention the Speedbus proposal from the 1970s, which I suggested in my <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/02/suggestion-transport-for-london-should.html" target="_blank">previous article</a>, along with reinstating the transit schemes from the 2000s. I also mentioned increasing bus priority measures for the Superloop express bus services.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Freedom of Information release:<br />Business case for bus action plan priority<br /><br />"The business case for the TLRN London Bus Priority Programme is currently being prepared and is expected to be completed by the end of Autumn 2023."<a href="https://t.co/XOkaAalTo6" target="_blank">https://t.co/XOkaAalTo6</a><a href="https://t.co/yq4yrrDaVA" target="_blank">https://t.co/yq4yrrDaVA</a> <a href="https://t.co/zGTCwHnrHm" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/zGTCwHnrHm</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1686749585446731776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">August 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>London needs a proper Bus Rapid Transit/Transport system where the majority of the routes use bus lanes and priority measures, as this is <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/01/why-bus-lanes-and-bus-priority-roads.html" target="_blank">beneficial for emergency services</a> to improve their response times and save lives.</p>
<p>The current structure and responsibility for the roads in Greater London are complicated because TfL has responsibility for the Strategic Road Network and the infrastructure such as street furniture, bridges, tunnels, etc.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9Ec5Fw8vAEcakNc73BqctVwYPf8M8wkBnkfgUD-tIxNONWbppxmNJHvtDA1LzisDJsD-cWI8ezvY-SR44pfLO_yTxF-zAb7Tm4cPUY5Xh79CpkDW7S4Q1Uxvl3kDIiXq9jckPJhfQxznxORvuGP4th5MMTZHjxKSPBOn-bSE6CHmciwYXtsSPgx6BUQ/s1529/bus%20lanes%20and%20strategic%20road%20network.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1529" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9Ec5Fw8vAEcakNc73BqctVwYPf8M8wkBnkfgUD-tIxNONWbppxmNJHvtDA1LzisDJsD-cWI8ezvY-SR44pfLO_yTxF-zAb7Tm4cPUY5Xh79CpkDW7S4Q1Uxvl3kDIiXq9jckPJhfQxznxORvuGP4th5MMTZHjxKSPBOn-bSE6CHmciwYXtsSPgx6BUQ/s320/bus%20lanes%20and%20strategic%20road%20network.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TfL’s Strategic Road Network in cyan with bus lanes in red.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The Strategic Road Network, also known as the <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/red-routes/red-route-maps" target="_blank">red routes</a>, is where traffic is not allowed to stop on these roads except in an emergency such as vehicle breakdowns.<p></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#LT</a>) Central Bus News (No. 18 - July 1967) clipping:<br />As <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/traffic?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#traffic</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/congestion?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#congestion</a> increases, LT advocates for more bus priority measures, such as bus lanes, to help improve services and reduce journey times for passengers.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/History?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Travel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Travel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BusPriority?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#BusPriority</a> <a href="https://t.co/2ajo0aQ2de" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/2ajo0aQ2de</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1708500414520287521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">UK Department of Transport press release:<br />Norris Launches Next Stage In London Bus Priority Network - Date: 20 March 1996 <a href="https://t.co/dUm1vlFVnI" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/dUm1vlFVnI</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1737940534646145350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>You can read the House of Commons <a href="https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN00032/SN00032.pdf">research briefing</a> on bus lanes, priority measures and ‘red routes’ from 2010.</p>
<p>For TfL to have full control of the road infrastructure, this will require changes to the legislation in Parliament. Although <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/14B" target="_blank">Section 14B of the Highways Act 1980</a> (amended by the GLA Act 1999) enables the Mayor to direct TfL to take control of any road "where expedient", but the order has to be signed off by the Secretary of State.</p>
<p>Bus lanes, priority measures, and larger roads, including dual carriageways, can provide opportunities to create new tram lines to increase capacity and improve accessibility.</p>
<p>The expansion of tramways may be expensive, but it can help improve the economy by:<br />
• Increasing supply chains for steelworks (for rails), rolling stock, etc.<br />• New job creation for manufacturing, engineering, construction, staff for tram services, etc.<br />• Once built, the new services will help reduce journey times to discourage car usage.<br />• It helps reduce the strain on the National Grid with the help of overhead lines for trams and trolleybuses.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A lack of interest in public transport improvements means:<br />➡️No new jobs (manufacturing, construction, station staff, etc.)<br />➡️No increase to the supply chain<br />➡️No new investment<br />➡️No improved economy<br /><br />Deteoriating public transport services can impact the economy.</p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1761498176471621918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>This is why public transport strongly interlinks with the economy; without it, it can cause serious issues for the economy; hence, it is part of the <a href="https://www.npsa.gov.uk/critical-national-infrastructure-0" target="_blank">Critical National Infrastructure</a>.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">If public transport services in London collapse, how would the MPs, Lords, Civil Servants, Ministers etc. travel to Westminster as they are served by TfL services?<br />Traffic congestion increases and parking spaces are limited.<br />Public transport is a Critical National Infrastructure. <a href="https://t.co/hqnW7HT6D9" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/hqnW7HT6D9</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1750571931902853601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>The expansion of the bus and light rail network for London is needed, which includes cross-boundary connections, hence the reason I <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/03/suggestion-london-passenger-transport.html" target="_blank">suggested</a> restoring the London Passenger Transport Area.</p>
<p>As for other projects, such as the Silvertown tunnel, which is almost complete, and the proposed Thames Gateway Bridge, which has never been built.</p>
<p>I suggest that all new crossings and major infrastructure projects should be prioritised to improve public transport to tackle pollution and congestion. You can read my comment on the National Highways consultation in my tweet below.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">UK Department for Transport and National Highways:<br />Shaping the future of England's strategic roads<a href="https://t.co/kXUYu7jvzy" target="_blank">https://t.co/kXUYu7jvzy</a><br />This consultation closes at 11:45pm on 13 July 2023<br /><br />My contribution to the consultation: <a href="https://t.co/TpXYq1XlEv" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/TpXYq1XlEv</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1661384201189441537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 24, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>To achieve a gold BRT certification by the <a href="https://www.itdp.org/library/standards-and-guides/the-bus-rapid-transit-standard/the-scorecard/" target="_blank">Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP),</a> the BRT scheme should be fully segregated from general road traffic and meet other requirements such as multi-door boarding, branding, platform-level boarding, etc.</p>
<p>I can't see how it is achievable for London, as it is a city built since Roman times with loads of narrow roads. To build a fully segregated rapid transit service such as BRT or light rail/trams, it will require new infrastructure by elevating the roads or train tracks, or below ground with new tunnels, along with new stations.</p>
<p>The proposal for the West London Trams (Uxbridge to White City) is semi-obsolete because the SL8 (formerly 607) already serves the Uxbridge Road (A4020) corridor. Although I suggest they should use tram-style bendy buses to increase capacity, improve accessibility, and provide faster loading and unloading times at bus stops with open boarding (which will require increased revenue protection).</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmhxLZnHvbt1Zb2SGvBqZbmTxgZeUlyVAAjREk-pH552Js4k-sX8meKzQi8-SMrwS0tXu0txIOGbJsLKG0jYotBH7TK0Vi_Y-L65qHX5wbkcSTZjY04SmOEllcIN7HpLptDqb18zMAlEFLl2AFtuq0vq2RFzP0QyeboZxaYdwPk8FJyRp8if8JudSBkY/s2156/route%20branded%20Superloop%20bus%20SL8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="2156" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmhxLZnHvbt1Zb2SGvBqZbmTxgZeUlyVAAjREk-pH552Js4k-sX8meKzQi8-SMrwS0tXu0txIOGbJsLKG0jYotBH7TK0Vi_Y-L65qHX5wbkcSTZjY04SmOEllcIN7HpLptDqb18zMAlEFLl2AFtuq0vq2RFzP0QyeboZxaYdwPk8FJyRp8if8JudSBkY/s320/route%20branded%20Superloop%20bus%20SL8.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tram-style bendy buses with SL8 route branding<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a> Route 607 Express<br />Uxbridge Station to Shepherd's Bush <br />From 12th October 1996<br />"Travel First Class on the Uxbridge Road"<br />The leaflet promotes the bus priority for the service to reduce delays.<br />Currently rebranded as <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> route SL8 <a href="https://t.co/KARdm9b4to" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/KARdm9b4to</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1760073061653754006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 20, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>At present, TfL has revived the Greenwich Waterfront Transit, which is currently proposed as the Bus Transit using dedicated infrastructure from Woolwich to Abbey Wood via Thamesmead, as part of the <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/how-we-work/planning-for-the-future/dlr-extension" target="_blank">proposal</a> to extend the DLR to Beckton Riverside and Thamesmead. So far, there is no proposal to reinstate the Thames Gateway Bridge, which would have been useful to link the Superloop routes SL2 and SL3 at Thamesmead.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Freedom of Information release:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Thamesmead?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Thamesmead</a> and Beckton Riverside Public <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> Programme<br />"However the project then evolved in a different way without government funding support, and as such the document wasn’t published as events had moved on."<a href="https://t.co/cggtkmXCxG" target="_blank">https://t.co/cggtkmXCxG</a> <a href="https://t.co/uDiLNBBz7p" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/uDiLNBBz7p</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1764901154692157711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p><b>Advantages and disadvantages of a tramway system.</b></p>
<p>The advantage is, increased capacity, as trams have larger lengths, and improved accessibility for the disabled, wheelchair users, and parents with buggies.</p>
<p>The disadvantage is that when a tram service gets disrupted, most of the line gets disrupted and delayed. As compared to buses, they can overtake or divert the bus to another road and rejoin the route.</p>
<p>To build a new tram line, not only does it need new rails and overhead infrastructure, but there should also be a place to store the trams and maintain them at their depots. As compared to buses, their depots can be anywhere on the route, but they should be close to the routes they serve to reduce dead mileage.</p>
<p>To conclude, I would like to see BRT and light rail (including trams) proposed and built everywhere, not just in Greater London, to improve the economy.<br /></p>
<p>To wrap up the article, I show you the Mayor’s Question Time answer by Sadiq Khan about dead mileage for London’s buses.</p>
<p><b>Reference: <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/london-bus-companies" target="_blank">2020/0370<br /></a>Date: Thursday 20 February 2020</b></p>
<p><i>Bus operators do not claim back dead mileage from Transport for London (TfL). They work out their overall costs and factor these into the price they can competitively bid to operate a bus route. Higher dead mileage, because of greater distances from garages to the start and end point of routes, may lead to a decision by the operator not to submit a bid for the route in the first place. TfL’s iBus vehicle tracking system looks at live mileage to enable it to understand how well operators perform against their route schedules.</i></p>
<p><i>Bus operators can potentially offset some fuel costs through the discretionary Bus Services Operators Grant (BSOG), but this is administered through central Government, not TfL.</i></p>
<p>I suggest that you read CityTransportInfo's article on <a href="https://citytransport.info/Street.htm" target="_blank">Light Rail And Compatibility With Street Traffic</a>.<br /></p><p>I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.</p>CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-9118753950167148672024-03-04T20:02:00.004+00:002024-03-08T23:35:41.445+00:00Suggestion: London Passenger Transport Area Including London Country Buses Should Be Revived To Enhance Cross-Boundary Connections<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHFQ9fTmNpx6XasZyp8iKJjCprGh-CSRAagwfh3GQGDdSSWNqZc3Or1rqGevOXCdvNdAi2tdEJw9DxndQAUHxoWyifQsUulxA1wLlLjhQW21Wc6M4AmkVatFtCi0heLPuvzBeei4y8b9RQ_7pTFjtVAPkNp_w1xHPEtSDpEqKXxKrW2rezgxOe-Uhl6A/s1529/map%20of%20london%20bus%20routes%20and%20lanes%20-%20google%20earth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1529" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHFQ9fTmNpx6XasZyp8iKJjCprGh-CSRAagwfh3GQGDdSSWNqZc3Or1rqGevOXCdvNdAi2tdEJw9DxndQAUHxoWyifQsUulxA1wLlLjhQW21Wc6M4AmkVatFtCi0heLPuvzBeei4y8b9RQ_7pTFjtVAPkNp_w1xHPEtSDpEqKXxKrW2rezgxOe-Uhl6A/s320/map%20of%20london%20bus%20routes%20and%20lanes%20-%20google%20earth.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Current coverage of London Bus Routes, rail replacements (in red) and bus lanes (in blue)<br />Google Earth and <a href="https://gis-tfl.opendata.arcgis.com/" target="_blank">TfL GIS Open Data</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />As part of <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1732346005188718902" target="_blank">my suggestion on Twitter/X</a> on improving London's Transport (LT) services, I have suggested that the London Passenger Transport Area should be reinstated to enhance cross-boundary connections between Greater London and various areas in the Home Counties.<span></span><p></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
<p>I'm not an expert on the history of London Transport's Country Buses. In brief, prior to 1970, London Transport once had control of the green Country Bus services along with the Green Line express services, as part of the London Passenger Transport Area. Then in 1970, the legislation <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/35/contents/enacted" target="_blank">Transport (London) Act 1969</a> enabled London Transport to lose control of the <a href="https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/25th-october-1968/33/london-country" target="_blank">Country Bus</a>, which was then transferred to the National Bus Company, and the responsibility of the Underground and red Central Buses (modern-day London Buses) was transferred to the Greater London Council (GLC). <a href="https://www.route-one.net/operators/50-years-of-london-country-bus-services" target="_blank">Increasing car usage</a> was one of the reasons that led to the decline of bus services.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Prior to 1970, the LT Passenger Area was larger than Greater London as they provided a number of 'cross-boundary' routes connecting to rural areas with their red (central) & green line and country bus services.<br /><br />After 1970, LT lost control of green line and country bus services. <a href="https://t.co/lUsSsa9TnA" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/lUsSsa9TnA</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1757436238619877409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>You can read <a href="http://www.ampyx.org.uk/lcountry/history.html" target="_blank">more on the history of London Country bus services</a>.</p>
<p>Then in 1984, with the tensions between the GLC and the government, the government, with their Conservative party majority in parliament, committed in their <a href="https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/110859" target="_blank">1983 election manifesto</a> to take control of London Transport out of the GLC by creating London Regional Transport. The GLC and the Metropolitan County Councils were abolished in 1986, and during the same year, bus services outside of Greater London were deregulated, along with the process to privatise the National Bus Company (including London Country, which had been split into four companies) and bus undertakings owned by local authorities and Public Transport Executives, in which they had control of bus services, fares and ticketing.</p>
<p>During 1999, there were plenty of cross-boundary bus services that were provided by commercial bus operators; they did accept Bus Passes and Travelcards for travel within the Greater London Area. There was <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/19990427205419fw_/http:/www.londontransport.co.uk/travel/2_3.html" target="_blank">one commercial route</a> numbered 151 in Romford where you could travel to Basildon.</p>
<p>In 2000, Transport for London, along with the Greater London Authority (GLA), was created as part of the 1997 <a href="http://www.labour-party.org.uk/manifestos/1997/1997-labour-manifesto.shtml" target="_blank">Labour Party's manifesto</a> on re-establishing a Londonwide authority with a directly elected Mayor and Assembly.</p>
<p>At present, to travel by bus from Romford to Chipping Ongar, <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/timetable/375/" target="_blank">route 375</a> runs from Romford to Passingford Bridge, and it is a low-frequency route with 1 bus per every 90 minutes. Then when you change at Passingford Bridge, there are no bus services to travel onwards to Chipping Ongar except for <a href="https://bustimes.org/services/493-fyfield-ongar-abridge-epping" target="_blank">route 493</a>, which runs one journey both ways every school day.</p>
<p>Alternatively, you can take <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/timetable/498/" target="_blank">route 498</a>, which runs from Romford to Brentwood, and then from Brentwood, change for <a href="https://bustimes.org/services/21on-ongar-brentwood" target="_blank">route 21</a>, which runs every hour, to travel to Chipping Ongar.</p>
<p>Prior to August 2008, London Buses <b>route 375</b> was launched to replace Arriva's commercially operated route 500. The previous commercial routes did serve Ongar and Harlow, which was a unique cross-boundary connection. You can read more about it on the <a href="http://www.londonbusroutes.net/photos/375.htm" target="_blank">London Bus Routes website</a>.</p>
<p>At present, this is inconvenient, which is why there's a lack of bus services along London Road. Residents of Little End village have no bus services to travel to places without a car. Another option is a taxi, minicab or ride-sharing which can be expensive.</p>
<p>I have pointed out on Twitter/X that when the London Underground's Central line gets disrupted, there’s no viable bus service to allow passengers to travel to or from Epping as the bus service is low-frequency and without a night bus service.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">When the London Underground's Central Line gets disrupted. There's no convenient high-frequency, evening, and night bus service for passengers heading to or from Epping, so they have to pay for an expensive option, which is a taxi, minicab, or rideshare.<a href="https://t.co/LyoCkS4bfl" target="_blank">https://t.co/LyoCkS4bfl</a> <a href="https://t.co/b4p0jrDTcU" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/b4p0jrDTcU</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1763969732191953035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 2, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Ahh, I didn't know that. Thanks 🙂👍<a href="https://t.co/9mbVyNVmQq" target="_blank">https://t.co/9mbVyNVmQq</a> <a href="https://t.co/iAUU5Nb4f6" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/iAUU5Nb4f6</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1763980310021370001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 2, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>Prior to <a href="https://londonbuses.co.uk/_routes/current/020-2.html" target="_blank">October 1976</a>, <b>route 20</b> used to serve Epping from Walthamstow Central; then during the 1980s, there was <a href="https://londonbuses.co.uk/_routes/withdrawn/201-2.html" target="_blank">route 201</a>, which served between Ongar and Buckhurst Hill, following the Central line. I have found the video footage of the bus in service on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qJUswJbtRc" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</p>
<p><b>Re-establishing the London Passenger Transport Area</b></p>
<p>At present, <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/part/IV/chapter/V/crossheading/the-london-bus-network" target="_blank">Part IV, Chapter V of the Greater London Authority Act 1999</a> provides a legislative responsibility for TfL to determine which London local services are required for the purpose of providing safe, integrated, efficient and economic transport services in Greater London.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">UK Department Of The Environment, Transport And The Regions press release - 4th September 1998:<br />Minister For Transport In London Glenda Jackson Launches Consultation On Future Of London's Buses Using <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Local Service Licences <a href="https://t.co/zxyISvlsWU" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/zxyISvlsWU</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1655482671429222400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>Bus operators that provide commercial, coach or tourist services are required to obtain a <a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/london-service-permit-consultations" target="_blank">London Service Permit</a> (LSP) from TfL. The fee for <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/suppliers-and-contractors/london-service-permits" target="_blank">new permit applications</a> is £150.</p>
<p>There’s one <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-2752-2223" target="_blank">Freedom of Information (FOI) request</a> I found, questioning a requirement for an LSP for <a href="https://bustimes.org/services/269-grays-brentwood" target="_blank">commercial route 269 by NIBSBuses</a>, which is routed through North Ockendon on the B186 as it is inside the Greater London boundary. As this FOI request was made last year(2023),) I checked the <a href="https://content.tfl.gov.uk/lsp-bulletin.pdf" target="_blank">LSP bulletin</a>, and the route and operating company are not listed due to the nature of the service using the B186 to bypass Greater London.</p>
<p>Re-establishing the London Passenger Transport Area with the current legislation (the GLA Act 1999 and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-act-2017-new-powers-and-opportunities" target="_blank">Bus Services Act 2017</a>) can be complicated for TfL, the GLA (including the Mayor of London), the neighbouring boroughs, and the UK Government.</p>
<p>The next option is for the government to <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/legislative-process-taking-a-bill-through-parliament" target="_blank">pass new legislation</a> in Parliament to re-establish the London Passenger Transport Area as a ‘bus authority’ for Greater London and certain areas of the Home Counties.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/23-24/14/schedule/SEVENTH/enacted" target="_blank">Schedule 7 of the London Passenger Transport Act 1933</a> outlines the London Passenger Transport Area, in which other sections have been repealed as part of transferring LT to the GLC in 1970.</p>
<p>The options for providing new bus services can be enhanced partnerships for existing routes and contracting/franchising models.</p>
<p>I did mention in my <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/07/suggestion-i-believe-its-time-for-new.html" target="_blank">previous article</a> suggesting a new South East Regional Transport Authority, a directly elected authority subsuming TfL’s services and the railway services of the former Network SouthEast, to provide a stronger integrated transport authority for the Home Counties and the South East of England.</p>
<p><b>Does it mean the expansion of the GLA?</b></p>
<p>That would be a controversial and complicated point because it may require redrawing the boundaries and reforming the responsibilities of the local authorities outside of Greater London. This includes my idea of creating a new South East Regional Transport Authority.</p>
<p>Although the public transport services outside of Greater London (especially all areas of the UK) do need accountability, when the bus service changes, I would like to see a consultation to allow the general public to express their views on the bus service changes and the Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) on how the changes impact people of protected characteristics, such as the disabled.</p>
<p>I believe all residents should have the same type of service, irrespective of whether they live in a rural area or in the city.</p>
<p><b>Re-establishment of Green Line express bus services?</b></p>
<p>Looking at the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/36844288@N00/49842303953" target="_blank">old map from 1966</a>, the Green Line under LT provided an extensive network of bus services linking to Central London. </p>
<p>At present, a bus operating company named Arriva currently owns the <a href="https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00001285773" target="_blank">trademark</a> for the ‘Green Line’ brand name. The current services for the Green Line are:</p>
<p><b>The London Line 701</b>: Reading station to Legoland Windsor – Operated by Reading Buses<br /><b>The London Line 702</b>: Legoland Windsor to Green Line Coach Station – Operated by Reading Buses<br /><b>Flightline 703</b>: Bracknell to Heathrow Terminal 5 – Operated by Reading Buses<br /><b>724</b>: Heathrow Airport to Harlow via St Albans – Operated by Arriva Herts & Essex<br /><b>755 and 757</b>: Leagrave station (755, 2 times in the morning, 2 times in the evening) / Luton station (757) / Luton Airport (757) to Green Line Coach Station – Operated by Arriva Herts & Essex</p>
<p>In line with my idea to <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/02/suggestion-transport-for-london-should.html" target="_blank">expand the Superloop</a> by reviving the old Speedbus proposal from the 1970s, I would re-establish the Green Line express bus services for the purpose of improving accessibility and providing connections to areas in the Home Counties that do not have a railway service.</p>
<p>I suggest the route numbering for the Green Line express services should remain in the 700s.</p>
<p>Taking a look at the <a href="https://traws.cymru/en/welcome-traws" target="_blank">TrawsCymru</a>, it’s a network of long distance bus services connecting to various places in Wales that are not connected by railway. The network is funded by the Welsh government. I would like to see a similar scheme for London, the Home Counties, and the rest of South East England.</p>
<p><b>Vehicle type suggestion for the new Country Bus services?</b></p>
<p>Depending on the suitability of the roads, some may be narrow with tight bends, and some roads may go under low bridges and trees.</p>
<p>I have suggested in <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/08/my-suggestions-to-help-create-most.html" target="_blank">my previous article</a> on creating a most accessible zero-emission bus for London and elsewhere, which includes two wheelchair spaces, a fully low flat floor, a more stylish design (to provide street presence), three-doors and two-staircases, and more.</p>
<p>Other vehicle types I have suggested, such as the tram-style bendy bus, are welcome to be used for cross-boundary bus services.</p>
<p>The livery for the Country Buses should be predominantly green, but could have route branding to help promote the bus service. Other services within the area should retain their livery, such as the Fastrack brand and the Ensignbus brand in Thurrock with their blue and silver livery.</p>
<p><b>Would you integrate the Fastrack Bus Rapid Transit service in Kent Thameside?</b></p>
<p>Yes, I agree. This includes merging the ticketing scheme with TfL’s Oyster and Contactless system, Travelcard scheme, and the Hopper fare. I did mention in my <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2022/12/i-believe-tfl-should-reform-travelcard.html" target="_blank">previous article</a> about reforming the Travelcard Agreement to include transport services outside of Greater London.</p>
<p>Although I do wish to see more bus routes using the Fastrack busways to help reduce journey times.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">UK's Bus Rapid Transit <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BRT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#BRT</a><br />Thames Gateway, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kent?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Kent</a>, Fastrack unguided busways.<br /><br />Service operated by Arriva using 'Fastrack' branded buses.<br />Section between Darent Valley Hospital and Bluewater also used by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>'s London Buses route 96, operated by Stagecoach<a href="https://t.co/gRVNJoYj4o" target="_blank">https://t.co/gRVNJoYj4o</a> <a href="https://t.co/ClUFV5Z55B" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/ClUFV5Z55B</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1527242666995503105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 19, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Freedom of Information release:<br />Use of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fastrack?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Fastrack</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BRT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#BRT</a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Busways?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Busways</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Buses in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kent?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Kent</a> - including agreement between Kent County Council and Transport for London<a href="https://t.co/KxFhvEEHBm" target="_blank">https://t.co/KxFhvEEHBm</a><a href="https://t.co/2hYdXXKE6D" target="_blank">https://t.co/2hYdXXKE6D</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BusRapidTransit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#BusRapidTransit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bluewater?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Bluewater</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dartford?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Dartford</a> <a href="https://t.co/b0LpTqDBXk" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/b0LpTqDBXk</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1518854894840688640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p><b>Does it mean deregulation should be scrapped for the London Passenger Transport Area?</b></p>
<p>I continue to welcome any bus company to set up their service anywhere. The purpose of my idea is to establish a network of high-frequency bus services, including evenings and nights, to enable people to travel to and from Greater London.</p>
<p>When a commercial route gets well used, especially by disabled people, then that service should be safeguarded. In the event that the bus operating company intends to withdraw their bus service, then the bus service should be contracted to another bus firm to save the service and the connection for bus users.</p>
<p><b>Does it mean the end of cash fares?</b></p>
<p>No, I believe cash fares should continue to be accepted, especially for people who are digitally excluded, and alternative methods of payment should be required.</p>
<p><b>Why did you suggest the idea?</b></p>
<p>Public transport needs creative ideas on how to improve travel and connectivity for people. Not everyone is able to drive due to age (under 17), health conditions (including people that are excluded from holding a driving licence), being unable to afford to drive, infrequent drivers, tourists, etc. This includes the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to Greater London, where I have <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2022/12/i-believe-tfl-should-reform-travelcard.html" target="_blank">suggested</a> that TfL should reform the Travelcard Agreement to provide 'Park and Ride' tickets for stations outside the ULEZ to discourage car travel into Central London.</p>
<p>Public transport, especially bus services, shall have no boundaries as they are vital in terms of accessibility, economic, mobility and social needs.</p>
<p>Residents in rural areas should have the same levels of bus services as the residents in the built-up area, such as London, in terms of high frequency, evenings, night, and weekend services to help reduce car usage.</p>
<p>Reducing car usage can help reduce traffic congestion and pollution, which may be beneficial to other road users such as utilities, deliveries (haulage, courier, etc.), emergency services etc. And also help reduce traffic accidents.</p>
<p>Most importantly, people of <a href="https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-workforce/equality-act-and" target="_blank">protected characteristics</a> that are listed by the Equality Act 2010, such as the disabled and age (older persons) have been disproportionally affected by the loss of bus services, as they are a vital lifeline for them.</p>
<p>The pieces of the jigsaw puzzle between Greater London and the Home Counties have been missing, which is why I have identified certain areas with a lack of bus services in my article.</p>
<p>I suggest taking a read of the <a href="https://www.nationaltransport.ie/connecting-ireland/" target="_blank">‘Connecting Ireland’ scheme</a> in the Republic of Ireland, as the Department of Transport is establishing more bus services to link rural areas to the town centres.</p>
<p>There’s a document to read, which is the <a href="https://www.londontravelwatch.org.uk/publication/crossing-the-border-2008/" target="_blank">‘Crossing the Border 2008’ report</a> by London TravelWatch about cross-boundary bus services in Greater London.</p>
<p><b>Brief histories of cross-boundary bus routes</b></p>
<p>Here are the brief histories of the notable cross-boundary bus routes serving Greater London.</p>
<p><b>Route 84</b></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> (LT) News (No. 215 - March 19 1982) clipping:<br />Essex, Hertfordshire and Sussex County Councils cut subsidies to LT, which led to reductions in cross-boundary bus services. Most notable was the 84, which transferred to London Country Bus Services. <a href="https://t.co/JlxIYyblMW" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/JlxIYyblMW</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1763711239992103264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 1, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>It was once part of London Transport's Central Buses network, but in 1982 it was swapped for route 313 with London Country. The text on the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishbuses/51787904546/" target="_blank">bus stop panel poster</a> says:</p>
<p><b><i>Changes to Buses 84 and 313</i></b></p>
<p><i>From 24th April [1982]</i></p>
<p><i>Because of the withdrawal of financial support by Hertfordshire County Council, a number of changes will be made to bus services in the County.</i></p>
<p><i>Bus 84 will be taken over by London Country between St. Albans and New Barnet. London Transport will continue to run the section between Arnos Grove and Barnet Church, which will be renumbered 84A. Buses will run every half-hour on Mondays to Saturdays, with school journeys running through to Barnet (Chesterfield Road), as now.</i></p>
<p><i>London Country Bus 313 will be taken over daily by London Transport between Potters Bar (Cranbourne Road) and Enfield Town, with buses running every half-hour during Monday to Friday peak hours and Saturday shopping hours. At other times buses will generally be hourly.</i></p>
<p><i>Double-deck one-man buses will be used on Routes 84A and 313.</i></p>
<p>In 1986, London Buses Ltd. won the route 84 contract from Hertfordshire County Council, and it eventually became a commercial route once the subsidiary company <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatisation_of_London_bus_services" target="_blank">London Northern got sold</a> to MTL Trust Holdings in 1994, which was then sold to Metroline in 1998.</p>
<p>Moving forward to the year 2022, Metroline notified Hertfordshire County Council of their intent to <a href="https://www.metroline.co.uk/updated-metroline-notify-hertfordshire-county-council-of-intention-to-deregister-route-84/" target="_blank">deregister route 84</a>. Then in April, Sullivan Buses launched a section of route 84 between St. Albans and Potters Bar Station.</p>
<p>Here are the texts by TfL (released by a Freedom of Information request) and the Mayor of London about the withdrawal of route 84.</p>
<p><b>Request ID: </b><a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-2662-2122" target="_blank"><b>FOI-2662-2122<br /></b></a>Date published: 03 March 2022</p>
<p><i>We do not hold the information you have requested although we have been in discussions with Hertfordshire County Council since we were informed that the current operator would no longer be running the route 84 from St Albans through to Potters Bar and New Barnet from April. There has been no decision taken on if we would run a bus service to replace the 84 as yet. We continue to discuss what the most appropriate option is for the Potters Bar – Barnet section of the route, which whilst predominantly in Hertfordshire, does also serve parts of London.</i></p>
<p><b>Answer by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan<br /></b><a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/84-bus-route">Reference: 2022/0565</a></p>
<p>Date: Wednesday 9 March 2022</p>
<p><i>Route 84 is a service that is run by Metroline on a commercial basis between Barnet, Potters Bar and St. Albans. Transport for London (TfL) recently received an application to extend the London Service Permit (required for third parties to run public bus services in London) to run route 84 within the Greater London Authority boundary until, but not beyond, 2 April 2022. From 2 April, this service will not run within Greater London.</i></p>
<p><i>TfL met with Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) to discuss what their mitigations could be. HCC have found an operator to run the service between Potters Bar and St Albans. There are a number of transport options to Potters Bar. TfL runs routes 298, 313 and school routes 626 between Potters Bar and Cockfosters, Chase Farm Hospital and Enfield. TfL also runs route 399 during Monday to Saturday inter-peaks around Hadley Wood. Passengers from Barnet can access Potters Bar on the TfL bus network by using route 307 and changing at Cat Hill roundabout in Cockfosters to route 298. This is covered by the Hopper Fare. There is also a direct rail service between New Barnet, Hadley Wood and Potters Bar stations.</i></p>
<p>After a <a href="https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/restoring-full-barnet-84-bus-8366211" target="_blank">year of campaigning</a>, with the council using the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funds totaling £183,600, route 84B was launched from Potters Bar train station and Barnet Hospital.</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.hertsmere.gov.uk/News/Articles/August-2023/Pioneering-use-of-Community-Infrastructure-Levy-to-fund-vital-bus-link.aspx" target="_blank">Hertsmere Borough Council</a></p>
<p><i>Around 75 residents, dignitaries and council staff gathered this morning (Monday 4 September) to celebrate the launch of a critical bus link between Potters Bar and Barnet, following our recent decision to allocate developer funding to this key route. </i></p>
<p><i>The 84B bus route restores direct access to and from Potters Bar train station and Barnet Hospital, six days per week. It provides an invaluable link for hospital users and visitors, schoolchildren, local businesses and residents. </i></p>
<p><i>Having identified this route as a key piece of infrastructure needing support, Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funds, totalling £183,600, will be provided for an initial period of 12 months. Further funding streams are being explored with other partner authorities and agencies, with the ultimate aim that the route should be self-sustaining. </i></p>
<p><i>The Mayor of Hertsmere, Cllr Chris Myers, led the celebrations at the train station by cutting both a specially-decorated cake and a ribbon to mark the start of the service, whilst refreshments were served to all. </i></p>
<p><i>The Mayor was joined by Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet; London Assembly Member Elly Baker; Hertsmere borough councillors; Hertfordshire county councillors; residents who have actively campaigned for the restoration of the route; representatives of the bus operators Central Connect; and council staff. </i></p>
<p><b><i>The Leader of Hertsmere Borough Council, Cllr Jeremy Newmark,</i></b><i> commented: “We’re really thrilled to have been able to restore this service, which reverses a bus cut dating from 2022. It’s a crucial link which enables residents of Potters Bar to access Barnet General Hospital, and many children to get to their schools. It brings families and communities back together who’ve been separated by the absence of this route. </i></p>
<p><i>“I’m delighted that we’ve been able to pioneer the use of the Community Infrastructure Levy to support this incredibly important transport link. From the number of people at the launch today, it’s clear that residents are committed to ensuring the route can be sustained into the future.”</i></p>
<p><b><i>Cabinet Member for Planning, infrastructure and transport, Cllr Nik Oakley,</i></b><i> added: “The sun shone on this joyful occasion and it was clear that everyone was delighted to see this bus route restored. We’ve moved incredibly quickly to deliver this new route in time for the start of the school term and I would like to thank everyone who has worked so hard to make that happen.”</i></p>
<p><i>The route is operated by Central Connect, part of the Vectare group, and details of the route and timetable can be found by visiting: intalink.org.uk/services</i></p>
<p>You can read more about the history of Route 84 on the <a href="https://www.londonbuses.co.uk/_routes/current/084.html" target="_blank">London Bus Routes History website</a> and the <a href="http://www.londonbusroutes.net/photos/084.htm" target="_blank">London Bus Routes website</a>.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hertfordshire bus route 84B - Potters Bar to High Barnet<br />Operated by Central Connect<br />The service was launched on September 3 2023.<a href="https://t.co/mlNjxcVL3Z" target="_blank">https://t.co/mlNjxcVL3Z</a> <a href="https://t.co/pQtwRr2Zhh" target="_blank">https://t.co/pQtwRr2Zhh</a> <a href="https://t.co/PsabDOvMlP" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/PsabDOvMlP</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1762593409238528380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 27, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p><b>Route 370 </b></p>
<p>Route 370, which runs between Romford and Lakeside (formerly Grays), was formerly provided by London Country buses; after deregulation and privatisation, the service was provided commercially with a couple of school bus services contracted by London Transport Buses. Then in 2007, it became part of TfL's bus network.</p>
<p>You can read the full history on the London <a href="https://www.londonbuses.co.uk/_routes/current/370.html" target="_blank">Bus Routes History website</a> and the <a href="http://www.londonbusroutes.net/photos/370.htm" target="_blank">London Bus Routes website</a>.</p>
<p><b>Route 405</b></p>
<p>During the year 2001, Transport for London once saved a vital cross-boundary commercial bus route formerly part of London Country Buses, which is the 405 that runs from West Croydon to Redhill, Surrey County, which is currently part of TfL’s bus network. </p>
<p>You can read the history of route 405 on the <a href="https://www.londonbuses.co.uk/_routes/current/405.html" target="_blank">London Bus Routes History website</a> and the <a href="http://londonbusroutes.net/photos/405.htm" target="_blank">London Bus Routes website</a>.</p>
<p><b>TfL Press Release</b></p>
<p>24 January 2001</p>
<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010207181521/http:/www.londontransport.co.uk/buses/cib_press_136.shtml" target="_blank"><b><i>Transport for London plans to save route 405</i></b></a><b></b></p>
<p><i>Transport for London (TfL) is planning to take on responsibility for cross-boundary bus route 405 from 21 April because the present operator, Arriva, has said it intends to withdraw the service.</i></p>
<p><i>The 405 runs between West Croydon and Redhill via Purley, Coulsdon and Hooley.</i></p>
<p><b><i>London Buses' Vice-Chair Joyce Mamode</i></b><i> said: "Most of the passengers on the 405 start or finish their journeys on the London side of the boundary so it makes sense for TfL to absorb it into the London bus network.</i></p>
<p><i>"It also provides the only service on the section of Brighton Road south of Coulsdon, where developments are planned on the site of the former Cane Hill Hospital.</i></p>
<p><i>"We're therefore inviting tenders for the continued operation of the 405. Buses would run half-hourly with an hourly evening and Sunday service, in line with the present frequency during the week but double the present two-hourly Sunday service." </i></p>
<p>11 April 2001</p>
<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010809103258/http:/www.transportforlondon.gov.uk/buses/cib_press_202.shtml" target="_blank"><b><i>Seeing red as Transport for London rescues bus route 405</i></b></a><b></b></p>
<p><i>Passengers on route 405 will be seeing red when the service becomes part of the Transport for London (TfL) network on 21 April.</i></p>
<p><i>Brand new low-floor wheelchair-accessible red single-deckers will be taking over from the elderly buses currently on the service. The 405 runs from West Croydon to Redhill via South Croydon, Purley and Coulsdon before crossing into Surrey at Hooley. Until now it has been operated commercially by Arriva who indicated they intended to withdraw it. From 21 April, Connex will run the service on contract to TfL.</i></p>
<p><b><i>Peter Hendy, TfL Managing Director of Surface Transport,</i></b><i> said: "I am pleased we will be able to run a better and more accessible service on the 405 and ensure it will continue to be useful both to people who live in this part of London as well as those who live across the boundary in Surrey. Buses will run half-hourly during the day on Mondays to Saturdays and hourly in the evenings and on Sundays, with a new late-evening service and double the present Sunday frequency." </i></p>
<p><b>X99 Forester </b></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Regional <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> (LRT) News (No. 320 - August 1 1986) clipping:<br />London Buses Ltd. launched the Forester Route X99, an express route that served Harlow, Epping, Ilford, Romford, Billericay and Basildon.<br />Unfortunately, the service only lasted six months as an experiment. <a href="https://t.co/zLmiyPw3xK" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/zLmiyPw3xK</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1764717912886059270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 4, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>This is something I’d like to see from TfL, which is that to rescue cross-boundary bus services, transport authorities should serve everyone and not just within their geographic area.</p>
<p>To wrap up the article, you might be interested in watching the <a href="https://youtu.be/VzhN_9TKwyw" target="_blank">presentation by Andrew Braddock</a> on the London Country bus services after 1970.</p>
<p>If you agree with my suggestion(s), you are welcome to share this article with your local Member of Parliament, councillor and Assembly Member. You can find your elected representative on the <a href="https://www.writetothem.com/" target="_blank">‘Write To Them’ website</a>.</p>
<p>When you have creative ideas, you should write them down on a website or on social media. One day, someone may take them on board to deliver your ideas and suggestions.</p><p><b>Update 8th March 2024</b></p><p>I've just noticed that last month (February), the London Assembly passed a motion calling on TfL to restore a bus link between Waltham Abbey and Chingford.</p><p>From the <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/london-assembly-press-releases/restore-bus-link-between-waltham-abbey-and-chingford" target="_blank">London Assembly news release</a>:<br /><br /><i><b>08 February 2024</b></i><br /><br /><i>The 505 bus, running between Chingford and Harlow, is no longer in service.<br /><br />In May 2015, the bus operator Arriva handed responsibility for the route over to TrustyBus, reducing the service to just six buses a day.<br /><br />The stretch between Waltham Abbey and Chingford was once frequently served 7 days a week by London bus route 242, with buses every 10 to 30 minutes from early mornings to late evenings. On a Sunday, the final bus from Chingford Station to Waltham Abbey would leave as late as 00:10.<br /><br />Now, not a single bus provides a service between Waltham Abbey and Chingford. All bus stops on Sewardstone Road towards Chingford (except the Lea Valley Camp Site) are completely unserved.<br /><br />This Assembly calls on Transport for London to restore a frequent, daily London Buses link between Waltham Abbey and neighbouring Chingford by <b>extending route 215 </b>(which currently terminates at the Lea Valley Camp Site on Sewardstone Road – just within the Waltham Abbey boundary), <b>route 379</b> (which also terminates on Sewardstone Road), or both, to at least Waltham Abbey Town Centre.</i><br /></p>
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CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-80242672947292755172024-02-26T16:26:00.000+00:002024-02-26T16:26:07.390+00:00TfL Reveals Detailed Information About the 464 Feeder Bus Service<p style="text-align: justify;">Route 464 runs from Tatsfield to New Addington. You can view the map and the timetable on the <a href="https://bustimes.org/services/464-tatsfield-biggin-hill-new-addington" target="_blank">Bus Times website</a>, as well as the history of the bus route on the <a href="https://londonbuses.co.uk/_routes/current/464.html" target="_blank">London Bus Route Histories website</a>. As part of route 464 is on diversion, it has been revealed that Thames Water is providing a feeder bus service out of their funds.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Taking a look through the <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information" target="_blank">Freedom of Information disclosure log</a> on the Transport for London (TfL) website, they have published information about the route 464 feeder bus service in south of Greater London.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">My article is in response to <a href="https://busandtrainuser.com/2024/02/10/the-464-connector-that-doesnt-connect/" target="_blank">BusAndTrainUser's article</a> reviewing his experience with the 464 feeder bus service.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-3996-2324" target="_blank">FOI-3996-2324</a><br />Date published: 26 February 2024</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. Which bus operator provides the route 464 feeder service?</b><br /><i>Go-Coach subcontracted from Transport UK</i><br /> <br /><b>2. Which type of vehicles do they use and are they wheelchair accessible?</b><br /><i>The vehicle is Euro VI and PSVAR (wheelchair) compliant</i><br /> <br /><b>3. Can you send me the livery and branding graphics that are used on the feeder buses?</b><br /><i>We do not hold these – they were produced by the Bus Operator.</i><br /> <br /><b>4. When did the contract for the feeder service start, and when will it finish?</b><br /><i>It started on 29 January and is expected to end after 12 weeks - but works may finish earlier or later depending on how they progress and any engineering/weather issues that may occur during the replacement works</i><br /><br /><b>5. Can you reveal the expenditure to provide a feeder bus service?</b><br /><i>This is a <b>Thames Water contract </b>and they are paying for the service – the terms are Commercially confidential.</i><br /> <br /><b>6. Did the feeder service accept Oyster and Contactless cards?</b><br /><i>No. - The service is free.</i><br /><br /><b>7. Can you publish the map of the route 464 feeder service?</b><br /><i>We do not hold a map of the route.</i><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The purpose of relaying the Freedom of Information response is to give wider exposure to why the 464 feeder bus service is taking place.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Why is the feeder service taking place?</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">According to the <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/buses/bus-changes" target="_blank">Bus changes page</a> on the TfL website, it says:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Long term diversions</b></i><br /><i>Ship Hill is currently closed between Maesmaur Road & Borough Road for Thames Water works. Route 464 is only operating between New Addington and Biggin Hill, Stock Hill before diverting to start and finish at Biggin Hill, Kings Road. A minibus shuttle is in operation between Biggin Hill, Kings Road and Tatsfield running via Sunningvale Avenue, Ricketts Hill Road, Church Hill, Clarks Lane & Tatsfield Approach Road. This will be in place until at least 29 April 2024.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Then on the <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/status/?input=464&lineIds=464&&direction=outbound" target="_blank">status alert</a> for route 464, it says:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>SHIP HILL TN16:</b> Closed due to Thames Water works, Monday 29 January 05:00 to Monday 29 April 16:00. ROUTE 464 towards Tatsfield, Old Ship will curtail short of normal route at Stock Hill. Stops from "Stock Hill" (D) to "Tatsfield Village/Old Ship" will not be served. ROUTE 464 towards New Addington Parkway will start at stop "Biggin Hill Valley" (A) on Kings Road (by the Flying Machine public house). Stops from "Tatsfield Village/Old Ship" to "Swievelands Road" (H) will not be served. A shuttle bus will operate in both directions between Old Ship, Tatsfield and Kings Road, to connect with ROUTE 464.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The purpose of pasting this text from the TfL website is for posterity, which is to preserve a piece of history for route 464.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.
<br /></p>CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-6020899745027585252024-02-24T01:00:00.006+00:002024-02-24T01:02:12.466+00:00TfL Confirms a Review for the Superloop Could Appear on the London Underground Tube Map and Why the SL3 is Using New Routemasters?<div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRimLdLvlPY4MAbvbWsHoqB3zCko_1fZfEEfj5lbX5xHqC8eY1FoO4CPG5LIBTAZzXOcq_yNoGzEXtz5BFqiWoPvRqKNKCIF8NBIKE7qn-8jCW78c_EU5xKui2ic96ymnYDJ5qui8iyNG8b_zNrDMXzL_v2cRFH9eLbBfYPyyEdJHc-RSR6YI5SvB9ppQ/s4096/The%20Superloop%20is%20Coming%20Poster%20by%20GLA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="2582" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRimLdLvlPY4MAbvbWsHoqB3zCko_1fZfEEfj5lbX5xHqC8eY1FoO4CPG5LIBTAZzXOcq_yNoGzEXtz5BFqiWoPvRqKNKCIF8NBIKE7qn-8jCW78c_EU5xKui2ic96ymnYDJ5qui8iyNG8b_zNrDMXzL_v2cRFH9eLbBfYPyyEdJHc-RSR6YI5SvB9ppQ/w253-h400/The%20Superloop%20is%20Coming%20Poster%20by%20GLA.jpg" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Superloop is Coming - <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/foi-poster-superloop-coming-jan-2024" target="_blank">Released by FOI Request</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Taking a look through the Freedom of Information (FOI) requests on the Transport for London (TfL) website, I have noticed one interesting FOI request about the Superloop. Then I noticed that the person who made the request had sent them links to my tweets and my article for reference to their questions.<br /><br />I have added a comment to TfL's answer to the question.<br /><br />Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-3938-2324" target="_blank">FOI-3938-2324</a><br />Date published: 23 February 2024<br /><br /><b>1. What has enabled the New Routemaster to be used on the SL3? Can you release details about this?</b><br /><i>Surplus New Routemasters (NRM) vehicles were available for use on route SL3 as a result of other route contract changes a few months ago.</i></div><i><span><a name='more'></a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">TfL had responded to 261 comments on the SL3 consultation requesting for New Routemasters to be used, which were mentioned in my <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/01/transport-for-londons-2023-consultation.html" target="_blank">previous article</a>. I have also covered it on Twitter/X.<br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">It's been revealed that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>'s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> route SL3, which is a new express route between Thamesmead and Bromley. They will be using three-door, two-staircase hybrid buses named New Routemaster.<a href="https://t.co/vBzMXoGZb8" target="_blank">https://t.co/vBzMXoGZb8</a><a href="https://t.co/wv3vSc9H6U" target="_blank">https://t.co/wv3vSc9H6U</a> <a href="https://t.co/XijNTJIeXR" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/XijNTJIeXR</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1735404292977381454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <div style="text-align: justify;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><b>2. Why did TfL choose to use the single deck buses for the SL5? Are there restrictions such as low bridges, low trees etc. on the route?</b><br /><i>Low trees preclude the use of Double-deck vehicles on SL5.</i><br /><br /><b>3. Are there plans to use double deck buses on the SL5 in the near future?</b><br /><i>The use of Single-deck vehicles for the SL5 service is subject to review and could be operated with Double-deck vehicles pending a review of demand and discussions with the relevant Boroughs on the pruning of trees that would be required.</i><br /><br /><b>4. Will the new Superloop buses have a new interior design, including a colour scheme for handrails, wall coverings and moquette on seats to represent your Superloop branding instead of the interior design selected by bus operating companies? As compared to other branded services in the UK such as Bristol MetroBus, Glider in Belfast, Harrogate 36, Fastrack Kent etc. as they have their own interior design to represent their services.</b><br /><i>There are no immediate plans of this nature.</i><br /><br /><b>5. Can you release information about the rapid transit bus network in Thamesmead as part of the vision for the new Docklands 2.0 announced by the government?</b><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1727373150391042368" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1727373150391042368</a><br /><i>Please see our website for more information on this at the following link: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/how-we-work/planning-for-the-future/dlr-extension" target="_blank">https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/how-we-work/planning-for-the-future/dlr-extension</a>. Please also see our press release for further information. In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you elsewhere.</i><br /><br />I have revealed on the tweet below about a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network in Thamesmead, which is part of the agenda item for TfL's Programmes and Investment Committee.<br /></div> </div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Highlights of the Agenda papers for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TfL</a>'s Programmes and Investment Committee - 28 February 2024<br /><br />Updates on:<br />Bus Transit between Thamesmead, Woolwich and Abbey Wood<br />West <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Orbital<br />Bakerloo Line Extension<br />London Underground upgrades<a href="https://t.co/X2kUO9TccA" target="_blank">https://t.co/X2kUO9TccA</a> <a href="https://t.co/lXWVk6RWA1" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/lXWVk6RWA1</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1760313652903624808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 21, 2024</a></blockquote> <div style="text-align: justify;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><b>6. Are there any plans to expand the Superloop services and create new Bus Rapid Transport/Transit schemes, as mentioned in your Bus Action Plan? If yes, would you be able to release the proposals?</b><br /><i>There are no current plans to expand Superloop beyond the schemes already consulted on but we will continue to look at options and will carry out consultation on any new proposals.</i><br /><br />Recently, I have <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/02/suggestion-transport-for-london-should.html" target="_blank">suggested</a> that TfL should revive the Speedbus proposal from the 1970s to help expand the Superloop in response to Andy Lord (the Commissioner of TfL) stating that he has the ambition of launching "phase two of Superloop" and the London Assembly Transport Committee's recommendation to introduce new orbital bus services and further bus priority measures.<br /><br /><b>7. An author of his blog has suggested on X (formerly Twitter) that TfL should use articulated/bendy electric buses with tram design for the Superloop. Is TfL aware of the suggestion, and do they plan to purchase and use these vehicles in the future for their Superloop and the Bus Rapid Transport schemes to increase capacity and improve accessibility?</b><a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/01/transport-for-londons-2023-consultation.html" target="_blank"><br />https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/01/transport-for-londons-2023-consultation.html</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1742300348600012964" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1742300348600012964</a><br /><i>There are no immediate plans for changes to the vehicle types used on the current Superloop network, however this will be kept under review in the light of actual operational experience.</i><br /><br />That is interesting, but we have to see in the near future if TfL takes on my suggestion to use tram-style bendy buses for the Superloop and BRT services to increase capacity and improve accessibility.<br /><br /><b>8. Are there plans to include the Superloop on the Tube Map and Tube and Rail Map?</b><br /><i>We are reviewing how Superloop appears on all mapping products, including the London Underground map.</i><br /><br />In my opinion, the current <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/maps/track/tube" target="_blank">Tube Map</a> is too congested for the pocket Tube Map. But it will be interesting to see if they intend to find space to add the Superloop express bus services to the Tube Map, but the <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/maps/track/national-rail" target="_blank">Tube and (National) Rail</a> map has plenty of space.<br /><br /><b>9. Why did TfL choose to use the 'SL' prefix for the Superloop routes instead of the 'X' prefix?</b><br /><i>The SL prefix was decided upon following specific customer research to determine the most appropriate prefix for these services.</i><br /><br />Before TfL started to bring in the SL prefix, I did suggest (in private) that TfL should have a prefix for the Superloop services to make it simple and easy instead of a mix of X prefix routes.<br /><br />I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.
</div> </div>CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-37322825181114292522024-02-23T15:27:00.003+00:002024-02-23T15:27:37.506+00:00London Bus Tender Awards: New Electric Buses For Routes 34, 172, 257 & Superloop SL1<p>The recent London Bus Tender Awards has revealed that routes 34, 172, 257 and Superloop SL1 will be using new double-deck electric buses.<br /><br /><i>LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:</i><br /><br /><b>Route 34</b><br />Retained by: Arriva London North<br />Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR): 18<br />Vehicles: New electric double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 9th November 2024<br />Contract End Date: 7th November 2031<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><b>Route 36 (24h)</b><br />Retained by: Go-Ahead London Central<br />PVR: 29<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 8th February 2025<br />Contract End Date: 8th February 2030<br /><br /><b>Route 66</b><br />Retained by: Arriva London North<br />PVR: 14<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 31st August 2024<br />Contract End Date: 30th August 2030<br /><br /><b>Route 103</b><br />Retained by: Arriva London North<br />PVR: 14<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 12th October 2024<br />Contract End Date: 11th October 2030<br /><br /><b>Route 172</b><br />Retained by: Go-Ahead London Central<br />PVR: 14<br />Vehicles: New electric double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 15th March 2025<br />Contract End Date: 12th March 2032<br /><br /><b>Route 192</b><br />Retained by: Arriva London North<br />PVR: 15<br />Vehicles: Existing diesel single deck<br />Contract Start Date: 9th November 2024<br />Contract End Date: 5th November 2027<br /><br /><b>Route 257</b><br />Retained by: Stagecoach East London<br />PVR: 16<br />Vehicles: New electric double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 12th October 2024<br />Contract End Date: 10th October 2031<br /><br /><b>Route 343/N343</b><br />Retained by: Go-Ahead London Central<br />PVR: TBC<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 1st February 2025<br />Contract End Date: 1st February 2030<br /><br /><b>Route 370</b><br />Retained by: Arriva London North<br />PVR: 13<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 2nd November 2024<br />Contract End Date: 1st November 2030<br /><br /><b>Route 618</b><br />New Operator For New Route: Abellio West London<br />PVR: 1<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 31st August 2024<br />Contract End Date: 27th August 2027<br /><br /><b>Route 639/670</b><br />Current Operator: RATP Dev London United<br />New Operator: Abellio London<br />PVR: 2<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 8th June 2024<br />Contract End Date: 4th June 2027<br /><br /><b>Route E1</b><br />Current Operator: RATP Dev London United<br />New Operator: Metroline West<br />PVR: 7<br />Vehicles: Existing diesel double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 25th May 2024<br />Contract End Date: 21st May 2027<br /><br /><b>Route SL1</b><br />Retained by: Arriva London North<br />PVR: 11<br />Vehicles: New electric double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 9th November 2024<br />Contract End Date: 7th November 2031<br /><i><br />New electric vehicles may enter service after the contract start date, dependent on infrastructure and/ or vehicle delivery timescales.<br /><br />The diesel and hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.</i><br /><br />Here are the highlights of my tweets on Twitter/X:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ireland?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> Public Transport Network Customer Satisfaction Survey 2023 published<br /><br />83% of passengers had a positive sentiment towards TFI services<br /><br />96% of passengers felt safe on-board<a href="https://t.co/rFEmtSAsjI" target="_blank">https://t.co/rFEmtSAsjI</a> <a href="https://t.co/2i6KszNvX7" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/2i6KszNvX7</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1757855494364971063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Great Western <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Railway?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Railway</a>’s battery <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/train?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#train</a> sets new distance record<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GWR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#GWR</a>'s innovative FastCharge battery trial has achieved another significant step – just days after laying claim to a battery train <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#UK</a> distance record without recharging.<a href="https://t.co/R415s8zx4I" target="_blank">https://t.co/R415s8zx4I</a> <a href="https://t.co/nZW4gJPCc1" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/nZW4gJPCc1</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1758604666391396447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Highlights from the 2001 London Mayor's Transport Strategy:<br />Proposed South London Tram extensions to Tooting, Sutton, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Purley and Crystal Palace. <a href="https://t.co/uVTeGyJtDh" target="_blank">https://t.co/uVTeGyJtDh</a> <a href="https://t.co/tvT7xnFbE8" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/tvT7xnFbE8</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1759457786952360346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 19, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a> Route 607 Express<br />Uxbridge Station to Shepherd's Bush <br />From 12th October 1996<br />"Travel First Class on the Uxbridge Road"<br />The leaflet promotes the bus priority for the service to reduce delays.<br />Currently rebranded as <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> route SL8 <a href="https://t.co/KARdm9b4to" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/KARdm9b4to</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1760073061653754006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 20, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Press Release:<br />Thousands of care leavers aged 18-25 to benefit from half-price bus and tram travel in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> as new concession opens<a href="https://t.co/YNp8FzlhAm" target="_blank">https://t.co/YNp8FzlhAm</a> <a href="https://t.co/c0Qv7qx2gf" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/c0Qv7qx2gf</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1760258803247804552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 21, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Highlights of the Agenda papers for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>'s Programmes and Investment Committee - 28 February 2024<br /><br />Updates on:<br />Bus Transit between Thamesmead, Woolwich and Abbey Wood<br />West <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Orbital<br />Bakerloo Line Extension<br />London Underground upgrades<a href="https://t.co/X2kUO9TccA" target="_blank">https://t.co/X2kUO9TccA</a> <a href="https://t.co/lXWVk6RWA1" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/lXWVk6RWA1</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1760313652903624808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 21, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Germany?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Germany</a>: From A for autonomous driving to Z for zero emissions: MAN at mobility move in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Berlin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Berlin</a><br /><br />MAN presents Lion's City 12 E, which will drive automated through Berlin as part of BeIntelli<a href="https://t.co/5saFCCnqjr" target="_blank">https://t.co/5saFCCnqjr</a> <a href="https://t.co/6bvqR0q2wg" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/6bvqR0q2wg</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1760416607430382006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 21, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-34210530270174418262024-02-20T23:53:00.001+00:002024-02-21T11:53:13.172+00:00Suggestion: Transport for London Should Revive the Old Speedbus Proposal From the 1970s as Part of Phase 2 of the Superloop<p>Followers on Twitter/X may have noticed that I have been suggesting that Transport for London (TfL) revive the Speedbus proposal, which first launched in 1973, which is 50 years ago!<br /><br />This is in response to Andy Lord, the Commissioner of TfL, <a href="https://twitter.com/RossLydall/status/1759902461173576061" target="_blank">stating</a> that he has the ambition of launching "phase two of Superloop".<br /><br />This is also in response to the <a href="https://gla.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=173&MId=7356&Ver=4" target="_blank">London Assembly Transport Committee's recommendation</a> to expand the new Superloop services along with more bus priority measures.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a>Extract of a letter to Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, by Keith Prince AM, Chairman of the Transport Committee - 22 January 2024<br /><br /><i>The Committee heard that the new Superloop services have been generally welcomed, but that there is a need for more of these types of orbital bus services (to include currently excluded boroughs such as Havering), and also for more bus priority measures.<br /><br />Recommendation 5: TfL should look to introduce other new orbital bus services to serve areas not covered by the current Superloop service, including extending new Superloop services to boroughs such as Havering.<br /><br />Recommendation 6: TfL should investigate ways to introduce further bus priority measures (such as dedicated bus lanes or priority lights) for the Superloop to reduce journey times as well as expanding bus priority measures more generally across outer London.</i><br /><br /><b>About the Speedbus proposal</b><br /><br />The concept of Speedbus was a proposed network of limited stop bus services using reserved lanes and priority measures to reduce journey times. They proposed to use crew-operated double-deck buses with "quiet engine" specifications, their own distinctive livery and bus stop shelters of a higher standard.<br /><br />They expected the first Speedbus route between Hackney and Marble Arch to launch into passenger service in October 1974, but it did not happen.<br /><br />Here are some clippings from London Transport News and the Commercial Motor magazine on the Speedbus proposal.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-jy1W7p1DMiONMdxS-OxuazG13qQ6-DvilZ5kEbA8pkMNmjPVyQb7wENG7Jbn-sco-P7O0G-VwceKElFZ7mlzisTRZqoKIkYgqy_1EKx6h4DYxP0iilQwiQzG_G_7-gV46CynpBaVSJHkby7O8mO3ueKFzO8x9s5HNODHXxLLHlZgt8Y7T4EKcK0GkuM/s997/LT%20News%20No%208%20July%2020%201973%20-%20speedbus%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="850" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-jy1W7p1DMiONMdxS-OxuazG13qQ6-DvilZ5kEbA8pkMNmjPVyQb7wENG7Jbn-sco-P7O0G-VwceKElFZ7mlzisTRZqoKIkYgqy_1EKx6h4DYxP0iilQwiQzG_G_7-gV46CynpBaVSJHkby7O8mO3ueKFzO8x9s5HNODHXxLLHlZgt8Y7T4EKcK0GkuM/s320/LT%20News%20No%208%20July%2020%201973%20-%20speedbus%201.jpg" width="273" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From LT News, No 8 - July 20 1973 <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mivwUotw578m75uzOZjIIJEVh7ckDwiURMRWmKCgR9_IZMTj8qPedvQDgMtCq12BxBu1Mt020C202XgKBgSTypLRSvgW8pjqQrAqIzIOTcEPGSQ_26__npV-PXwC75-yhvEWNZpYgveZM-Xyifg7GctI3f_Djh0sRi2OOQDq3ywx-FwekL_AcreJwxk/s3388/LT%20News%20No%208%20July%2020%201973%20-%20speedbus%202%20compressed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2698" data-original-width="3388" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mivwUotw578m75uzOZjIIJEVh7ckDwiURMRWmKCgR9_IZMTj8qPedvQDgMtCq12BxBu1Mt020C202XgKBgSTypLRSvgW8pjqQrAqIzIOTcEPGSQ_26__npV-PXwC75-yhvEWNZpYgveZM-Xyifg7GctI3f_Djh0sRi2OOQDq3ywx-FwekL_AcreJwxk/s320/LT%20News%20No%208%20July%2020%201973%20-%20speedbus%202%20compressed.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From LT News, No 8 - July 20 1973</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQRjsilIllQQvudG3LpdOIXye9RZ7tcEOAxO1xaUBJ1B4OoHJ0YBeO0h7GFzUcfAq4oH9CTRgOrsyXtOxP7MxXz9nEGKZLgoT0Jr3dtgKaro3NvXP2_XVY8yQpCU7kwidKRNatiyCQeZs8H2hE4LNA_IDGdGzmimAz-0532vfMb6XErZl9Wsv2fYyIMI/s1103/Commercial%20Motor%20July%2013%201973.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1103" data-original-width="983" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQRjsilIllQQvudG3LpdOIXye9RZ7tcEOAxO1xaUBJ1B4OoHJ0YBeO0h7GFzUcfAq4oH9CTRgOrsyXtOxP7MxXz9nEGKZLgoT0Jr3dtgKaro3NvXP2_XVY8yQpCU7kwidKRNatiyCQeZs8H2hE4LNA_IDGdGzmimAz-0532vfMb6XErZl9Wsv2fYyIMI/s320/Commercial%20Motor%20July%2013%201973.jpg" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Commercial Motor, July 13 1973</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63rEqa3v6v_1uyRP4yxrqJM4f2nOv4Xtrf80Am6Vl7HLEhGm71LGWUwJCWDG0CYYGgYw-B3LB6tsuu8mb5QWfyHpg7t3d4jYXl9x00idy3OPcqIQJwIPOZYtJPCNcY-wnVQf2fhuNzHzQTGw9iQy23w4hS8MNDk2ROgBPHL0kHnhJy2eBrKEMs6KdYNI/s1190/LT%20News%20No%2065%20November%2028%201975.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="841" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63rEqa3v6v_1uyRP4yxrqJM4f2nOv4Xtrf80Am6Vl7HLEhGm71LGWUwJCWDG0CYYGgYw-B3LB6tsuu8mb5QWfyHpg7t3d4jYXl9x00idy3OPcqIQJwIPOZYtJPCNcY-wnVQf2fhuNzHzQTGw9iQy23w4hS8MNDk2ROgBPHL0kHnhJy2eBrKEMs6KdYNI/s320/LT%20News%20No%2065%20November%2028%201975.jpg" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LT News, No. 65 - November 28 1975</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The proposed Speedbus routes were as follows:<br /><br /><b>1</b> Clapton Pond - Marble Arch - Putney Heath<br /><b>2</b> Tower of London (Aldgate) - Piccadilly - Heathrow Airport<br /><b>3</b> Lower Edmonton - Piccadilly - Roehampton<br /><b>4</b> Waltham Cross - London Bridge - Catford<br /><b>5</b> Muswell Hill - Piccadilly - Sydenham<br /><b>6</b> Hampstead - Oxford Circus - South Croydon<br /><b>7</b> Mill Hill Broadway - Oxford Circus - Crystal Palace<br /><b>8</b> Paddington - Piccadilly - Thamesmead<br /><b>9</b> Becontree Heath - Bank - Lewisham<br /><b>10</b> Whipps Cross - Hackney - London Bridge<br /><br />Unfortunately, <a href="https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/15th-april-1977/24/plans-for-re-shaping-londons-transport-systems-for" target="_blank">in 1977</a>, the Speedbus proposal was dropped when the Conservatives took power of the GLC. It was also due to objections by taxi drivers, haulage, and many others regarding the plans to increase bus priority measures that were needed for the Speedbus network.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMR5f1hcJmLIbNvRM7UsOxsxwirakWJjVFLDbKP_Tbrg3tvpIVi_yzBXJ2xHUjV1fgXB51Vvvuen5IGbZnYfH5q9AuPEHBLICafbWyDNEVJDIeg77vX3Ycy3A1X2RcDfNpj-GPtENOZl66BpdF-chfNV7kt2g1g0-jIB9dsViVPLbPecC97_QtvSSY21Y/s820/LT%20News%20No%20102%20June%2024%201977.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="820" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMR5f1hcJmLIbNvRM7UsOxsxwirakWJjVFLDbKP_Tbrg3tvpIVi_yzBXJ2xHUjV1fgXB51Vvvuen5IGbZnYfH5q9AuPEHBLICafbWyDNEVJDIeg77vX3Ycy3A1X2RcDfNpj-GPtENOZl66BpdF-chfNV7kt2g1g0-jIB9dsViVPLbPecC97_QtvSSY21Y/s320/LT%20News%20No%20102%20June%2024%201977.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clipping from LT News, No. 102 - June 24 1977<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>At present, bus lanes and priority measures are quite vital for bus services to improve their punctuality, and I have <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/01/why-bus-lanes-and-bus-priority-roads.html" target="_blank">mentioned</a> how they are beneficial to the emergency services to reduce their response times and save lives. You can view the map of bus lanes in Greater London on <a href="https://gis-tfl.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/TfL::bus-lanes-1/explore" target="_blank">TfL's Open Data Hub</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIyRlpezpzWii-pUv2xKJJ5X92qRhWUyuHyY_iTCTW2fKYFfybKyKnSeEmfksSpozY0y8UozeSGf5YvRNiRpvrkWchkq_M-xPISisu-R38KIWd83d2Vv8cEDICyzA4L-zX3NX516-HMIzuaUVcWkSSIz4lfXfFaFtABrS6wGK2mNIMyCxsPU4LijEEtI/s1327/Bus%20lane%20coverage%20in%20Greater%20London.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1327" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIyRlpezpzWii-pUv2xKJJ5X92qRhWUyuHyY_iTCTW2fKYFfybKyKnSeEmfksSpozY0y8UozeSGf5YvRNiRpvrkWchkq_M-xPISisu-R38KIWd83d2Vv8cEDICyzA4L-zX3NX516-HMIzuaUVcWkSSIz4lfXfFaFtABrS6wGK2mNIMyCxsPU4LijEEtI/s320/Bus%20lane%20coverage%20in%20Greater%20London.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bus lane coverage in Greater London<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><b><br />Further suggestions on how to improve public transport services in London</b><br /><br />Back in 2022, in a response to TfL's bus action plan, I suggested that TfL should revive the Transit Schemes proposal from the 2000s, which included the Cross River Tram/Transit, Greenwich Waterfront Transit, Thames Gateway Transit (as part of the proposed Thames Gateway Bridge), and West London Tram/Transit. They were part of the Mayor of London's 2001 Transport Strategy. You can read more about my suggestion, including the Sutton Link, in my <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2022/03/my-response-to-tfls-bus-action-plan.html" target="_blank">previous article</a>.<br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Proposed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> transit schemes from 2001 London Mayor's Transport Strategy.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BRT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#BRT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BusRapidTransit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#BusRapidTransit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LightRail?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#LightRail</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trams?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Trams</a> <a href="https://t.co/ySSNW7pmsZ" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/ySSNW7pmsZ</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1519572119947939840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 28, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Do you remember?<br />During 2000s, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> proposed schemes to improve transport services:<br />Greenwich Waterfront Transit<br />Thames Gateway Transit (as part of proposed Thames Gateway Bridge)<br />Cross River Tram<br />West London Tram <a href="https://t.co/4M8buzacqe" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/4M8buzacqe</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1503486116451819524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Bus Action Plan proposes Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) schemes to improve connectivity.<br /><br />I'd like to see some of the old projects reinstated as proposed on the 'Transit Schemes' documents from the old <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> website in 2002.<a href="https://t.co/0AIypHYXIJ" target="_blank">https://t.co/0AIypHYXIJ</a><a href="https://t.co/jVh8wQYqFA" target="_blank">https://t.co/jVh8wQYqFA</a> <a href="https://t.co/EmNHPwNxg1" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/EmNHPwNxg1</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1504237531520458754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4Y8cdhl1eXP4fh7UrC09gotAmRYR6xpVLgZeFgTEdYkM9sc0_BBxV-AFBitqB6HRBzHv1URvQ_-nhvrAbx_QWQa4o6feRx2pBXZYRVoCqrpRjpiChba2iATxconcFkHdI_0ZfsAlr8Fd-Zyn41y2LQ24V2Kz5-QM9h_34pv8I7-gAL6ie607iUU5J_s/s3504/2004%20TfL's%20Business%20Plan%20summary.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2479" data-original-width="3504" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4Y8cdhl1eXP4fh7UrC09gotAmRYR6xpVLgZeFgTEdYkM9sc0_BBxV-AFBitqB6HRBzHv1URvQ_-nhvrAbx_QWQa4o6feRx2pBXZYRVoCqrpRjpiChba2iATxconcFkHdI_0ZfsAlr8Fd-Zyn41y2LQ24V2Kz5-QM9h_34pv8I7-gAL6ie607iUU5J_s/s320/2004%20TfL's%20Business%20Plan%20summary.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2004 TfL's Business Plan summary</td></tr></tbody></table><br />About the use of trams on the Thames Gateway Bridge (which never got built), in July 2004, Ken Livingstone (the Mayor of London back then)<a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/trams-and-thames-gateway-bridge" target="_blank"> stated in his Mayor Question Time</a>:<br /><i>"The proposed Thames Gateway Bridge (TGB) provides an opportunity to integrate the Greenwich Waterfront Transit (GWT) and East London Transit (ELT) busway schemes. Linking and integrating both projects would facilitate north-south movements between Thamesmead, Woolwich and Barking as well as other centres such as Stratford to the north by public transport. The current projected public transport demand across the TGB and along ELT and GWT routes is significantly less than the level where trams become economically viable. However the bridge layout has been designed to retain flexibility to upgrade to a tram or DLR in the future. Appropriate sections of GWT and ELT are also being developed in a way that would allow such upgrades, should demand justify it."</i><br /><br />Unfortunately, the transit schemes proposal was dropped in 2008, as part of <a href="https://content.tfl.gov.uk/business-plan-2009-10-2017-18.pdf" target="_blank">TfL's Business Plan 2009/10- 2017/18</a>.<br /><br />Currently, Route SL8 (<a href="https://www.londonbuses.co.uk/_routes/withdrawn/607.html" target="_blank">formerly 607</a>) is an express service between Uxbridge and White City that runs parallel to the proposed West London Transit scheme.<br /><br /><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uowLCQyN7occLzkdRbkk_Na6vSELp4BEoDJ2DRPFDOi7cgPvmHgIo1kMor7QC_tJoxj0eLJF6bqipacO10NQKZZ-RLrXlUJG44d7OusC-c7EE8HF2wJYkclbVA_lIvRA1ToTLSQNjVy9Xokmdy6Vlk3ZiTo6AIBS1Jm00pouIwaXvwrwCZRDCfzwtmY/s2422/Bus%20type%20suggestions%20superloop%20and%20east%20london%20transit%20Irizar%20ie%20tram%20van%20hool%20exqui%20city.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2422" data-original-width="2156" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uowLCQyN7occLzkdRbkk_Na6vSELp4BEoDJ2DRPFDOi7cgPvmHgIo1kMor7QC_tJoxj0eLJF6bqipacO10NQKZZ-RLrXlUJG44d7OusC-c7EE8HF2wJYkclbVA_lIvRA1ToTLSQNjVy9Xokmdy6Vlk3ZiTo6AIBS1Jm00pouIwaXvwrwCZRDCfzwtmY/w178-h200/Bus%20type%20suggestions%20superloop%20and%20east%20london%20transit%20Irizar%20ie%20tram%20van%20hool%20exqui%20city.jpg" width="178" /></a></div>Suggestion of bus type for the Transit Schemes, Superloop and Speedbus</b><br /><br />Depending on the infrastructure and road space, such as bus priority measures, I would suggest using <b>tram-style bendy (articulated) buses </b>to improve accessibility, capacity, and the tram-style design to provide a stronger image. Here are some examples in <a href="https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/topics/transport-initiatives/belfast-rapid-transit-glider" target="_blank">Belfast, Northern Ireland</a> and <a href="https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/traffic-and-transport/public-transport/brisbane-metro" target="_blank">Brisbane, Australia</a>.<br /><br />I'm also aware of a similar concept, which is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_Rail_Rapid_Transit" target="_blank">Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART)</a>. The <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/09/trackless-trams-help-revitalize-suburbs/" target="_blank">World Economic Forum</a> has suggested how trackless trams could help revitalise city suburbs. The non-articulated tram-style buses for the <a href="https://newsroom.go-ahead.com/news/trams-on-wheels-for-kent-go-ahead-to-operate-all-electric-fastrack-network" target="_blank">Fastrack network</a> in the Dartford, Ebbsfleet and Gravesham areas are expected to launch in November 2024.<br /><br />Back in August 2017, the <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/assembly/is-it-time-to-bring-back-the-bendy-bus" target="_blank">London Assembly Transport Committee</a> recommended reinstating bendy buses for use on newly designed routes and offering passenger benefits, including more space, faster journeys, and enhanced accessibility for disabled passengers.<br /><br />Although I mentioned in my <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/01/transport-for-londons-2023-consultation.html" target="_blank">previous article</a> that the consultation reports from Superloop routes SL1, SL2, SL3, SL4, SL5 and SL10 have revealed hundreds of comments requesting to use New Routemaster buses to improve the design and accessibility of buses, I did suggest creating the most accessible zero-emission bus with two wheelchair areas, better design, etc. for bus services not just in London but in the rest of the UK and Ireland. You can read more about my suggestion <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/08/my-suggestions-to-help-create-most.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />Some of my followers on Twitter/X might have seen that I have <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1680004727042371585" target="_blank">tweeted a list</a> of express and limited stop bus routes, which was provided by London Transport.<br /><br />I have taken the information from the <a href="https://londonbuses.co.uk/index.html" target="_blank">London Bus Route histories website</a>. Here is the list of express and limited stop routes:<br /><br /><b>A1</b> Heathrow Airport to Hounslow Bus Garage 1969 - 1977<br /><b>C1</b> West Croydon to New Addington 1970 - 1980<br /><b>C2</b> West Croydon to New Addington 1970 - 1978<br /><b>C3</b> West Croydon to New Addington 1970 - 1982<br /><b>C4</b> West Croydon to New Addington 1970 - 1982<br /><b>D1</b> Mile End to Isle of Dogs 1984 - 1989<br /><b>D1</b> Waterloo to Isle of Dogs 1990 - 1999<br /><b>D5</b> Mile End to Mill Harbour 1989 - 1990<br /><b>D11</b> London Bridge Station to Canary Wharf 1991 - 1995<br /><b>K1</b> Kingston to Chessington 1983 - 1985<br /><b>K2</b> Kingston Bus Station to Tolworth 1983 -1985<br /><b>SL1/SL2</b> Paddington to Paddington (Stationlink Circular) via London Bridge 1996 - 2002<br /><b>X15</b> East Beckton to Bank 1989 - 1995 (used doored AEC Routemasters till November 1991, replaced by DLR)<br /><b>X30</b> West Croydon to New Addington 1987 - 2000 (replaced by Tramlink T3)<br /><b>X43</b> North Finchley to London Bridge 1992 - 1998<br /><b>52A</b> Colindale Depot to Borehamwood 1955 - 1962<br /><b>53X</b> Oxford Circus to Plumstead Common 1988 - 1992<br /><b>X71</b> Ham to Chessington 1988 - 1991<br /><b>X72</b> Woolwich to Thamesmead 1994 - 1999<br /><b>74X</b> Baker Street Station to London Zoo 28 March 1975 - 10 October 1975<br /><b>130</b> West Croydon Station to New Addington 1955 - 1970<br /><b>130/130B</b> West Croydon to New Addington 1982 - 1987<br /><b>174</b> Romford Station to Harold Hill 1955 - 1990<br /><b>177</b> Thamesmead to County Hall 1983 - 1993<br /><b>212</b> Finsbury Park Station to Muswell Hill Broadway 1955 - 1968<br /><b>292</b> Borehamwood to Colindale 1962 - 1965<br /><b>296</b> Copthall Stadium to Hendon Central 31 March 1979 - 28 September 1979<br /><b>472</b> Thamesmead to Woolwich 1988 - 1994<br /><b>609</b> (Airbus) Mortlake High Street to Bank 1993 - 1994<br /><b>615</b> Poplar to St Pauls Station 1970 - 1971<br /><b>616</b> Cricklewood Garage to Oxford Circus 1970 - 1981<br /><b>705</b> Paddington to Liverpool Street 2002 - 2005<br /><b>726</b> Heathrow Airport Central to Dartford 1991 - 2005 (replaced by X26 which is now SL7)<br /><b>X767</b> Uxbridge to Heathrow Cargo Village 1992 - 1993<br />
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnThisDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#OnThisDay</a> 1992<br />The expansion of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a>'s Red Route Network enabled London Buses to launch RedExpress route X43 which ran from North Finchley to London Bridge.<a href="https://t.co/MgYC4Jnznk" target="_blank">https://t.co/MgYC4Jnznk</a><br />Video of X43 in service by <a href="https://twitter.com/citytransportin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@citytransportin</a><a href="https://t.co/7Ygtnntx6a" target="_blank">https://t.co/7Ygtnntx6a</a><br />Leaflet by <a href="https://twitter.com/creatingdesire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@creatingdesire</a> <a href="https://t.co/r5v1fpglYu" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/r5v1fpglYu</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1554731293753090048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">August 3, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a> Route 607 Express<br />Uxbridge Station to Shepherd's Bush <br />From 12th October 1996<br />"Travel First Class on the Uxbridge Road"<br />The leaflet promotes the bus priority for the service to reduce delays.<br />Currently rebranded as <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> route SL8 <a href="https://t.co/KARdm9b4to" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/KARdm9b4to</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1760073061653754006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 20, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> Further reading and suggestions:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/08/my-suggestions-to-help-create-most.html" target="_blank">My Suggestions To Help Create The Most Accessible Zero-Emission Bus For London And Elsewhere!</a></li><li><a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/07/suggestion-i-believe-its-time-for-new.html" target="_blank">Suggestion: I Believe It’s Time for a New Regional Transport Body for the South East of England?</a></li><li>
<a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2022/12/i-believe-tfl-should-reform-travelcard.html" target="_blank">I Believe TfL Should Reform The Travelcard Agreement To Offer Smart Flexible Ticketing Options</a></li></ul>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">My suggestion on how to improve public <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#transport</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> and elsewhere<br /><br />• More bus lanes, priority schemes,<br />• Transit schemes from the 2000s,<br />• Speedbus proposal from the 1970s,<br />• revert to the pre-1970 area…<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trains?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Trains</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trams?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Trams</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LightRail?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#LightRail</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Metro?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Metro</a> <a href="https://t.co/3jcDum4Fch" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/3jcDum4Fch</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1732346005188718902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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This is a follow up to my <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2022/05/my-suggestion-tfl-should-allow.html" target="_blank">previous article,</a> published in May 2022.<br /><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/londons-overground-lines-to-be-given-new-names-and-colours-in-historic-change-to-capitals-transport-network" target="_blank">TfL Press release</a>:<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><i>London’s Overground lines to be given new names and colours in historic change to capital’s transport network</i></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>• For the first time ever, each of London’s six Overground lines will be represented by a new name and line colour <br />• The new names have been chosen through engagement with customers, stakeholders, historians, industry experts and local communities <br />• New names, line colours and maps will make it easier for customers to navigate the London Overground and further build ridership, while celebrating London’s diverse communities and histories<br /></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>In a historic re-imagining of London’s public transport network, each of London’s six overground lines will for the first time ever be given a unique name and line colour. This significant change, which will include a major update to London’s world-famous Tube map, will make it easier for customers to navigate London’s transport network while also celebrating the city’s diverse culture and history. <span></span></i></p><a name='more'></a><i>Research by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that some customers find the London Overground network confusing and would find it easier to navigate if it wasn’t one single colour and name. <br /><br />Each route will be represented by a new line name and colour on the Tube map, on train line diagrams, at stations and on digital journey planning tools, such as TfL Go. The much-loved orange roundel will continue to be used across the London Overground network. <br /><br />The new line names are: <br /><br />• <b>The Lioness line: Euston to Watford Junction.</b> The Lioness line, which runs through Wembley, honours the historic achievements and lasting legacy created by the England women’s football team that continues to inspire and empower the next generation of women and girls in sport. It will be yellow parallel lines on the map. <br />• <b>The Mildmay line: Stratford to Richmond/Clapham Junction.</b> The Mildmay line, which runs through Dalston, honours the small charitable hospital in Shoreditch that has cared for Londoners over many years, notably its pivotal role in the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s, which made it the valued and respected place it is for the LGBTQ+ community today. It will be blue parallel lines on the map. <br />• <b>The Windrush line: Highbury & Islington to Clapham Junction/New Cross/Crystal Palace/West Croydon.</b> The Windrush line runs through areas with strong ties to Caribbean communities today, such as Dalston Junction, Peckham Rye and West Croydon and honours the Windrush generation who continue to shape and enrich London’s cultural and social identity today. It will be red parallel lines on the map. <br />• <b>The Weaver line: Liverpool Street to Cheshunt/Enfield Town/Chingford.</b> The Weaver line runs through Liverpool Street, Spitalfields, Bethnal Green and Hackney - areas of London known for their textile trade, shaped over the centuries by diverse migrant communities and individuals. It will be maroon parallel lines on the map. <br />• <b>The Suffragette line: Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside.</b> The Suffragette line celebrates how the working-class movement in the East End, fought for votes for woman and paved the way for women’s rights. The line runs to Barking, home of the longest surviving Suffragette Annie Huggett, who died at 103. It will be green parallel lines on the map. <br />• <b>The Liberty line: Romford to Upminster.</b> The Liberty line celebrates the freedom that is a defining feature of London and references the historical independence of the people of Havering, through which it runs. It will be grey parallel lines on the map.<br /><br />Stakeholders, customers, historians, industry experts and communities have played a key role in suggesting the new names through independent engagement, which took place ahead of the decision for the final six names. This was key for the Mayor, as London’s diverse history and culture have always played a significant role in shaping the city and it was important for the line names, which will be used for years to come, to reflect this. <br /><br /><b>The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan said</b>: “This is a hugely exciting moment, transforming how we think about London’s transport network. <br /><br />“Giving each of the Overground lines distinct colours and identities will make it simpler and easier for passengers to get around. In re-imagining London’s tube map, we are also honouring and celebrating different parts of London’s unique local history and culture. <br /><br />“The new names and colours have been chosen through engagement with passengers, historians and local communities, reflecting the heritage and diversity of our amazing city.” <br /><br /><b>Andy Lord, London’s Transport Commissioner, said</b>: “The London Overground is one of the most successful railways in the country and has grown to carry more than three million customers a week. The network, which has grown quite considerably since 2007, is currently shown as a complicated network of orange on route maps. This can be confusing for customers less familiar with the network and could be a barrier for some wanting to use the London Overground. These new names and line colours will simplify the maps and routes for our customers, and it is hoped it will encourage more people to make the most of our services. It is also a great way to tell the stories of some important parts of London’s cultural diversity.” <br /><br /><b>Mark Bullingham, Chief Executive Officer for The Football Association, said</b>: “We’re so pleased to see the Mayor of London and Transport for London recognise the historic achievements of our England women’s team with the newly named Lioness line. The line honours the incredible victory in the UEFA Women’s EURO in 2022 at Wembley Stadium connected by EE, and the lasting legacy this team is creating in inspiring the next generation.”<br /><br /><b>Geoff Coleman, Chief Executive Officer for Mildmay Mission Hospital, said</b>: “We are deeply honoured that the Mildmay line was chosen as one of the new London Overground lines names in recognition of the work of the dedicated doctors, nurses and support staff at the Mildmay Hospital. From its humble origins in the 1860s - serving the poorest people of the East End - to its pivotal role during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 80s and 90s, Mildmay has evolved into an internationally renowned rehab centre, and our dedicated team continues to serve people from across London. More than just tracks and stations, the Mildmay line symbolises a journey of acceptance, love, and belonging – a vibrant thread connecting our collective past, present, and future.” <br /><br /><b>Arthur Torrington CBE, Co-founder and Director of the Windrush Foundation, said</b>: “Windrush Foundation congratulates Transport for London for creating a new interest in travel on the Windrush line as part of the London Overground line naming project. We are reminded of the iconic journey of Empire Windrush and the contributions the Caribbean community have made to the capital over many decades. We are pleased to be recognised this way and look forward to seeing Londoners using the Windrush line.” <br /><br /><b>James Gaselee, Clerk for Worshipful Company of Weavers, said</b>: “We are delighted that one of the newly named London Overground lines will be called the Weaver line in recognition of the silk weaving trade that was centred on Spitalfields; this is not however purely historic as the name of the line will also shine a light on the silk weaving, textile and fashion industries that continue to flourish in London and across the country”. <br /><br /><b>Jemima Olchawski, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society, said</b>: "We owe so much to the courageous suffragettes and suffragists who campaigned hard and at significant personal cost for women to have the vote and we at Fawcett are delighted that their activism is being recognised by TfL. We hope that commuters on the Suffragette line will pause to think about these amazing women and the work they did to build our democracy. The Fawcett Society, founded by Millicent Fawcett in 1866, and strengthened by our members today is proud to continue this legacy of feminist campaigning for a more equal society. The naming of the Suffragette line is a wonderful way to pay tribute to the women who have gone before us and to inspire the next generation of feminist campaigners, as our work isn’t yet done!" <br /><br /><b>Julie Frost, BID Director for Romford BID, said</b>: "The Romford BID welcome the announcement that the Romford to Upminster branch line now has a new name; the Liberty line. This is a very fitting name as it speaks to our Borough's centuries old status as a Royal Liberty. Back then, this shared status helped to bound our different communities together. What better way to keep alive the spirit of this association than by renaming a key piece of our local transport infrastructure. We hope passengers will be further encouraged to use the new Liberty line to come and see all the many things we have on offer in Romford". <br /><br />London Overground first began in 2007 when TfL took over four under-used suburban railway lines. The network has since grown, meaning it has now become represented by a spaghetti of orange on the Tube maps. The Mayor was committed to help simplify this for customers with a new line name and colour for each line, and with names chosen to showcases London’s rich history, heritage and diversity.</i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLho5XcCZozEzFSTl42i2IY2i9t4ED2QABH9zhIQHT_2L6RWAvovvH48mmSzr6-RhGw8Z-SWub-gNgFzBjo44wPsm69KMUXO5WzNK8cUl-06jU7yw0fBx3i-uRYbzsJaULcIN_HuU23-JNbUW5ALmp1rHcxGQwS6UytCP_gh7UA6blEIINgG-BtA3Iv1k/s4000/TfL%20Graphic%20-%20LO%20line%20naming%20Tube%20map%20-%20Autumn%202024.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3209" data-original-width="4000" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLho5XcCZozEzFSTl42i2IY2i9t4ED2QABH9zhIQHT_2L6RWAvovvH48mmSzr6-RhGw8Z-SWub-gNgFzBjo44wPsm69KMUXO5WzNK8cUl-06jU7yw0fBx3i-uRYbzsJaULcIN_HuU23-JNbUW5ALmp1rHcxGQwS6UytCP_gh7UA6blEIINgG-BtA3Iv1k/s320/TfL%20Graphic%20-%20LO%20line%20naming%20Tube%20map%20-%20Autumn%202024.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tube Map with Overground line names<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><i><br /><br />Notes to editors<br /><br />• Further information about the London Overground line naming programme is available here - <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/naming-overground" target="_blank">https://tfl.gov.uk/naming-overground</a> <br />• London Overground is today one of the top performing railways carrying more than three million customers a week, with more than 100 miles of railway, serving 113 stations and all nine London fare zones. Since its formation, it has expanded, improved connectivity for millions of people and supported new jobs, homes and economic growth. <br />• TfL will now start the process of rebranding the line names across London’s transport network with the full roll out expected to be completed in one go by the end of the year. This includes an updated Tube map, a refreshed London Overground network map and a number of on-network assets including way finding signage at all 113 stations. Additional map will also be updated including the step-free Tube map, Rail & Tube map, large print and black and white Tube map for those with visual impairments. <br />• Careful validation and testing were undertaken to ensure the line colour selection was as inclusive as possible. This included active consideration of those with visual impairments, for example those with colour blindness. Engagement also took place with TfL's Independent Disability Advisory Group (IDAG), as well as accessibility and inclusion stakeholders through TfL’s Inclusive Transport Forum. <br />• Throughout this summer, TfL will engage with Londoners and local communities about the new line names and how they can help tell some of the important stories of London’s rich cultural diversity behind the line names. <br />• The independent research and naming process was undertaken by DNCO, a creative agency specialising in place branding and naming. They led a programme of engagement and co-creation, working with customers, creative and community groups, TfL stakeholders and their partners, and industry professionals and staff: providing invaluable insight into London’s diverse histories and untold stories. DNCO then used insights and conclusions drawn from this research phase to generate names for each of the lines, which were then taken forward to stakeholder decision making. </i><p></p><p>This is good news. Now I'd like to see line names proposed and added to National Rail services to make wayfinding for these services easier. <a href="https://tfw.wales/places/our-network-map" target="_blank">Transport for Wales</a> and Merseyrail already featured line names on their maps.<br /></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I also point out that Merseyrail in Liverpool (as part of Merseytravel Passenger Transport Executive) already has their own line names on the map.<a href="https://t.co/GnVwoiyczJ" target="_blank">https://t.co/GnVwoiyczJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/mzmmC712x5" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/mzmmC712x5</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1638624419340754968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>I researched and found something from the Mayor's Question Time back in 2011, when a London Assembly member asked the Mayor Boris Johnson, about naming the London Overground lines. Unfortunately, he ruled out adding line names to the Overground during his term as Mayor of London.<br /><br />Meeting: MQT on 23 February 2011<br />Reference: <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/re-name-london-overground" target="_blank">2011/0517</a><br />Question by: Murad Qureshi<br />Organisation: Labour Group<br /><br />Question<br /><b>Re-name London Overground</b><br /><br /><i>Will you consider renaming the London Overground line? The line runs through the Brunel tunnel between Rotherhithe & Wapping, which was the first tunnel in the world to be built with a tunnelling shield under a navigable river. When it first opened in 1843 it was described as the Eighth Wonder of the World. To complete this line's integration with the Underground and to pay tribute to the engineers who first tunnelled under the Thames, would it not be fitting to call this the Brunel Line?<br /></i><br /><b>Answer - Mayor Boris Johnson<br />Date: Monday 28 February 2011</b><br /><i><br />The London Overground network is made up of five routes: Dalston Junction to West Croydon/Crystal Palace/New Cross; Stratford to Richmond; Gospel Oak to Barking; Watford to Euston; and Willesden Junction to Clapham Junction. All passenger information follows this line naming approach.<br /><br />While your suggestion would indeed highlight that the line runs through the Brunel Tunnel, it would not assist passengers when planning their journey. <b>It would also be very expensive to make such a change as a vast amount of passenger facing material</b>, including maps and station signage, would need to be updated. Given these factors it is not that something that I would consider.</i><br /></p><p>A user on <a href="https://twitter.com/JaJaWa/status/1527253836980621312" target="_blank">Twitter/X</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JaJaWa/status/1527254406042820608" target="_blank">tweeted</a> the proposed line names for the London Overground and TfL Rail services prior to the launch of TfL Rail, which occurred in May 2015. Unfortunately, TfL did not proceed to launch the line names at the time.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoxVh-eLCkHVSVhr0EPtPZ1UHIQvfcskM29p4fZzseh9y6n-d4IzGQxoUjRxcg8Z0quKUy3vYCL0EB4-bdvbAQyVshWWbgnWYrhLpew6NupmV2rHPlUCDh1gPMTj57ohrvHtdMAqCUi_AyvV3ehq6tFfbyUfZIMv9sqEDXr-RJBjHBE-p8vknWZ5ZIAo/s4096/2015%20Tube%20Map%20with%20London%20Overground%20line%20names.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3301" data-original-width="4096" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoxVh-eLCkHVSVhr0EPtPZ1UHIQvfcskM29p4fZzseh9y6n-d4IzGQxoUjRxcg8Z0quKUy3vYCL0EB4-bdvbAQyVshWWbgnWYrhLpew6NupmV2rHPlUCDh1gPMTj57ohrvHtdMAqCUi_AyvV3ehq6tFfbyUfZIMv9sqEDXr-RJBjHBE-p8vknWZ5ZIAo/s320/2015%20Tube%20Map%20with%20London%20Overground%20line%20names.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A proposed 2015 Tube Map with line names for the Overground<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV88ZBqLyi_-fg9eDYzo0x-RVutpd39YEx85oyO36ol9c3V8vrV0bgDVX_xYCXpso9E2vZGJLxKcxZIyh_sgAyYYH-m7TLOyhXwYaYtDL71hZRYSXNaEKqAZS_dXk_6__vo79KehjKewQgioZXLDTjE3O35rh1FwjSdYJCX9NcLi9x_lUAzqGVApuwKDA/s1348/2015%20line%20names%20for%20the%20London%20Overground.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1348" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV88ZBqLyi_-fg9eDYzo0x-RVutpd39YEx85oyO36ol9c3V8vrV0bgDVX_xYCXpso9E2vZGJLxKcxZIyh_sgAyYYH-m7TLOyhXwYaYtDL71hZRYSXNaEKqAZS_dXk_6__vo79KehjKewQgioZXLDTjE3O35rh1FwjSdYJCX9NcLi9x_lUAzqGVApuwKDA/s320/2015%20line%20names%20for%20the%20London%20Overground.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2015 proposed line names for the Overground<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Back in November 2023, I had tweeted various papers released by a Freedom of Information request by TfL's Disability Advisory Group (IDAG) about the line names for the London Overground.<br /></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>) Freedom of Information release:<br />Post 2023-04-06 Independent <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Disability?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Disability</a> Advisory Group (IDAG) Meeting minutes<a href="https://t.co/UxVSCHVA3M" target="_blank">https://t.co/UxVSCHVA3M</a><br />Update on the line names and colours for the London <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Overground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Overground</a> services. <a href="https://t.co/0t4Nfb7CgI" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/0t4Nfb7CgI</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1727767751920435687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 23, 2023</a></blockquote><p>Line names for London's Transport services aren't new. I show you the clippings from London Transport news back in 1990 where London Underground gave line names for two branches of the Metropolitan line, which are East London and the Hammersmith & City lines.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxnJIAntLdCjwuofYxyUpbCczzL62sM51vJlfryYboqJ5NmHbxqW3eP_-yxDT0P2U5Edjb9NBj3-V6KPLC7LeuXvzlT6EShlMCf6qD0vaLMzsmbQuT5Rc7NHn7r1WaT3dvIohh6YFjpcNQQmqserU4cWjqnWGFNq1TAYAS8X7TzPNEBdH4-JqvpLmmFlY/s1326/LRT%20News%20Clipping%20No.%20382%20-%20May%2018%201990%20East%20London%20line.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="1203" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxnJIAntLdCjwuofYxyUpbCczzL62sM51vJlfryYboqJ5NmHbxqW3eP_-yxDT0P2U5Edjb9NBj3-V6KPLC7LeuXvzlT6EShlMCf6qD0vaLMzsmbQuT5Rc7NHn7r1WaT3dvIohh6YFjpcNQQmqserU4cWjqnWGFNq1TAYAS8X7TzPNEBdH4-JqvpLmmFlY/s320/LRT%20News%20Clipping%20No.%20382%20-%20May%2018%201990%20East%20London%20line.jpg" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">London Regional Transport news, <span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">No. 382 - May 18 1990</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxX_2OZDL9UZ_hANFly5ZSZFH5B2tQTMgbMdJ-YJW4sTc7PtEkIt-P1A4SnUsoULNIwwdrBG_Br54oOmRdWmyLf_btINqW6eevVCVKWvyJskwukzBGnwUnel6STQHEd1vVQ1M5Md0o5P_sVkipzVsGS1TSEC3s-Xa5MJjmWD-3QNtd0v_J-7VOpglffc/s887/LRT%20News%20Clipping%20No.%20385%20-%20August%2017%201990%20Hammersmith%20&%20City%20line.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="723" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxX_2OZDL9UZ_hANFly5ZSZFH5B2tQTMgbMdJ-YJW4sTc7PtEkIt-P1A4SnUsoULNIwwdrBG_Br54oOmRdWmyLf_btINqW6eevVCVKWvyJskwukzBGnwUnel6STQHEd1vVQ1M5Md0o5P_sVkipzVsGS1TSEC3s-Xa5MJjmWD-3QNtd0v_J-7VOpglffc/s320/LRT%20News%20Clipping%20No.%20385%20-%20August%2017%201990%20Hammersmith%20&%20City%20line.jpg" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">London Transport news, No. 385 - August 17 1990<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>If anyone has comments about the new London Overground line names, you can submit your feedback directly to TfL on their <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/help-and-contact/" target="_blank">website</a>.<br /></p><p>I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.</p><p>Further reading<br /> <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/07/suggestion-i-believe-its-time-for-new.html" target="_blank">Suggestion: I Believe It’s Time for a New Regional Transport Body for the South East of England?</a><br /></p>CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-8475809061003163562024-02-13T21:30:00.090+00:002024-02-14T23:03:59.355+00:00London Bus Tender Awards: New Electric Buses For Route 90<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUKMGakiPJuTUOTBMyx-xUjXfCp22wAY1UFjRyoz6oSJzRODxYhM8JH_UUQ4w4UW-Pu3Gf7gBKeb1MGeLNYufYM5jhpIZiSAGOOQ9onk9WqwwZgYOrmt-HlGNOsupyp6o9K_1kGB7uLC9LAwFH5kTqf9zyZA93-BJOgXbl2E95fgZ40KX6YGtK_vLvYw/s813/Clipping%20from%20LT%20magazine%20Vol.%2022,%20No.%208%20-%20November%201968%20Smile%20Please.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Smile Please!" border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="813" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUKMGakiPJuTUOTBMyx-xUjXfCp22wAY1UFjRyoz6oSJzRODxYhM8JH_UUQ4w4UW-Pu3Gf7gBKeb1MGeLNYufYM5jhpIZiSAGOOQ9onk9WqwwZgYOrmt-HlGNOsupyp6o9K_1kGB7uLC9LAwFH5kTqf9zyZA93-BJOgXbl2E95fgZ40KX6YGtK_vLvYw/w320-h319/Clipping%20from%20LT%20magazine%20Vol.%2022,%20No.%208%20-%20November%201968%20Smile%20Please.png" title=""I just got sick and tired of hearing about next door's new six-seater"" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clipping from LT magazine Vol. 22, No. 8 - November 1968</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The recent London Bus Tender Awards revealed Metroline retained route 90 with new double-deck electric buses.</p><p><i>LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:<span></span></i></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Current Operator</span></b></p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: right;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">PVR</span></b></p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Vehicles</span></b></p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">90</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">New electric double deck</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">222 (24h)</span></p>
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<p><i>New electric vehicles may enter service after the contract start date, dependent on infrastructure and/ or vehicle delivery timescales.</i></p><p><i>The diesel and hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.</i></p><p><i>The start and end dates for the above contracts are detailed in the following table:</i><br /></p>
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<p>Here are the highlights of my tweets on Twitter/X.<br /></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">My approved comment to the United States Regulations on the Proposed General Directive: 'Required Actions Regarding Assaults on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transit</a> Workers', by the Federal Transit Administration.<a href="https://t.co/C0VNclX3XO" target="_blank">https://t.co/C0VNclX3XO</a><a href="https://t.co/MRniARVIQU" target="_blank">https://t.co/MRniARVIQU</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/urbanism?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#urbanism</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#transport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://t.co/URmAtG2Mxv" target="_blank">https://t.co/URmAtG2Mxv</a> <a href="https://t.co/64NhAoVyRV" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/64NhAoVyRV</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1753496798386135427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 2, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Greater <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Authority Freedom of Information release:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> is Coming poster<a href="https://t.co/DDgCycYUEC" target="_blank">https://t.co/DDgCycYUEC</a> <a href="https://t.co/dAY3qwqou5" target="_blank">https://t.co/dAY3qwqou5</a> <a href="https://t.co/Vdz3EOR2OY" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Vdz3EOR2OY</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1753659582164144480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 3, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>) Have Your Say:<br />Extending the Docklands Light Railway (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DLR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#DLR</a>) to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beckton?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Beckton</a> Riverside and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Thamesmead?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Thamesmead</a> <br />Consultation closes on 18 March 2024<a href="https://t.co/r99e6UzUu0" target="_blank">https://t.co/r99e6UzUu0</a> <a href="https://t.co/aLPARDFoDP" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/aLPARDFoDP</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1754455314114502974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 5, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Freedom of Information release:<br />Smart Stations and the use of Artificial intelligence (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#AI</a>) by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TFL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TFL</a> to tackle fare evasion<a href="https://t.co/iIcrEkr37P" target="_blank">https://t.co/iIcrEkr37P</a> <a href="https://t.co/f3m7wT3LpN" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/f3m7wT3LpN</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1755328358823362636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 7, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> (LT) Magazine (Vol. 22 No. 1 - April 1968) clipping:<br />How the bus lanes trial had helped improve bus services in London. <a href="https://t.co/kWTAmeyEH2" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/kWTAmeyEH2</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1755756369041310163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 9, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> (LT) Magazine (Vol. 22, No. 11 - February 1969) clipping:<br />A story on how the GLC's traffic management is trying to tackle congestion and improve bus services in London with bus priority measures. <a href="https://t.co/1Yiih0mSOU" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/1Yiih0mSOU</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1756113966726619525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comLondon, UK51.5072178 -0.127586223.196983963821154 -35.2838362 79.817451636178845 35.0286638tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-20601018206493289352024-02-09T17:21:00.003+00:002024-02-28T22:08:54.513+00:00TfL Provides Explanation About Route 28 Awarded To Metroline With Diesel Double-Deck Buses Instead Of New Zero-Emission Buses<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCTvIeZSPFMy4o-N8-Eyn3tULWGBr2WPMXG60UpikHVBROvmwHQHt5e8SZjsfz0uVSQUsh8ownj29l5kMqdrEGl87W-9H4yaLB0B0iZEE4O9LV8qspViS7unlZ3w49AFqnMXXdrSEg7Ec2UYRdAikppAfuqUZWlOcto6ZItXoebJVJAh5JloOF00FnA0/s1416/Wrightbus%20Streetdeck%20Electroliner%20TfL%20Bus%20Graphics%20Standards.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Graphics standard for Wrightbus Streetdeck Electroliner" border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1416" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCTvIeZSPFMy4o-N8-Eyn3tULWGBr2WPMXG60UpikHVBROvmwHQHt5e8SZjsfz0uVSQUsh8ownj29l5kMqdrEGl87W-9H4yaLB0B0iZEE4O9LV8qspViS7unlZ3w49AFqnMXXdrSEg7Ec2UYRdAikppAfuqUZWlOcto6ZItXoebJVJAh5JloOF00FnA0/w320-h227/Wrightbus%20Streetdeck%20Electroliner%20TfL%20Bus%20Graphics%20Standards.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extract from TfL's <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/suppliers-and-contractors/design-standards" target="_blank">bus graphic standard</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />This is a follow-up to my <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/01/london-bus-tender-awards-route-17-to.html" target="_blank">previous article</a> about London bus route 28 awarded to Metroline with existing diesel double-deck buses from the London Bus Tender Awards.<br /><br />It has been revealed in a Freedom of Information (FOI) request made to Transport for London (TfL) to find a reason why route 28 is reverting to diesel double-deck buses as part of the new contract won by Metroline.<br /><br />I have noticed that the link to my article about the London Bus Tender Awards has been sent to TfL as part of the FOI request for reference.<br /><br />We'll take a look at the text from the FOI release:<span></span><p></p><a name='more'></a><p>Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-3836-2324" target="_blank">FOI-3836-2324</a><br />Date published: 09 February 2024<br /><br /><b>London Bus route 28 reverting from zero-emission electric buses back to diesel buses</b><br /><br /><b><i>Question 1: Can you provide details on why you have awarded route 28 with existing diesel double-deck buses and not new electric double-deck buses with the new operator Metroline West?</i></b><br /><br /><i>Answer: This is not a request from recorded information under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. That said, colleagues in our buses team have provided the following explanation. TfL plans to convert the entire bus fleet to zero-emission by the end of 2034, but with additional government funding this target could be achieved by 2030. <b>All other buses in the TfL Fleet meet the Euro VI Ultra Low Emission Standard.</b></i><br /><br /><i><b>The cost of deployment of zero emission vehicles in lieu of Euro VI conventional vehicles varies significantly by route</b> – and in order to be able to afford the continuing transition to a Zero Emission Fleet <b>TfL continues to deploy the vehicles across the network where most cost effective to do so.</b><br /><br />The current RATP associated contract for route 28 was awarded on the basis of the Euro VI Hybrid buses; and the use of some electric buses on the route in the last year or so <b>has only been a temporary solution following the release of some electric vehicles from other routes.</b><br /><br />The costs received at the recent re-tendering of Route 28 <b>demonstrated that the cost of electric operation on this route was disproportionately high compared to many other routes</b>; and the most economically advantageous outcome was for the <b>temporary use of Electric Vehicles on this route to cease</b> – and the route to move to Metroline West using Euro VI Diesel vehicles. <b>We expect the released electric vehicles to remain in London.</b></i><br /><br /><i><b>Question 2: Can you publish the tender specifications for route 28 for the current (RATP Dev London Transit) and upcoming new contract (Metroline West)?<br /></b><br />Answer: Please see the attached documents.<br /><br /><b>Question 3: Do TFL plan to revert more routes from electric buses back to diesel buses?</b><br /><br />Answer: As described above, TfL’s plan is to migrate the entire London Bus Network to Zero Emission operation by the end of 2034. As such, significant numbers of zero emission buses continue to be introduced onto the London Bus Network at a proactive rate – <b>with over 1,300 vehicles now in use </b>and rising. These will continue to be deployed in the most economic way, and this may mean that on some limited occasions some routes lose their current or temporary zero emissions allocations in favour of other routes.<br /><br /><b>Question 4: What is TFL doing to tackle the climate change crisis?</b><br /><br />Answer: This is not a request for specific, recorded information under the Freedom of Information Act. That said, you may be interested in our ‘Corporate Environment Plan’ and our ‘Sustainability Report’, both of which are available on our website here:</i><br /><br /><a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/sustainability" target="_blank">https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/sustainability</a><br /><br />Going back to my <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2021/09/tfl-now-requires-new-buses-to-be-zero.html" target="_blank">previous article</a> from 2021, I quoted the Mayor's answer on why TfL has no plans on purchasing new electric buses to help increase the zero-emission bus fleet.<br /><br />Reference: <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/zero-emission-bus-routes-2" target="_blank">2021/3429</a><br />Answered By: The Mayor<br />Date: Friday, 17th September 2021<br /> <br /><i>The default position – where the bus operators and lease companies invest in buses meeting London’s requirements – has been demonstrated to be a particularly <b>cost-effective and efficient way to continually upgrade the fleet.</b> This model has enabled the <b>introduction of nearly 600 zero-emission buses comprising many makes and models, with more in the pipeline</b>. <b>There is currently no need for Transport for London (TfL) to make direct purchases </b>and, if there was, this <b>would entail significant capital expenditure which TfL does not have available through its temporary funding deal with Government.</b><br /><br /><b>TfL’s previous direct purchases were limited to vehicles designed exclusively for London use such as the New Routemaster (NRM). </b>The bespoke nature of these buses made them <b>highly unlikely to find extended service lives outside of the capital </b>and therefore <b>buying them directly was more economic</b>.<br /><br /><b>Direct purchase was deemed appropriate in the case of the 20 double-deck hydrogen fuel cell buses being deployed on routes 7 and 245 through the JIVE </b>(Joint Initiative for Hydrogen Vehicles across Europe) project because this involved a much smaller number of vehicles, a unique grant funding arrangement with the European Union and the Office for Low-Emission Vehicles, a technology very much in its infancy where operators were unable to justify taking on the risk of purchase and lease companies unable to offer competitive terms.<br /><br />Demand for electric buses now <b>extends well beyond London </b>with a significant UK and worldwide market for many makes and models. This means that electric buses are readily available for purchasing or leasing at competitive prices and their use is not limited to London. TfL’s funding position is also now markedly less healthy, <b>making large capital purchases unaffordable for the foreseeable future without external support.<br /></b></i><br />Here is another recent FOI request about the electric buses.<br /><br />Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-3688-2324" target="_blank">FOI-3688-2324</a><br />Date published: 07 February 2024<br /><br /><i>There are currently <b>1,291 electric buses in the London bus fleet.</b> These buses operate across London.<br /><br /><b>The following routes operate fully with electric buses:</b><br /><br />• 23, 40, 43, 46, 49, 63, 69, 70, 93, 94<br />• 100, 106, 108, 111, 113, 119, 125, 132, 134, 142, 153, 154, 160, 164, 173, 174, 183, 185, 199<br />• 200, 204, 212, 213, 214, 230, 235, 264, 265, 290, 295<br />• 317, 319, 322, 323, 339, 353, 357, 359, 360, 366, 371, 398,<br />• 413, 417, 444, 450, 484<br />• 642, 654, 660, 673, 674, 699,<br />• B13, C1, C3, C10, D3, H9/H10, P5, SL9, SL10, U5<br /><br />The cost of the electric buses and infrastructure is <b>embedded within the bus route contracts</b>, we do not hold a separate figure for their cost.</i><br /><br />Thanks for reading my article; hopefully you enjoy seeing an insight into the zero-emission bus rollout in London.</p><p><b>Update 28 February 2024</b></p><p>London Mayor Sadiq Khan (or his communications team) has provided an answer to the Mayor's Question Time about route 28.</p><p>Meeting: MQT on 22 February 2024 <br />Reference: <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/bus-route-28" target="_blank">2024/0463</a><br />Question by: Caroline Pidgeon<br /><br /><b>Question<br />Bus Route 28<br /></b><br /><i>Bus Route 28 currently uses zero-emission electric buses, but I understand that the latest London bus tender awards show that route 28 has been awarded to Metroline with existing diesel double deck buses. Are you de-converting this bus route from zero-emission electric back to diesel buses?</i><br /><br /><b>Answer<br />Date: Tuesday 27 February 2024</b><br /><br /><i>The current RATP associated contract for route 28 was awarded on the basis of conventional Euro VI Internal Combustion Engine buses. The use of some electric buses on the route in the last year or so has only been temporary resource following the release of some electric vehicles from other routes.<br /><br />The cost of deployment of zero emission vehicles in lieu of Euro VI vehicles varies significantly by route. The costs received at the recent re-tendering of route 28 demonstrated that the cost of full electric operation on this route over the new contract term was disproportionately high compared to most other routes. It also showed that the most economical outcome was for the temporary use of electric vehicles on this route to cease – and the route to move to Metroline West using Euro VI ICE vehicles. The released electric vehicles will remain in London and should be redeployed elsewhere in due course.<br /><br />TfL now has over 1,350 Zero Emission buses in its fleet (which is the largest in Western Europe) and this number continues to rise rapidly.</i><br /></p><p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.<br /><br /><b>Further reading</b><br /><a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/08/my-suggestions-to-help-create-most.html" target="_blank">My Suggestions To Help Create The Most Accessible Zero-Emission Bus For London And Elsewhere!</a><br /><a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/01/transport-for-londons-2023-consultation.html" target="_blank">Transport for London’s 2023 Consultation Reports for Bus Service Changes Reveal Popularity for the New Routemaster and Tram Buses</a><br /></p>
<div style="clear: both;"></div>CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-5244764273099605482024-01-31T06:00:00.007+00:002024-02-26T19:50:33.016+00:00TfL Anticipates the Launches of Irizar Ie Tram Buses for Route 358 in June 2024 and a New DLR Train in Spring 2024<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IomFklxBxSOZI9fxRJU5RztsihQsndzkLziwr6l6u0jWytdqwNt5QNE0GqPfcOuFuuapfWRawHDHqO0-2qzAlja4qVgnmFq2Nm25e_AYAtaqqt-bGQ6WTd_ara82eB7-otpb71gKjE3LFau84PrjYKpiTWZOamSlO4jRwDa1fP_fvvhssKosk1O42hQ/s2266/52457705446_d631b89f9e_k.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2266" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IomFklxBxSOZI9fxRJU5RztsihQsndzkLziwr6l6u0jWytdqwNt5QNE0GqPfcOuFuuapfWRawHDHqO0-2qzAlja4qVgnmFq2Nm25e_AYAtaqqt-bGQ6WTd_ara82eB7-otpb71gKjE3LFau84PrjYKpiTWZOamSlO4jRwDa1fP_fvvhssKosk1O42hQ/w141-h200/52457705446_d631b89f9e_k.jpg" width="141" /></a>Transport for London (TfL) has posted multiple Freedom of Information (FOI) requests on their website, which has caught my attention. This is in relation to the delay in the launch of the Irizar Ie Tram buses for route 358 and the new Docklands Light Railway (DLR) B23 rolling stock train.</div><p>Firstly, we take a look at the FOI request for the Irizar Ie Tram, which is expected to launch on route 358 this year.<br /><br /><b>Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-3532-2324" target="_blank">FOI-3532-2324</a></b><br />Date published: 30 January 2024</p><p></p><p>Delays to the rollout of Irizar ie tram style buses for route 358<br /><i><br />1. Would you be able to provide information about the delay in the rollout?<span></span></i></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Unfortunately, <b>power connections and land ownership </b>has contributed to the <b>delays of the pantograph installations at either end of the route.</b><br /><br />2. When are you expecting to launch them into passenger service?<br /><br />The new buses on the route 358 are <b>due to enter passenger service in early June 2024</b>.<br /><br />3. When was the date that was originally supposed to roll out on route 358?<br /><br />The <b>original start date </b>for operation of the full fleet was <b>March 2023</b>.<br /><br />4. According to the blog post (linked below), it shows the number of respondents from various consultations requesting tram-style buses on more bus routes. Does TFL plan to fulfil the request by the respondents? <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/08/my-suggestions-to-help-create-most.html" target="_blank">https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/08/my-suggestions-to-help-create-most.html</a><br /><br />There are currently no further plans in the pipeline for tram like bus models, <b>however the decision on vehicle proposals continues to be the responsibility of the Bus Operator. </b><br /><br />5. Are there plans to purchase more tram buses for more London bus routes?<br /><br />As above.<br /><br />6. Can you reveal the costs for the infrastructure and purchase of Irizar ie tram buses for route 358?<br /><br />The bus operator bid with these buses as part of their route tender bid. <b>The cost of infrastructure and purchase is embedded within the route 358 contract.</b></i><br /><br />I'm amazed to see that the person who made the FOI request has shared my article with TfL for reference. I have published an <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/01/transport-for-londons-2023-consultation.html" target="_blank">article</a> revealing the comments from TfL's consultation reports for the New Routemasters and tram-style buses.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We take a look at another FOI request on the launch of the <b>new DLR train</b>.<br /><br /><b>Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-3533-2324" target="_blank">FOI-3533-2324</a></b><br />Date published: 30 January 2024<b> </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>New DLR trains</b><br /><br /><b>Question:</b><br /><i>So recently we have heard about the new DLR trains now being tested outside operational hours, however I wanted to know when will they start to tested during operational periods and when will they be introduced onto live services. Also is there any indication of which lines will get the new trains first? Thank you. </i><br /><br /><b>TfL's answer:</b><i><br />We currently forecast the new DLR trains to commence reliability proving in operational hours, and entry into service in the <b>first quarter of 2024/25</b>. We anticipate them being introduced on <b>Stratford International to Woolwich services </b>in the first instance. This will be subject to final confirmation in the coming months.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>What do you mean the 'first quarter of 2024/25'?</b><br /><br />This is in reference to the UK fiscal year, which starts on <a href="https://www.ryans-uk.com/uk-tax-dates-for-2023-24-and-2024-25-a-comprehensive-guide/" target="_blank">6th April 2024</a>. I'm not an expert on accounting, but there is <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-financial-reporting-manual-2024-25" target="_blank">UK Government guidance </a>on annual reports and accounts.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here's an update by TfL about version 2.5 of the New London Bus Vehicle Specification.<br /><br /><b>Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-3705-2324" target="_blank">FOI-3705-2324</a></b><br />Date published: 30 January 2024<b> </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>New London Bus Vehicle Specifications version 2.5 with attachments</b><br /><br /><b>Question:</b><br /><i>Would you be able to publish the New London Bus Vehicle Specifications version 2.5 (and later versions if possible) on your website please.</i><br /><br /><b>TfL's answer:</b><br /><i>TfL does not hold the requested information. Version 2.5 of the London Bus Vehicle Specification has not been produced yet: We are expecting it to be ready by the end of March/early April.</i><br /><br />According to <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-3165-2324" target="_blank">another FOI request</a>, TfL expects to release the new (sixth) edition of the <b>Big Red Book</b> (guidance for London's bus drivers) in Summer 2024.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update - 26 February 2024</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">TfL has responded to another FOI request about the trambus delays.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-4099-2324" target="_blank">FOI-4099-2324</a></b><br />Date published: 26 February 2024<br /><br /><i>1. How many irizar buses for route 358 have been (a) ordered, (b) built and (c) delivered?</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>There are 20 Irizar ieTram buses required to operate the route 358, 11 of these have been delivered to the UK for commissioning. The remaining 9 buses will be delivered in advance of the service start date.<br /><br />2. How much is the cost each bus?</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The cost of the ieTram bus is embedded within the route 358 contract.<br /><br />3. How much is the cost of the storage in (a) UK and (b) Spain?</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Storage costs associated to equipment and/or buses is paid for by the operator and embedded within the route 358 contract.<br /><br />4. What is the depreciation on the value of the buses given the time since build?</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>All costs associated to the ieTram buses are embedded within the route 358 contract.<br /><br />5. What is the estimated loss of revenue as a result of the buses not being used since build?</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The route 358 remains in service.<br /><br />6. What research was undertaken as to the owner or occupier of the land which it is proposed to erect the charger at Orpington bus station?</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>TfL and the Bus Operator engaged with all landowners in order to erect the charger at Orpington.<br /><br />7. When was contact first made with the occupier?</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>All parties were engaged in 2021 at the concept stage.<br /><br />8. What is the current position?</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>This question is unclear.<br /><br />9. When is proposed to erect the charger?</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The pantograph chargers at Orpington and Crystal Palace were erected in 2023.<br /><br />10. What is the planned date for the start of the service using the irizar built buses on the 358 route?</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The new buses on the route 358 are due to enter passenger service in early June 2024.<br /><br />11. What has been the impact of air quality from the delay, given that older more polluting buses have been left running on the route for longer while the cleaner all-electric bus has been stuck in storage?</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The buses currently operating the route 358 are Euro VI vehicles and meet the Ultra Low Emission standards.</i><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Image attributions</b><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/165193387@N08/52457705446/" target="_blank">Irizar eMobility – Irizar Ie Tram</a><br /><a href="https://tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/order-placed-for-additional-11-new-state-of-the-art-dlr-trains" target="_blank">New DLR train (B23) by Transport for London</a><br /></div>CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-90128820111513382462024-01-29T21:00:00.000+00:002024-01-29T23:25:29.839+00:00London Bus Tender Awards: Routes 5, 15 And N15 To Continue Using New Routemasters<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo94rkUGj9wqrn2wWvRYh7KzhVPQCoPwHB_T5jhT3UY99g_LN24j6j3uVd8JGa3fVNrPxssiHowQgdIpqBrYQe3fc313upMPwV23rBBiF2wiOw_Ax3uEJaMolddtdd9HcpfEvcXrOL0dluFIdi_UvDCsztdcjWqe7VBYzzuA8cEaHU1m1ajC804sNp1WA/s2048/5WNCoOqp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo94rkUGj9wqrn2wWvRYh7KzhVPQCoPwHB_T5jhT3UY99g_LN24j6j3uVd8JGa3fVNrPxssiHowQgdIpqBrYQe3fc313upMPwV23rBBiF2wiOw_Ax3uEJaMolddtdd9HcpfEvcXrOL0dluFIdi_UvDCsztdcjWqe7VBYzzuA8cEaHU1m1ajC804sNp1WA/s320/5WNCoOqp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The recent London Bus Tender Awards have revealed that routes 5, 15 and N15 will continue to use the three-door, two-staircase hybrid New Routemaster buses.<br /><br /><i>LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:<span><a name='more'></a></span></i><b>Route 5/N15</b><br />Retained by: Go-Ahead London Blue Triangle<br />Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR): 30<br />Vehicles: Existing New Routemaster<br />Contract Start Date: 24th August 2024<br />Contract End Date: 24th August 2029<br /><br /><b>Route 15</b><br />Retained by: Go-Ahead London Blue Triangle<br />PVR: 14<br />Vehicles: Existing New Routemaster<br />Contract Start Date: 24th August 2024<br />Contract End Date: 24th August 2029<br /><br /><b>Route 115</b><br />Retained by: Go-Ahead London Blue Triangle<br />PVR: 18<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 24th August 2024<br />Contract End Date: 23rd August 2030<br /><br /><b>Route 640</b><br />Current Operator: Sullivan Buses<br />New Operator: Metroline<br />PVR: 2<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 31st August 2024<br />Contract End Date: 27th August 2027<br /><br /><i>The hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.</i><p></p><p>Here are the highlights of my tweets on Twitter/X.
</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>) Have Your Say:<br />Route 188 in North Greenwich – proposed route change<br />Restructure route 188 to serve Tunnel Avenue two-way, rather than Millennium Way.<br />Consultation closes: 6 March 2024<a href="https://t.co/B55v9NuJLY" target="_blank">https://t.co/B55v9NuJLY</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/travel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/urbanism?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#urbanism</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#buses</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/o2?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#o2</a> <a href="https://t.co/Flaf5Kd3NL" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Flaf5Kd3NL</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1750131364920168862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Freedom of Information release:<br />Grades of Automation (GOA) for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Overground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Overground</a>, Elizabeth line, Docklands Light <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Railway?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Railway</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trams?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Trams</a><br /><br />"The DLR is currently GOA3"<br />"Trams are GOA0; we are some way off achieving GOA1."<a href="https://t.co/dV6DvDsn3X" target="_blank">https://t.co/dV6DvDsn3X</a> <a href="https://t.co/qjqROjoXmG" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/qjqROjoXmG</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1750564697810641331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A leaflet from the early 1990s by London Buses Ltd. promoted bus usage to tackle traffic congestion and pollution and the 'Red Routes' scheme to keep the traffic moving.<br /><br />Mention that driver-only buses do not hold up traffic as ⅔ of bus passengers use passes or pre-paid tickets. <a href="https://t.co/Pa2KGVuXFF" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Pa2KGVuXFF</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1752072595015360711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.</p>CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-28116743512528274362024-01-28T21:09:00.007+00:002024-01-29T00:12:19.135+00:00Why Are Bus Lanes And Bus Priority Roads Beneficial To Emergency Services, Especially Non-Emergency Ambulances?<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxK_QKX8iEfFChriIF4NB0iFuQCOmYa-FRbmeYLvAGs-hS9L9oFu8632etvCNJVAlNQLUIP2mFnypClngklu0x95UeDxprTbp-J75Xp2oV53uvgwYlUj-1b2S7FOePZYLSHFmGDtXRq-3aJfFNL-P3-77Au6iAnGsjIi4fwKGKU_wRx2jC5vydzuhD33o/s5460/TfL%20Image%20-%20Non%20blue%20light.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Non-emergency ambulance using the bus lane in London. Image by TfL" border="0" data-original-height="3640" data-original-width="5460" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxK_QKX8iEfFChriIF4NB0iFuQCOmYa-FRbmeYLvAGs-hS9L9oFu8632etvCNJVAlNQLUIP2mFnypClngklu0x95UeDxprTbp-J75Xp2oV53uvgwYlUj-1b2S7FOePZYLSHFmGDtXRq-3aJfFNL-P3-77Au6iAnGsjIi4fwKGKU_wRx2jC5vydzuhD33o/w320-h213/TfL%20Image%20-%20Non%20blue%20light.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Non-emergency ambulance using the bus lane in London.<br />Image by TfL</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I have spotted on Twitter/X that a <a href="https://twitter.com/realbengilligan/status/1747715457208176781" target="_blank">local authority in Hull</a> made a decision to degrade bus priority measures, and another is in America, where the <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamHazen7/status/1750540372063695062" target="_blank">State of Indiana General Assembly</a> is trying to pass a bill to restrict bus lanes in Indianapolis, including the <a href="https://www.indygo.net/blue-line/" target="_blank">IndyGo Blue Line</a>, a Bus Rapid Transit service.<p></p>
<p>The purpose of this article is to show my research on how bus lanes and priority measures are beneficial to emergency services, including non-emergency service ambulances.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
<p>As the emergency services tend to get held up in traffic congestion, an organisation named ‘Possible’ has posted their research about traffic congestion causing delays to the emergency services on call.</p>
<p>Excerpt from <a href="https://www.wearepossible.org/latest-news/traffic-is-holding-up-emergency-vehicles" target="_blank">Possible</a></p>
<p><b>Traffic is holding up emergency vehicles</b></p>
<p><i>Our report finds that with <b>each percentage point increase in congestion on the roads results in a one second delay to response times!</b></i></p>
<p><i>We found a similar trend in the average response times of the London Ambulance Service. There was a 47 second reduction in response time to the most serious medical emergencies and a much larger drop of 2 minutes and 39 seconds for emergencies where patients were conveyed to hospital via a full-sized ambulance. </i></p>
<p><b><i>Implications of this report:</i></b></p>
<p><i>The traffic-calming measures introduced during the lockdown were accused as being a cause for delays to emergency vehicles. However, research does not support these claims but instead shows that the real problem is excess car use causing traffic and congestion. </i></p>
<p><i>Our report makes the case that the most impactful way to improve emergency vehicle response times <b>is to introduce measures that reduce overall congestion levels</b>. <b>When it comes to saving lives, every second counts.</b></i></p>
<p><b>West Midlands Combined Authority</b></p>
<p><a href="https://governance.wmca.org.uk/documents/s6388/Appendix%201.pdf" target="_blank">Reimagining transport in the West Midlands: Local Transport Plan Draft Core Strategy</a></p>
<p><i>Exploring what the future could look like in different places<br />Supporting highly trafficked main roads</i></p>
<p><i>• Congested main roads often with queues<br />• <b>Lack of segregated bus routes which causes delays to services<br /></b>• <b>Emergency services often get stuck in traffic</b></i></p>
<p>Here are the statements and texts by the public bodies that bus lanes and bus priority roads, such as busways, benefit emergency services to avoid traffic congestion.</p>
<p><b>Greater London Authority</b></p>
<p><b>Bus Priority Measures</b><br />Reference: <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/bus-priority-measures" target="_blank">2001/0135-1<br /></a>Question by: Brian Coleman</p>
<p><i>Can the Chairman of Transport for London explain the need for bus priority measures on Euston and Marylebone Roads, (specifically the widening of bus lanes) or give examples of any research carried out that suggests these routes require further capacity?</i></p>
<p><b>Answer by Mayor Ken Livingstone<br /></b>Date: Sunday 9 September 2001</p>
<p><i>Bus priority measures on Marylebone Road and Euston Road have been implemented to overcome the inevitable disruption to the operation of the A501, especially for buses and taxis, as a result of works to reconstruct the ticket hall beneath the road at King's Cross underground station. Preparatory construction work started in the summer and the main works will continue for a period of some three years. The bus lane measures will also protect buses from the longer term effects of CTRL works at St Pancras Station that are expected to continue until 2007.</i></p>
<p><i>The measures are an integral part of the London Bus Initiative proposals for route 18. The LBI is a major plank in the Mayor's Transport Strategy. <b>An incidental benefit is to safeguard access for emergency vehicles, which are regularly held up by queuing traffic and unable to make progress.</b> There is, of course, a major fire station on the A501 serving important areas of London, particularly the railway and underground stations.</i></p>
<p><a href="https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-05/Bus%20Lane%20Enforcement%20Policy%20May%2022.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Bath & North East Somerset Council Bus Lane Enforcement Policy<br /></b></a><i>Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Parking Services staff are committed to:</i></p>
<p><i>Enforcing bus lane regulations, fairly and equitably & improving conditions for people living in, working in and visiting Bath & North East Somerset. This is achieved by: Effective bus lane enforcement, which;</i></p>
<p><i>- Results in a reduction of cars travelling through the city centre<br />- Improves the flow of traffic and encourages the use of public transport<br />- <b>Improves access for the emergency services, local bus operations<br /></b>- Reductions in congestion and associated airborne pollution</i></p>
<p><b>Flintshire County Council<br /></b>Tuesday, 16th April 2019</p>
<p><a href="https://cyfarfodyddpwyllgor.siryfflint.gov.uk/documents/s54133/Improvements%20to%20the%20B5129%20between%20the%20Denbighshire%20and%20Chester%20West%20and%20Cheshire%20County%20Council%20Bord.pdf?LLL=1" target="_blank"><b>Improvements to the A548/B5129 Between the Denbighshire and Chester West and Cheshire County Council Borders in Order to Improve Bus Journey Times</b></a></p>
<p><b><i>The proposed bus priority measures will also improve the emergency services response times</i></b><i> through the area because emergency vehicles will be able to utilise the bus lane in these situations. The lanes would however incorporate an automated enforcement process to deter use by non-eligible vehicles.</i></p>
<p><i>1.04 Traffic Modelling studies indicate that there is little detrimental impact to other road users but that the proposal would provide the following benefits:</i></p>
<p><i>• <b>Improved Journey times for bus users.<br /></b>• <b>Improve emergency services response times.<br /></b>• <b>Provide cyclists with a safer environment.</b></i></p>
<p><a href="https://cyfarfodyddpwyllgor.siryfflint.gov.uk/documents/s56434/Bus%20Lanes%20in%20Flintshire%20Limitations%20on%20Use.pdf?LLL=1" target="_blank">Environment Overview And Scrutiny Committee<br /></a>Tuesday 17th September 2019<br /><b>Bus Lanes in Flintshire – Limitations on Use</b></p>
<p><i>1.05 Other authorised users are as follows:</i></p>
<p><b><i>Emergency services on blue light calls are permitted to use the infrastructure</i></b><i>, thus improving emergency response times along the corridor.</i></p>
<p><a href="https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/about-us/what-we-do/advice-on-what-to-do-as-a-motorist-if-you-encounter-an-ambulance/" target="_blank"><b>London Ambulance Service</b></a></p>
<p><b><i>Advice on what to do as a motorist if you encounter an ambulance</i></b></p>
<p><i>Please avoid pulling into bus lanes or cycle lanes. The ambulance crew are trained to negotiate traffic and may look to use the bus lane to pass, and you could get in their way or even get a ticket.</i></p>
<p><b>Use of Emergency Service vehicles on bus only roads<br />Bristol City Council</b></p>
<p><a href="https://www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/3411-bus-lanes-and-bus-gates-at-baldwin-street-bristol-bridge-high-street-and-union-street-april-2022/file" target="_blank">Enforcement of the New Bus Lanes/Bus Gates at Baldwin Street, Bristol Bridge, High Street and Union Street</a></p>
<p><b><i>Hours of Operation:</i></b></p>
<p><i>All the bus lanes/bus gates operate at all times (24 hours a day, seven days a week).</i></p>
<p><b><i>Who can use the Bus Lanes/Bus Gates:</i></b></p>
<p><i>Vehicles being used by the ambulance, fire brigade and police services in the exercise of their official duties would be permitted to use all of the bus lanes.</i></p>
<p><a href="https://www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/409-enforcement-of-the-m32-bus-only-slip-road-north-fringe-to-hengrove-metrobusroute/file" target="_blank">Enforcement of the M32 Bus-Only Slip Road North Fringe to Hengrove MetroBus Route</a></p>
<p><b><i>Traffic Regulation Order (TRO)</i></b></p>
<p><i>With the exceptions of; emergency services, highway maintenance vehicles, Highways England vehicles and local buses, no other vehicle type is permitted to use the slip roads or bus lanes/bus gates at this location.</i></p>
<p><b>Luton City Council<br /></b><a href="https://www.luton.gov.uk/Transport_and_streets/Lists/LutonDocuments/PDF/Engineering%20and%20Transportation/busway/Full%20approval%20business%20case/Luton%20Dunstable%20Busway%20Conditional%20Approval%20Case%20-%20April%202008.pdf" target="_blank">Luton-Dunstable Busway<br /></a>Major Scheme Business Case<br />Updated for Conditional Approval<br />April 2008 revision</p>
<p><b><i>Technical and Personal Safety</i></b></p>
<p><i>5.4.13 Buses will operate on a line of sight basis on the busway, and will at all times be able to stop within the distance visible ahead. In the event of a bus breakdown, a purpose built maintenance vehicle will be able to drive along the guided busway to reach the incident to recover the bus. In an emergency, the emergency services will be able to reach the site of the incident either via the emergency access track, along the busway itself or via adjacent roads.</i></p>
<p><b>Kent County Council<br /></b><a href="https://democracy.kent.gov.uk/documents/g3927/Printed%20minutes%2019th-Jul-2011%2019.00%20Dartford%20Local%20Boards.pdf?T=1" target="_blank">Notes of a meeting of Dartford Local Boards</a></p>
<p>Date: Tuesday, 19 July 2011</p>
<p><b><i>Questions from the public and Members</i></b></p>
<p><i>Q. At the Bluewater Forum it was discussed <b>whether the system could be used by the emergency services.</b></i></p>
<p><i>A. <b>In emergency the Fast Track Busway would be used</b></i></p>
<p><a href="https://democracy.kent.gov.uk/documents/s101463/Item%2013%20APRN%20Buses_%20Gate%20focus%20Final.pdf" target="_blank">Environment and Transport Cabinet Committee 19 January 2021<br /></a>Decision Number: 20/00118<br /><b>Dover Fastrack</b> – ANPR Enforcement of Bus Gates</p>
<p><i>1.3 <b>Bus infrastructure should only be used by buses, cyclists, hackney cabs, and emergency services can also be permitted use</b>. Bus gates are there to make buses quicker and reduce journey times.</i></p>
<p><b>Institute for Transportation and Development Policy<br /></b><a href="https://nacto.org/docs/usdg/brt_guide_itdp.pdf">Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide<br /></a>June 2007</p>
<p>Box 1: Bus lanes or busways</p>
<p><i>Non-transit vehicles are generally not permitted access to a busway <b>although emergency vehicles often also may utilise the lane.</b></i></p>
<p><a href="https://www.urbantransportgroup.org/system/files/general-docs/pteg%20bus%20priority%20brochure%20June%202014_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank"><b>Bus priority works - PTEG/Urban Transport Group</b></a></p>
<p><i>Peak bus journeys through sections of Rochester are now 40% faster, providing convenient access to employment and new housing across Medway. General traffic flow has also benefited as the bus stop is now within the bus lane rather than on the road, and National Cycle Route One was improved as part of the works. In addition, <b>the bus lane means emergency services can by-pass traffic queues at peak times.</b></i></p>
<p>The use of non-emergency service vehicles such as ambulances to use bus lanes.</p>
<p><b>Bus Lanes: Ambulance Services<br />House of Commons written question for Department for Transport<br /></b><a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-11/690" target="_blank">UIN 690, tabled on 11 February 2020</a></p>
<p><b>Question by Alex Chalk MP</b></p>
<p><i>To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward a <b>nationwide exemption to permit ambulances to use bus lanes.</b></i></p>
<p><b>Answer by Grant Shapps MP<br /></b>17 February 2020</p>
<p><i>The Department has made no such assessment.</i></p>
<p><b><i>Ambulances on emergency business are already generally allowed to use bus lanes</i></b><i> through an exemption in the underlying <b>Traffic Regulation Order (TRO)</b> which creates a bus lane. <b>Local authorities can extend this to ambulances on non-emergency business if they wish</b>, but will need to consider whether the vehicles are easily identifiable for enforcement purposes, and the impact on the operation of the lane for buses.</i></p>
<p><i>Local authorities are best placed to judge how best to operate bus lanes on their road networks. Bus lanes are provided to give buses priority over other traffic, particularly at congested times of day, and to provide bus passengers with a more reliable service. Allowing more vehicle types to use a bus lane may start to erode this priority.</i></p>
<p><a href="https://democracy.york.gov.uk/(S(er5fig3cbkjmjx55ekdxrgfc))/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?Id=5936" target="_blank"><b>City of York Council<br /></b></a><b>Decision details: Use of Bus Lanes by Ambulances</b></p>
<p><i>CYC have received a request from the emergency services, to be allowed to use bus lanes within the City of York Council boundary whilst not travelling in an emergency. Yorkshire Ambulance Service have asked us to consider on the basis that some ambulance journeys do not warrant the use of the lights but are still time conscious and the ability to <b>use bus lanes would help with journey times when responding to non-emergency calls</b>.</i></p>
<p><b><i>Decision:</i></b><i> Agreed to change the traffic regulation orders to allow marked ambulances to use bus lanes when not on emergency response.</i></p>
<p><i>Date of decision: 29 September 2020</i></p>
<p><b>Transport for London press release</b></p>
<p>Non-emergency ambulances, police cars and fire vehicles to use TfL bus lanes <b>after trial resulted in fewer missed hospital appointments</b></p>
<p><i>From today (Friday 19 May 2023) ambulances, police and fire vehicles across the capital will have access to bus lanes on London’s main arterial roads while on duty, even when not dealing with an emergency. <b>This follows a successful trial with Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust that saw fewer missed appointments, and no negative impact on bus journey times.</b></i></p>
<p><i>The trial was set up to help people travel to appointments smoothly. <b>More than 150 non-blue light patient transport vehicles were given access to over 25km of bus lanes in Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth and Lewisham on the TfL road network (TLRN). </b>It also included bus lanes managed by Lambeth Council and took place over 12 months from February 2022.</i></p>
<p><b><i>It found that the number of missed NHS appointments fell by around 20 per cent and saved the Trust money, with no impact on bus journey times.</i></b><i> The trial benefited patients who are unable to use public transport to attend appointments, reducing journey times and delays.</i></p>
<p><i>There are more than 8,000 emergency service fleet vehicles that use London’s roads, <b>meaning the Metropolitan Police Service, the London Fire Brigade and the London Ambulance Service will benefit from less congestion and faster journey times, helping to provide a better service to all Londoners. </b>Outpatients who rely on patient transport at all the capital’s hospitals will now be less likely to miss appointments with knock on savings for the trusts themselves, and improved health outcomes for many patients.</i></p>
<p><a href="https://tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/non-emergency-ambulances-police-cars-and-fire-vehicles-to-use-tfl-bus-lanes-after-trial-resulted-in-fewer-missed-hospital-appointments" target="_blank">Read more</a></p>
<p><b>Roads and priority measures that are dedicated to emergency service vehicles</b></p>
<p>On the motorways electronic signs (especially variable speed limits), they display a <a href="https://nationalhighways.co.uk/road-safety/red-x/">red X sign</a> to close one lane to allow the emergency services ease of access to the incident.</p>
<p><a href="https://aace.org.uk/news/ambulance-approaching-safety-tips-for-letting-it-past/" target="_blank"><b>Association of Ambulance Chief Executives<br /></b></a>Smart motorways</p>
<p><i>On a smart motorway, one or more lanes may be closed because of an incident ahead – you’ll know because of red X signs above the carriageway. Emergency vehicles will use these lanes if they can. Keep out of these red X lanes. If no lanes appear to be closed, be prepared to help create the emergency corridor.</i></p>
<p>There are roadways that are dedicated to ‘authorised vehicles’ that include emergency services to gain access. They are usually seen throughout the motorways, such as slip roads and access to motorway service stations.</p>
<p><b>Highways Agency and National Highways by Freedom of Information request</b></p>
<p><a href="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/non_motorway_access_roads_to_mot" target="_blank">16 September 2014</a> and <a href="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/rear_access_to_service_station_a#incoming-811609" target="_blank"><href incoming-811609="">13 May 2016</href></a></p>
<p><i>Motorway Service Operators are obliged to enter into sealed agreements with the Secretary of State in order to have signed access to the motorway network. These include a number of mandatory provisions. <b>Amongst these are the requirement that use of the rear accesses to their sites must be confined to authorised vehicles only.</b> This is necessary in order to prevent the service areas from becoming informal motorway junctions (with consequent disruption to the lives of those living and working on the approach roads) and to ensure the safety of legitimate users of the sites, especially pedestrians, who could be exposed to danger from through traffic travelling at speed.</i></p>
<p><b><i>Motorway Service Area accesses are private means of access not a public rights of way</i></b><i> and must be controlled to restrict unauthorised access. As such the use of the rear access could be considered as trespass and public use of the access without prior agreement would be prohibited.</i></p>
<p><i>Current policy stipulates that rear access roads are only used by <b>motorway service area staff / deliveries, emergency services and Agency staff / contractors </b>where an access is in use. Access to other facilities or developments through motorway service areas are not permitted anywhere on the strategic road network. Service Area Operators work very hard to comply with the terms of their agreements in order to control the access roads and a consistent approach is maintained through the Agency’s oversight. Further information about roadside facilities for road users on Motorways and All - Purpose Trunk Roads in England can be found in DfT Circular 02/2013. A copy is attached for ease of reference.</i></p>
<p><b>Conclusion</b></p>
<p>Whenever there’s a proposal to add, remove, or reduce restrictions on bus lanes, campaign groups should mention how bus lanes and priority measures are beneficial and important to emergency services, as they are needed to attend incidents at the fastest (and safest) possible time. This includes rushing injured people to the hospital for treatment to save their lives.</p>
<p>Non-emergency service vehicles such as ambulances transporting patients should be allowed to use bus lanes, which will help reduce missed or late appointments, as I quoted from the press release above.</p>
<p>Bus lanes and priority roads are vital for emergency services to save lives!</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Absolutely! Bus lanes and bus priority roads are also used by emergency services, which provides an incidental benefit of saving lives as they regularly get held up by traffic congestion. <a href="https://t.co/AC0hynQHjn" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/AC0hynQHjn</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1748083349770359222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You can read more about bus lanes and bus priority systems on the <a href="https://citytransport.info/Buses02.htm" target="_blank">City Transport Info website</a>. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Further reading</b><br /><a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/01/transport-for-londons-2023-consultation.html" target="_blank">Transport for London’s 2023 Consultation Reports for Bus Service Changes Reveal Popularity for the New Routemaster and Tram Buses</a><br /><a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/01/why-i-believe-transport-enthusiasts-are.html" target="_blank">Why I Believe Transport Enthusiasts Are The Biggest Promoters Of Public Transport?</a><br /><a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/07/suggestion-i-believe-its-time-for-new.html" target="_blank">Suggestion: I Believe It’s Time for a New Regional Transport Body for the South East of England?</a><br /></p>CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-19050186058338293902024-01-23T15:53:00.003+00:002024-01-24T01:28:02.699+00:00London Bus Tender Awards: Route 17 To Continue Using New Routemasters - All New Urban Buses Are To Be Zero-Emissions In The EU By 2035<p>The latest London Bus Tender Awards have revealed that route 17 will continue to use New Routemasters, and Metroline won the route 28 contract with existing diesel double-deck buses.<br /><br /><i>LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:</i><br /><br /><b>Route 17</b><br />Retained by Metroline<br />Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR): 15<br />Vehicles: Existing New Routemaster<br />Contract Start Date: 20th July 2024<br />Contract End Date: 20th July 2029<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p><b>Route 28/N28</b><br />Current Operator RATP-Dev London Transit<br />New Operator Metroline West<br />PVR: 19<br />Vehicles: Existing diesel double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 4th May 2024<br />Contract End Date: 30th April 2027</p><p><b>Route 395</b><br />Retained by: RATP-Dev London Sovereign<br />PVR: 5<br />Vehicles: Existing diesel single deck<br />Contract Start Date: 7th September 2024<br />Contract End Date: 3rd September 2027<br /><br /><i>The diesel and hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.</i></p><p></p><p>At the moment, route 28 is currently using zero-emission double-deck buses, which are Metrodecker EV by Switch Mobility (formerly Optare). Once Metroline West takes over on May 4, 2024, they will be reverting to using diesel double-deck buses as part of the new contract. Unfortunately, there are no new zero-emission buses for this announcement of the London Bus Tender Awards.<br /></p><p>As this is another short article, I decided to briefly expand by showing you the news from Europe, as the European Commission has set an agreement to reduce CO2 emissions standards for new trucks and buses in the European Union.<br /><br />From <b>the European Commission</b> news release:<br /><br /><i>The European Commission welcomes today's agreement between the European Parliament and Council on a provisional political agreement strengthening CO2 emissions standards for new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) entering the EU market from 2030. The Regulation will set new ambitious CO2 emissions reduction targets for 2030, 2035 and 2040. The new standards will ensure that this segment of the road transport sector contributes to the shift to zero-emissions mobility and the EU's 2030 climate ambitions and climate neutrality by 2050.<br /><br /><b>Ambitious targets and a wider scope</b><br /><br />Today's agreement sets CO2 emissions reduction targets for HDVs of 45% for 2030-2034, 65% for 2035-2039 and 90% as of 2040, compared to 2019 levels. The scope of the Regulation is expanded and these standards will now apply to almost all trucks (including vocational vehicles, such as garbage lorries, tippers or concrete mixers as of 2035), urban buses, long-distance buses and trailers. Specific emissions reduction targets are also set for trailers (7.5%) and semi-trailers (10%), starting from 2030.<br /><br />To accelerate the transition to zero-emission public transport across Europe, new urban buses must reduce emissions by 90% as of 2030. <b>All new urban buses will have to be zero-emissions by 2035</b>.</i><br /></p><p><br />You can read more by clicking on the link in the tweet below.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/European?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#European</a> Commission welcomes agreement on strong <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#EU</a> targets to reduce <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CO2?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#CO2</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/emissions?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#emissions</a> from new <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/trucks?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#trucks</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/urban?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#urban</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#buses</a><br /><br />All new urban buses will have to be zero-emissions by 2035.<a href="https://t.co/0xQsliiRS6" target="_blank">https://t.co/0xQsliiRS6</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Europe?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Europe</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#transport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#transit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/urbanism?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#urbanism</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/travel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/climatechange?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cleanair?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#cleanair</a> <a href="https://t.co/XjTWqSSAy5" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/XjTWqSSAy5</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1749121684768973145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 21, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
Here are the rest of the tweets that I posted on Twitter/X.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Germany: News from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Spillmann?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Spillmann</a>'s Creative Workshop: Themed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a> with Surprising Exterior Design. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mercedes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Mercedes</a><br />"In addition to the rear entry with decals, the creative department has also given the typical “<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a>” front design to the Citaro Routemaster bus"<a href="https://t.co/DyszsBvSyg" target="_blank">https://t.co/DyszsBvSyg</a> <a href="https://t.co/Sx5wCxsNIa" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Sx5wCxsNIa</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1748771291375501404?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 20, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Who remembers the days (during the 1980s and 1990s) when various buses in London appeared in different colours? <a href="https://t.co/sKSN9VGFlo" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/sKSN9VGFlo</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1748737084452470918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 20, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Freedom of Information release:<br />Frequencies and Durations of Door Buzzer sounds on the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a> D78 Stock, 1992 Stock, 1996 Stock, and S Stock<a href="https://t.co/tr0aPjL9hp" target="_blank">https://t.co/tr0aPjL9hp</a> <a href="https://t.co/hFKkt1WY6V" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/hFKkt1WY6V</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1748978737914511734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 21, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Have Your Say:<br />Route N518 – creation of a new night bus service between Central <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ruislip?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Ruislip</a><br />Consultation closes: 03 March 2024<a href="https://t.co/amrPHQBRbe" target="_blank">https://t.co/amrPHQBRbe</a> <a href="https://t.co/ExQ3EGaPL4" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/ExQ3EGaPL4</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1749410970483519653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 22, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>) Have Your Say:<br />Proposed Shepherd’s Bush Green to Holland Park Avenue <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/walking?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#walking</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cycling?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#cycling</a> improvements<br />Consultation closes: 3 March 2024<a href="https://t.co/7EpxpOJFG2" target="_blank">https://t.co/7EpxpOJFG2</a> <a href="https://t.co/5JSpg1jAAS" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/5JSpg1jAAS</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1749471987960058075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 22, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Freedom of Information release:<br />Noise levels on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a> Tube lines<br />"From 1 September 2020 to 31 December 2022, we had 843 onboard (in-carriage) complaints. Please note that some will be ‘in-tunnel’ and some will be ‘above-ground.’"<a href="https://t.co/5pMurU9Jot" target="_blank">https://t.co/5pMurU9Jot</a> <a href="https://t.co/Nw7TJZyMqM" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Nw7TJZyMqM</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1749487821851648146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 22, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Freedom of Information release:<br />How many London <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TFL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TFL</a> governed have speed limiters<br />"There are currently 3,795 vehicles in the TfL fleet which are fitted with ‘Intelligent Speed Assistance’ technology..."<a href="https://t.co/mTnccJ43Vi" target="_blank">https://t.co/mTnccJ43Vi</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1749517286648766815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 22, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>) Freedom of Information release:<br />London <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a> Ticketing & Revenue Update #149<br />Updates on:<br />Brent Cross West<br />Delays to Oyster photocard issuing<br />Barcode ticketing update<br />And more<a href="https://t.co/jzoqY5RJEU" target="_blank">https://t.co/jzoqY5RJEU</a> <a href="https://t.co/Own5jVcwvG" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Own5jVcwvG</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1749818279525540173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.</p>CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-19197972823179541492024-01-21T06:00:00.027+00:002024-03-15T00:43:17.128+00:00Transport for London’s 2023 Consultation Reports for Bus Service Changes Reveal Popularity for the New Routemaster and Tram Buses<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4J7d29Ywuvl0LH8BJf5SAG8i9-Q91mnhomfNcJXcNc7dpAnsZnJJ9W0NPcHayPGiZPPSHdyz1dOZ3vbCyTq8dCjnb4PotrnIIFojKv_Miv8_Q_jN9Spl2uV2Ne5b2CNfDdHKKxFVh7aAmHKX666F3Gj6Z-EiF0NRXu97jxBvIqc8FKWO_oLIqWadKWEU/s2048/New%20Routemaster%20Irizar%20Ie%20Tram.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="New Routemaster and Irizar Ie Tram" border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2048" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4J7d29Ywuvl0LH8BJf5SAG8i9-Q91mnhomfNcJXcNc7dpAnsZnJJ9W0NPcHayPGiZPPSHdyz1dOZ3vbCyTq8dCjnb4PotrnIIFojKv_Miv8_Q_jN9Spl2uV2Ne5b2CNfDdHKKxFVh7aAmHKX666F3Gj6Z-EiF0NRXu97jxBvIqc8FKWO_oLIqWadKWEU/w320-h313/New%20Routemaster%20Irizar%20Ie%20Tram.jpg" title="New Routemaster and Irizar Ie Tram" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Routemaster and Irizar Ie Tram<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Some of my readers have seen on Twitter/X posting certain pages of various consultations about the proposed London bus service changes, especially with the proposed new routes for the Superloop express bus network. According to the comments TfL received on their consultations, there have been requests to use New Routemasters and Tram Buses on various bus routes in London. What is bizarre is that the Tram Buses haven’t been launched on route 358.<span><a name='more'></a></span><p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This is not surprising because a couple of years ago (2022), I <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2022/08/freedom-of-information-requests.html" target="_blank">posted</a> on my <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2022/10/reviewing-tfls-freedom-of-information.html" target="_blank">website</a> excerpts from Freedom of Information requests, revealing comments about electric and hydrogen buses on various London bus routes. This will be included in this article for reference.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Here are the excerpts from various consultation reports from last year (2023):</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/silvertown-tunnel-bus-network" target="_blank"><b>Silvertown Tunnel Bus Network Proposals</b></a> <b>(including Superloop route SL4)<br /></b>From Silvertown Tunnel Bus Network consultation report:<br /><i>Some of the top issues raised, either about the proposals in general or specific routes, were:<br />• Requests for us to use Zero Emission or electric buses on all three routes, with some specific requests for New Routemasters on routes 129 and X239 or tram-style buses on route 108</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">From Appendix E - Steer consultation analysis report:<br /><i>46. The top five codes all relate to the type of vehicles respondents want to see on the routes i.e. electric vehicles, in particular Routemasters and tram-style buses"</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>48. Concerns with current bus design standards are also mentioned among the top issues.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Routes 129 and X239/SL4 </b>Suggest using zero emission/electric buses, primarily mentioned: New Routemaster buses<br />Number of comments: <b>273</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Route 108 </b>Suggest using tram style buses (i.e. Irizar Ie Tram)<br />Number of comments: <b>99</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/arthur-street" target="_blank"><b>Improving Arthur Street for pedestrians and cyclists, and changes to 344 bus route<br /></b></a>From Arthur Street consultation report:<br />New electric or zero-emission Routemaster buses should be procured/used on <b>route 344<br /></b>Number of comments: <b>132</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">New Routemaster buses are more accessible with three doors and two staircases<br />Number of comments: <b>54</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Improve design/colour scheme of buses<br />Number of comments: <b>13</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/bus-routes-79-83" target="_blank"><b>Alperton and Stonebridge Park - Proposed changes to bus routes 79 and 83<br /></b></a>From Bus routes 79 and 83 consultation report:<br />Suggest using new Routemaster buses for double deck routes<br />Number of comments: <b>152</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Suggest using single deck electric tram buses for single deck routes<br />Number of comments: <b>76</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/brent-cross-bus-changes" target="_blank"><b>Brent Cross buses – proposed changes to routes 102, 189, 210, 232, 266, 316, 326 and C11<br /></b></a>From Brent Cross bus changes consultation report:<br />Suggest using new Routemaster buses for double deck routes<br />Number of comments: <b>152</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Suggest using single deck electric tram buses for single deck routes<br />Number of comments: <b>76</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/wembley-bus-changes" target="_blank"><b>Wembley Park area - proposed changes to bus routes 92, 206 and 440<br /></b></a>From Wembley Park bus changes 92 206 440 consultation report:<br />Suggest using new Routemaster buses for double deck routes<br />Number of comments: <b>142</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Suggest using single deck electric tram buses for single deck routes<br />Number of comments: <b>80</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/catford-town-centre" target="_blank"><b>Catford Town Centre, changes to South Circular Road<br /></b></a>From Catford Town Centre consultation report:<br />Suggest using zero-emission New Routemaster buses for double-deck routes<br />Number of comments: <b>242</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Suggest using zero-emission tram-style buses for single-deck routes<br />Number of comments: <b>81</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Suggest using buses with three doors to improve accessibility<br />Number of comments: <b>81</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/x183-superloop" target="_blank"><b>Proposals for a new limited stop express bus route between Harrow and North Finchley (X183/SL10 bus route), part of the Superloop<br /></b></a>From Superloop X183 Consultation Report:<br />Suggestion to use New Routemasters/ electric vehicles - improving design/ accessibility of buses<br />Number of comments: <b>265</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/x34-superloop" target="_blank"><b>Proposals for a new limited stop express bus route between North Finchley and Walthamstow (X34/SL1 bus route), part of the Superloop<br /></b></a>From Superloop X34 Consultation Report:<br />Suggestion to use New Routemasters/ electric vehicles - improving design/ accessibility of buses<br />Number of comments: <b>221</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/sl5-superloop" target="_blank"><b>Proposals for a new express bus route between Bromley and Croydon (SL5 bus route), part of the Superloop<br /></b></a>From Superloop SL5 Consultation report:<br />Suggestion to use New Routemasters / electric vehicles - improving design/ accessibility of buses<br />Number of comments: <b>265</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/sl3-superloop" target="_blank"><b>Proposals for a new express bus route between Thamesmead and Bromley (SL3 bus route), part of the Superloop<br /></b></a>From SL3 consultation report<br />Suggestion to use New Routemasters/ electric vehicles - improving design/ accessibility of buses<br />Number of comments: <b>261</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/sl2-superloop"><b>Proposals for a new express bus route between Walthamstow and North Woolwich Ferry (SL2 bus route), part of the Superloop<br /></b></a>From SL2 consultation report:<br />Suggestion to use New Routemasters/ electric vehicles - improving design/ accessibility of buses<br />Number of comments: <b>259</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/east-sheen" target="_blank"><b>Improving safety at East Sheen village<br /></b></a>From East Sheen consultation report:<br />Suggest using new routemaster buses for double deck routes/single deck electric tram buses for single deck routes<br />Number of comments: <b>53</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/bus-routes-346-347-497" target="_blank"><b>Harold Wood and Upminster - proposed changes to bus routes 346, 347 and 497<br /></b></a>From document, Consultation report - Harold Wood and Upminster bus changes<br />Suggest zero-emission/electric tram buses in London<br />Number of comments: <b>78</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">London bus fleets should use the New Routemaster<br />Number of comments: <b>22</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/bus-routes-w" target="_blank"><b>Walthamstow, Wanstead, Woodford – proposed changes to bus routes W12, W13, W14 and 549<br /></b></a>From Consultation report<br />Out of scope: Vehicle comment (request for New RMs/Tram buses)<br />Number of comments: <b>56</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/route-336" target="_blank">Downham – proposed changes to bus route 336</a><br /></b>From Consultation report<br />Out of scope comments about type of bus<br />Number of comments: <b>70</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/orpington-bus-proposals" target="_blank">R1, R2, R3, R6 and B14 – Orpington bus proposals</a></b><br />From Consultation report<br />Suggestion for using tram-style buses or new Routemaster buses<br />Number of comments: <b>77</b><br /><b><br /><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/bus-routes-e1-618" target="_blank">Ealing and Hounslow - expanding bus services E1 extension and new school route 618</a></b><br />From Consultation report<br />Suggestion about vehicle type e.g., tram-style/ double decker electric/ new Routemasters zero-emission buses<br />Number of comments:<b> Not mentioned<br /></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/haringey-heartlands" target="_blank">Haringey Heartlands and Wood Green - proposed changes to bus routes 91, N91, 123 and 232</a></b><br />From Consultation report<br />Suggestion for using tram-style buses or new Routemaster buses<br />Number of comments: <b>106</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/lower-lea-crossing" target="_blank">Lower Lea Crossing safety improvement scheme</a></b><br />From Consultation report<br />The most common response raised by 85 respondents was out of scope for this consultation and raised an issue regarding routemaster buses.<br />Out of scope - bus vehicle type comment<br />Number of comments: <b>85</b><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The common response to the issue raised from the consultation reports:<br /><i>We have a long-term plan for buses known as the Bus action plan. The plan commits to an inclusive customer experience which makes travelling by bus easy, comfortable and accessible to all. As part of improving the experience for customers when on the bus, we have been trialling various features on route 63 and are soon to do so on route 358. Although we cannot commit to a specific vehicle type being used the bus routes included in this consultation, we do intend to incorporate what we have learnt from the trials on our network as we roll out new buses.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I find it interesting that the consultation reports reveal requests for New Routemasters and tram buses to be used for the bus routes in London. I have written a suggestion in response to the issues raised in the consultation report regarding bus types, which is below in this article.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I have tweeted on Twitter/X about Stagecoach London being awarded the Superloop route SL3 with New Routemasters. In the responses to the issues raised for the SL3, they noted the request for New Routemasters to be used on the particular Superloop route.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">It's been revealed that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>'s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> route SL3, which is a new express route between Thamesmead and Bromley. They will be using three-door, two-staircase hybrid buses named New Routemaster.<a href="https://t.co/vBzMXoGZb8" target="_blank">https://t.co/vBzMXoGZb8</a><a href="https://t.co/wv3vSc9H6U" target="_blank">https://t.co/wv3vSc9H6U</a> <a href="https://t.co/XijNTJIeXR" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/XijNTJIeXR</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1735404292977381454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Superloop routes <b>SL1</b> use the diesel-electric hybrid Alexander Dennis Enviro400H City, and the <b>SL9 and SL10</b> use the battery-electric BYD-Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV City. These buses contain design features from the New Routemaster bus but only have two-doors and one-staircase.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To recap the comments about bus types from the Freedom of Information releases and the consultation report from the Central London Bus Review.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Route 63<br /></b>Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-0194-2223" target="_blank">FOI-0194-2223<br /></a>Date published: 23 May 2022</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Since December 2021 to end April 2022 we have received <b>28 complaints</b> about bus route 63.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-1505-2223" target="_blank">FOI-1505-2223<br /></a>Date published: 10 October 2022</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>We received a further <b>40 contacts commenting</b> on the design of the new electric buses. The majority of these state a preference for the design of the New Routemaster buses. We are also able to provide a summary for each contact for date range 28 April 2022 to 24 September 2022 – please see attached.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Route U5<br /></b>Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-0729-2223" target="_blank">FOI-0729-2223<br /></a>Date published: 14 July 2022</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Since May 2022 we received <b>21 complaints</b> concerning the design/layout of bus route U5.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Route 119<br /></b>Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-0402-2223" target="_blank">FOI-0402-2223<br /></a>Date published: 16 June 2022</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Please see the following table for the requested information:<br />Stairs too dark/gloomy - 20<br />Should be like the New Routemaster (Extra doors needed at rear/second stairwell) - 20<br />Too similar in design to other buses - 19<br />Interior dark/dull - 4<br />Too boxy - 2<br />Seats too plastic/uncomfortable - 2<br />Interior Design not matching branding - 2</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Route 7<br /></b>Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-0659-2223" target="_blank">FOI-0659-2223<br /></a>Date published: 28 June 2022</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Passengers do not approve of the design/layout - 26<br />Design - 3<br />Furniture - 2<br />Gaps in Service/Long Waits - 1<br />Incomplete/Curtailed Journey - 1<br />Late arrival - 1<br />Signage - 1<br />Total - 36</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-0828-2223" target="_blank">FOI-0828-2223<br /></a>Date published: 15 July 2022</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Please see attached a document which details a summary of the issues raised in the comments linked to the complaints previously referred to in TfL ref 0659-2223.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Routes 23 and C3<br /></b>Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-3331-2223" target="_blank">FOI-3331-2223<br /></a>Date published: 06 April 2023</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>A search of our Customer Service system has shown that during this period we <b>received 43 complaints/feedback</b> relating to the design or accessibility issues for the buses on routes 23 and C3.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Route 111<br /></b>Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-1172-2324" target="_blank">FOI-1172-2324<br /></a>Date published: 08 August 2023<i> </i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Please see the attached PDF providing the <b>119 comments</b> we have received concerning the new electric double-decker that replaced the New Routemaster bus on route 111 within the requested period, covering matters from design, accessibility and for example, ambience. In total, there were <b>112 comments</b> that did not approve of the layout or design of the new vehicle model. Two of the complaints also used a standard template, both of which are highlighted in yellow for ease of reference.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/busreview" target="_blank"><b>Central London bus changes consultation<br /></b></a>From Central London Bus Review 2022 Consultation report:<br /><i>There were <b>475 suggestions</b> to keep and/or introduce Routemaster bus services</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>My suggestion in response to the comments.</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Last year, I posted an <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/08/my-suggestions-to-help-create-most.html" target="_blank">article</a> on suggesting to create the most accessible zero-emission bus for London and elsewhere, this is in response to the comments from the consultation from last year, in which I already included in the article.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>To recap on how the new zero-emission bus should contain:</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>• The latest </i><a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/safety-and-security/road-safety/bus-safety" target="_blank"><i>bus safety standards</i></a><i> (developed by TfL to improve bus safety),</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>• High-specification interior design (a first class experience for bus users with WiFi, USB ports, sunroof at top deck, etc.),</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>• High-backed seats (with headrests to reduce whiplash injury),</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>• Priority seat moquette design (to make priority seats more identifiable for the disabled, older people, etc.),</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>• Fully low flat floor on the lower deck (to provide ease of approaching the seat),</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>• Larger wheelchair space (of 2 metres),</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>• Two wheelchair areas (without sacrificing priority seats by the front),</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>• Stylish exterior design (to provide street presence).</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>• Ultra-thin solar panels to generate renewable energy that supplies all electronic devices on board and recharges the bus.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>• Interior and exterior display screens (to provide route information, service branding, advertising, etc.)</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>• Eink to rapidly change external livery without repainting the bus.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>• Two-doors and one-staircase (for local transport authorities with enhanced partnership and franchising, in line with London’s buses).</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>• Alternatively, a variant with three-doors and two-staircases (ideal for busy routes to improve boarding and exit flows at bus stops, and bus rapid transit services).</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To recap, my suggestions are <b>not exclusive to one bus manufacturer</b>. I’d like to see multiple bus manufacturers take my ideas on board to design and manufacture the most accessible zero-emission bus because the New Routemaster project has been controversial.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I'm not advocating for TfL to re-launch the New Routemaster project as the concept is obsolete now. As I stated in my previous article from 2020, bus manufacturers have adopted the design cues of the NRM for their double-deck products. You may also be interested to read my <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2022/02/its-been-10-years-since-new-routemaster.html" target="_blank">detailed article</a> about the New Routemaster from late February 2022, marking 10 years of passenger service.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">From my previous article reviewing <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2022/03/my-response-to-tfls-bus-action-plan.html" target="_blank">TfL’s Bus Action Plan</a>, I suggested more Bus Rapid Transit services, which includes reviving the proposed transit schemes during the 2000s, and over on Twitter/X, I have suggested reviving another old proposal from 1973 which is the Speedbus, a network of express bus services using a network of priority measures including bus lanes.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">My suggestion on how to improve public <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#transport</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> and elsewhere<br /><br />• More bus lanes, priority schemes,<br />• Transit schemes from the 2000s,<br />• Speedbus proposal from the 1970s,<br />• revert to the pre-1970 area…<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trains?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Trains</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trams?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Trams</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LightRail?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#LightRail</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Metro?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Metro</a> <a href="https://t.co/3jcDum4Fch" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/3jcDum4Fch</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1732346005188718902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p style="text-align: justify;">On Twitter/X, I suggested that TfL should trial articulated electric tram buses for the Superloop and the East London Transit services, in response to the Sprint bus network in the West Midlands.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">On the article, it says: "The improvements will pave the way for the first cross-city bus service in the region and provide the infrastructure for zero-emission, articulated <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#buses</a> to be running along the route in 2025."<br /><br />Should <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> have a similar scheme as the West Midlands? <a href="https://t.co/nXIS2NdTQF" target="_blank">https://t.co/nXIS2NdTQF</a> <a href="https://t.co/Oxe6bu3nCw" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Oxe6bu3nCw</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1742300348600012964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 2, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It’s time for more creativity for transport services to help encourage people to use them as an alternative to car usage, which will help reduce congestion and pollution. This includes my suggestion of creating a new <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/07/suggestion-i-believe-its-time-for-new.html" target="_blank">South East Regional Transport Authority</a> to subsume TfL and to integrate transport services such as railways in the former Network SouthEast area to provide better coordination for railway services along with fare integration.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Perhaps I would like to go back to the days (the 1990s) when various buses in London appeared in different colours.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZurwNWwnBtd7pvt6mwXSiYlgXsIeOLpRXcXIZUcnEQqKSV940ZKKMWe3Ad_b6jHogWCoGjKhk-19XW-u_5KA5San59jMxkV_6O8I3aJAXv-JvVI6XdtOoldBXZL4qKAwA9RxkbGt_NVziYSmvg9wtrE8nypUjw7MPqT5WgpY5noc3ncivmczEb8H-ic/s2000/Clipping%20from%20LRT%20News%20No.%20362,%20dated%20September%2016%201988%20Tendering%20adds%20splash%20of%20colour%20to%20the%20London%20bus%20scene.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmjiINtKqnVaVUvjDY6NrVgw8SFis_ljleXa7oko-F_ZkE5nks2Eb72FAw1BPwPeYu6R171pFulEor9HBGbVqgwWVPx-_J74hN5JLrzuuZfthQXKrXimMyY6jpRfcfhQNJnrqRFeAvOljIw4AGHtk1mELN6qFoPfY1yt3l5GtB6KdvWMs5Lb4jqhb55A/s1100/London%20Buses%20in%20different%20colours%20early%201990s.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1100" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmjiINtKqnVaVUvjDY6NrVgw8SFis_ljleXa7oko-F_ZkE5nks2Eb72FAw1BPwPeYu6R171pFulEor9HBGbVqgwWVPx-_J74hN5JLrzuuZfthQXKrXimMyY6jpRfcfhQNJnrqRFeAvOljIw4AGHtk1mELN6qFoPfY1yt3l5GtB6KdvWMs5Lb4jqhb55A/s320/London%20Buses%20in%20different%20colours%20early%201990s.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catch the changes!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZurwNWwnBtd7pvt6mwXSiYlgXsIeOLpRXcXIZUcnEQqKSV940ZKKMWe3Ad_b6jHogWCoGjKhk-19XW-u_5KA5San59jMxkV_6O8I3aJAXv-JvVI6XdtOoldBXZL4qKAwA9RxkbGt_NVziYSmvg9wtrE8nypUjw7MPqT5WgpY5noc3ncivmczEb8H-ic/s2000/Clipping%20from%20LRT%20News%20No.%20362,%20dated%20September%2016%201988%20Tendering%20adds%20splash%20of%20colour%20to%20the%20London%20bus%20scene.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="2000" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZurwNWwnBtd7pvt6mwXSiYlgXsIeOLpRXcXIZUcnEQqKSV940ZKKMWe3Ad_b6jHogWCoGjKhk-19XW-u_5KA5San59jMxkV_6O8I3aJAXv-JvVI6XdtOoldBXZL4qKAwA9RxkbGt_NVziYSmvg9wtrE8nypUjw7MPqT5WgpY5noc3ncivmczEb8H-ic/w400-h291/Clipping%20from%20LRT%20News%20No.%20362,%20dated%20September%2016%201988%20Tendering%20adds%20splash%20of%20colour%20to%20the%20London%20bus%20scene.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">Clipping from LRT News No. 362, dated September 16 1988.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7nkROyblfcQkeAoBLUYmgn_HU_SwxjyOkDDXoc4uWrUevoeMmslJvfYp0rTxHBKzBLU82Rb3er3y7lrJh3T-QHHE_7MequapNf781Ssi9OW6MP_G0tCwfl9a0fHjQtw73nt2h1kLgetnMvnaUfrlTTBTuu1NXZd4IrMtpwse9T_TrMOFYt_5gEvI_2I/s2335/Clipping%20from%20LT%20News%20No.%20425,%20dated%20December%2016%201993%20What%20a%20colourful%20collection.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="2335" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7nkROyblfcQkeAoBLUYmgn_HU_SwxjyOkDDXoc4uWrUevoeMmslJvfYp0rTxHBKzBLU82Rb3er3y7lrJh3T-QHHE_7MequapNf781Ssi9OW6MP_G0tCwfl9a0fHjQtw73nt2h1kLgetnMvnaUfrlTTBTuu1NXZd4IrMtpwse9T_TrMOFYt_5gEvI_2I/w400-h181/Clipping%20from%20LT%20News%20No.%20425,%20dated%20December%2016%201993%20What%20a%20colourful%20collection.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">Clipping from LT News No. 425, dated December 16 1993.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
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<p><b>Image attribution<br /></b><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tflpress/7677638626/" target="_blank">Transport for London – New Routemaster<br /></a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/165193387@N08/52458233958/" target="_blank">Irizar eMobility – Irizar Ie Tram</a></p>
CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-22749942138793229172024-01-19T09:14:00.004+00:002024-01-19T09:14:58.980+00:00The Mayor Of London Sadiq Khan Allocates £123m Of GLA Funding To Freeze TfL's Fares Until March 2025<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrPB3x5U5St0RPtJHOAlJx9WOQxQNpo1sbPyN0buixQiMw2Ok8_rUCfi1NPQ2f16l8PfPj1E0fAVPasJ9cTJtkNIGw18k5_bWHcDiwNXi8XEA8vjNloPo2vEuk_OynJz25zNisW6z0OpNhM2TENA6JlLi9hnYWQlASpzxA4Rv4ztZRBx-nbiUQ5Cq8F8/s731/Mayor%20of%20London%20Steps%20In%20To%20Freeze%20TfL%20Fares.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="588" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrPB3x5U5St0RPtJHOAlJx9WOQxQNpo1sbPyN0buixQiMw2Ok8_rUCfi1NPQ2f16l8PfPj1E0fAVPasJ9cTJtkNIGw18k5_bWHcDiwNXi8XEA8vjNloPo2vEuk_OynJz25zNisW6z0OpNhM2TENA6JlLi9hnYWQlASpzxA4Rv4ztZRBx-nbiUQ5Cq8F8/w161-h200/Mayor%20of%20London%20Steps%20In%20To%20Freeze%20TfL%20Fares.jpg" width="161" /></a></div>I've just woken up, and I saw the surprise news about the Mayor of London freezing TfL's fares till March 2025. I believe this deserves their own article.<br /><br />From the <b>Greater London Authority press release</b><br /><br /><i>• The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan is <b>allocating £123m of GLA funding to freeze TfL fares until March 2025</b><br />• Millions of Londoners set to benefit from the Mayor’s bold action, with potential savings of up to £90 a year. In contrast, national rail fares are going up by 4.9 per cent<br />• With record numbers of commuters using pay as you go, compared with Travelcards, the freeze will help more Londoners than ever as the cost of living continues to soar <br />• The Mayor says it will put money back in people’s pockets, and also be a boost for London’s culture, retail and hospitality sectors<br />• New analysis shows that fares set by the Mayor in 2024 will be 14 per cent lower than if they had risen in line with national rail fares, and 21 per cent lower than if they’d risen in line with RPI since 2016<br />The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today announced bold action to freeze TfL fares this year, to support Londoners struggling with the cost of living and London’s recovery from the pandemic. The Mayor is proposing £123m of additional funding to TfL, identified as part of the GLA budget setting process, <b>to freeze fares for a whole year at a crucial time when Londoners are being hit by inflated food costs and soaring energy bills</b>.<span></span></i><p></p><a name='more'></a><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>New analysis shows that TfL fares set by the Mayor in 2024 will be 14 per cent lower than if they had risen in line with National Rail fares, and 21 per cent lower than if they’d risen in line with RPI since 2016.<br /><br />If TfL fares had increased in line with national rail fares, they would have<b> increased by 4.9 per cent this year alone</b>, but the Mayor’s decision to freeze TfL fares will put an estimated £123m back into the pockets of Londoners. Today’s announcement follows the Mayor’s decision last week to extend funding for free school meals for state primary school children for another year.<br /><br /><b>The Mayor previously froze TfL fares from 2016 until 2021</b>, before the restrictions imposed on TfL by the Government’s funding conditions during the pandemic. As London emerges from the pandemic, the Mayor is freezing TfL fares once again, to get even more people onto public transport and offer a boost to London’s cultural, hospitality and leisure sectors. It will also make it more affordable for workers to commute back into the office more regularly.<br /><br />Record numbers of people are now using pay as you go as an alternative to travelcards, <b>with 80 per cent of Tube journeys and 74 per cent of bus journeys now made using pay as you go</b>. This means that the vast majority of Londoners will benefit from the Mayor’s decision to freeze fares again. <br /><br />Example savings as a result of the Mayor’s latest fare freeze (assuming that fares set by TfL would have increased by four per cent as per its Business Plan assumptions): <br /><br />• Someone commuting from Southall to a Zone One station, like Bond Street on the Elizabeth line, four days a week will avoid a potential 20p increase to their Zones 1 to 4 peak single PAYG fare, saving up to £72 a year on their commute alone<br />• Someone commuting from Harrow-on-the-Hill to a Zone One station, like Baker Street on the Metropolitan line, three days a week will avoid a potential 20p increase to their Zones 1 to 5 peak single PAYG fare, saving up to £54 a year on their commute alone<br />• Someone commuting from Hornchurch to a Zone One station, like Westminster on the District line, five days a week will avoid a potential 20p increase to their Zones 1 to 6 peak single PAYG fare, saving up to £90 a year on their commute alone<br /><br />Buses are the most accessible, available and affordable form of public transport, with the Mayor’s Hopper fare continuing to offer Londoners unlimited bus journeys within an hour for just £1.75. Had the single bus and tram fare increased by 10p again, as was the case for the last two years to ensure TfL complied with the requirements of the Government’s emergency funding settlements, someone making a return bus journey every weekday, which did not benefit from the Hopper fare, would have to pay an extra £50 over the course of a year.<br /><br /><b>Single and return paper fares on TfL services will also be frozen this year</b>, to ensure that those who prefer to travel without using pay as you go and use single / return tickets are not excluded from the fares freeze.<br /><br />Freezing fares for the next year is a key part of the Mayor’s programme to support Londoners through the cost-of-living crisis. This also includes investing £3.46bn into building the genuinely affordable homes Londoners need, £400m on skills and employment programmes to support Londoners to find more secure work, more than £80m to help to tackle fuel poverty, and support for private renters and to tackle food insecurity. <br /><br />The Mayor has also extended his emergency funding package of more than £3.5m that has already helped to provide more then 10m free meals during school holidays and at weekends to low-income Londoners struggling with the spiralling cost of living since April.<br /><br /><b>The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan</b> said: “The cost-of-living crisis continues to hit Londoners hard. That’s why I’ve decided to step in again to freeze TfL fares. Not only will this put money back in people’s pockets, making transport more affordable for millions of Londoners, but will encourage people back onto our public transport network. This will help to boost London’s culture, retail and hospitality sectors.<br /><br />“While people across the country face another hike in their rail fares, I simply wasn’t prepared to stand by and see TfL customers face a similar hike.<br /><br />“This is the fifth fares freeze I’ve done since becoming Mayor, making transport in our city 21 per cent cheaper than it would have been had fares risen by inflation. This shows that whenever I can freeze fares, I do so.<br /><br /> “As we continue building a fairer, greener and more prosperous London for everyone, making public transport more affordable and appealing will continue to be a key part of my plan.”<br /><br /><b>Shashi Verma, Chief Technology Officer at TfL</b>, said: “Millions of people travel using bus, Tube and rail services across London and delivering the Mayor’s fares freeze will help encourage more people across London out of their cars and onto public transport. It will also support overall economic growth and improved social wellbeing across the city. Our latest figures show that pay as you go ticketing is now more popular than ever and we continue to work across London to help make travel more convenient for all.”<br /><br /><b>Muniya Barua, Deputy Chief Executive of BusinessLDN</b>, said: “The decision to freeze fares during a cost-of-living crisis will come as a relief to Londoners. Affordable fares are vital for getting more people onto public transport and encouraging more hybrid workers back into the capital, particularly on quieter Fridays.”<br /><br /><b>Dee Corsi, Chief Executive of the New West End Company</b> said; “In the last 18 months, the West End has benefited greatly from investments into transport infrastructure – most notably the opening of the Elizabeth Line, which has seen Tottenham Court Road become the second busiest underground station in London. Of course, this infrastructure investment will only show returns if the public can afford to make use of it. We therefore welcome the Mayor’s decision to freeze fares for another year – a move which will benefit workers, shoppers and international visitors alike. Ensuring the West End, and London, remains moving is critical to future growth, and a key component of what makes the capital one of the most vibrant cities globally.”<br /><br /><b>Paul Tuohy, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport</b> said: "This is good news for the millions of Londoners and visitors who use TfL services to travel across the city. Affordable public transport will not only help people with the cost of living, but it will also help with the fight against climate change, after the planet's warmest year on record."<br /><br /><b>Notes to editors:</b><br /><br />◦<b>All pay as you go fares on the bus, Tube, DLR, Tram are frozen</b>, as are the majority of pay as you go fares on London Overground and the Elizabeth line.<br />TfL’s Business Plan (published in December 2023) assumed that fares would increase by 4 per cent as per its funding agreement with the DfT dated August 2022. <b>On 22 December 2023 the DfT confirmed that National Rail fares would be increasing by 4.9 per cent.</b><br />◦The Mayor is proposing to spend £123m as part of his budget for the Greater London Authority (GLA) Group for 2024-25. The government’s publication of the provisional local government settlement just before Christmas enabled the Mayor to confirm that this is affordable within the GLA’s annual budget<br />◦Following the Department for Transport’s decision to increase the penalty fare to £100 (plus the price of the full single fare) across National Rail, the Mayor has also approved an increase to the penalty fare on all TfL services from £80 to £100, reduced to £50 if paid within 21 days. This will ensure that there are clear and consistent rules and penalties across the different transport networks in London, and that the penalty fare remains an effective deterrent and that the costs of fare evasion are more effectively absorbed by those who deliberately fail to pay.<br />◦Since 2011, there has been no changes to the penalty fare charge on TfL services. The changes will come in on 3 March 2024.<br />◦TfL’s most recent annual estimate of fare evasion (2022-23) across all of its public transport modes is 3.9 per cent, which equates to over £130m in unpaid journeys. Some of this is recovered through revenue-enforcement activity, amounting to £7.2m in 2022-23 in penalty fare and prosecution income. Penalty fare income is used to help offset the costs of enforcement but does not come close to covering these in full.<br />◦TfL’s Revenue Protection Programme (RPP) is a comprehensive programme of interventions aimed at reducing fare evasion and ticket fraud. It is informed by data, benchmarking, and evidence of what works in deterring, detecting, and reducing revenue loss. A key element of revenue protection activity is the deployment of revenue officers to deter, detect and deal with fare evasion across all our public transport networks. There are approximately 450 officers that undertake revenue activity on a daily basis on our network</i><br /><br />In the run-up to the London Mayoral election, which is due to take place in May 2024, it's interesting to see that the policy on fares freeze, which was Sadiq Khan's 2016 Mayoral election manifesto commitment. It all depends on the outcome of the May 2024 election if we see a change to the Mayor along with the transport policy for London.<br /><br /><b>Fares Freeze outside of London</b><br /><br />As we go back to last year (2023), the West Midlands Metro (trams) had <a href="https://www.wmca.org.uk/news/west-midlands-metro-fares-frozen-to-support-customers-with-cost-of-living/" target="_blank">their fare freeze</a> to encourage public transport use in the West Midlands. But it has <a href="https://www.westmidlandsmetro.com/metro-fares-to-change-in-2024/" target="_blank">recently risen</a> to around 5%, which occurred on January 2, 2024.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">For the rest of England, the £2 fare cap for buses has been extended till 31 December 2024. The £2 fare scheme applies to selected bus operators in England. Check the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/2-bus-fare-cap" target="_blank">guidance on the UK Government website</a>, which shows the bus operators and their routes taking part in the £2 fare scheme.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I'll wrap up by showing you a video of Dave Wetzel, the former Chair of the Greater London Council's Transport Committee and former Vice-Chair of Transport for London, talking about London's Transport policy during the 2000s, when Ken Livingstone was Mayor of London.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZIpgJXWVlHY" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZIpgJXWVlHY"></iframe><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIpgJXWVlHY" target="_blank">Link to video</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">My suggestion on how to improve public <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#transport</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> and elsewhere<br /><br />• More bus lanes, priority schemes,<br />• Transit schemes from the 2000s,<br />• Speedbus proposal from the 1970s,<br />• revert to the pre-1970 area…<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trains?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Trains</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trams?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Trams</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LightRail?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#LightRail</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Metro?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Metro</a> <a href="https://t.co/3jcDum4Fch" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/3jcDum4Fch</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1732346005188718902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.</div><p><b>Also read</b><br /><a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/07/suggestion-i-believe-its-time-for-new.html" target="_blank">Suggestion: I Believe It’s Time for a New Regional Transport Body for the South East of England?</a><br /><a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/01/why-i-believe-transport-enthusiasts-are.html" target="_blank">Why I Believe Transport Enthusiasts Are The Biggest Promoters Of Public Transport?</a><br /></p><p></p>CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-8924875007191866532024-01-16T18:09:00.003+00:002024-01-16T18:09:30.947+00:00London Bus Tender Awards: Stagecoach London Retains Routes W12, W13 & W14 With New Single Deck Electric Buses<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Rde10II80NDFksYRmijRM3N1b3_VLqTOLZO7gEoSC93aAtMp-BmEYQwWXaH6U8Hgrm59kzPD5S8rmUnlkvHD61WwMHypTVPvec5UOxDwYRfObmnKVjPluJn__Cg22nNDuaoZ5H2rxDRNQjQuAKDIh0E5fYTZo8sO4NHlQ94tBcbbO331fDf7HB2OoN4/s2831/Volvo%20BZL%20electric%20bus%20(single%20deck)%20exterior%20graphics%20standard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2014" data-original-width="2831" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Rde10II80NDFksYRmijRM3N1b3_VLqTOLZO7gEoSC93aAtMp-BmEYQwWXaH6U8Hgrm59kzPD5S8rmUnlkvHD61WwMHypTVPvec5UOxDwYRfObmnKVjPluJn__Cg22nNDuaoZ5H2rxDRNQjQuAKDIh0E5fYTZo8sO4NHlQ94tBcbbO331fDf7HB2OoN4/s320/Volvo%20BZL%20electric%20bus%20(single%20deck)%20exterior%20graphics%20standard.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Extract from <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/suppliers-and-contractors/design-standards" target="_blank">TfL's bus graphic standard</a></div><p>It has been revealed that routes W12, W13 & W14 have been retained by Stagecoach London with new single-deck electric buses.<br /><br /><i>LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:</i><br /><br /><b>Route</b> <b>W12</b><br />Retained by Stagecoach London<br />Peak Vehicle Requirement: 14<br />Vehicles: New electric single deck<br />Contract Start Date: 7th September 2024<br />Contract End Date: 5th September 2031<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><b>Route</b> <b>W13</b><br />Retained by Stagecoach London<br />PVR: 9<br />Vehicles: New electric single deck*<br />Contract Start Date: 7th September 2024<br />Contract End Date: 5th September 2031<br /><br /><b>Route W14</b><br />Retained by Stagecoach London<br />PVR: 2<br />Vehicles: New electric single deck<br />Contract Start Date: 7th September 2024<br />Contract End Date: 5th September 2031<br /><br /><i>* One vehicle is double deck.<br /><br />The new electric vehicles may enter service after the contract start date, dependent on infrastructure and/ or vehicle delivery timescales.</i><br /><br />At the same time, TfL has published the consultation report for proposed changes to bus routes W12, W13, W14 and 549 in Walthamstow, Wanstead and Woodford.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Consultation report for Walthamstow, Wanstead, Woodford – proposed changes to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> bus routes W12, W13, W14 and 549<a href="https://t.co/zcBckolmqx" target="_blank">https://t.co/zcBckolmqx</a> <a href="https://t.co/NaU4UPSqnq" target="_blank">https://t.co/NaU4UPSqnq</a> <a href="https://t.co/clgaMol0OG" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/clgaMol0OG</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1747314665531580638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
As this is a short article, here's a roundup of my tweets on Twitter/X.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Freedom of Information release:<br />Letter of endorsement sent to Go-Ahead London, for a 40+ bus depot to be built at a recently purchased site 220 Garth Road.<a href="https://t.co/cI2ZNWyP8D" target="_blank">https://t.co/cI2ZNWyP8D</a> <a href="https://t.co/s3GDJoAybG" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/s3GDJoAybG</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1743089935853445521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 5, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>) Have Your Say:<br />273 bus route - proposed changes between Lee and Grove Park, and a section of Manor Park<br />Consultation closes: 18 February 2024<a href="https://t.co/N0jRHSV3jn" target="_blank">https://t.co/N0jRHSV3jn</a> <a href="https://t.co/Y66rSbrjLZ" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Y66rSbrjLZ</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1745076922327949502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Consultation report for Harold Wood and Upminster - proposed changes to London bus routes 346, 347 and 497<br />Route 346 – will be restructured to operate between Upminster Park Estate and Dagnam Park Square via Upminster and Harold Hill on 9th March 2024.<a href="https://t.co/OnpmvAT1OJ" target="_blank">https://t.co/OnpmvAT1OJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/g6ct4TbHO5" target="_blank">https://t.co/g6ct4TbHO5</a> <a href="https://t.co/O7ULf23H38" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/O7ULf23H38</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1745103748018364819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> launches new online data platform, creating a pioneering map of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> that shows the link between <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/deprivation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#deprivation</a> and road <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/casualties?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#casualties</a><a href="https://t.co/8poMlTpSZn" target="_blank">https://t.co/8poMlTpSZn</a> <a href="https://t.co/pr4MYHYIQ1" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/pr4MYHYIQ1</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1745128374128029806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Freedom of Information release:<br />Electronic copy of most recent 'blue book' for taking the (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Taxi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Taxi</a>) Knowledge exam<a href="https://t.co/t9aBOKtgCw" target="_blank">https://t.co/t9aBOKtgCw</a> <a href="https://t.co/pVtKBkWSDd">pic.twitter.com/pVtKBkWSDd</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1745169871745294506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">First customers experience South Western <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Railway?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Railway</a>'s new trains<br /><br />"There was lots of excitement yesterday - 09 January - as our first customers got to experience SWR’s fabulous new <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Arterio?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Arterio</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/trains?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#trains</a>. The trip to Windsor and back..."<a href="https://t.co/doJfZpmS8q" target="_blank">https://t.co/doJfZpmS8q</a> <a href="https://t.co/UX33galAFV" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/UX33galAFV</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1745171947191713801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Have Your Say:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Woolwich?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Woolwich</a> Ferry to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Plumstead?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Plumstead</a> walking and cycling changes<br />Consultation closes on 25 February 2024<a href="https://t.co/xoH2G7AxXa" target="_blank">https://t.co/xoH2G7AxXa</a> <a href="https://t.co/OWGeRrt8H5" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/OWGeRrt8H5</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1746884413542047892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>) appoints <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mercedes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Mercedes</a>-Benz AG and Sopra Steria to its first of a kind new <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Innovation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Innovation</a> Collaboration Framework to co-develop solutions to key transport challenges<a href="https://t.co/J2XNzKOUCD" target="_blank">https://t.co/J2XNzKOUCD</a> <a href="https://t.co/r4kZzoPTry" target="_blank">https://t.co/r4kZzoPTry</a> <a href="https://t.co/612TXYilgK" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/612TXYilgK</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1746902462747869273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>) Freedom of Information release:<br />Amount of money raised from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/motorists?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#motorists</a> for the last five years<br />"This information is provided in our annual report and statement of accounts"<a href="https://t.co/WXUnclYxbr" target="_blank">https://t.co/WXUnclYxbr</a> <a href="https://t.co/LATEoR9Zb6" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/LATEoR9Zb6</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1746916796509176220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Freedom of Information release:<br />Spend based conversion to average distance<br />"We do, however, hold data on the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CO2?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#CO2</a> per passenger km for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a> (and different modes of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#transport</a>)."<a href="https://t.co/Uj76SkQgFG">https://t.co/Uj76SkQgFG</a> <a href="https://t.co/EmedIMTBeF" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/EmedIMTBeF</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1747015811242553772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-16805770167950464262024-01-08T17:10:00.010+00:002024-01-08T18:21:39.890+00:00Why I Believe Transport Enthusiasts Are The Biggest Promoters Of Public Transport?<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1eB9w01ZhyRS0hI8GBURKAQclq1BUcPoAZOuDYmq78uklfG2ON4J_umqRhvlY4VhQpoj1nvrlHhmHE_YON9YPMqO8mpDTYQtf57ctsAiGI6ZhiGRpt9kyuyjC9JcJHh8CMLy8IXFuV24ecA0M4J1jSNMFo7kE5DXavxMK4o7a9lrwASEwjwHnsKW22Y/s2048/New%20Bus%20for%20London%20Routemaster%2027%20February%202012.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1617" data-original-width="2048" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1eB9w01ZhyRS0hI8GBURKAQclq1BUcPoAZOuDYmq78uklfG2ON4J_umqRhvlY4VhQpoj1nvrlHhmHE_YON9YPMqO8mpDTYQtf57ctsAiGI6ZhiGRpt9kyuyjC9JcJHh8CMLy8IXFuV24ecA0M4J1jSNMFo7kE5DXavxMK4o7a9lrwASEwjwHnsKW22Y/s320/New%20Bus%20for%20London%20Routemaster%2027%20February%202012.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The presence of transport enthusiasts at the New Routemaster launch day on February 27th 2012.<br />Photo by TfL Press</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I've been reading some reports by enthusiasts on social media that they are not allowed to take photos or videos inside train stations or even in public areas outside of railway property as they take photos or videos of buses and trams.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I’m not saying anything negative about the transport staff and their management; the whole purpose of this article is to educate on the encouragement and importance of transport enthusiasts, which includes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_spotting" target="_blank">bus spotting</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railfan" target="_blank">railfan/train spotting</a>.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I believe that transport enthusiasts are one of the biggest promoters of public transport. As they take photos or videos of public transport to share on social media, in which they are <b>helping to promote public transport travel</b>, as this is one of the vital methods to help <b>tackle climate change and pollution by reducing car usage</b>, with encouragement to use public transport to travel. This includes infrastructure, station architecture, signs, buses, trains, trams, and light rail vehicles, whether old or new, as they are seen in passenger service or not.<br /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Transport enthusiasts provide <b>extra eyes and ears</b> for transport staff and the police to detect, report incidents, and capture evidence of incidents using their smartphones, cameras, or other devices. Transport enthuaists can also be helpful for staff and engineers by finding information about the bus or train fleet.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Transport enthusiasts can also be <b>helpful to activists</b> in finding information and helping improve the transport system. I’m also an activist because last year I volunteered on Twitter/X with the campaign to save the <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1683370610720645121" target="_blank">One Day Travelcard</a>, to <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1697637960869437899" target="_blank">retain ticket offices at railway stations</a>, which <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-one-day-travelcard-is-saved.html" target="_blank">both</a> have been <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1719462582946345056" target="_blank">successful</a>, and to raise a point about <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1737415801446039978" target="_blank">overseas visitors unable to use the internet on their smartphones</a> due to expensive roaming fees for their home country’s mobile network service.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Technology has changed very much in the past decades; now we have the convenience of taking photos or videos using a smartphone to <b>share on social media</b>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Not only transport enthusiasts take photos or videos of the vehicles, rolling stock, or infrastructure, They play simulation games, purchase model buses, model trains, merchandise such as clothing (with London Underground branding), toys, books, and many more. They also do activities such as bus and train preservation, running days and tours using vintage buses and trains, tours at disused stations, events, presentations, ticket collecting, equipment, and many more to promote the history and heritage of public transport.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I do acknowledge there are other transport interests, such as cars, trucks, and maritime enthusiasts. There’s also a presence of ‘car spotters’ in various parts of the west end of Central London, where they capture video or take photos of expensive supercars. Some also own and preserve vintage cars, trucks, etc. to promote the history of the vehicles. There are also hobbies that are outside of the transport sector, which include sports, nature, photography, etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Public transport is an asset to the economy</b>; it enables people to travel to where they need to go, such as work, appointments, leisure, visiting family members and friends, etc., without the need to drive, which helps to reduce traffic congestion and also helps to combat climate change by reducing pollution. Not everyone has to be an enthusiast to feature public transport infrastructure on their social media and websites. Some people take ‘selfies’ next to the roundel sign at the London Underground station.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is also part of the <a href="https://www.npsa.gov.uk/critical-national-infrastructure-0" target="_blank">Critical National Infrastructure</a>, as classified by the UK’s <b>National Protective Security Authority</b> (NPSA).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">During November 2023, Transport for London (TfL) collaborated with Google to provide 360-degree images inside of around thirty Tube stations, including Green Park, King’s Cross St Pancras and Waterloo, to provide virtual representations of some of London’s busiest stations. This is beneficial for the disabled and overseas tourists as they learn how to navigate various London Underground stations.</p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Press Release:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> collaborates with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Google?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Google</a> to bring Street View into some of London’s busiest stations<a href="https://t.co/QT4TIHRNHN" target="_blank">https://t.co/QT4TIHRNHN</a> <a href="https://t.co/ueCT39YXL8" target="_blank">https://t.co/ueCT39YXL8</a> <a href="https://t.co/CVvwqSmSGS" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/CVvwqSmSGS</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1721849613492084794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 7, 2023</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My friend ‘<b>CityTransportInfo’</b> on Twitter/X has a <a href="https://citytransport.info/Opening.htm" target="_blank">webpage</a> with information for people trying to ‘railfan’ the transport system in London, which includes the type of ticket to use, which is the One Day Travelcard, due to limits on Pay As You Go on Oyster and contactless payment, in which I already detailed the issue in my <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2022/12/i-believe-tfl-should-reform-travelcard.html" target="_blank">previous article</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In my opinion, enthusiasts volunteering to promote public transport could help reduce TfL’s expenditure on advertising, which could potentially include designing posters and advertisements for them.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">During the financial years April 2022 and March 2023, TfL's expenditure for advertising was <b>£9,609,037.03</b>. Here are the full details found on TfL’s Freedom of Information section of their website.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-1529-2324" target="_blank">FOI-1529-2324<br /></a>Date published: 06 September 2023</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The expenditure supports a wide range of transport services and related activities, including essential public transport and road safety messages, fares and ticketing messages and improvements to public transport, messaging to encourage the use of public transport and active travel (cycling and walking) and to explain how road user charging works.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>To put the expenditure between 2016 and 2023 into context, the expenditure during the preceding year of April 2015-March 2016 was £14,591,151.85 so from April 2016 onwards the expenditure has significantly decreased. There was also a significant decrease in expenditure in the period April 2020 - March 2021 due to the pandemic where messaging focussed on conveying how to use the public transport network in line with Government guidelines. In response to the pandemic, expenditure increased in FY 2021/2022 where there was a need to support the public transport recovery of ridership post the pandemic and supporting the launch of the Elizabeth Line and the implementation of the Ultra Low Emission zone.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-2242-2324" target="_blank">FOI-2242-2324<br /></a>Date published: 12 October 2023</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Question 1: What amount did Transport for London spend on social media advertising in the period 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023?</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Answer: TfL has spent the following on social media advertising:<br />April 2020 - March 2021: £187,268<br />April 2021 - March 2022: £330,102<br />April 2022 - March 2023: £199,136<br />April 2023 – August 2023: £267,249</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Here is another Freedom of Information request about TfL’s expenditurefor posters.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Request ID: <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/search?Query=FOI-3167-2324" target="_blank">FOI-3167-2324<br /></a>Date published: 29 December 2023</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Posters are a key way we communicate with customers and raising awareness of key information, particularly where the information being conveyed impacts a large number of people who use our network. Posters can also provide important details on how to contact us so that we can receive feedback inform our decision making on future projects, programs and policies for London’s transport. The expenditure detailed below supports a wide range of transport services and related activities including essential public transport and road safety messages, fares and ticketing messages, and improvements to public transport messaging to encourage the use of public transport which is helping TfL’s ridership recover to pre-pandemic levels, and to share vital information with Londoner’s on TfL’s road user charging schemes such as the Congestion Charge and Ultra Low Emission Zone.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>FY 2021/22<br />Apr 21 – Mar 22<br /></i></b><i>Media cost: £1,304,309.87<br />Number of master advertising poster designs produced: 85</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>FY 2022/23<br />Apr 22 – Mar 23<br /></i></b><i>Media cost: £1,222,176.44<br />Number of master advertising poster designs produced: 105</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>2023/24 FY to date<br />Apr 23 – Nov 23<br /></i></b><i>Media cost: £1,922,212<br />Number of master advertising poster designs produced: 107</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Guidelines for transport enthusiasts for taking photos and video</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To help transport enthusiasts, I have included the guidelines, Conditions of Carriage and statements welcoming the presence of transport enthusiasts taking photos and video of the system.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The guidelines from National Rail and Network Rail welcome the presence of enthusiasts at stations because they provide extra eyes and ears for transport staff in stations.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/travel-information/guidance-for-rail-enthusiasts/"><b>National Rail</b></a><b>: Guidance for Rail Enthusiasts</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Whether you prefer to be called a trainspotter, a train buff, a rail fan, a rail enthusiast or even a ferroequinologist, you will get a warm welcome at all our stations. Our advice and guidance will help you enjoy your passion safely</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>At the station</i></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>If you are visiting a major station, please ask any member of station staff to tell the Duty Station Manager that you are there. At smaller stations just let any member of station staff know. <b>This means they will be aware that you are on the station – and why you are there – and will be able to do their jobs without wondering what you are doing</b>.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>You may require a platform ticket to get through the ticket barriers and access platforms if you are not making a train journey.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Taking photographs or videos</i></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>You may take photographs or videos, as long as it is for your personal use</i></b><i>. Commercial photography needs prior permission from Network Rail or the relevant train company.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Flash photography is not allowed</i></b><i>. It could distract train drivers and platform staff, and is a potential safety hazard. You might be asked not to use a tripod at busy stations, as it could cause an obstruction. Also, you must keep tripod legs away from the platform edge and behind the yellow line.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/railway-enthusiasts/guidelines-for-taking-photos-at-stations/" target="_blank"><b>Network Rail</b></a><b>: Guidelines for taking photos at stations</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>We welcome rail enthusiasts and passengers who would like to take photos or film at our stations.</i></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The following guidelines are designed to help you to have a safe and enjoyable experience. <b>Please print them out</b> and take them with you when you are at any of our managed stations.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Photography and film at stations</i></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>You can take photographs at stations provided you do not sell them on to a company or stock image agency.</i></b><i> That is considered commercial photography.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>If you are filming for quite a while or might be using bulky equipment you should let our station staff know so that the reasons for your filming are clear.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Report anything suspicious at the station</i></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>If you see anything suspicious or notice any unusual behaviour or activities, please tell a member of staff immediately. Your presence at a station can be very helpful to us as extra “eyes and ears” and can have a positive security benefit.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Then we take a look at the guidance from Transport for London about enthusiasts taking photos and videos on TfL’s property.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Transport for London (TfL): </b><a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/filming-and-photography/guide-to-filming-or-taking-photos-on-the-tfl-network" target="_blank"><b>Private photographers/filming travelling through the station</b></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>We get many requests from individuals like train enthusiasts, photographers and customers 'passing through' a station who may want to take photographs or film for their own personal use. <b>We agree that this is acceptable</b>, at the station's discretion, as long as additional camera equipment (including flash and tripods) is not used.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-conditions-of-carriage.pdf"><b></b></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbmWmIFxd2G2G0HzWMocgYJhVbrn5ysOVsIAnW32O2oJQQ5zJpW30cdSxVEwx3ye_j1arzf3mCX3UV8ZxqbIRSFgnKoEAlgJ6Sy96i5e_opFdhNkGkk_XUNSmoRmyVkyNb1eW2-OSnrlXTT4ogdCtvUPrWV4eDy6z5A0bAJEorc3hiAnuRYEkf2VC9PM/s1414/TfL%20Conditions%20of%20Carriage%20front%20cover.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbmWmIFxd2G2G0HzWMocgYJhVbrn5ysOVsIAnW32O2oJQQ5zJpW30cdSxVEwx3ye_j1arzf3mCX3UV8ZxqbIRSFgnKoEAlgJ6Sy96i5e_opFdhNkGkk_XUNSmoRmyVkyNb1eW2-OSnrlXTT4ogdCtvUPrWV4eDy6z5A0bAJEorc3hiAnuRYEkf2VC9PM/w141-h200/TfL%20Conditions%20of%20Carriage%20front%20cover.png" width="141" /></a></b></div><b>TfL's <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/terms-and-conditions/ticketing-and-travel-conditions-of-carriage" target="_blank">Conditions of Carriage</a>:</b><p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>2.4 On our buses, trams and trains, in our bus and rail stations and on tram platforms <b>you must not</b>:<br />• smoke or use an electronic cigarette (‘vape’)<br />• use bicycles, roller skates, roller blades, scooters, skateboards or hoverboards<br />• <b>take flash photographs and/or use a tripod or other camera support equipment<br /></b>• use emergency exits except in an emergency or when instructed to do so by our staff</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://www.arrivaraillondon.co.uk/news/filming-on-the-london-overground" target="_blank">Arriva Rail London: Filming on the London Overground</a></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The London Overground is an increasingly popular network for filming and photography, for both small independent productions all the way up to large scale television dramas and documentaries.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Railway Enthusiasts are welcome on our network</i></b><i>. We do request that you read and follow Network Rail’s Guidance for Railway Enthusiasts and adhere to its guidance. If you require assistance at any time on a station, please speak to a member of staff.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Here’s the guidances for other Metro systems in the UK.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.nexus.org.uk/metro/useful-information/photography-and-filming-metro" target="_blank"><b>Nexus Tyne and Wear - Metro</b></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Photography and filming on Metro</i></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>We're happy for people to take 'family snaps' and selfies with phones or cameras while on stations or trains</i></b><i> - but remember you are on a busy railway. Be aware of your immediate surroundings, particularly on platforms, respect the privacy and needs of fellow passengers and <b>do not use flash when trains are approaching</b>. Our staff will approach you or use the PA system if they have any concerns.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>If you want to take pictures or film as part of a larger project - including as an enthusiast - we ask that you get in touch first so we can make sure you work safely and get the most out of your time. <b>Metro regularly receives requests for filming and photography and these can vary from film production companies to local railway enthusiasts</b>. Each request will be considered on its own merits and an application form will need to be completed in all cases.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.spt.co.uk/spt-for-business/media-centre/filming-photography-events/" target="_blank"><b>Strathclyde Partnership for Transport - Glasgow Subway</b></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Filming, photography & events at SPT sites</i></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>9. Will I be stopped if I try to take a spur-of-the-moment picture on the Subway?</i></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>No.</i></b><i> Provided you are not disturbing other customers, members of staff, loitering in the Subway system or disrupting the operation of the Subway, <b>SPT has no objection to members of the public taking ad hoc pictures using camera phones or cameras</b>. Please note, however, <b>that flash photography is NOT permitted at platform level, as this could disturb train drivers.</b></i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Transport enthusiasts welcomed at a political level</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">On March 2009, the Members of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons tabled an Early Day Motion to recognise the presence of enthusiasts for the railway network.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/38277/railway-enthusiasts-and-photography" target="_blank">Railway Enthusiasts And Photography<br /></a>EDM (Early Day Motion) 1159</b>: tabled on 23 March 2009<br />Tabled in the 2008-09 session.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>This motion has been signed by 104 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>That this House welcomes the presence and activities of railway enthusiasts on the UK rail network; acknowledges the potential positive contribution to station security made by railway enthusiasts who are often seen as <b>providing extra eyes and ears for the security services</b> <b>through their activities</b>; is concerned at recent reports that some rail enthusiasts have been prevented from carrying out lawful activities, including photography, by station and train staff; <b>and calls on Network Rail and the train operating companies to respect the legal rights of members of the public to pursue their interests at stations</b>. </i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>UK House of Commons</b> Written Answers:<br /><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2009-12-07/debates/09120749000024/Railways" target="_blank"><b>Railways</b><br /></a><b>Volume 502: debated on Monday 7 December 2009 </b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Sir Graham Brady MP:</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) if he will meet representatives of railway enthusiast groups to discuss the revision of official guidelines for railway enthusiasts for the purposes of (a) increasing levels of access to and (b) maintaining security at railway stations; (304695)</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>(2) if he will take steps to ensure that railway industry managers and staff are aware of official guidelines for railway enthusiasts, with particular reference to the guidelines on photography.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Chris Mole MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport:</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Network Rail, many train operators and the British Transport police all have policies in place that <b>recognise the security benefits that the presence of enthusiasts</b> <b>can bring to the railway</b>. The Government, too, recognise this and believe that <b>security measures at stations should not prevent enthusiasts from pursuing their legitimate interest</b>. Responsibility for ensuring that staff are aware of these policies rests with train and station operators and police commanders.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting: MQT on 22 March 2017<br /><b>Reference: 2017/1791<br /></b>Question by: Tom Copley</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find-an-answer/permitting-photographs-tfl-property" target="_blank"><b>Permitting photographs on TfL property</b></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>A constituent has asked me to query whether guidance could be issued on the TfL website for transport enthusiasts to be able to take photos and videos on the TfL network. A permit from TfL to allow professional photographers to take photos and videos on the TfL network costs £500, could more advice be given around what is deemed acceptable for transport enthusiasts to take photographs and videos on TfL property?</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Answer by Mayor Sadiq Khan<br /></b>Date: Sunday 26 March 2017</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Subject to agreement with TfL's Film Office, <b>transport enthusiasts are permitted to undertake photography or filming on the TfL network without purchasing a licence</b>.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>There are restrictions to ensure that all photography and filming is carried out in a safe and non-disruptive manner and charges apply to commercial photography or filming.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As for filming outdoors in public, the <b>Metropolitan police</b> (in London) provides a photography advice page on their <a href="https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/ph/photography-advice" target="_blank">website</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>We encourage officers and the public to be vigilant against terrorism but recognise the importance not only of protecting the public from terrorism but also <b>promoting the freedom of the public and the media to take and publish photographs.</b></i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Guidance around the issue has been made clear to officers and PCSOs through briefings and internal communications</i></b><i>. The following advice is available to all officers and provides a summary of the guidance around photography in public places.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Freedom to photograph and film</i></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Members of the public and the media do not need a permit to film or photograph in public places</i></b><i> and police have no power to stop them filming or photographing incidents or police personnel.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>In comparison to the airplane enthusiasts</b>, the local police at the airports provide a membership scheme for aviation enthusiasts, as they help provide extra "eyes and ears" to the airports.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.met.police.uk/ar/applyregister/aw/heathrow-airport-watch/" target="_blank"><b>Metropolitian Police Heathrow Airport Watch</b></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Heathrow Airport Watch is a scheme for aviation enthusiasts run by the Met's Aviation Policing Unit.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Its purpose is to help prevent crime and terrorism by asking aviation enthusiasts to look out for anything out of the ordinary and to contact us if they see anything suspicious.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Members are not employed by Heathrow Airport Ltd or The Metropolitan Police Service.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.sussex.police.uk/police-forces/sussex-police/areas/careers/jobs/gatwick-airport-police-aviation-enthusiasts-scheme/" target="_blank"><b>Gatwick Airport Police Aviation Enthusiasts Scheme</b></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Most airports in the UK have some form of Aviation Enthusiast’s Society or group. Gatwick is no different with its own Gatwick Aviation Society with some 300 members. Aviation enthusiasts at London Gatwick Airport are valued as the eyes and ears of the Police and airport community.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>In conjunction with the Gatwick Aviation Society and The Original Gatwick Spotters News Group on Google, we have set up an Aviation Enthusiasts Photo ID card scheme similar to those at some other airports to promote a closer working relationship with enthusiasts.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The card is available to those who complete an application form, and we ask that you produce it when requested by any Police Officer or Airport Security staff member whilst at the airport. It does not give you any additional rights over any other member of the public but does show your enthusiasm in helping us protect the airport from criminals and defeat the terrorist threat.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>It also enables us to have regular contact with yourselves via email or letter giving an overview of what we are looking for and conversely a contact for you to report anything suspicious.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.essex.police.uk/police-forces/essex-police/areas/essex-police/au/about-us/essex-watch/plane-watch/" target="_blank"><b>Essex Police Plane Watch at Stansted Airport</b></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>This watch scheme is based at Stansted Airport and is run by Essex Police.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The watch scheme aims to:<br />• <b>Create positive links between the police and aviation enthusiasts</b>.<br />• Help us to protect the airport from criminals and defeat terrorist threats against aviation.<br />• Occasionally allow members to spot planes from a normally restricted area of the airport.<br />• Provide a forum to exchange views and information and post photographs.<br />• Members are given a welcome pack, lanyard and identification card to show at the airport.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>We keep in touch with member by email or letter to let you know how you can help. We’ll let you know what we’re looking for and who you can contact to report anything suspicious.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The identification card strictly prohibits members gaining access to any restricted area within the airport. It does not give members any additional rights over any other member of the public.</i></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The reason for posting about the guidance for aviation enthusiasts is because they are welcomed by the police for providing extra eyes and ears to the airport.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I believe there should be a scheme for bus, train, tram, and light rail enthusiasts, as this may build positive relations with the enthusiasts, members of staff (including contractors), the police, and others. This would be an encouraging move to help promote the use of public transport.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Lastly, I wrap up with the dictionary definition to show why I used the word ‘promoter’.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/promoter" target="_blank">Cambridge Dictionary</a> definition of 'promoter':</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">"<i>Someone who tries to encourage something to happen or develop.</i>"</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/promoter" target="_blank">Collins Dictionary</a> definition of 'promoter':</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">"<i>The promoter of a cause or idea tries to make it become popular.</i>"</p>
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CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-8723034324646519522024-01-04T14:51:00.001+00:002024-01-04T14:51:09.362+00:00The First London Bus Tender Awards Of 2024: Route 211 To Continue Using New Routemasters<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtscLJ94FgA-jII6lruvOzzAjI4O2r7uzczZA58F9u-sRT3VeWJNMbT6xFlOMD2vmiQvXbWzCiDu-kUa-7_Erw8gpVKWSEkB1jmIk_OtArxpNDOlAL5QYb5cCxegVl7sBEDLLCgqC2_6tXwYY7T8MXEzg1Q5Gmzp6ObHdv4XrSpF6GI9GP_YTsKjKomM4/s1406/Graphic%20standards%20for%20the%20New%20Routemaster%20bus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1406" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtscLJ94FgA-jII6lruvOzzAjI4O2r7uzczZA58F9u-sRT3VeWJNMbT6xFlOMD2vmiQvXbWzCiDu-kUa-7_Erw8gpVKWSEkB1jmIk_OtArxpNDOlAL5QYb5cCxegVl7sBEDLLCgqC2_6tXwYY7T8MXEzg1Q5Gmzp6ObHdv4XrSpF6GI9GP_YTsKjKomM4/s320/Graphic%20standards%20for%20the%20New%20Routemaster%20bus.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Extract from <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/suppliers-and-contractors/design-standards" target="_blank">TfL's bus graphic standard</a>.<br /></div><div><p>I hope you all had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.</p><p>The first London Bus Tender Awards of the year 2024 have revealed that route 211 will continue to use three-door, two-staircase hybrid New Routemaster buses, with Abellio London gaining the contract.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><b>Route: 211</b><br />Current Operator: RATP Dev London United<br />New Operator: Abellio London<br />Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR): 14<br />Vehicles: Existing New Routemasters<br />Contract Start Date: 29th June 2024<br />Contract End Date: 29th June 2029<br /><br /><b>Route: E3</b><br />Retained by: RATP Dev London United<br />PVR: 20<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 1st June 2024<br />Contract End Date: 28th May 2027<br /><br />All of the hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.<br /><br />Unfortunately, there's no new electric buses included for this round of the London Bus tender awards.<br /><br />Here's a roundup of my tweets on Twitter/X.<p></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mayor to investigate single free, open-access Wi-Fi network across <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a><a href="https://t.co/y3ZQlLWzS7" target="_blank">https://t.co/y3ZQlLWzS7</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/technology?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/smartphone?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#smartphone</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/internet?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#internet</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wifi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#wifi</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/urbanism?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#urbanism</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/travel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tourism?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#tourism</a> <a href="https://t.co/EGtTcrZM7o" target="_blank">https://t.co/EGtTcrZM7o</a> <a href="https://t.co/XvJ43bLZMZ" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/XvJ43bLZMZ</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1740044425676677306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 27, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Freedom of Information release:<br />Posters paid for and designed by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> in the current and past 2 financial years (2021/22, 2022/23 & 2023/24)<a href="https://t.co/VxsOMim3i2" target="_blank">https://t.co/VxsOMim3i2</a> <a href="https://t.co/YjpHOsi5LZ" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/YjpHOsi5LZ</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1740776895724270016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 29, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A list of proposed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#UK</a> public <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#transport</a> infrastructure and services (including <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/railway?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#railway</a> lines), with some that are currently under construction and many that are still proposed and cancelled. <a href="https://t.co/6TM7X7k9zs" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/6TM7X7k9zs</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1741258442294128846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 31, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">On the article, it says: "The improvements will pave the way for the first cross-city bus service in the region and provide the infrastructure for zero-emission, articulated <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#buses</a> to be running along the route in 2025."<br /><br />Should <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> have a similar scheme as the West Midlands? <a href="https://t.co/nXIS2NdTQF" target="_blank">https://t.co/nXIS2NdTQF</a> <a href="https://t.co/Oxe6bu3nCw" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Oxe6bu3nCw</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1742300348600012964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 2, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> press release:<br />TfL advises Tube customers to only travel if their journey is essential during planned RMT strike<br />Severe disruption is expected across the Tube network from the evening of 7 January until the morning of 12 January 2024<a href="https://t.co/zXXNpTj6ip" target="_blank">https://t.co/zXXNpTj6ip</a> <a href="https://t.co/hnhvzKnqfK" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/hnhvzKnqfK</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1742567563186393376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 3, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for @CLondoner92 or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.</div>CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-2321064952864104832023-12-22T13:49:00.004+00:002023-12-22T15:10:56.833+00:00London Bus Tender Awards: RATP Dev Retains Route 411 And Abellio London Wins Route 465 With Existing Single-Deck Buses<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSee5ON9RBGsO8smPmeEUux92tZmZs0FSYHMtiJC4QMmiTGOEB892_8FE7XJi4FHR1JMU1q4osjztRUvhlMWDym-FKpkXh-va7hvbNcrPF1z3xhnLhmSV1fIEAIGz0aW8RYFXQufXyEta2iLAO1REgTziKTHUR-U9ZqdD2n2CtKbsaL4jpRIi3m_UY6FM/s1868/generic%20non-electric%20single%20deck%20with%20single%20door.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1259" data-original-width="1868" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSee5ON9RBGsO8smPmeEUux92tZmZs0FSYHMtiJC4QMmiTGOEB892_8FE7XJi4FHR1JMU1q4osjztRUvhlMWDym-FKpkXh-va7hvbNcrPF1z3xhnLhmSV1fIEAIGz0aW8RYFXQufXyEta2iLAO1REgTziKTHUR-U9ZqdD2n2CtKbsaL4jpRIi3m_UY6FM/s320/generic%20non-electric%20single%20deck%20with%20single%20door.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Extract from <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/suppliers-and-contractors/design-standards" target="_blank">TfL's bus graphic standard</a>.<br /><br /></div><div>I assume this is the last tender award of the year (2023), as we see two London bus route contracts awarded with diesel single-deck buses.<br /><br /><i>LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:<span></span></i><p></p><a name='more'></a><i><b>Route 411</b><br />Retained by RATP Dev London United<br />Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR): 5<br />Vehicles: Existing single deck<br />Contract Start Date: 28th September 2024<br />Contract End Date: 27th September 2030<br /><br /><b>Route 465</b><br />Current Operator: </i><i>RATP Dev </i><i>London United<br />New Operator: Abellio London<br />PVR: 7<br />Vehicles: Existing single deck<br />Contract Start Date: 29th June 2024<br />Contract End Date: 28th June 2030</i><br /><br /><i>The diesel vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.</i><br /><br />Here's a roundup of my tweets on Twitter/X.<br />
<p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Highlights from the consultation report and response to issues raised for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> bus route SL5<a href="https://t.co/ihwjMQMTrb" target="_blank">https://t.co/ihwjMQMTrb</a> <a href="https://t.co/ctAhHF7aIq" target="_blank">https://t.co/ctAhHF7aIq</a> <a href="https://t.co/daVO0LWCkf" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/daVO0LWCkf</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1731957492525965388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Questions to the Mayor of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a>:<br />Number of platform tickets sold at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> stations<a href="https://t.co/EVa0Jf1Rnn" target="_blank">https://t.co/EVa0Jf1Rnn</a> <a href="https://t.co/W5voQukXEk" target="_blank">https://t.co/W5voQukXEk</a> <a href="https://t.co/WPRkWjXTFF" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/WPRkWjXTFF</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1732124820144378292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Questions to the Mayor of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a>:<br />Removal of platform tickets at stations<a href="https://t.co/AaZftd49D5" target="_blank">https://t.co/AaZftd49D5</a> <a href="https://t.co/eslO0qL26A" target="_blank">https://t.co/eslO0qL26A</a> <a href="https://t.co/hE5a77PhZ2" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/hE5a77PhZ2</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1732124310796382294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">My suggestion on how to improve public <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#transport</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> and elsewhere<br /><br />• More bus lanes, priority schemes,<br />• Transit schemes from the 2000s,<br />• Speedbus proposal from the 1970s,<br />• revert to the pre-1970 area…<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trains?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Trains</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trams?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Trams</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LightRail?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#LightRail</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Metro?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Metro</a> <a href="https://t.co/3jcDum4Fch" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/3jcDum4Fch</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1732346005188718902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Highlights of the agenda reports pack (including the Commissioner's Report) for the Wednesday 13 December 2023 Transport for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>) board meeting.<a href="https://t.co/Gn6KV9iReY" target="_blank">https://t.co/Gn6KV9iReY</a> <a href="https://t.co/r4kZzoPTry" target="_blank">https://t.co/r4kZzoPTry</a> <a href="https://t.co/NDk5s3Nst3" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/NDk5s3Nst3</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1732350821164011664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Audio announcement inside the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> bus route 63, warning passengers of the floating bus stop with a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cycle?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#cycle</a> lane at Blackfriars Station - South Entrance.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> <a href="https://t.co/a7n55Y1sEb" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/a7n55Y1sEb</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1733003486076518890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Excellent new bus specification for London by <a href="https://twitter.com/ADLbus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@ADLbus</a>. 😁<br />I will be looking forward to seeing them on the road in the near future. <a href="https://t.co/vgMsD3N6aZ" target="_blank">https://t.co/vgMsD3N6aZ</a> <a href="https://t.co/H9LkiOR4c9" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/H9LkiOR4c9</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1733030169365905877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">It's been revealed that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>'s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> route SL3, which is a new express route between Thamesmead and Bromley. They will be using three-door, two-staircase hybrid buses named New Routemaster.<a href="https://t.co/vBzMXoGZb8" target="_blank">https://t.co/vBzMXoGZb8</a><a href="https://t.co/wv3vSc9H6U" target="_blank">https://t.co/wv3vSc9H6U</a> <a href="https://t.co/XijNTJIeXR" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/XijNTJIeXR</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1735404292977381454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> press release:<br />Safer, more reliable and accessible Central line trains visited for first time by Mayor of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a><br /><br />£500m project will transform journeys for one of the busiest and longest lines on the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a><a href="https://t.co/uqmL9EvsFq" target="_blank">https://t.co/uqmL9EvsFq</a> <a href="https://t.co/eSQ3U0vPNS" target="_blank">https://t.co/eSQ3U0vPNS</a> <a href="https://t.co/0m64WiPtkc" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/0m64WiPtkc</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1735704954566819894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Happy birthday, electric buses: Go-Ahead celebrates a decade of emission-free <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#buses</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a><br /><br />Celebration in Camberwell marks the 10th anniversary of London’s first modern electric bus<a href="https://t.co/gRvYDnlG86" target="_blank">https://t.co/gRvYDnlG86</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#transport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CleanAirLondon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@CleanAirLondon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Go_Ahead_London?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@Go_Ahead_London</a> <a href="https://t.co/xNuQj7ttnR" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/xNuQj7ttnR</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1736751639204143247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Freedom of Information release:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a> Ticketing and Revenue Update #148<br />Updates on:<br />Day Travelcard (which is saved)<br />Project Oval (expansion of Contactless PAYG)<br />Gate upgrades<br />Revenue inspection device upgrade<br />and more<a href="https://t.co/eFsmWqy06R" target="_blank">https://t.co/eFsmWqy06R</a> <a href="https://t.co/Wfhu4pvwqk" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Wfhu4pvwqk</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1737132049050239390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 19, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mayor of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> heralds first Elizabeth line stations to get high-speed mobile coverage<br /><br />Tunnelled sections between stations to start getting 4G and 5G coverage in new year – providing mobile coverage across the entire 73 mile line by end of spring 2024<a href="https://t.co/sea2W9eLxP" target="_blank">https://t.co/sea2W9eLxP</a> <a href="https://t.co/EGtTcrZehQ" target="_blank">https://t.co/EGtTcrZehQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/uXKsdfDrib" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/uXKsdfDrib</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1737509461349015917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> press release:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> will manage to deliver a full programme of improvements for 2024/25 as set out in its draft <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Business?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Business</a> Plan<a href="https://t.co/yphHcn3fSK" target="_blank">https://t.co/yphHcn3fSK</a><a href="https://t.co/v5zCJS74ps" target="_blank">https://t.co/v5zCJS74ps</a> <a href="https://t.co/r4kZzoPTry" target="_blank">https://t.co/r4kZzoPTry</a> <a href="https://t.co/Y2WXqyM5zG" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Y2WXqyM5zG</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1738208829945319616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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</p><p></p><p></p><p style="color: #252525;">As we are in December 2023, the latest London Bus tender awards have revealed that Arriva London has won the Superloop Route SL5 contract with existing single-deck diesel buses, and Metroline won Route U4 with new double-deck electric buses.</p><p></p><p><i>LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:</i><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><table style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; height: 91px; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: -1.7pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; width: 580px; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">627</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">n/a – new route</span></i></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">U4</span></p>
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<i>New electric vehicles may enter service after the contract start date, dependent on infrastructure and/ or vehicle delivery timescales.<br /><br />The diesel and hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards. <br /><br />The start and end dates for the above contracts are detailed in the following table:</i><br />
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</p><p>It's good to see the rollout of the electric buses continue, as route U4 will be using new double-deck electric buses by late next year (2024).<br /></p><p>As the new tenders reveal that the Superloop route SL5 will be using existing single-deck diesel buses. I've taken a read through the consultation report and tweeted various pages on Twitter/X. It reveals there are <b>265 comments </b>for "<i>Suggestion to use New Routemasters/electric vehicles - improving design/accessibility of buses</i>". It seems that the people who took part in the consultation have requested that TfL use New Routemasters or double-deck electric buses, but instead TfL and the contracted bus operator Arriva will use single-deck diesel buses.<br /></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Highlights from the consultation report and response to issues raised for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> bus route SL5<a href="https://t.co/ihwjMQMTrb" target="_blank">https://t.co/ihwjMQMTrb</a> <a href="https://t.co/ctAhHF7aIq" target="_blank">https://t.co/ctAhHF7aIq</a> <a href="https://t.co/daVO0LWCkf" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/daVO0LWCkf</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1731957492525965388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p>As this is another London Bus Tender Awards article, I will show you the highlights of my tweets from last month on Twitter/X.<br /></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>) Have Your Say:<br />Proposals to reroute U1, U2, U3 and E7 in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hillingdon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Hillingdon</a><br />Consultation closes: 20 December 2023<a href="https://t.co/paourOC7K2" target="_blank">https://t.co/paourOC7K2</a> <a href="https://t.co/GllExAMJb4" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/GllExAMJb4</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1722362899757199666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Regional <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> (LRT) News (No. 291 - May 17 1985) clipping:<br />"London's Bus Of The Future Takes A Bow"<br />London Buses once worked with Ogle Design to unveil a mock-up to evaluate the improvements to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/accessibility?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> for their upcoming bus fleet. <a href="https://t.co/9T7crYjw3c" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/9T7crYjw3c</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1723687085293654071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">South Western <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Railway?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Railway</a>’s iconic Art Deco <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Richmond?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Richmond</a> station being refurbished<br /><br />The £325,000 package of work, funded by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SWR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#SWR</a>, Network Rail and the Railway Heritage Trust...<a href="https://t.co/jZBqBjHtme" target="_blank">https://t.co/jZBqBjHtme</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> <a href="https://t.co/JqPZYJkFCO" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/JqPZYJkFCO</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1725204154421858543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Wright_bus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@Wright_bus</a> secures further orders with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#transport</a> operator <a href="https://twitter.com/AbellioLondon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@AbellioLondon</a> <br /><br />The orders consist of 24 single-deck GB Kite Electroliners and 56 StreetDeck Electroliners - the world’s most efficient battery electric double-deck bus.<a href="https://t.co/eiUt02byWc" target="_blank">https://t.co/eiUt02byWc</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#buses</a> <a href="https://t.co/3OF0OxG2XS" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/3OF0OxG2XS</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1725571551980888495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Freedom of Information release:<br />Cost of Rebranding <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> SL6, SL7, SL8 and SL9 bus routes<br /><br />"The branding and signage for the Superloop network is needed for customer information, and to aid journey planning."<a href="https://t.co/rKokMeG5k3">https://t.co/rKokMeG5k3</a> <a href="https://t.co/SlRRTC8sGC">pic.twitter.com/SlRRTC8sGC</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1725744390780702908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Highlights from the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#UK</a> Government's Autumn <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Budget?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Budget</a> Statement 2023<a href="https://t.co/UzEJ7I9mqk" target="_blank">https://t.co/UzEJ7I9mqk</a><br />"The government will also provide funding for a rapid transit bus network in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Thamesmead?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Thamesmead</a>, as part of its vision for a new <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Docklands?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Docklands</a> 2.0."<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a><a href="https://t.co/aH6PCoEWTN" target="_blank">https://t.co/aH6PCoEWTN</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ws1jKllWdu">pic.twitter.com/Ws1jKllWdu</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1727373150391042368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>) Freedom of Information release:<br />Post 2023-04-06 Independent <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Disability?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Disability</a> Advisory Group (IDAG) Meeting minutes<a href="https://t.co/UxVSCHVA3M" target="_blank">https://t.co/UxVSCHVA3M</a><br />Update on the line names and colours for the London <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Overground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Overground</a> services. <a href="https://t.co/0t4Nfb7CgI" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/0t4Nfb7CgI</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1727767751920435687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">First <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Siemens?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Siemens</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mobility?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Mobility</a> built (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a>) Piccadilly line train put through its paces<br /><br />Extensive testing of state-of-the-art-train underway at test centre in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Germany?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Germany</a><br />Extreme weather conditions tested at climate chamber in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Austria?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Austria</a><a href="https://t.co/0HhdBNL2Ve" target="_blank">https://t.co/0HhdBNL2Ve</a> <a href="https://t.co/0AoQiLgfZL" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/0AoQiLgfZL</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1728317596238233752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 25, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Have Your Say:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Bus Route 394 - proposed extension to King’s Cross Central<a href="https://t.co/odRaGMUjk5" target="_blank">https://t.co/odRaGMUjk5</a><br />Consultation closes: 21 January 2024<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KingsCross?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#KingsCross</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Islington?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Islington</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Homerton?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Homerton</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hackney?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Hackney</a> <a href="https://t.co/EGODViqHif" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/EGODViqHif</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1729155848658915492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 27, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Highlights from the agenda papers for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Programmes and Investment Committee - Wednesday 6 December 2023<br /><br />Bakerloo Line Upgrade Stage 1<br />iBus2 Contract Award<br />DLR Rolling Stock Replacement Programme<br />Elizabeth line frequency increase<br />and more<a href="https://t.co/ProeNuvSGB" target="_blank">https://t.co/ProeNuvSGB</a> <a href="https://t.co/LQIOMtUnX5" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/LQIOMtUnX5</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1729951269081522424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Bus Changes: New route <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> SL1 introduced - 9 December 2023<br /><br />Route SL1 will run as an express bus service between North Finchley Bus Station and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Walthamstow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Walthamstow</a> Central Bus Station via Friern Barnet, Arnos Grove, Palmers Green, and Upper Edmonton.<a href="https://t.co/L5gYukW1Bx" target="_blank">https://t.co/L5gYukW1Bx</a> <a href="https://t.co/n61EepZvs4" target="_blank">https://t.co/n61EepZvs4</a> <a href="https://t.co/vzfP0kLpYD" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/vzfP0kLpYD</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1730365380919435267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Excellent photos of your new electric bus. 😁📷<br /><br />The priority seats should have their own moquette, which is used for the refurbished New Routemaster buses.<a href="https://t.co/uw09dtldbd" target="_blank">https://t.co/uw09dtldbd</a><a href="https://t.co/3Oq1iBy5WJ" target="_blank">https://t.co/3Oq1iBy5WJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/KtiqdAuYkb" target="_blank">https://t.co/KtiqdAuYkb</a> <a href="https://t.co/vVKuLJrIUn" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/vVKuLJrIUn</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1730578292770521220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 1, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Reading through the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/consultation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#consultation</a> report, I'm amazed to see there's another high proportion of young people in the 16–20 age group participating in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> SL5 consultation.<a href="https://t.co/ihwjMQNrgJ" target="_blank">https://t.co/ihwjMQNrgJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/RFtVJQEnEY" target="_blank">https://t.co/RFtVJQEnEY</a> <a href="https://t.co/0p9kHwQ6Qd" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/0p9kHwQ6Qd</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1732035473730925045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Press Release:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> launches further two brand new <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> routes as new data shows huge success of initial routes<a href="https://t.co/32SqiNmZ77" target="_blank">https://t.co/32SqiNmZ77</a> <a href="https://t.co/p8ehd2bYGo" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/p8ehd2bYGo</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1732076069526655108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-85488125579995944822023-11-07T15:09:00.001+00:002023-11-07T15:09:02.839+00:00London Bus Tender Awards: Route C1 Retained by RATP Dev London United With Single-Deck Electric Buses<p>The latest London Bus tender awards have revealed that route C1 has been retained by RATP Dev London United with existing single-deck electric buses.<br /><br /><i>LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:<span></span></i></p><a name='more'></a><b>Route 328 </b><br />Retained by Metroline<br />Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR): 19<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 29th June 2024<br />Contract End Date: 25th June 2027<br /><br /><b>Route 481</b><br />Current Operator: London United<br />New Operator: Metroline<br />PVR: 6<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 11th May 2024<br />Contract End Date: 7th May 2027<br /><br /><b>Route C1</b><br />Retained by London United<br />PVR: 13<br />Vehicles: Existing electric single deck<br />Contract Start Date: 29th June 2024<br />Contract End Date: 27th June 2031<br /><br /><i>The hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.</i><br /><br />As this is another short article announcing the new London Bus Tender Awards, I'll wrap up with a roundup of my tweets posted on Twitter/X.<p></p><p>
</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Freedom of Information release: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a> Ticketing and Revenue Update Staff Magazine - issue 147 September/October 2023<br />Updates on:<br />Project Oval (expansion of contactless)<br />Magnetic ticketing<br />Southwark changes<br />TfL Go App update<br />And more<a href="https://t.co/4EMo7FIdnj" target="_blank">https://t.co/4EMo7FIdnj</a> <a href="https://t.co/WA86b5a86B" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/WA86b5a86B</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1719023050203521196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Have Your Say:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Haringey?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Haringey</a> Heartlands and Wood Green - proposed changes to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> bus routes 91, N91, 123 and 232<br />Consultation closes on 10 December 2023<a href="https://t.co/gDf0PN76ry" target="_blank">https://t.co/gDf0PN76ry</a> <a href="https://t.co/01AhuJiz7k" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/01AhuJiz7k</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1719074200944513153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> press release:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> and the Royal Academy of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Engineering?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Engineering</a> launch a new Tube <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/map?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#map</a> design celebrating the achievements of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/engineers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#engineers</a> worldwide<a href="https://t.co/di7UTd2U27" target="_blank">https://t.co/di7UTd2U27</a> <a href="https://t.co/VHFW36E9Ck" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/VHFW36E9Ck</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1719687492771729644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 1, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Freedom of Information release:<br />Removal of platform tickets at TFL stations<br />"No such material is held as TfL did not seek legal advice on this matter."<a href="https://t.co/anbucJgKat" target="_blank">https://t.co/anbucJgKat</a> <a href="https://t.co/1bdNScBTGu" target="_blank">https://t.co/1bdNScBTGu</a> <a href="https://t.co/2aOv5jT2zF" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/2aOv5jT2zF</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1719783867555647726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 1, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>) Freedom of Information release:<br />Elizabeth line delays - 11th October 2023<a href="https://t.co/Y0JaMh6nlS" target="_blank">https://t.co/Y0JaMh6nlS</a> <a href="https://t.co/ary3W26Dim" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/ary3W26Dim</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1720178968832176547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">My suggestion on how to improve public <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#transport</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> and elsewhere<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trains?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Trains</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trams?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Trams</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LightRail?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#LightRail</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RapidTransit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#RapidTransit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Urbanism?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Urbanism</a> <a href="https://t.co/69xAFgXsTT" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/69xAFgXsTT</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1721209785104691298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>) Bus Changes:<br />Victoria bus station/Terminus Place<br /><br />From Monday 13 November 2023, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Victoria?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Victoria</a> bus station and Terminus Place will be closed for about 6 weeks for essential works to improve pedestrian safety and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/accessibility?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#accessibility</a>.<a href="https://t.co/L5gYukW1Bx" target="_blank">https://t.co/L5gYukW1Bx</a> <a href="https://t.co/b7qfPZbHVE" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/b7qfPZbHVE</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1721538453966303582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Press Release:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> collaborates with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Google?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Google</a> to bring Street View into some of London’s busiest stations<a href="https://t.co/QT4TIHRNHN" target="_blank">https://t.co/QT4TIHRNHN</a> <a href="https://t.co/ueCT39YXL8" target="_blank">https://t.co/ueCT39YXL8</a> <a href="https://t.co/CVvwqSmSGS" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/CVvwqSmSGS</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1721849613492084794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 7, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p>I invite you to follow me on Twitter/X by searching for <b>@CLondoner92</b> or by clicking on the direct link to my Twitter/X page <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm also on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clondoner92.bsky.social" target="_blank">BlueSky</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>.</p>CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-423137833474578722023-10-28T19:41:00.002+01:002023-10-28T19:41:49.485+01:00The One Day Travelcard Is Saved!<p style="text-align: justify;">I know this news is slightly overdue, but I would like to specifically mention on my website that the One Day Travelcard is saved as Transport for London (TfL) and the Rail Delivery Group, which represents the train operating companies, agreed to retain the One Day Travelcard.<br /><br /><b>Rail Delivery Group:</b><br /><br /><a href="https://media.raildeliverygroup.com/news/rail-delivery-group-and-transport-for-london-reach-agreement-to-save-day-travelcards-for-train-passengers" target="_blank">Rail Delivery Group, Department for Transport and Transport for London reach agreement to save Day Travelcards for train passengers</a><i><br /><br />Train companies, represented by Rail Delivery Group (RDG) and Transport for London (TfL) have reached an agreement which means Day Travelcards can continue to be bought by customers as part of their train tickets to London. <span></span></i></p><a name='more'></a><i>This ends months of speculation about the future of this ticket, which offer rail customers freedom to use all bus, Tube and train services within the London zones. <br /><br />This agreement follows a long period of negotiation by RDG representing train operators, TfL and the Department for Transport (DfT) to find a solution which secures the future of the tickets while at the same time enabling TfL to meet its budget commitments. <br /><br />Paul Bowden, Commercial Director at RDG, said: “I think it is a great outcome for customers that we’re able to keep this popular ticket, which offers customers complete travel flexibility in London. There has been a huge amount of work behind the scenes, with the industry working together with a firm focus on customers’ interests”. <br /><br /><b>Alex Williams, Chief Customer and Strategy Officer at TfL</b> said: “I’m delighted that after close collaboration with the Rail Delivery Group and Department for Transport, we have now been able to find a solution which allows the Day Travelcard to continue to be accepted on TfL services, while still meeting the terms of TfL’s funding agreement with Government.” <br /><br /><b>Rail Minister, Huw Merriman</b> said: “The Travelcard is an invaluable way of encouraging commuters and visitors to travel into London, hugely boosting the economy in the process – I’m pleased that following a Government intervention, working with TfL and the train operators, we were able to save it. <br /><br />“Alongside the more than £6 billion we have already given to TfL over the past three years, this is just another way the Government is helping Londoners, its millions of visitors and all those who commute into our capital get around for less.” <br /><br /><b>The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan</b> said: “I'm delighted that we have managed to save the Day Travelcard. As part of the Covid-19 financial deal TfL made with the Government, there is a requirement to make savings of £600m. I refused to countenance removing weekly, monthly or season travelcards and today I am pleased to confirm the Day Travelcard is also now safe. <br /><br />"The offer now on the table saves a much-valued product for visitors to London, while giving TfL a fairer share of ticket revenue.” <br /><br /><b>The proposal also includes a one-off price increase on Day Travelcards for travel from stations outside Zones 1-6 as part of a National Rail ticket from March 2024 (on average 3%) </b>which will be in addition to any general regulated fares increase at the time. </i><br /><br /><b>TfL's Have Your Say:</b><br /><a href="https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/travelcards" target="_blank">Engagement to withdraw Day Travelcards</a><br /><b>Update 25 October 2023<br /><br /></b><i>Thank you for your input into our engagement earlier in the year via our Have Your Say webpage on the potential impacts of the withdrawal of the Day Travelcards on our network.<br /><br />We are pleased to confirm that after close collaboration with the Rail Delivery Group, <b>we have now been able to find a solution which allows the Day Travelcard to continue </b>to be accepted on TfL services, while still meeting the terms of our funding agreement with Government.</i><br /><br /><i><b>Campaign for Better Transport:</b><br />Campaign success – we helped save London’s Travelcard!<br /><br />After a long-fought campaign, Campaign for Better Transport has successfully secured the future of the Day Travelcard – integral to the lives of so many in and around London.<br /><br />Transport for London and Rail Operators announced on Tuesday that the Day Travelcard had been saved – bringing joy and relief to the millions who rely on the ticket each year. A London Labour government and a Conservative Westminster government found consensus on the Day Travelcard and our campaign, which brought together our supporters and figures from across the industry, was integral to ensuring the continuing acceptance of the ticket. So how did we do it?</i><br /><br /><a href="https://bettertransport.org.uk/blog/campaign-success-we-helped-save-londons-travelcard/" target="_blank">Read more</a><br /><br />Well done to the organisations and others involved in pressuring TfL, the government, etc. to retain the One Day Travelcard. This is a sigh of relief as various groups of people (including overseas visitors, railcard holders, including companions, the disabled, the digitally excluded, victims of crime awaiting replacement cards, etc.) can continue to travel on London's public transport system without a major hassle.<br /><br /><b>My conclusion</b><br /><br />As part of the plan to expand contactless to 233 railway stations in the South East of England. I do wish to see the Travelcard scheme progress by providing smart, flexible ticketing options by covering more transport services outside of Greater London and as an alternative to 'Pay As You Go' on Oyster and Contactless. You can read my article <a href=" https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2022/12/i-believe-tfl-should-reform-travelcard.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />I have <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2023/07/suggestion-i-believe-its-time-for-new.html" target="_blank">also suggested</a> a new regional transport body for the South East of England, subsuming TfL, the railway services of the former Network SouthEast, and other transport services to provide a wider responsibility to improve public transport in the region. My idea also extends to all areas of the UK.<br />
<br />Here's a roundup of my tweets about the One Day Travelcard on Twitter/X.<p></p><p></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnThisDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#OnThisDay</a>: London Transport (LT) launches the sale of the one-day Travelcard on April 22nd 1984, to encourage people from the outer suburbs of London to travel to Central London for shopping.<br /><br />The one-day Travelcard was originally valid on all LT services during off-peaks. <a href="https://t.co/Oaz1FVv0f3" target="_blank">https://t.co/Oaz1FVv0f3</a> <a href="https://t.co/dg8Y9vXXfH" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/dg8Y9vXXfH</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1649714669316190209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Good article! 👍<br /><br />Another reason why TfL is trying to withdraw from the Travelcard Agreement, as I researched, is part of their plan (along with DfT) to phase out magnetic paper tickets, along with the expansion of contactless to 233 stations in SE England. <a href="https://t.co/LI43I5D2Ry" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/LI43I5D2Ry</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1712710103495819283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 13, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Freedom of Information release:<br />Questions about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>'s New Revenue Sources as part of the financial settlement with the Government.<a href="https://t.co/y8TmsXo7Ak" target="_blank">https://t.co/y8TmsXo7Ak</a> <a href="https://t.co/0WYpoXanP4" target="_blank">https://t.co/0WYpoXanP4</a> <a href="https://t.co/W8SAPnM9UZ" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/W8SAPnM9UZ</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1697984201058890160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">September 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Greater <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Authority Freedom of Information release:<br />Questions about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>'s New Revenue Sources as part of the financial settlement with the Government.<a href="https://t.co/SOBC85FZP6" target="_blank">https://t.co/SOBC85FZP6</a> <a href="https://t.co/JHjfO7P3G4" target="_blank">https://t.co/JHjfO7P3G4</a> <a href="https://t.co/ruqbwRXiJS" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/ruqbwRXiJS</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1689314250626408450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">August 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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CLondoner92http://www.blogger.com/profile/01604769136596014500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3587610222387711222.post-80377221371955722152023-10-20T14:01:00.000+01:002023-10-20T14:01:08.372+01:00London Bus Tender Awards: Huge Retains For Arriva London With New Electric Buses For Routes 50, 194, 250, 255, 289, 663 & 689, And An Update On Superloop Routes SL2 And SL3<p>The latest London Bus tender awards have revealed that routes 50, 194, 250, 255, 289, 663 & 689 have been awarded to Arriva London with new electric buses, and Arriva won Superloop route SL2 and Stagecoach won Superloop route SL3.<br /><br /><i>LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:<span></span></i></p><a name='more'></a><b>Route 50</b><br />Retained by Arriva London<br />Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR): 15<br />Vehicles: New electric double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 24th August 2024<br />Contract End Date: 22nd August 2031<br /><br /><b>Route 194</b><br />Retained by Arriva London<br />PVR: 14<br />Vehicles: New electric double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 24th August 2024<br />Contract End Date: 22nd August 2031<br /><br /><b>Route 250/N250</b><br />Retained by Arriva London<br />PVR: *22<br />Vehicles: New electric double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 24th August 2024<br />Contract End Date: 22nd August 2031<br /><br /><b>Route 255</b><br />Retained by Arriva London<br />PVR: 9<br />Vehicles: New electric single deck<br />Contract Start Date: 24th August 2024<br />Contract End Date: 22nd August 2031<br /><br /><b>Route 289</b><br />Retained by Arriva London<br />PVR: 15<br />Vehicles: New electric double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 31st August 2024<br />Contract End Date: 29th August 2031<br /><br /><b>Route 410</b><br />Retained by Arriva London<br />PVR: 18<br />Vehicles: Existing diesel single deck<br />Contract Start Date: 24th August 2024<br />Contract End Date: 23rd August 2030<br /><br /><b>Route 663</b><br />Current Operator: Go-Ahead London Metrobus<br />New Operator: Arriva London<br />PVR: 1<br />Vehicles: New electric double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 31st August 2024<br />Contract End Date: 22nd August 2031<br /><br /><b>Route 689</b><br />Retained by Arriva London<br />PVR: 1<br />Vehicles: New electric double deck<br />Contract Start Date: 13th April 2024<br />Contract End Date: 22nd August 2031<br /><br /><b>Route SL2</b><br />Awarded to Arriva London<br />PVR: 16<br />Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck<br />Contract Start Date: to be confirmed<br />Contract End Date: 27th February 2026<br /><br /><b>Route SL3</b><br />Awarded to Stagecoach London<br />PVR: 15<br />Vehicles: Double deck – details TBC<br />Contract Start Date: to be confirmed<br />Contract End Date: 17th January 2025<br /><br /><i>* Fleet PVR: 23rd bus crosslinked from route 689 in PM peak.<br /><br />New electric vehicles may enter service after the contract start date, dependent on infrastructure and/ or vehicle delivery timescales.<br /><br />The diesel and hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards. <br /></i><br />As this is another short article announcing the new London Bus Tender Awards, I'll wrap up with a roundup of my tweets posted on Twitter/X, which will include updates on Superloop routes SL2 and SL3.<p></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Next sections of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> network in outer <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> confirmed by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a><br /><br />SL2 will run between <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Walthamstow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Walthamstow</a> Central and North Woolwich with new stops to better serve North Woolwich, Beckton and Gallions Reach, and SL3 will run between Thamesmead and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bromley?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Bromley</a><a href="https://t.co/Xb9heGce2R" target="_blank">https://t.co/Xb9heGce2R</a> <a href="https://t.co/MFRIRM45sI" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/MFRIRM45sI</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1715313720811803029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Highlights from the consultation report for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> bus route SL2.<a href="https://t.co/Fn19Xs3x1T" target="_blank">https://t.co/Fn19Xs3x1T</a> <a href="https://t.co/WBetO4Cycd" target="_blank">https://t.co/WBetO4Cycd</a> <a href="https://t.co/xktAF4UEfs" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/xktAF4UEfs</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1715320694425198674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Highlights from the consultation report for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Superloop</a> bus route SL3.<a href="https://t.co/wv3vSc99hm" target="_blank">https://t.co/wv3vSc99hm</a> <a href="https://t.co/PoNzmOYeqR" target="_blank">https://t.co/PoNzmOYeqR</a> <a href="https://t.co/hmgMKowmyc" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/hmgMKowmyc</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1715322459719643428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Reading through the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/consultation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#consultation</a> reports, I'm amazed to see there's another high proportion of young people in the 16–20 age group participating in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superloop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Superloop</a> SL2 and SL3 consultations.<a href="https://t.co/Fn19Xs3x1T" target="_blank">https://t.co/Fn19Xs3x1T</a><a href="https://t.co/wv3vSc99hm" target="_blank">https://t.co/wv3vSc99hm</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a> <a href="https://t.co/1jT4zWq5I4" target="_blank">https://t.co/1jT4zWq5I4</a> <a href="https://t.co/TbA22xBtX9" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/TbA22xBtX9</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1715324498839302260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">What if the tram-style bendy buses are used on Greater Manchester's <a href="https://twitter.com/BeeNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@BeeNetwork</a>? 🐝 <a href="https://t.co/0qpxSa8Izj" target="_blank">https://t.co/0qpxSa8Izj</a> <a href="https://t.co/O1ARKthGvb">pic.twitter.com/O1ARKthGvb</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1712378822153191845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Highlights from the Agenda reports pack for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> Board meeting - 18 October 2023<br />Artificial intelligence, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DLR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#DLR</a> rolling stock replacement programme, Elizabeth line update, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Board effectiveness review, and more.<a href="https://t.co/KoBjFZlle0" target="_blank">https://t.co/KoBjFZlle0</a> <a href="https://t.co/2ujlA9MyYU" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/2ujlA9MyYU</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1712410426342781007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> press release:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Lost Property Office turns 90 as it moves to a new home in West Ham<a href="https://t.co/v3Y4ErcJ7m" target="_blank">https://t.co/v3Y4ErcJ7m</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/urbanism?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#urbanism</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/history?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#LT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WestHam?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#WestHam</a> <a href="https://t.co/tOBsrBFwnw" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/tOBsrBFwnw</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1712784285441142911?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 13, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Comparison of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a>'s Bus Vehicle Specifications v2.4 and Transport for Greater <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Manchester?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Manchester</a>'s Bus Specification, on the number of doors to minimise dwell times at bus stops.<a href="https://t.co/cYWVh7oq8v" target="_blank">https://t.co/cYWVh7oq8v</a><a href="https://t.co/HTa1b8j9Vq" target="_blank">https://t.co/HTa1b8j9Vq</a><br />My article ⤵️<a href="https://t.co/8lfyadP01d" target="_blank">https://t.co/8lfyadP01d</a> <a href="https://t.co/3cdp9QzeyF" target="_blank">https://t.co/3cdp9QzeyF</a> <a href="https://t.co/PcJ94AvqDr" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/PcJ94AvqDr</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1712910891736256664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 13, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#LT</a>) Magazine (July 1965, Vol. 19, No. 4) clipping:<br />The first of the front-entrance double-deck buses for Central <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Buses</a>, which eventually became the modern standard for London's buses.<br />The bus is the Leyland Atlantean, and the fleet code is XA. <a href="https://t.co/T9Fv0e7RI8" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/T9Fv0e7RI8</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1713087240703009091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Comparison of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a>'s Bus Vehicle Specifications v2.4, New Routemaster Build Specification and Transport for Greater <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Manchester?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Manchester</a>'s Bus Specification.<br />Colours and materials for interiors.<a href="https://t.co/cYWVh7oq8v" target="_blank">https://t.co/cYWVh7oq8v</a><a href="https://t.co/Wv2xg7m8Qj" target="_blank">https://t.co/Wv2xg7m8Qj</a><a href="https://t.co/HTa1b8j9Vq" target="_blank">https://t.co/HTa1b8j9Vq</a> <a href="https://t.co/haOn2aXNN6" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/haOn2aXNN6</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1713584679578751150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Have Your Say:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kidbrooke?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Kidbrooke</a> Village - proposed changes to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> bus routes 178, 335 and B16<br /><br />Consultation closes on 26 November 2023<a href="https://t.co/GobjUfCjH9" target="_blank">https://t.co/GobjUfCjH9</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Urbanism?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Urbanism</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#transport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/buses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#buses</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Greenwich?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Greenwich</a> <a href="https://t.co/lcYgmQpKGP" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/lcYgmQpKGP</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1713865611082707287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a> Freedom of Information release:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Underground?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Underground</a> Leaf Fall Timetables<a href="https://t.co/aXvq19nwbx" target="_blank">https://t.co/aXvq19nwbx</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FOIA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#FOIA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Transport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Urbanism?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Urbanism</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Travel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Travel</a> <a href="https://t.co/mbszZEIKU8" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/mbszZEIKU8</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1714269998305423572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Transport?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Transport</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/London?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#London</a> press release:<br />New analysis shows how <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TfL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#TfL</a>’s spending with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#UK</a>-wide supply chain supports billions of pounds of economic growth across the country<a href="https://t.co/6aGSAP1tfp" target="_blank">https://t.co/6aGSAP1tfp</a> <a href="https://t.co/fwEzhUBAqq" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/fwEzhUBAqq</a></p>— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLondoner92/status/1714947166148460561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 19, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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