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| Route 148 is retained with same operator with same buses |
Here's
a quick update from LOTS, reporting on the new tender awards.
The
following TfL contracts have been announced today:
Tranche
527
·
72
(24 hour) re-awarded to London United with new Euro VI battery hybrid double
decks (subject to removal of weight restriction on Hammersmith Bridge) PVR 18,
start date 3 September 2016. The award is for the main through service
Roehampton to East Acton. There is also a supplementary short working service
(PVR 12) between Roehampton and Hammersmith which is not part of this tender
award.
Tranche
531
·
148
(24 hour) re-awarded to London United with existing Euro 5 New Routemaster, PVR
25, start date 1 October 2016
·
156
re-awarded to Abellio London with Existing Euro V diesel double decks, PVR 17.
Start date 10 September 2016
·
690
re-awarded to Arriva London South with Existing Euro III + SCRT and Euro V
diesel double deck. PVR 0 - one bus from 133 allocation and one bus from 176
allocation. Start date 3 September 2016
Tranche
533
·
137/N137
re-awarded to Arriva London South with Existing Euro V New Routemaster double
deck. N137 operated by Euro VI hybrids from 319 allocation. PVR 31, start date
17 September 2016
·
160
re-awarded to Arriva Kent Thameside with existing Euro V diesel double deck.
PVR 12, Start date 17 September 2016
·
199/N199
re-awarded to Stagecoach Selkent with Existing Euro V diesel and three new Euro
VI diesel double deck, PVR 12. N199 allocation battery hybrid taken from day
routes 47, 54 & 75. Start date 17 September 2016.
·
381/N381
re-awarded to Abellio London with existing Euro V battery hybrid double deck
vehicles currently allocated to routes 3 & 211. PVR 19, start date 8
October 2016.
·
660
awarded to Arriva Kent Thameside (currently Stagecoach Selkent) with one double
deck from 492 allocation. Start date 17 September 2016
·
P13
re-awarded to Abellio London with existing Euro V plus five new Euro VI single
decks, PVR 11. Start date 8 October 2016.
Routes 9/N9, 209/609
and 390 (24 hr) received +2 year contract extensions.
Interesting
that routes 148 and 137 have been re-awarded to the same operators with the
existing 3 door 2 staircase hybrid buses known as the New Routemaster, which is manufactured by Wrightbus. Plus routes 9
and 390 recieved a 2 year extension to the contract with the existing bus
operating company.
The
rest of the routes will use their existing buses for the new contract, except
for route 72 which will be having new hybrid double deck buses.
The
question is are we going to be seeing new tender awards for zero emission
electric buses? Let me know your view in the comments section below.
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Image attribution
"London United bus LT128 (LTZ 1128), route 148, 16 March 2014" by Au Morandarte from London, Middlesex, England - London United LT128 on Route 148, White City. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_United_bus_LT128_(LTZ_1128),_route_148,_16_March_2014.jpg#/media/File:London_United_bus_LT128_(LTZ_1128),_route_148,_16_March_2014.jpg