LOTS
(London Omnibus Traction Society) have just announced new London Bus tender
awards for tranches 531A, 532 and 541.
From
LOTS News
New
contract awards from TfL:
Tranche
531A
·
639/670 re-awarded to London
General with 2009 Euro V diesel double
deck (currently allocated to routes 21 & 63). PVR 1, start date 4 June
Tranche
532
·
1/N1 re-awarded to London
General with new Euro VI battery hybrid
double deck. PVR 17, start date 1
October 2016
·
132 (24 hour at weekends)
re-awarded to London Central with 2009 Euro
V diesel double deck (currently allocated to routes 21 & 63). PVR 15,
start date 1 October 2016
·
180 re-awarded to London
General with 2009 Euro V diesel double
deck (currently allocated to routes 21 & 63). PVR 17, start date 1 October 2016
·
185 re-awarded to London
Central with new Euro VI battery hybrid
double deck. PVR 25, start date 1
October 2016
Tranche
541
·
14 (24 hour) re-awarded
to London General with new Euro VI
battery hybrid double deck. PVR 35, start date 19 November 2016.
·
39 re-awarded to London
General with new and existing single
deck, 60 capacity vehicles - 8 Euro
V ex route 368 plus 9 new Euro VI
inc 2 spare. PVR 15, start date 19 November 2016
·
74/N74 re-awarded to London
General with new Euro VI battery hybrid
double deck. PVR 21, start date 19 November 2016. Route 74 to continue to terminate at Putney High Street and stand
in Putney Garage
·
430 re-awarded to London
General with new Euro VI battery hybrid
double deck. PVR 16, start date 19
November 2016.
All
the routes are retained by Go Ahead London, but the majority of the routes are
new Euro VI hybrid buses. Since the New Routemaster design has evolved, we now
have the Volvo SRM so the question is will Go Ahead London purchase these buses for
their routes or revert to ordering conventional hybrid buses, or even the
Enviro400H City?
With
the single decker buses, they should have been awarded with the battery
electric single deck buses in order to help combat diesel emissions.
Below
is a list of routes which are due to convert to diesel-electric hybrid buses.
Route
|
Hybrid bus
type
|
Operator
|
Date expected
|
21
|
Unknown
|
Go Ahead
London
|
8th October 2016
|
26
|
Enviro400H
City
|
CT Plus
|
25th June 2016
|
35
|
Enviro400H
MMC
|
Go Ahead
London
|
30th April 2016
|
40
|
Volvo B5LH
MCV EvoSeti
|
Go Ahead
London
|
30th April 2016
|
53
|
Enviro400H
MMC
|
Stagecoach
|
23rd July 2016
|
63
|
Unknown
|
Go Ahead
London
|
12th November 2016
|
72
|
Unknown
|
London United
|
3rd September 2016
|
85
|
Volvo B5LH
Gemini 3
|
London United
|
2nd July 2016
|
91
|
New
Routemaster
|
Metroline
|
April 2016
|
114
|
Volvo B5LH
Gemini 3
|
Metroline
|
3rd September 2016
|
140
|
Volvo B5LH
Gemini 3
|
Metroline
|
3rd September 2016
|
182
|
Volvo B5LH
Gemini 3
|
Metroline
|
3rd September 2016
|
189
|
New
Routemaster
|
Metroline
|
July 2016
|
211
|
New
Routemaster
|
Abellio
|
June 2016
|
328
|
Volvo B5LH
Gemini 3
|
Tower Transit
|
30th April 2016
|
363
|
Unknown
|
Go Ahead
London
|
12th November 2016
|
This
was just a quick update on the Hybrid Bus situation.
Finally,
I'd like to mention that I wrote an article about the competing new Iconic bus designs such as the Volvo SRM and
Enviro400H City, the problem is though that TFL won’t buy them because
ultimately it's down to the decision of the bus company to buy them. We'll have
to wait and see what happens, and we may never know whether Go Ahead London might
buy them.
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