As
the London hybrid bus fleet is increasing, I will update you with the next
route conversions to hybrid buses.
Here’s
the table of hybrid bus conversions; I collected the information from London Bus Routes service changes page.
Route
|
Hybrid
Bus type
|
Operator
|
Expected
date
|
1
|
Unknown
|
Go
Ahead London
|
1st October 2016
|
14
|
Unknown
|
Go
Ahead London
|
19th November 2016
|
21
|
Unknown
|
Go
Ahead London
|
8th October 2016
|
26
|
Enviro400H
City
|
CT
Plus
|
25th June 2016
|
53
|
Enviro400H
MMC
|
Stagecoach
|
23rd July 2016
|
63
|
Unknown
|
Go
Ahead London
|
12th November 2016
|
72
|
Unknown
|
London
United
|
3rd September 2016
|
74
|
Unknown
|
Go
Ahead London
|
19th November 2016
|
85
|
Volvo
B5LH/Gemini 3
|
London
United
|
2nd July 2016
|
114
|
Volvo
B5LH/Gemini 3
|
Metroline
|
3rd September 2016
|
133
|
Unknown*
|
Arriva
London
|
21st January 2017
|
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
|
Late
June 2016**
|
333
|
Unknown
|
Arriva
London
|
21st January 2017
|
363
|
Unknown
|
Go
Ahead London
|
12th November 2016
|
430
|
Unknown
|
Go
Ahead London
|
19th November 2016
|
*Mixed
with existing hybrid buses from other routes.
**Conversion
has already started for route 211, it's not known when the route conversion
will be completed.
Yes! The New
Routemaster conversions are still going ahead despite the new London Mayor’s
opposition to the 3 door 2 staircase hybrid bus. He stated that he won’t be making any more new
purchases of New Routemaster buses.
Now for a quick news
update from LOTS.
Sunday 5 June
The
conversion to LT on route 91 is now
complete and that on the 211 about
half-done. A fourth BYD electric
double-deck is now in use at Metroline; although there are four it is rare to have more than one in service on
route 98 at any one time.
New London United VHs
continue to arrive although
most go to store, The first five of
CTPlus’ new E400H-City buses (batch 2501-21) for route 26 have now been
delivered. Commencement of delivery of Stagecoach’s
E40H/ E400MMCs (batch 12365-400) for route 53 is imminent. These will allow
diesel E400s to go to Romford for route 86.
What it needs is an
increase of zero emission buses in
order to cut down on diesel emissions in the Central London area. There should
also be an increase in hybrid buses, for example, the bus routes that serve
Romford still have diesel buses! But hopefully in the near future when the next
tender comes, we might see some hybrid cast offs from routes which served the
Inner London area.
Here’s
an update on the tender awards from TFL:
LBSL
intends to enter into the following contracts:
Tranche
547
Route
|
Current
Operator
|
New
Operator
|
Current PVR
|
Award PVR
|
Vehicle
type
|
Contract
Start Date
|
235
|
Abellio
West London
|
Metroline
|
21
|
20
|
New
Euro VI diesel single deck
|
7th
January 2017
|
237
|
Metroline
|
Metroline
|
20
|
21
|
2010
Euro V diesel double deck
|
7th
January 2017
|
696
|
London
United
|
London
United
|
2
|
2
|
2008
Euro IV diesel double deck (a)
|
21st
January 2017
|
H26
|
Abellio
West London
|
Abellio
West London
|
4
|
5
|
New
Euro VI diesel single deck
|
7th
January 2017
|
(a)
Vehicles currently allocated to route 131.
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