New Routemasters for East London Transit!

A couple of weeks ago I published an article suggesting that New Routemaster routes should have a branded bus service, then out of the blue TfL decides to have East London Transit routes with New Routemaster buses that have 3 doors and 2 staircases.

Route 48 is also listed for New Routemaster conversion and a follow up with various routes converting to standard hybrid buses.

Government awards £30 million funding for low emission buses

Bus operators, local authorities and transport authorities took part in bidding for funds for new low emission buses.

2016 London Tour bus prices

As we are now in the summer, I've published the chart below showing you the 2016 update of the comparison of the Tour bus companies operating in London.

London Buses route 96 and Fastrack between Dartford and Bluewater

On this article, I’ll be explaining about the section of Route 96 which goes from Dartford to Bluewater Shopping Centre non-stop.

TfL to license their contactless ticketing system

TfL and Cubic agree to license the use of London Transport's contactless ticketing system worldwide.

From TFL Press release

Transport for London (TfL) has announced its world-class contactless ticketing system is set to be used by other major cities across the globe as part of a deal worth up to £15m, which will be used to help deliver a fares freeze that the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has announced across TfL services for the next four years.

Update on routes 108, 135, 277, D3, D7 & D8

This is a follow up to my previous article about the Tower Hamlets consultation.

Below is an update from the TFL Consultations as they have released the reports for changes to routes 108, 135, 277, D3, D7 & D8.

New Routemaster conductors to be cut

This is a follow up to my previous article titled ‘£2 million higher fuel cost for New Routemasters’.

More bad news just in concerning the 3 door 2 staircase hybrid bus called the New Routemaster. (NRM)

Today (July 11th 2016) the news has broken that TFL will be cutting all of their conductors as part of TFL’s plan to freeze fares and to have a 1 hour bus ticket scheme.

New Routemaster routes branded as their own network?

This is a follow up to my previous article showing the list of routes served with New Routemaster (NRM) routes.

As the number of New Routemaster routes has increased to 25, I do think they should have a specific branded service which is similar to the East London Transit and Fastrack Bus Rapid Transit scheme and the old Red Arrow service.

Bus routes served with New Routemaster buses

The 8 prototypes

Below I've compiled a list of London Bus routes served with a 3 door 2 staircase hybrid bus called the New Routemaster (NRM).

£2 million higher fuel cost for New Routemasters

This is a short update regarding the 3 door 2 staircase hybrid bus called the New Routemaster.

According to the Finance and Policy committee which will be held on 8th July 2016, which links to a paper titled ‘Operational and Financial Performance and Investment Programme Reports – Fourth Quarter 2015/16’, they say: