Since I
haven’t published any news updates for a few days, I’ve decided to use the list
from the London Bus Routes Service Changes page to show you the up-and-coming routes with new buses.
I’ve colour coded the routes on the table
to show the type of new buses:
|
Hybrid
|
New Routemaster
|
Zero emission
|
Mixed fleet
|
Diesel/unknown
|
No. of routes
|
13
|
7
|
1
|
7
|
20
|
Route
|
Details
|
Expected date
|
1
|
Dec 2016
|
|
2
|
1 Apr 17
|
|
19
|
1 Apr 17
|
|
21
|
November
|
|
48
|
25 Feb 17
|
|
58
|
4 Mar 17
|
|
72
|
?
|
|
76
|
28 Jan 17
|
|
82
|
1 Apr 17
|
|
110
|
29 Apr 17
|
|
133
|
21 Jan 17
|
|
167
|
11 Mar 17
|
|
235
|
7 Jan 17
|
|
236
|
29 Apr 17
|
|
242
|
25 Feb 17
|
|
249
|
1 Apr 17
|
|
254
|
Contract retained by Arriva London with 33 new
hybrid New Routemaster double deckers.
|
3 Jun 17
|
259
|
25 Mar 17
|
|
273
|
14 Jan 17
|
|
277
|
25 Feb 17
|
|
308
|
4 Mar 17
|
|
309
|
4 Mar 17
|
|
333
|
21 Jan 17
|
|
360
|
Oct 2017
|
|
362
|
11 Mar 17
|
|
380
|
21 Jan 17
|
|
388
|
21 Jan 17
|
|
394
|
29 Apr 17
|
|
397
|
11 Mar 17
|
|
413
|
3 Dec 16
|
|
427
|
8 Apr 17
|
|
462
|
25 Mar 17
|
|
464
|
20 May 17
|
|
487
|
Nov 2016
|
|
549
|
11 Mar 17
|
|
EL1
|
18 Feb 17
|
|
EL2
|
18 Feb 17
|
|
EL3
|
18 Feb 17
|
|
H26
|
7 Jan 17
|
|
R8
|
1 Apr 17
|
|
R11
|
1 Apr 17
|
|
S3
|
8 Apr 17
|
|
U9
|
31 Dec 16
|
|
W9
|
4 Feb 17
|
|
W11
|
4 Mar 17
|
|
W12
|
4 Mar 17
|
|
W13
|
11 Mar 17
|
|
If you
notice anything missing from the above table, then please let me know in the
comments section below.
It’s quite
interesting that 48 London Bus routes will be having new buses; this shows that
competitive tender has made it easier for London
Buses to have new buses at the start of the new contracts.
Here’s a news update from LOTS:
1) After the tragic accident involving tram
2551 on 9th November, tram service resumed to all destinations east of East
Croydon Station at about midday on Friday 18th. The temporary bus replacements
remained in being through the 18th and are also on standby for Saturday 19th.
2) New
buses for London continue to filter into service - LTs at SF, EHs and MHVs at PM, WHVs at MW and
AF, SEe’s at RA, VWHs at HD -and three more of what would have been Alperton’s
DELs have been added at Uxbridge. The
new E20Ds for Abellio route H20 and new StreetLites for London General route 39
are delivered for their contract renewals from the 19th but are still awaiting
entry into service.
3) Substantial route changes in London have
been rare in recent years but from the 19th the 436 was diverted as planned at
Vauxhall to run to Battersea Park instead of Paddington and the 452 is extended
up Wandsworth Road to Vauxhall. Two more
Friday & Saturday night services (307, 319) due to the ‘Night Tube’
programme, began on 18/19th, leaving just one (H32) of the initial batch of
routes, due to start on 16th December.
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