New tender awards for London Bus
routes have just come in with big retains for London United, London General,
Metrobus and Quality Line.
LBSL
intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators
listed below:
|
Route
|
Current Operator
|
New Operator
|
PVR
|
Vehicles
|
|
33 (24h)
|
London United
|
London United
|
18
|
2010 Euro V diesel single deck
|
|
88 (24h)
|
London General
|
London General
|
23
|
2015 Euro VI New Routemaster
|
|
118
|
London General
|
London General
|
13
|
2010 Euro V diesel double deck
|
|
170
|
London General
|
London General
|
20
|
New Euro VI diesel single deck*
|
|
220 (24h)
|
London United
|
London United
|
25
|
2012 Euro V diesel double deck
|
|
355
|
Metrobus
|
Metrobus
|
2
|
New Euro VI diesel single deck
|
|
419
|
London United
|
London United
|
6
|
2010 Euro V diesel single deck
|
|
470
|
Quality Line
|
Quality Line
|
7
|
2012 Euro V diesel single deck
|
*
8 vehicles are Euro V built 2010.
Contracts
will commence on the following dates:
21st
October 2017: Route 220
11th
November 2017: Routes 33 & 419
18th
November 2017: Route 470
9th
December 2017: Routes 88, 170 & 355
3rd
February 2018: Route 118
Worth noting: London United and
Quality Line are owned by RATP-Dev whereas Metrobus and London General are
owned by Go-Ahead Group.
The only hybrid from the new contracts
is on route 88 because they will continue to use the three-door two-staircase
hybrid New Routemaster buses.
This was a quick London Bus news
update - the source of the tender awards is the LOTS news page.
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