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| Routes N550 & N551 will be the next to convert to the E400H City buses |
As we are now in November, TfL has announced the London Bus route tender awards for the start of the month.
From LOTS news:
LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:
| Route | Current Operator | New Operator | PVR | Vehicles |
| 30 | Tower Transit | Metroline | 23 | New Euro VI hybrid double deck |
| 231 | London General | Metroline | 7 | Existing diesel double deck (a) |
| 327 | London General | Sullivan Buses | 1 | 2010 Euro V diesel single deck |
| 389/399 | London General | Sullivan Buses | 0* | New Euro VI diesel single deck |
| 491 | London General | Metroline | 9 | Existing diesel single deck (b) |
| D6 | Docklands Buses | CT Plus | 14 | New Euro VI diesel single deck |
| D8 | Docklands Buses | Tower Transit | 9 | 2011 Euro V diesel double deck |
| R9 | Metrobus | Metrobus | 3 | 2011 Euro V diesel single deck |
| N550 | Tower Transit | CT Plus | 0** | 2017 Euro VI hybrid double deck |
| N551 | Tower Transit | CT Plus | 0** | 2017 Euro VI hybrid double deck |
* Interpeak only route using a bus from route 299.
** Night only route using buses from route 388.
(a) 6 Euro IV built 2009 + 2 Euro V built 2011 (TVR 8).
(b) 1 Euro IV built 2009 + 9 Euro V built 2011/12 (TVR 10).
The above contracts will commence on the following dates:
- 7th April 2018: Route 389/399.
- 2nd June 2018: Route 491.
- 9th June 2018: Routes 231 & 327.
- 23rd June 2018: Route 30.
- 18th August 2018: Route R9.
- 1st September 2018: Routes N550 & N551.
- 15th September 2018: Routes D6 & D8.
A quick note: Metrobus, London General and Dockland’s Buses are a subsidiary of Go-Ahead London.
This means N550 and N551 will be using the Enviro400H City buses as they are used on routes 388. The DNA of the New Routemaster lives on in the Enviro400 City which is manufactured by Alexander Dennis.
This was just a quick London Bus news update.
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