The new London Bus Tender Awards have revealed Tower Transit has retained route 13 with existing double deck hybrids and Metroline retained route 204 with new double deck electrics.
LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:
|
Route |
Current Operator |
New Operator |
PVR |
Vehicles |
|
13 (24h) |
Tower Transit |
Tower Transit |
22 |
Existing hybrid double deck |
|
204 |
Metroline |
Metroline |
15 |
New electric double deck |
The hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.
The above contracts will commence on the following dates:
2nd April 2022: Route 13.
30th April 2022: Route 204.
Recently, Wrightbus unveiled their new product the Streetdeck Electroliner BEV at the ITT Hub event in Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre which was held on 30th June and 1st July 2021. Wrightbus have relaunched their website to reveal their new zero-emission products on the same day of the event; they have also given a new name for their double deck hydrogen bus which is Streetdeck Hydroliner FCEV.
6 reasons to buy the @Wright_bus Zero-emission all-electric ELECTROLINER double-deck bus. #Wrightbus #Zeroemissions #Electroliner #decarbonisation pic.twitter.com/gd5JYZpuC8
— Wrightbus (@Wright_bus) July 1, 2021
Experience driving our World first Zero-emission hydrogen double deck bus, at @ITTHub, Farnborough (June 30th & July 1st).
— Wrightbus (@Wright_bus) June 30, 2021
Our @TfL friends have made our double-deck hydrogen bus available for drivers and passengers to experience.
#Hydrogenbus #Wrightbus #DrivingAGreenerFuture pic.twitter.com/2fMl6CNHey
This will give Metroline an option to purchase or lease the new Streetdeck Electroliner BEV for their new route 204 contract by next year. The other double deck electric models avaliable in the UK market are the BYD/ADL Enviro400EV City and Switch Mobility Metrodecker EV. These manufacturers also demonstrated their electric buses at the ITT Hub event on the same days.
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