Thursday 27 October 2022

London Bus Tender Awards: 21/N21 Retained With Existing New Routemasters, 185 To Use New Double-deck Electric Buses And 346 Won By Stagecoach.

As we approach the end of October, Transport for London (TfL) have recently announced a new list of London Bus tender awards.

LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:

Route

Current Operator

New Operator

PVR

Vehicles

21/N21

London Central

London Central

24

Existing New Routemaster

185/108D

London Central

London Central

23

New electric double deck

346

Blue Triangle

Stagecoach East London

3

Existing diesel single deck


The diesel & hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.

The new electric vehicles may enter service after the contract start date, dependent on infrastructure and/or vehicle delivery timescales.

The start and end dates for the above contracts are detailed in the following table:

Route

Contract Start Date

Contract End Date

21/N21

7th October 2023

6th October 2028

185/108D

30th September 2023

27th September 2030

346

30th September 2023

27th September 2030


To know more about the London Bus Tendering system, you can read the document on the TfL website.

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