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.

I’ll wrap up my short article by showing you some interesting tweets on Twitter.

Irizar e-mobility to electrify the first route in London using ultra-fast opportunity charging buses https://t.co/f5Lld4lvIH
More photos on Irizar emobility Flickr websitehttps://t.co/k7046DrTPp pic.twitter.com/6rSk0DdSqT

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) October 27, 2022

#TfL Press Release - New rapid, wireless bus charging technology introduced as part of the capital’s journey to zero emission

Pantograph technology now being used to rapidly charge buses on all-electric route 132https://t.co/FfDz8ER5Oa pic.twitter.com/ECEh1P7zAI

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) October 26, 2022

One week until @EuroBusExpo!

⚡ Exclusive preview of the new Alexander Dennis electric buses
💧 Launch of the Enviro400FCEV hydrogen bus
🚌 BYD ADL Enviro200EV tailored to requirements
♿ PSVAR-compliant Plaxton Leopard
🔧 Better-than-ever AD24

See you next week in Birmingham! pic.twitter.com/SlDQnZTNbe

— Alexander Dennis (@ADLbus) October 25, 2022

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