London Bus Tender Awards: Route 86/N86 Retained With New Double-Deck Electric Buses

A new London Bus Tender Award by Transport for London (TfL) reveals a bus route in East London will be served with new double-deck electric buses.

LBSL intends to enter into a new contract for the following route with the operator listed below:

Route	Current Operator	New Operator	PVR	Vehicles
86/N86	Stagecoach East London	Stagecoach East London	30	New electric double deck

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 contract as follows:

15th July 2023 - 12th July 2030

As Stagecoach London retained their contract to operate route 86 with new double-deck electric buses, they have an option to use the Enviro400EV City jointly manufactured by BYD and Alexander Dennis (ADL) or a brand-new ADL Enviro400EV integral with a new body design.

New Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV and Enviro100EV feature next-generation electric driveline and future-proof battery systemhttps://t.co/KmtEjsFTAm pic.twitter.com/dmPv9E7Adv

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) November 1, 2022

I will post a review on the new ADL Enviro400EV integral in due course.

In other news, I’ve tweeted a vacancy from the TfL Careers website, as TfL is seeking a candidate to hire a new senior brand development manager for London buses.

Careers at #TfL
Senior Bus Brand Development Manager 040528
Organisation - Contracts and Tendering
Job - Senior Manager
Position Type - Full Time
The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 13th November 2022https://t.co/5v3BdcxKY5 pic.twitter.com/jJ9i41nfqw

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) November 8, 2022

If anyone working in TfL reads the articles on my website and my Twitter, you’re welcome to take on my ideas to improve your services.

I’ll wrap up the article by showing you a few more tweets from last week, which were showcased at the Euro Bus Expo in Birmingham’s NEC Arena.

Alexander Dennis unveils first Enviro400FCEV next-generation hydrogen bus for launch customer Liverpool City Regionhttps://t.co/loaHayGPoR pic.twitter.com/SJaQpkEwht

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) November 1, 2022

Equipmake Showcases Sector-Leading Repower Technology With Fully-electric New Routemaster Bushttps://t.co/K7qkJR5HpS pic.twitter.com/uLpIxBtt56

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) November 1, 2022

It's been challenging to keep this project under wraps.
The 1st electric repowered New Routemaster, unveiled today at #eurobusexpo with @TfL and @theapcuk

LT11 will return to London on route 390 by Metroline for in-service trials.#londonbus #ElectricVehicles #electricbus pic.twitter.com/2aK6qJdX2V

— Equipmake Ltd. (@Equipmake) November 1, 2022

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