Monday 5 December 2022

London Bus Tender Awards: Route 38 To Continue Using New Routemasters And New Single-Deck Electric Buses For Routes 316 & P12

This is a brief update on the London Buses tender award as we see route 38 retained by Arriva with existing New Routemasters and routes 316 & P12 will be converted to new single-deck electric buses.

 

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

Route

Current Operator

New Operator

PVR

Vehicles

1/N1

London Central

London Central

23

Existing hybrid double deck

38/N38

Arriva London North

Arriva London North

36

Existing New Routemaster

42

London Central

London Central

10

Existing hybrid double deck

221

Arriva London North

Arriva London North

23

Existing hybrid double deck

316

Metroline

Metroline West

18

New electric single deck

P12

London Central

London Central

11

New electric single deck

 

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

 

All of the diesel & hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.

 

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

 

Route

Contract Start Date

Contract End Date

1/N1

30th September 2023

27th September 2030

38/N38

11th November 2023

10th November 2028

42

30th September 2023

27th September 2030

221

4th November 2023

1st November 2030

316

7th October 2023

4th October 2030

P12

7th October 2023

4th October 2030

 

It will be interesting to see the new makes and models of the new single-deck electric buses for routes 316 and P12.

 

I conclude the article by showing you some tweets of new electric bus orders by Metroline.

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