London Bus Tender Awards: Electric Buses For Route 143 And New Routemasters To Continue On Routes 253/N253 and 254

As we are approaching the end of July 2023, the London Bus Tender Awards have revealed that route 143 will convert to new single-deck electric buses, and routes 253/N253 and 254 will continue to use New Routemasters.

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

London Bus Tender Awards: New Electric Buses For Routes 58, 113/N113 & 277/N277, And New Routemasters For Route 215

As we are in the middle of July 2023, the London Bus Tender Awards has revealed that routes 58, 113/N113 and 277/N277 will be served using new double-deck electric buses, and route 215 will be converted to a three-door, two-staircase hybrid bus named New Routemaster.

London Bus Tender Awards: New Electric Buses For Routes 101, 262, 396, 439, 473 & E6

Route branding livery for London Bus Express Route X26

As we are in July 2023, Transport for London has announced on the new London Bus Tender Awards that routes 101, 262, 396, 439, 473 and E6 will be using new electric buses by next year (2024).

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

Suggestion: I Believe It’s Time for a New Regional Transport Body for the South East of England?

I've had this idea in my head for the past few years, and I’ve been saying it on Twitter for the past several months.

I would like to suggest that it’s time for a new transport authority for the South East of England (including Greater London and the Home Counties) to subsume TfL (including all their responsibilities listed below), various transport responsibilities by the local authorities (London Borough, Local, County Councils etc.), certain sub-national transport bodies (i.e. England’s Economic Heartland, Transport East & Transport for the South East), and the railway services of the former Network SouthEast.