Monday 31 July 2023

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:

Route

Current Operator

New Operator

PVR

Vehicles

143

Metroline

Metroline

14

New electric single deck

253/N253

Arriva London North

Arriva London North

19

Existing New Routemaster

254

Arriva London North

Arriva London North

23

Existing New Routemaster

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

The 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

143

22nd June 2024

20th June 2031

253/N253

1st June 2024

1st June 2029

254

1st June 2024

1st June 2029

As this is another short article announcing the new London Bus Tender Awards, I'll wrap up with a roundup of my tweets posted on Twitter/X.


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