London Bus Tender Awards: Electric Buses for Routes R1, R2, R3, R4, R8, R11, U1, U2 and U3

The recent London Bus Tender Awards for the middle of March 2024 have revealed that routes R1, R2, R3, R4, R8, R11, U1, U2 and U3 will be using zero-emission electric buses.

Monday 11 March 2024
LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:

Route R1
Retained by: Go-Ahead London Metrobus
Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR): 6
Vehicles: New electric single deck
Contract start date: 29th March 2025
Contract end date: 26th March 2032

Route R2
Retained by: Go-Ahead London Metrobus
PVR: 4
Vehicles: New electric single deck
Contract start date: 29th March 2025
Contract end date: 26th March 2032

Route R3
Retained by: Go-Ahead London Metrobus
PVR: 6
Vehicles: New electric single deck
Contract start date: 29th March 2025
Contract end date: 26th March 2032

Route R4
Retained by: Go-Ahead London Metrobus
PVR: 6
Vehicles: New electric single deck
Contract start date: 29th March 2025
Contract end date: 26th March 2032

Route R8
Retained by: Go-Ahead London Metrobus
PVR: 2
Vehicles: New electric single deck
Contract start date: 29th March 2025
Contract end date: 26th March 2032

Route R11
Retained by: Go-Ahead London Metrobus
PVR: 10
Vehicles: New electric single deck
Contract start date: 29th March 2025
Contract end date: 26th March 2032

14th March 2024
LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:

Route 150
Retained by: Arriva London North
PVR: 15
Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck
Contract start date: 12th October 2024
Contract end date: 8th October 2027

Route 175
Retained by: Arriva London North
PVR: 14
Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck
Contract start date: 12th October 2024
Contract end date: 8th October 2027

Routes 406/418
Retained by: RATP Dev London United
PVR: 14
Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck
Contract start date: 29th June 2024
Contract end date: 25th June 2027

Routes U1*/U2*
Retained by: Metroline West
PVR: TBC*
Vehicles: New electric single deck
Contract start date: 26th October 2024
Contract end date: 24th October 2031

Route U3*
Retained by: Metroline West
PVR: TBC*
Vehicles: New electric double deck
Contract start date: 26th October 2024
Contract end date: 24th October 2031

* Please note that the final routes to be awarded and associated PVRs are subject to the review of responses in respect of the ‘Proposals to reroute U1, U2, U3 and E7 in Hillingdon’ consultation. The outcome of this review will be published in due course.

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.

You can view the Hillingdon consultation, which has been closed since 21st December 2023 on the TfL website.

Here are the highlights of my tweets on Twitter/X:

#TfL Press Release:
New generation of iBus set to enhance bus travel in #London

New £160m iBus contract signed, replacing system that has been operating for 17 years and introducing new technologyhttps://t.co/NOI6N8xyOz pic.twitter.com/84yuL54iJJ

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) March 4, 2024

KMB's electric bus fleet has reduced carbon emissions by 3,000 metric tons. A new model of double-decker electric bus (@ADLbus Enviro500EV) will be put into service. The passenger capacity is the highest among new energy buses in Hong Kong.https://t.co/Uae6u10AIA pic.twitter.com/KArk2FOal5

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) March 5, 2024

Highlights of the agenda reports pack (including the Commissioner's Report) for the 6 March 2024 #Transport for #London Board meeting.https://t.co/SZknTuJpnw
Updates on:
Line names for the Overground
Central line train availability
New Piccadilly line trains
Bus SENSE
and more pic.twitter.com/c4SMu5SS1e

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) March 6, 2024

#Transport for #London (#TfL) Freedom of Information release:#Superloop posters and bus livery drawings for routes SL1, SL2, SL3, SL4, SL5, SL6, SL7, SL8, SL9 & SL10https://t.co/u1QXsEKfOy
1/3 🧵 pic.twitter.com/YSsHM56vi4

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) March 11, 2024

#TfL Press release:#London’s pioneering new network of express bus services, the #Superloop, now circles the entire capitalhttps://t.co/U5qcduwz8x https://t.co/Tw1419bPsA pic.twitter.com/pl5oxxI0hf

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) March 12, 2024

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