London Bus Tender Awards: New Electric Buses For Route 153

Volvo BZL electric - TfL bus graphics standard

As we are in another pre-election period for the UK General Election, Transport for London (TfL) has announced a round of London Bus tender awards where route 153 is expected to convert to single-deck electric buses as part of the new contract awarded to Metroline.

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

Route 121
Retained by: Arriva London North
Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR): 22
Vehicles: Existing diesel double deck
Contract start date: 1st February 2025
Contract end date: 28th January 2028

Route 153
Current operator: Go-Ahead London General
New operator: Metroline
PVR: 9
Vehicles: New electric single deck
Contract start date: 1st February 2025
Contract end date: 30th January 2032

Routes 160/660
Retained by: Stagecoach Selkent
PVR: 14
Vehicles: Existing electric double deck
Contract start date: 21st September 2024
Contract end date: 17th September 2027

Route 180
Retained by: Stagecoach Selkent
PVR: 17
Vehicles: Existing electric & existing hybrid double deck
Contract start date: 5th October 2024
Contract end date: 1st October 2027

Route 278
Retained by: Transport UK West London
PVR: 12
Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck
Contract start date: 7th December 2024
Contract end date: 3rd December 2027

Route 290
Retained by: RATP Dev London United
PVR: 7
Vehicles: Existing electric single deck*
Contract start date: 5th October 2024
Contract end date: 1st October 2027

Route W6
Retained by: Arriva London North
PVR: 9
Vehicles: Existing diesel single deck
Contract start date: 1st February 2025
Contract end date: 28th January 2028

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

The diesel and hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.

As this is another short article, here are the highlights of my posts on X (formerly known as Twitter).

#Transport for #London press release:
TfL celebrates 25 years since the Jubilee line extension connected the West End and London Docklandshttps://t.co/acZCdoo7SK pic.twitter.com/8k6WTh6b7M

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) May 14, 2024

#London #Transport (LT) News (No. 47 - February 28 1975) clipping:
The launch of the test run of the 1973 Tube Stock for the London Underground Piccadilly line. pic.twitter.com/PP9xIJ6MqQ

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) May 15, 2024

#London #Transport (LT) News (No. 164 - January 18 1980) clipping:
The introduction of the London Underground D78 Stock for the District line. pic.twitter.com/DpJxgNhaut

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) May 17, 2024

#London #Transport (LT) News (No. 24, March 22 1974) clipping:
The launch of the companion passes for the wives and husbands of LT staff.
'Green light' for women bus drivers at LT.
LT's recruitment drive on television for guards for the Underground services. pic.twitter.com/ltIAUFbQO8

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) May 20, 2024

#London #Transport (LT) Magazine (Vol. 26, No.1 - April 1972) clipping:
The launch of the experimental battery-electric bus with a capacity of 26 passengers and a range of 35 miles. A feature on the AEC Regent I bus, ST922 (GJ 2098), built in 1930. pic.twitter.com/amGXvL8Bll

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) May 21, 2024

#London #Transport (LT) News (No. 413 - December 17 1992) clipping:
London Buses Ltd. subsidiary company East London won an award from the Commercial Motor ICI Autocar and Coach Livery of the Year 1992 for their route D11 Docklands Express livery. pic.twitter.com/tCUmr0qUrA

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) May 22, 2024

#London Regional #Transport (LRT) News (No. 369 - April 21 1989) clipping:
As certain bus services in London appear in different colours due to competitive tendering, London Underground plans to refurbish the interiors of their rolling stock and add red, white and blue liveries. pic.twitter.com/2uQGkZFmuh

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) May 23, 2024

#London #Transport (LT) News (No. 89 - December 3 1976) clipping:
LT plans to purchase Leyland National, Titans and MCW-Scania Metropolitan buses, and the reasons why they purchase conventional buses for one-person operation services. pic.twitter.com/Q7EWSGVSVj

— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) May 24, 2024

The consultation report is released.

My tweet has been mentioned in the social media section of the report.

Thanks TfL 🙂https://t.co/zJCdaZmf1u https://t.co/lBX8UeaShV pic.twitter.com/AuEITpZ31I

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