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Tuesday, 2 July 2024

London Bus Tender Awards: New Electric Buses For Routes 268 And 287, And New Electric Bus Orders By First Bus And Stagecoach

A screenshot of New Routemaster buses on Google's reCAPTCHA

As we are in July and close to the General Election in the UK, Transport for London (TfL) has announced a new round of London Bus tender awards, which reveal that the three-door, two-staircase hybrid New Routemaster will continue on route 68 and new electric buses will launch on routes 268 and 287.

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

Route 68/N68
Retained By: Transport UK London
Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR): 21
Vehicles: Existing New Routemaster
Contract Start Date: 29th March 2025
Contract End Date: 29th March 2030

Route 94 (24h)
Retained By: RATP Dev London United
PVR: 18
Vehicles: Existing electric double deck
Contract Start Date: 7th December 2024
Contract End Date: 5th December 2031

Route 225
Current Operator: Go-Ahead London Central
New Operator: Stagecoach Selkent
PVR: 6
Vehicles: Existing diesel single deck
Contract Start Date: 15th March 2025
Contract End Date: 17th March 2028

Route 268
Retained By: Metroline
PVR: 6
Vehicles: New electric single deck
Contract Start Date: 7th June 2025
Contract End Date: 4th June 2032

Route 287
Retained By: Stagecoach East London
PVR: 8
Vehicles: New electric double deck
Contract Start Date: 22nd March 2025
Contract End Date: 19th March 2032

Route 468
Retained By: Arriva London South
PVR: 24
Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck
Contract Start Date: 29th March 2025
Contract End Date: 29th March 2030

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), which include new electric bus orders by First Group and Stagecoach.

I invite you to follow me on X by searching for @CLondoner92 or by clicking on the direct link to my X page here. I'm also on BlueSky and Mastodon.

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