As we are approaching the end of August, the recent London Bus Tender Awards have revealed that routes 171/N171 will use new double-deck electric buses, and Metroline will operate routes 327 and W9 which were previously operated by Sullivan Buses.
LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:
Route 45
Retained by: Transport UK London
Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR): TBC
Vehicles: Existing hybrid double deck
Contract Start Date: 1st February 2025
Contract End Date: 1st February 2030
Route 171/N171
Retained by: Go-Ahead London Central
PVR: 15
Vehicles: New electric double deck
Contract Start Date: 26th April 2025
Contract End Date: 23rd April 2032
Route 327
Previous Operator: Sullivan Buses
New Operator: Metroline
PVR: 1
Vehicles: Existing diesel single deck
Contract Start Date: 31st August 2024
Contract End Date: 27th August 2027
Route W9
Previous Operator: Sullivan Buses
New Operator: Metroline
PVR: 8
Vehicles: Existing diesel single deck
Contract Start Date: 21st September 2024
Contract End Date: 17th September 2027
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.
It will be interesting to see which make and model of double-deck electric bus will be chosen by Go-Ahead London for route 171/N171 as part of their contract renewal. I have posted a thread on X listing the make and models of each double-deck electric bus.
Here are the highlights of my posts on X (formerly known as Twitter) and BlueSky. If you have an account on X and BlueSky, you are welcome to like and retweet my posts.ScotRail Peak fare removal pilot report published
— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) August 20, 2024
Transport Scotland has today published the analysis of its ScotRail Peak Fare Removal Pilot, which shows a limited degree of success.https://t.co/Wivyev2OkJ pic.twitter.com/Gln5tBAa0M
#TfL Freedom of Information release:
— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) August 21, 2024
Fold Street Station
"Ahead of the collaboration going live, TfL also engaged with Govia Thameslink so staff can assist customers interchanging between their services and the Underground station."https://t.co/nu45DXm9Hv pic.twitter.com/HeEUJZrbnY
#Transport #Scotland: Supporting Smart Ticketing and Travel Information
— CLondoner92 (@CLondoner92) August 21, 2024
"Reflecting on views from the public, local transport authorities, operators and the newly established National Smart Ticketing Advisory Board..."https://t.co/6IkhiQ5aZY pic.twitter.com/vZml6ssptW
#London #Transport (LT) News (No. 67 - January 2 1976) clipping: The first of LT's MCW-Scania Metropolitan double-deck buses (fleet code MD) were delivered to the Aldenham works, which passed the 28 degree lean test minimum.
— CLondoner92 (@clondoner92.bsky.social) Aug 26, 2024 at 15:40
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UK Government Find A Tender - Future opportunity TfL_scp_002495 Bus Innovation "This should be a simple 'seat counter' display, with the number of seats available clearly shown." Estimated date of publication of contract notice: 10 February 2025 www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/02540...
— CLondoner92 (@clondoner92.bsky.social) Aug 27, 2024 at 01:33
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