Where Can I Catch The London Transport Museum's Branded Electric Bus?

 

LT Museum Bus Wrap - © TfL/LTM

The London Transport Museum (LTM) unveiled their new colourful roundel since mid-July 2024, incorporating all the colours of Transport for London's (TfL) transport modes.

In collaboration with TfL and Transport UK London (formerly Abellio London), they have unveiled a fully electric LT Museum branded bus to promote their new roundel on London routes 133 (Streatham to Holborn), 306 (Acton Vale to Sands End) and C3 (Clapham Junction to Earl's Court Tesco).

TfL Reveals Detailed Information About the 464 Feeder Bus Service

Route 464 runs from Tatsfield to New Addington. You can view the map and the timetable on the Bus Times website, as well as the history of the bus route on the London Bus Route Histories website. As part of route 464 is on diversion, it has been revealed that Thames Water is providing a feeder bus service out of their funds.

Taking a look through the Freedom of Information disclosure log on the Transport for London (TfL) website, they have published information about the route 464 feeder bus service in south of Greater London.

My article is in response to BusAndTrainUser's article reviewing his experience with the 464 feeder bus service.

London Bus Tender Awards: New Electric Buses For Routes 34, 172, 257 & Superloop SL1

The recent London Bus Tender Awards has revealed that routes 34, 172, 257 and Superloop SL1 will be using new double-deck electric buses.

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

Route 34
Retained by: Arriva London North
Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR): 18
Vehicles: New electric double deck
Contract Start Date: 9th November 2024
Contract End Date: 7th November 2031

The First London Bus Tender Awards Of 2024: Route 211 To Continue Using New Routemasters

Extract from TfL's bus graphic standard.

I hope you all had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.

The first London Bus Tender Awards of the year 2024 have revealed that route 211 will continue to use three-door, two-staircase hybrid New Routemaster buses, with Abellio London gaining the contract.

London Bus Tender Awards: Stagecoach Retains Route 388 With Existing Hybrid Buses

Transport for London (TfL) has released the London Bus tender awards for the 11th April 2023.

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

London Bus Tender Awards: RATP London Transit Retains Route 23 And Abellio London To Take Over Route C3 With New Electric Buses

This is a short article unveiling the latest London Bus Tender Awards, as we see route 23 retained by RATP London Transit with existing electric double deck and Abellio London to take over route C3 with new double deck electric buses.

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

London Bus Tender Awards: Route 307 to Receive New Double-deck Electric Buses and Elizabeth Line’s Main Central Core to Open on 24th May 2022

Route 307 which serves the north of Greater London from Barnet Hospital to Brimsdown Station will soon be operated with new double-deck electric buses as part of the new contract won by Arriva London.

LBSL intends to enter into a new contract for the following route with the operator listed below:

London Bus Tender Awards: Route 248 Awarded To Arriva London With Existing New Routemasters – Route 111 to be served with Wrightbus Electroliners

It’s been a while since Transport for London (TfL) announced a new London Bus tender awards, which was delayed due to funding renewal issues with the Department for Transport (DfT), as mentioned in my previous article last month (February 2022).

 

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

TfL Launches ‘Enhanced Customer Specification Electric Buses’ on Route 63

It’s been nearly two months since I’ve published an article on my website due to the fact that I’ve been posting on Twitter more often, and also because there hasn’t really been any interesting bus related news to report on, due to TfL’s current financial situation.

TfL Press Release:

New green, productivity boosting buses introduced – but no more will be delivered until a long-term funding deal is secured

New route 63 buses include a host of customer-friendly features to make bus travel an even more attractive alternative to the car

A fleet of new, higher specification all-electric buses are being introduced on a key London bus route to encourage even more people back on to public transport as London recovers from the pandemic.

The new ultra-modern buses were first developed around two years ago, and are a sign of what the future of buses could be if the Government agrees a long term funding deal with Transport for London (TfL). Without a deal, the less green and increasingly ageing bus fleet will have to remain on the roads.

Why do I like to see different variants of the BYD-ADL Enviro400EV City, as recently launched on route 63 in London?

It's been over a month since I've posted an article on my website, so I decided to post a review and express my thoughts about it.

On the 20th December 2021, the new BYD-ADL Enviro400EV City launched on route 63 operated by Abellio London from Walworth (WL) garage.

London Bus Tender Awards: Routes 119 & 264 To Be Served Using New Double-Deck Electric Buses and Arrival Of The New Double-Deck Electric Bus In Hong Kong

It’s been over a month since TfL announced the new London Bus Tender awards. Here are the recent tender awards which will include new double-deck electric buses for routes 119 and 264.

 

London Bus Tender Awards: Route 111 Confirmed To Use New Electric Buses

A recent London Bus tender award has confirmed route 111 (Kingston to Heathrow Airport via Hounslow) will convert to new double-deck electric buses by next year.

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

London Buses Tender Awards: Route 55 to Continue Using Hybrid New Routemasters - Routes 322 & 433 to Use Electric Single Deck Buses

Summary

• Existing hybrid New Routemasters (NRMs) will continue to operate with Stagecoach,
• Routes 322 and 433 will use single deck electric buses with Abellio,
• The rest of the tender awards reveal bus operators will use existing buses for their route contracts,
• BYD & Alexander Dennis jointly announce a new order of 195 electric buses by RATP Dev London.

The recent London Buses tender awards have revealed route 55 will continue to use three-door, two-staircase hybrid New Routemasters with Stagecoach London.

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

London Bus Tender Awards: Routes 148 & 415 to Continue Using New Routemasters and Route U5 to Convert to Double-Deck Electrics

The new tender awards have revealed routes 148 and 415 will continue to use three-door, two-staircase hybrid buses known as New Routemasters (NRMs) for their new contracts with RATP London United and Abellio.

LBSL intends to enter into a new contract for the following route with the operator listed below:

Electric buses rollout continues with announcement of mid-November London Bus tender awards

TfL has announced the latest London Bus tender awards for November 2020 with more routes converting to double deck electric buses. This is a followup to my previous article.

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

The London Bus Tender awards, an update from Crossrail, the UK Government’s Coronavirus Transport support package & TfL to place staff on furlough

Here’s a brief transport update with regards to the Coronavirus pandemic.

First of all, the new London Bus Tender awards have finally been announced and it seems to be a huge ‘retains’ by various bus operators using existing hybrid double decks and Euro VI single deck buses.

London bus tender awards for early October 2019

This is a brief news update for London buses.

TfL has announced the London buses tender awards as bus operators Metroline and Stagecoach retained their routes respectively and Abellio lost their K1 contract to RATP-Dev London United with new diesel single deck buses.

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

London bus tender awards for mid August 2019 and pure electric double-deck bus for Reading Buses

TfL has recently revealed the new London bus tender awards and Abellio have won nearly all the new contracts.

London bus routes C10 & P5 to go electric

The new tender awards have revealed that routes C10 and P5 are set to go zero emission electric by next year.

Notification of Tender Results

15th May 2019

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

Network Rail’s vision for the greener network and new overhead wires for Southend Victoria Line

Here’s some railway news from Network rail because there isn’t much bus news to report on.

From Network Rail

We own, operate and develop 20,000 miles of track across Britain and that’s just the start. With such far-reaching infrastructure, we have a responsibility to limit our impact on the environment as best we can.

We’ve made significant progress in sustainability over the past year, diverting 94% of our waste from landfill.