Bus types revealed for new London Bus routes - 13, 360 and 388

Route 13 will be using buses of this design

As the real route 13 will be withdrawn soon and route 82 will be renumbered to 13 in order to retain the route 13 identity, London Bus Routes has revealed the bus type for the new route 13 contract.

Tower Transit wins route 13 (re-numbered from 82) contract!

As we enter Sept we have new tender awards for the London Bus operators and we will see new changes to bus services coming in 2017.

Quick Update on London Buses Route 13

This is a follow up from my previous article.

The good news is that London Buses Route 13 will not be axed due to political intervention from the GLA’s Mayor of London; this is because of the upcoming General Election.

LOTS (London Omnibus Traction Society) have reported:

London Buses route 13 to be cut under new proposed changes

EDIT: Update on route 13 is on this link.

TFL is consulting with its users about the proposed changes for London Bus routes 13, 82, 113, 139, 189, N13 and N113.

In the consultation it says: