London Bus Tender Awards: New Double-Deck Electric Buses For Routes 321, 381/N381 & D7

A new announcement of the London Bus Tender Awards has revealed that routes 321, 381/N381, and D7 will be using new double-deck electric buses, and the existing New Routemasters will continue to be used on routes 32/N32 and 349.

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:

Suggestion: Why Inclusive Surcharge-free Data Roaming on Smartphones is Important for Overseas Tourists (& Vice Versa) to Navigate Public Transport, and To Purchase E-Tickets etc.

In this article I’m going to look at the technology which is heavily used for public transport by staff and passengers themselves.

As technology keeps advancing, increasing numbers of people are becoming dependent on smartphones for a range of different uses, such as journey planning (TfL Go), navigation (Google Maps), messaging (WhatsApp, Viber, etc.) and purchasing e-tickets, etc.

This article is in response to the London TravelWatch campaign on Digital Exclusion, as they stated that "1 in 6 people in London say they are unable to buy a ticket as they can’t use or don’t have access to a smartphone or internet connection".

Mayor of London Unveils The Superloop Brand To Launch New Orbital Express Bus Services In The Outer London Boroughs

A few days ago, the Mayor of London unveiled the new Superloop brand to launch new orbital express bus services for the Outer London boroughs, in an attempt to encourage more people to travel by bus.

From TfL press release:

• A major expansion of outer London’s bus network, the Superloop, would be made up of limited-stop express bus routes around outer London

• The Mayor has already committed to an increase of over one million kilometres in outer London ahead of the expansion of the lifesaving ULEZ in August

• The Superloop has been made possible by the extra £6m provided by the Mayor of London for even more improvements in outer London bus services

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today (Tuesday 28 March) announced plans for a network of limited-stop express bus routes that circle the entire capital - connecting outer London town centres, railway stations, hospitals and transport hubs, faster.

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: Arriva Loses Route 78 To Go-Ahead London And New Routemasters To Continue On Route 189

The recent London Bus Tender Awards have announced route 78 have been awarded to Go-Ahead London with existing hybrid buses.

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

Transport for London launches consultations to restructure bus services in Barnet, Brent, Havering, and Wandsworth

Transport for London (TfL) has launched multiple consultations to restructure bus services in the outer London boroughs.

From TfL press release:

TfL sets out further new proposals for more than 400,000km increase in buses services in outer London

Consultations have been published on proposals to improve buses in Barnet, Brent, Havering and Wandsworth

London Bus Tender Awards: Metroline Takes Over Route 9 With Existing New Routemasters

A recent London Bus Tender Awards has revealed that bus operator Metroline is set to take over route 9 by next year (27 January 2024), and will continue to use three-door, two-staircase hybrid buses known as the New Routemaster.

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

Mid-February 2023 Transport News Round-Up: UK Government Extends £2 Bus Fare Till June, New DLR Trains Unveiled, TfL Fare Rises From March, All-Electric Bus Towns for Athlone, Ireland & Inverness, Scotland, Ensignbus Sells to First Group and More

Since I haven’t posted an article for a month. I’ve decided to post a round-up of various transport news stories that happened during this month and last month (January).

Firstly, here’s the news recently published by the Department for Transport extending their £2 bus fare scheme in England till the end of June 2023.

From Department for Transport

London Bus Tender Awards: New Electric Buses For Routes 157, 228 & 363

Here’s the first new London Bus Tender Awards for the year 2023, with more routes converting to zero-emission electric buses.

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