London Bus Tender Awards: Metroline Retains Routes 260 & 302 With Existing Hybrid Double-Deck Buses

Transport for London (TfL) has announced the new London Bus Tender Awards, where routes 260 and 302 are retained by Metroline with existing hybrid double-deck buses.

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

London Bus Tender Awards: Arriva Retains Route 243 With New Double-Deck Electric Buses

Transport for London (TfL) has announced the new London Bus Tender Awards, where route 243 will be converted to brand 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 Bus Tender Awards: Go-Ahead London Wins Silvertown Tunnel Routes 129 And Superloop Route SL4 With New Electric Buses

Here's the second London Bus tender Awards of this week, and it has revealed that routes 129 and Superloop route SL4 (formerly X239) have been awarded to Go-Ahead London with new double-deck electric buses.

From Go-Ahead London on Twitter/X

We have been awarded two electric bus contracts by Transport for London (TfL), as follows:

London Bus Tender Awards: New Electric Buses for Route 242/N242 - Superloop routes X34/SL1 & X183/SL10 to launch soon

Transport for London (TfL) has announced the new London Bus Tender Awards, where route 242/N242 will be converted to brand new double-deck electric buses by next year.

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

My Suggestions To Help Create The Most Accessible Zero-Emission Bus For London And Elsewhere!

Last updated 12th March 2024

As the UK Government is currently undergoing a consultation to review the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000, to which the deadline for submissions is 11:45pm on 4 September 2023, I have decided to write a response, not just to the consultation but also to inspire transport authorities, bus manufacturers, bus operators, etc. to improve accessibility for new buses in London, the UK and elsewhere. Bear in mind though, I’m not an expert at vehicle design.

So here are my suggestions to create the most accessible zero-emission bus for London and elsewhere.

London Bus Tender Awards: New Zero-Emission Electric Buses For Routes 206, 210, 306, 379, 382, C11, S3, W7 & W8

Thames Gateway Transit livery on a double-deck bus. Image by TfL.

As we are in the middle of August 2023, Transport for London has announced the new London Bus Tender Awards where routes 206, 210, 306, 379, 382, C11, S3, W7 and W8 will be using new electric buses by next year (2024).

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

London Bus Tender Awards: Electric Buses For Route 143 And New Routemasters To Continue On Routes 253/N253 and 254

As we are approaching the end of July 2023, the London Bus Tender Awards have revealed that route 143 will convert to new single-deck electric buses, and routes 253/N253 and 254 will continue to use New Routemasters.

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

London Bus Tender Awards: New Electric Buses For Routes 58, 113/N113 & 277/N277, And New Routemasters For Route 215

As we are in the middle of July 2023, the London Bus Tender Awards has revealed that routes 58, 113/N113 and 277/N277 will be served using new double-deck electric buses, and route 215 will be converted to a three-door, two-staircase hybrid bus named New Routemaster.

London Bus Tender Awards: New Electric Buses For Routes 101, 262, 396, 439, 473 & E6

Route branding livery for London Bus Express Route X26

As we are in July 2023, Transport for London has announced on the new London Bus Tender Awards that routes 101, 262, 396, 439, 473 and E6 will be using new electric buses by next year (2024).

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

Suggestion: I Believe It’s Time for a New Regional Transport Body for the South East of England?

I've had this idea in my head for the past few years, and I’ve been saying it on Twitter for the past several months.

I would like to suggest that it’s time for a new transport authority for the South East of England (including Greater London and the Home Counties) to subsume TfL (including all their responsibilities listed below), various transport responsibilities by the local authorities (London Borough, Local, County Councils etc.), certain sub-national transport bodies (i.e. England’s Economic Heartland, Transport East & Transport for the South East), and the railway services of the former Network SouthEast.