In this
article, I have an exciting news update from LOTS from the recent London Bus tender awards:
Friday
28 October
The
following TfL contracts have been awarded:
·
110
re-awarded to London United with new Euro VI diesel single deck, PVR 7. Start
date 29 April 2017
·
111 (24
hour) re-awarded to London United with 2010 Euro V diesel double deck, PVR 25.
Start date 29 April 2017
·
204
re-awarded to Metroline with 2010 Euro V diesel double deck, PVR 15. Start date
29 April 2017
·
206
re-awarded to Metroline West with 2012 Euro V diesel single deck, PVR 12 which
includes two 2009 built Euro IV diesel.
·
236
re-awarded to Tower Transit with new Euro VI diesel single deck, PVR 17. Start
date 29 April 2017
·
394
re-awarded to CT Plus with new Euro VI diesel single deck, PVR 10. Start date
29 April 2017
·
427
awarded to Abellio West London (currently Metroline West) with new Euro VI hybrid double deck PVR 23. Start
date 8 April 2017
·
433
re-awarded to Abellio London with 2012 Euro V diesel single deck, PVR 10. Start
date 20 May 2017
·
464
awarded to Abellio London (currently Metrobus) with new Euro VI diesel single
deck. PVR 3. Start date 20 May 2017
·
617
awarded to Sullivan Buses (currently Arriva London North) with 2010 Euro V
diesel double deck, PVR 2. Start date 1 April 2017.
·
629
awarded to Sullivan Buses (currently Arriva London North) with 2010 diesel
double deck, PVR 2. Start date 1 April 2017.
·
S3
re-awarded to Quality Line with 5 2015 Euro VI diesel single deck and 3 new
Euro VI diesel single deck, PVR 8. Start date 8 April 2017.
·
X26 awarded to Metrobus (currently Quality
Line) with 2012 diesel double deck,
PVR 10. Start date 15 April 2017.
In 2012, Go Ahead Metrobus lost their X26
contract to RATP Dev Quality Line/Epsom
Buses operating from Epsom (EP) Garage. It’s interesting that since then,
Go Ahead Metrobus has won the contract back using 2012 diesel double-deck buses
operating from their Croydon (C) garage once again.
Go Ahead Metrobus operated the route X26
contract from 2005 till 2012 with various Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR)
increases; history of the route can be read here and on Wikipedia.
Here’s the
issue; since the X26 is an express airport route which takes passengers from Croydon to Heathrow Airport, the
existing double deck buses need to have luggage racks, just like Epsom Buses’ single-door Mercedes-Benz Citaro’s do.
Also, with
the other route contract awards, only route 427 will have new Euro VI double-deck hybrids, while the
rest will have new or existing diesel buses.
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