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News has come in that  London Buses  Route 173 has been re-awarded to  Arriva London  with New Double Deck buses. The Peak Vehicle Requirement (PVR) will increase from 12 buses to 15 buses. Currently, the route uses the  Enviro200  Single Deck Buses and they will be upgraded to Double Deck buses by October 2015. The exact start date is  17 th  October 2015,  which is the start date of the new contract for Arriva London. Route 173 starts from Little Heath (King George Hospital)and goes to Beckton Bus Station (for Docklands Light Railway) via Chadwell Heath, Becontree Heath, Dagenham and Rippleside; it operates from Barking (DX) Garage. In other news, coming from  London Omnibus Traction Society  (LOTS) on Tender renewals... The following TfL contracts have been announced today: Tranche 494 ·           174  re-awarded to Stagecoach East London with existing diesel double deck, PVR 21, ...

" Summers Lane - geograph.org.uk - 1264313 " by Martin Addison. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons . TFL have issued the following  press release  about the changes to London Buses route 382: “Local bus services in north London are to get a boost from this  Saturday (4 April),  as Transport for London (TfL) extends route 382. Route 382, which is operated by Arriva, currently runs between Southgate and Mill Hill East via Arnos Grove and Finchley Central will now be extended to Millbrook Park. These changes follow a consultation, which ran from 13 November 2014 to 8 January 2015, which proposed extending the route to Millbrook Park - a new residential development at the former Inglis Barracks site. Once complete the development will include 2,174 dwellings, a primary school, GP surgery, 1,100sq metres of retail and 3,470sq metres of office accommodation. TfL has worked closely with Barnet Council in planning this enhancement, which supports local plans ...

TFL has announced that  Arriva London  have been rewarded the contract to operate London Buses' route 312. It will also become the first route to be entirely operated by electric buses. The new contract commences in September 2015 with new Electric buses. The official date for route 312’s conversion has yet to be confirmed, but is expected later this year. Currently, there are two  Optare   MetroCity  electric single  decker  buses operating on route 312. The bus operator Arriva is currently in negotiations with the manufacturer to have another seven electric buses added onto the route later this year. The press statement which Arriva provided says the following about the electric buses: “Passengers and drivers notice that pure electric buses offer much lower noise and vibration levels compared to diesel vehicles, with the bus operating company benefiting from lower maintenance and running costs. These buses have zero tail pipe emissions, resulting in ...

It’s been three years now since the New Routemaster first entered in to public service on 27 th February 2012, on Route 38. On 27 th February 2012, the first prototype entered in to service was the LT2 (LT61BHT), starting their first journey at lunch time. It attracted many people to come and view the bus but unfortunately the bus became jammed packed because too many people wanted to board it for the ride. The first journey also had some teething problems such as issues with the computer system.  In one case the rear platform had to be shut because the bus wouldn't move off. During its first day in service it was countered by the Unions who raised the issue about the bus being expensive. For their protest they hired an AEC Routemaster (RMC Type) draped with banners on the side of the bus and proceeded to follow the New Routemaster bus. Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA transport Union, described the new bus as a ‘vanity project’ . Arriva London became the first operator to oper...

RATP Dev just acquired one of Arriva's bus operations which is The Original Tour London Sightseeing. The Original Tour Sightseeing London is one of the tour operators in Central London which operates 6 routes with local (cash) fares included in their services. All Tour bus services in Central London operates on a London Service Permit , therefore the services are not contracted by Transport for London. The Original Tour was founded in by June 1951 by the London Transport Executive at the time of The Festival of Britain. In 1986 it was privatised, being sold to London Coaches / Blue Triangle. In December 1997 it was sold to Arriva. After 17 years, RATP Dev purchased The Original Tour. RATP Dev Issued the statement from their website. RATP Dev announces the acquisition of “The Original London Sightseeing Tour”, a pioneer and major operator in the sightseeing sector in London, thereby confirming expansion in this field and in the United Kingdom. “We are delighted to be acquiring this ...

You may be interested that I have captured video of route 66 in action. It uses Wright Gemini 2 VDL DB300 where it was based from Clapton garage (CT). The bus is now currently in Grays (GY) for route 66 and briefly on route 370. You may notice with the double decker routes operated from Grays Garage, you may notice they mix their double deck fleets on route 66 and 370, it does not mean it's official allocation as you see on London Vehicle Finder.  London Buses route 66 now double decker operation by clondoner92 Link to video  (Dailymotion) You may be interested to see other articles relating to Route 66 on this site.  Route 66 conversion is now confirmed by Transport for London Where's the double deckers for route 66?

This is a follow up to my previous article titled " Where's the double deckers for route 66? " Transport for London has confirmed that the Route 66 will be using double deck buses. Likely to be used is the DW's from the cast off's of route 38 and 242. But the Peak vehicle requirement will be reduced from 14 back to 11 buses because London Buses added extra workings onto route 66 because of the capacity of the single deck buses.  From their press release From Saturday 30 August route 66 will convert from single to double deck buses.   Route 66, which is operated by Arriva Kent Thameside, runs from Romford Station to Leytonstone via Romford Market, Chadwell Heath, Newbury Park Station, Gants Hill Station, Redbridge Station and Wanstead Station.   On Saturday the route's 60 capacity single deck buses will be replaced by double deck buses that can carry 87 passengers.   This improvement has been made by Transport for London (TfL) to ensure that all passengers thro...

Route maps of route 66 Screenshot from Traveline Route 66 is a London Buses route that uses the A12 Eastern Avenue road which links from Leytonstone to Romford Station. The route goes parallel to the Central Line stations between Leytonstone to Newbury Park, then it goes towards Romford station. Original date of conversion Originally there were plans to convert the route to double decks by late July, but a new date got moved to 30 th August 2014 as what London Omnibus Traction Society (LOTS ) reported. Bus types would be used? The route would use DW’s (VDL DB300 Wright Gemini 2) from Route 38 and 242 from Clapton(CT) garage . There were rumours that VLW’s (Volvo B7TL Wrightbus Gemini 1) were used to convert route 66. But don’t be mistaken with VLW53/6136 (LF02PSO) that appeared briefly on routes 66 and 370, it is used to replace 6118 which had not appeared since 27 th June 2014 where it left service at 07:50 as what LondonVehicle Finder reported. You can see the video of the VLW53/6...

On the Wednesday 16th July, I have embarked on the journey to Lakeside to see the non TFL bus services at the Bus Station. I have video recorded routes 370 and 372 respectively to show the rural countryside of Essex.  Route 370 Link to video  on Dailymotion Link to video  on YouTube  I went on a route 370 (A former London Country route and privatised route , now currently under TFL tendering) where the route goes via Ockendon which uses the rural roads which you see the countryside of Essex. It travels past the M25 bridge and it takes me to North Ockendon which is still part of Havering. Then the route travels south towards South Ockendon which is part of Turrock Council where you meet with non-TFL bus services. Route 372 Link to video  on Dailymotion Link to video  on YouTube Then I embarked on a return journey by taking the route 372 bus, I sat on the front seats and filmed the front view of the bus. The route goes to Hornchurch via Aveley and Rainham wh...

Link to video  on Dailymotion Link to video  on YouTube From Hornchurch St Georges Hospital to Noak Hill Volvo B7TL ALX400 6110 LJ05BLX London Buses route 256 Bus operated by Arriva Southern Counties for London Buses. Video taken on 7th February 2013 © CLondoner92

Click for video  on Dailymotion Click for video  on YouTube From Hornchurch St Georges Hospital to Noak Hill Volvo B7TL ALX400 6112 LJ05BMO London Buses route 256 Bus operated by Arriva Southern Counties for London Buses.  Video taken on 13th May 2013 © CLondoner92

Link to video  on Dailymotion Link to video on YouTube Before Stagecoach took fully took the 256 from Arriva. TFL gave contract to Stagecoach to operate double deck school journeys in the morning. Noak Hill to Hornchurch St Georges Hospital Alexander Dennis ALX400 17773 LX03BVJ London Buses route 256 Bus operated by Stagecoach London for London Buses. Video taken on 15th April 2013 © CLondoner92