London Buses

London Buses
ParentTransport for London
Founded11 November 1999 (1999-11-11)
HeadquartersLondon
Service areaGreater London
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Essex
Hertfordshire
Kent
Surrey
Service typeBus transport network
Routescirca 670
Stops19,000[1]
Fleet8,643 (March 2023)
Daily ridership5.7 million (2019/20)
Fuel typeDiesel, Hybrid, Electric and Hydrogen fuel cell
Websitetfl.gov.uk/modes/buses/ Edit this at Wikidata

London Buses is the subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL) that manages most bus services in London, England. It was formed following the Greater London Authority Act 1999 that transferred control of London Regional Transport (LRT) bus services to TfL, controlled by the Mayor of London.

Overview

Go-Ahead London Volvo B9TL on route SL7 at Heathrow Airport in August 2023. It is currently the longest route in London Buses' network.
Transport UK London Bus Fully-electric Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV on route 63 at Ludgate Circus in December 2023.

Transport for London's key areas of direct responsibility through London Buses are the following:

  • planning new bus routes, and revising existing ones
  • specifying service levels
  • monitoring service quality
  • management of bus stations and bus stops
  • assistance in 'on ground' set up of diversions, bus driver assistance in situations over and above job requirements, for example Road Accidents
  • providing information for passengers in the form of timetables and maps at bus stops and online, and an online route planning service
  • producing leaflet maps, available from Travel Information Centres, libraries etc., and as online downloads.
  • operating NMCC, London Buses' 24‑hour command-and-control centre based in Southwark

Bus operations

All bus operations are undertaken under a tendering system in which operators bid for routes in return for a set price per route operated. Until April 2022, contracts were normally for five years, with two-year extensions available if performance criteria were met.[2] From April 2022, contracts will be for seven years with a performance based two year optional extension.[3]

Routes are set up, controlled and tendered out by Transport for London (TfL) and they provide day to day assistance via CentreComm which coordinates a large scale network of Network Traffic Controllers to help with any traffic issues that may occur. Operators provide staff to drive the buses, provide the buses to operate and also adhere to set TfL guidelines. Operators are then in return paid per mile that each bus runs, the pricing is announced on new tenders.

Publications

London Buses publishes a variety of bus maps. In 2002, TfL introduced the first spider maps.[4] Rather than attempting to cover the entire city, these maps are centred on a particular locality or bus station, and convey the route information in the schematic style of Harry Beck's influential Tube map, capitalising on TfL's iconic style of information design. The arachnoid form of bus routes radiating from a centre earned them the nickname spider maps, although TfL refer to them on their website as route maps. The maps are displayed at most major bus stops, and can be downloaded in PDF format via the Internet from the TfL website.[5]

The legal identity of London Buses is London Bus Services Limited (LBSL),[6] a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London. East Thames Buses was the trading name of another wholly owned subsidiary of TfL called, rather confusingly, London Buses Limited (LBL).[7]

LBL was formed on 1 April 1985 as part of the privatisation of London bus services, and acted as an arm's-length subsidiary of TfL's precursor organisation, London Regional Transport (LRT), holding twelve bus operating units (from late 1988) and other assets. The operating units were sold off in 1994/95, and their purchasers make up the majority of companies awarded bus operating tenders from the current London Buses (LBSL).

After 1994/95, the LBL company lay dormant, passing from LRT to TfL. It was resurrected when East Thames Buses was formed, separated by a Chinese wall from LBSL, and acted as a London bus operator by proxy.

Scope

The local bus network in London is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. As of March 2024, 8,776 buses operate on over 670 different routes.[8] In 2019/20, 2.09 billion passenger journeys were made.[9]

Fares and concessions

Buses in the London Buses network accept Travelcards, Oyster card products (including bus passes and Oyster pay as you go) and contactless debit and credit cards. Cash fares have not been available since 6 July 2014, but Day Bus passes (issued either as a single use Oyster card, or on paper from station ticket machines) were re-introduced on 2 January 2015.[10] Single journey fares used to be charged in relation to length of journey (fare stages), but are now charged as single flat fares for any length of journey. From 2000, the flat fare was higher for journeys in Zone 1 than in outer zones, although from 2004 this difference was eliminated, the change coinciding with the introduction of Oyster card flat fares. As of 2023, the single fare is £1.75.

With Oyster pay as you go, users are charged a set amount for single journeys, although there is a "daily cap", which limits the maximum amount of money that will be deducted from the balance, regardless of how many buses are taken that day (from 04.30 to 04.29 the next day). Alternatively, weekly and monthly passes may also be purchased and loaded onto an Oyster card.

Passengers using contactless payment cards are charged the same fares as on Oyster pay as you go. Unlike Oyster cards, contactless cards also have a 7-day fare cap though it currently only operates on a Monday-Sunday basis.[11]

Under 11s can travel free on London buses and trams at any time unaccompanied by an adult; they do not need an Oyster card or a ticket.[12] Children aged 11 to 15 travel free on buses with an 11–15 Oyster photocard; without an Oyster card or Travelcard, they have to pay the full adult fare. Visitors can have a special discount added to an ordinary Oyster card at TfL's Travel Information Centres. There are also concessions for London residents aged 16 to 18.[13]

The Freedom Pass scheme allows Greater London residents over state pension age, and those with a disability, to travel free at any time on buses and TfL's rail services. People who have concessionary bus passes issued by English local authorities travel free on TfL bus services at any time.

Operators

Arriva London Wright Gemini 3 operating on Route 34 in April 2023
Stagecoach London buses at Aldgate bus station in October 2014

Current

Bus services in London are operated by

Historic

Each company has its own operating code, and every bus garage in London has its own garage code.

Vehicles

Metroline Volvo B5LH on route 328 at High Street Kensington tube station in April 2024
London bus stop announcement LCD screen

As of March 2024, the London Buses fleet total of 8,776 buses includes 3,826 hybrid buses, 1,397 battery electric buses, and 20 hydrogen fuel cell buses.[8] The zero emission fleet is the second largest in Europe, behind Moscow.[14] All buses have been accessible and low floor since 2006,[15] one of the first major cities in the world to achieve this.[16]

The various bus operators providing services under contract to London Buses operate a wide variety of vehicles, about the only immediately obvious common feature being their use of a largely red livery, mandatory since 1997,[17] as well as white-painted roofs featuring aerial roof markings to help cool down the bus during the summer, first introduced during 2006.[18][19] For each bus route, London Buses sets a specification for buses to be used, with the choice of particular vehicle that meets the specification left up to the operator.[20] Particular examples of London Buses specification include the use of separate exit doors (increasingly unusual on buses in the United Kingdom outside London) and, on double-deckers, the use of a straight staircase.[21] Additionally, London Buses has previously specified that vehicles operating in London use traditional printed roller destination blinds, whereas in most other parts of the country, electronic dot matrix or LED displays are the norm on new buses.[21]

iBus

All of London's buses use the London iBus system, an Automatic Vehicle Location system that provides passengers with audio visual announcements and is able to trigger priority at traffic junctions. The system was on trial in 2006, and was extended to all bus routes by 2009.[22]

References

  1. ^ Dodson, Sean (28 February 2008). "London buses headed in the same direction as Helsinki's high-tech transport system | Technology". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  2. ^ "London Buses tendering system". Transport for London. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  3. ^ Route 322 reverts to Abellio…again Buses issue 797 August 2021 page 24
  4. ^ Mayor of London. "Transport Strategy – Buses". Archived from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2007.
  5. ^ Transport for London. "Bus route maps". Retrieved 13 November 2007.
  6. ^ Companies House extract company no 3914787 London Bus Services Limited
  7. ^ Companies House extract company no 1900906 London Buses Limited
  8. ^ a b "Bus fleet audit—31 March 2024" (PDF). Transport for London. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  9. ^ Annual bus statistics 2019/20 Department for Transport
  10. ^ MD1418 January 2015 Fare Changes Greater London Authority 18 November 2014
  11. ^ Leaflet 'Contactless travel' published by TfL.
  12. ^ "Travelling with children".
  13. ^ "Children and students". Transport for London. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  14. ^ "ГУП «Мосгортранс»: 1700 электробусов в Москве" [1,700 electric buses in Moscow]. mosgortrans.ru. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Start of Low floor buses - a Freedom of Information request to Transport for London". WhatDoTheyKnow. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Transport for London wins Independent Living Award". Transport for London. 14 December 2007. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021. We have the biggest wheelchair accessible bus network in the world
  17. ^ Butcher, Louise (18 June 2010). "Buses: deregulation in the 1980s" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Keeping cool upstairs". Bus & Coach Professional. 8 June 2006. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Bus graphics standard Issue 2" (PDF). Transport for London. March 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  20. ^ "London's Bus Contracting and Tendering Process" (PDF). Transport for London. August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  21. ^ a b "LONDON BUS SERVICES LIMITED Specification for new buses" (PDF). whatdotheyknow.com. London Buses. May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  22. ^ "All London's buses now fitted with iBus". Transport for London. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

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