WLTM Tenders November 2014 (from TfL)

Tranche 277A:
471: Awarded to New Citybus with new buses, contract start 4th July 2015. Temporary contract by L1/Romford Buses, contract start 28th February 2015

Tranche 278:
42: Awarded to Abellio London (formerly London Central) with new hybrid buses, contract start 18th July 2015
196: Awarded to Diamond London (formerly London General) with new hybrid buses, contract start 20th June 2015

Tranche 279:
62: Awarded to L1/Romford Buses with new hybrid buses, contract start 13th June 2015

Tranche 280:
68/N68: Awarded to Arriva London (formerly London Central) with new hybrid buses, contract start 13th June 2015
108/108N: Awarded to Stagecoach London (formerly London Central) with new hybrid buses, contract start 20th June 2015
225: Awarded to New Citybus (formerly London Central) with new hybrid buses, contract start 20th June 2015
415: Awarded to New Citybus (formerly Arriva London) with new hybrid buses 13th June 2015
422: Awarded to kentishbus (formerly London Central) with new hybrid buses
468/X68: Awarded to Croydon Buses New Citybus with new hybrid buses, contract start 13th June 2015

Tranche 281:
273: Retained by Stagecoach London with new hybrid buses, contract start 20th June 2015

Tranche 282:
79: Awarded to L1/Heathrow Buses with new hybrid buses (to be cascaded to Route 278, existing hybrid buses will be used), contract start 6th June 2015

Tranche 282A:
B99: Temporary contract awarded to New Citybus with existing buses, contract start 22nd November 2014
K50: Awarded to London OmniBus (formerly London United) with existing buses, contract start 22nd November 2014

Tranche 283:
93/93N: Awarded to London United (formerly London General) with new hybrid buses, contract start 4th July 2015
156: Awarded to London United (formerly Abellio London) with new hybrid buses, contract start 4th July 2015
169: Awarded to L1/Romford Buses (formerly Stagecoach London) with new hybrid buses, contract start 4th July 2015
244: Awarded to kentishbus (formerly London Central) with new hybrid buses 4th July 2015
472/472N: Awarded to New Citybus (formerly Stagecoach London) with new hybrid buses 4th July 2015

Tranche 284:
19/N19: Awarded to London United (formerly London General) with new hybrid buses, contract start 18th July 2015
46: Awarded to Tower Transit (formerly Metroline) with new hybrid buses, contract start 18th July 2015

Tranche 285:
362: Awarded to L1/Romford Buses (formerly Blue Triangle) with new hybrid buses, contract start 13th June 2015
687: Awarded to L1/Romford Buses (formerly Stagecoach London) with new hybrid buses, contract start 3rd January 2015 (new buses to arrive July 2015)

Tranche 286:
324: Retained by London Sovereign with new hybrid buses, contract start 25th July 2015
326: Awarded to London Sovereign (formerly Metroline) with new hybrid buses, contract start 25th July 2015
383: Awarded to Universitybus (formerly Metroline), with new hybrid buses, contract start 25th July 2015

Other News:

The 468/X68 was supposed to be awarded to Croydon Buses, but due to their demise, New Citybus will instead take the route under the conditions by Croydon Buses.

New hybrid buses for London are on the 456, L1/Group's TP2000 and EW1, testing the newest hybrid technology available is being used on the TfL test route. In addition to those operator owned buses, a Wright Streetdeck and Optare Metrodecker hybrid is on the route (only the ADL products and the Optare Metrodecker have firm orders for TfL service).

B99 is awarded on a temporary contract for this season to see whether it will be viable to restart this service. Both B99 and K50 are awarded on the basis of non-TfL vehicles.

Route 471 will go to full L1/Romford Buses operation when the 1 is taken up by New Citybus due to the 471's buses being needed for the 1. The 471 is therefore to end the sub-contracting when the 1 is taken up, until all the new buses arrive for New Citybus to take over.
Route 447 is still under scrutiny and will be tendered hopefully in January 2015.

NBfL Conversion Timetable (all LTs):
24 - 22nd June 2013 (LT9-36)
9 - 22nd June 2013 (LT37-49, 51-70, LT99)
11 - 21st September 2013 (LT70-98)
15 - 2nd November 2013 (LT100-111, 166-180)
392 - 2nd November 2013 (LT1, LT50, LT111-165)
390 - 30th November 2013 (LT181-204)
38 (and N38) - 7th December 2013 (LT2-8, LT205-260)
16 - 1st February 2014 (LT261-282, 284-286)
7 - 15th February 2014 (LT283, 287-315)
148 - 15th February 2014 (LT316-343)
311 - 5th April 2014 (LT344-371 - this includes a 392 increase)
49 - 7th June 2014 (LT372-396)
22 - 21st June 2014 (LT397-423)
10 - 1st November 2014 (LT424-452)
8 (and N8) - 1st November 2014 (LT453-485)
74 - 1st November 2014 (LT486-516 - this includes a 392 increase)
98 - 1st November 2014 (LT517-550)
159 - 13th December 2014 (LT551-589)
453 - 20th December 2014 (LT590-628)
C2 - 10th January 2015 (LT629-652)
137 - 21st March 2015 (LT653-687)

No tenders for December 2014, tenders for January 2015 will be announced in a separate post.

London OmniBus in November

It's been a while, so here's the latest:

connectwith49
The previously launched 49 is running very successfully now, and hopefully very soon it will accept L'Card offered by L1/Group, alongside the 49ticket, contactless cards and ordinary cash payment. The timetable has not changed since its introduction in April, and services on route 49A continue to run to Eton via Datchet.
However, the ageing vehicles on the route (921-922, 924-928 which are VLEs ex-Sovereign) are beginning to be withdrawn. 4 new Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 buses have arrived from Southdown PSV to replace some VLEs - other new buses will be ordered in due course.
The Wrights are as follows:

901 - KX14CLN

902 - KX14CLO

903 - KX14CLP

904 - KX14CLR

greenline 718

The Greenline 718 will be introduced slightly later than originally planned, it will now be in late January (date tbc). The Wright Gemini 3 hybrid buses have now all arrived at HD and HS in preparation - all are taking part in driver training duties with the aim that when the ex-18 refurbished buses return to HD the route will be able to commence almost immediately. The fare system has not yet been finalised, but it is hoped that L'Card, contactless cards and cash payment will all be accepted.

The buses for Greenline 718 are as follows:

601 - LT63NKA

602 - LT63NKB

603 - LT63NKC

604 - LT63NKD

605 - LT63NKE

606 - LT63NKF

607 - LT63NKG

608 - LT63NKH

609 - LT63NKJ

610 - LT63NKK

611 - LT63NKL

612 - LT63NKM

613 - LT63NKN

966 - BN64COL

967 - BN64COM

968 - BN64CON

969 - BN64COR

970 - BN64COS

971 - BN64COU

972 - BN64COV

973 - BN64COY

974 - BN64COZ

LC1001 - 1CLT (NBfL introduced at a later stage with a conductor)

The buses from the 18 are currently in refurbishment, so 13 buses from L1/Group are covering. Eventually, these will transfer to their respective new operators and the 18's PVR will decrease from 50 to 38, and the 718 will cover with a PVR of 20 and a frequency of every 10 minutes to Harrow Bus Station, extended every 30 minutes to Watford Town Centre.
Watch out for adverts to know when this service will be launched!

Byfleet (BF) 39A/B/C 40 81 84 218(A) 570/1/2/4 637 663 690 701/2 X74

With the introduction of TFL route 420, the Optare Versas from route 45 transferred to Byfleet to act as spares. 881 has been sprayed into the '218A via Royal Estate' livery, thus replacing MCV Stirling 106, which has now been sold. 882 and 883 are in plain blue, and operate all routes at the garage.

The Railair 701 has had a timetable change which now includes services running to Aldershot via Woking (still numbered 701) and Aldershot direct (numbered 702).
It has also been announced that route K50 will be operated by London OmniBus this year, with a mixture of TFL-spec and non-TFL buses. These will include the MAN/MCVs already in operation on our Surrey routes, the Optare Versas from discontinued route 45, the National Express buses from routes 701/702, the ex-U9 buses and the buses currently on route 49. The Wrights for route 718 will be thus utilised on route 49 until the K50 has finished.

East Hayes (EH) 41 65 74 112 223 420 431

EH has recently taken on a unique batch of vehicles - these being the only Volvo B8RLEs to be bodied by the older style Eclipse body. They have had a few slight style changes to accommodate the new chassis and also to reflect the Gemini 3 (eg daytime running lights), however they will be the only of their type as Wright are now configuring their new body for the B8RLE chassis.

These new buses are as follows:

121 - BN64CNC

122 - BN64CNE

123 - BN64CNF

124 - BN64CNH

125 - BN64CNJ

126 - BN64CNL

127 - BN64CNM

128 - BN64CNO

129 - BN64CNP

130 - BN64CNR

121 is in fact at HS for another PVR increase on route 421, and 122-130 are at EH for new route 431 which runs from Harrow to Radlett via Harrow Weald & Bushey Heath.

The new buses for route 420 are Optare Metrocitys with Cummins engines, and are as follows:

864 - YJ14BWH

865 - YJ14BWJ

866 - YJ14BWL

867 - YJ14BWN

868 - YJ14BWO

869 - YJ14BWS

870 - YJ14BWT

Routes 420 and 431 are running very successfully.

The contract for route U9 passed to Arriva the Shires on 1st November - the four buses allocated to the route will move to route K50, following which they will probably be sold.

West Hayes (HS) 49(A) 114 195 335D 421 E3D

London OmniBus have won the contract for route E3D, running from Gunnersbury Sch to Chiswick, Barrowgate Road. This will use the single Enviro400 in our fleet - 951, SN13ACH - and will interwork with the 335D.

Harrow Weald (HD) 18 335D 398 408 421 640 N18 N114

The temporary loan buses for route 18 are:

TE206 - LN59ASH

TE207 - LN59ASJ

TE208 - LN59ASK

TE209 - LN59ASL

TE210 - LN59ASM

TE275 - LN59DSY

TE276 - LN59DSZ

TE282 - LN59DTF

TEL303 - LN59EST

TEL304 - LN59ESW

TEL305 - LN59ESX

TE388 - LT10AAA

These are all from L1/Group, and will transfer to various other operators after they have finished their service with us, including Stagecoach Manchester and Yellow Buses, Bournemouth.

FRED BRUNDELL

The London OmniBus Company

Croydon Buses Update

Croydon Buses has ceased trading. The assets have been seized by the administrators, and the business is awaiting a buyer.

EDIT 03/11/14
The assets have been bought by New World Holdings HK (trading as New Citybus in London) and SR (East Croydon-Southern Station) and P (Old Kent Road) are now under New Citybus ownership.
All commercial services have been discontinued, and all TfL services are being administered by L1/Group using the existing buses, until 8th November 2014, when New Citybus takes over.

Routes 64 and 409 will be as per normal, using the current buses.

Route T31 will have existing E25H/Enviro 200 hybrids ex-L1/Group replacing Citaro Ks, which will transfer to L1/Group. The Enviro 200s ordered by Croydon Buses are for sale.

Route 412 - the new buses for the route are now E45H/Enviro 400MMCs, contract will still start in January 2015

Routes 663/689 - as intended, existing Enviro 425H/Enviro 400 Hybrids will operate the routes.

EDIT 05/11/14:
The fleet (note the ex-L1/Group buses gain their old fleet numbers back):

Routes 689, 663 (ADL E42H/Enviro 400):
TE270 LN59DST
TE271 LN59DSU
TE272 LN59DSV
TE273 LN59DSW
TE274 LN59DSX

Route T31 (ADL E25H/Enviro 200):
DE2 LN58END
DE3 LN58ENE
DE4 LN58ENF
DE5 LN58ENG
DE6 LN58ENH
DE7 LN58ENJ
DE8 LN58ENK
DE9 LN58ENL
DE10 LN58ENN
DE11 LN58ENO
DE12 LN58ENP
DE13 LN58ENR

Spare non-London Buses (Mercedes Citaro):
MCN910 KX54TBX
MCN911 KX05TBA
MCN912 KX05TBB
MCN913 KX05TBC
MCN914 KX05TBD
MCN915 KX05TBE
MCN916 BX09ABA
MCN917 BX09ABB
MCN918 BX09ABC 
MCN919 BL59ABD

Route 64/N64 (ADL E40D/Enviro 400) (under L1/Group coded TENC):
T2 LT63LPH
T3 LT63LPG
T4 LT63LPJ 
T5 LT63LPK
T6 LT63LPL
T7 LT63LPM
T8 LT63LPN
T9 LT63LPO
T10 LT63LPP
T11 LT63LPR
T12 LT63LPS
T13 LT63LPT 
T14 LT63LPU
T15 LT63LPV
T16 LT63LPW
T17 LT63LPX
T18 LT63LPY

Route 409 (Volvo B5TL/Wright Gemini 3) (under L1/Group coded VTNC):
WVL1 BX63MPA
WVL2 BX63MPB
WVL3 BX63MPC
WVL4 BX63MPD
WVL5 BX63MPE
WVL6 BX63MPF
WVL7 BX63MPG
WVL8 BX63MPH
WVL9 BT63MPJ
WVL10 BT63MPK
WVL11 BT63MPL 

1st November 2014 - Large Changes Summary

Transport for London buses:

6/6N to temporarily transfer to W until contract finishes
8 is converted to LT operation
10 is converted to LT operaton
74/N74 goes to L1/Heathrow Buses from Fulwell Garage with LTs (TEs for N74)
98/N98 goes to L1/Heathrow Buses from Wembley Garage with LTs (TEs for N98 from HN)
119 is to be converted to hybrid buses - E45H/E400MMC
130 goes to Arriva London South from Thornton Heath with new E25H
182 to get existing SPs ex-10
202 to officially transfer to Diamond London with existing buses (from C Garage)
302 to officially transfer to Diamond London with existing buses (from AC Garage)
359 goes to Stagecoach London from Bromley with new E25H
392 is converted to full LT operation
434 to officially transfer to Diamond London with existing buses (from C Garage)
438 goes to Arriva London North from Ash Grove Garage with new Enviro 450H
447 is introduced with temporary contract by L1/Heathrow Buses from Heathrow North
456 has new type introduced: E45H/Plaxton President
471 is introduced with temporary contract by L1/Romford Buses from Charlton - subcontracted to New Citybus
E9/E10 is to be converted to E27H/Wright Nebula operation (once buses are available)
H13 goes to L1/Heathrow Buses from Heathrow North with E27H/Wright Nebula
H14 goes to L1/Heathrow Buses from Heathrow North with E27H/Wright Nebula
T32 goes to Stagecoach London from Bromley with new E25H, and is extended to Purley.
U9 goes to Arriva Shires & Essex from High Wycombe with new E20D
N117 gets new Enviro 450H/E400MMC buses

Non-TfL Buses:

L1/Group 7series 176 is introduced using temporarily new TempoSRs
L1/Group Beeline 391 is introduced using new TempoSRs.
L1/Group Beeline X94 to be extended via Binfield and Twyford to Henley-on-Thames

Garage News:
AC (Willesden) and C (Croydon) have been bought by Rotala Group (Diamond London).

Overall effect on L1/Group, loss of 1 TfL route, gain of 8 TfL routes (of which 1 is subcontracted to New Citybus), 2 new routes created

WLTM Tenders October 2014 (from TfL)

Tranche 270:
137/N137: Retained by Arriva London with NBfL, contract start 21st March 2015

Tranche 272:
269: Awarded to New Citybus (formerly Stagecoach London) with new hybrid buses, contract start 23rd May 2015

Tranche 274:
162: Awarded to Stagecoach London (formerly Metrobus) with new hybrid buses, contract start 30th May 2015
181: Awarded to New Citybus (formerly Metrobus) with new hybrid buses, contract start 23rd May 2015
284: Awarded to New Citybus (formerly Metrobus) with new hybrid buses, contract start 23rd May 2015

Tranche 275:
331: Retained by L1/Heathrow Buses with new hybrid buses, contract start 23rd May 2015

Tranche 276:
147: Retained by L1/Romford Buses with new hybrid buses, contract start 23rd May 2015

Tranche 276A:
471: Temporary Contract awarded to L1/Romford Buses with existing hybrid buses, contract start 1st November 2014. This is subcontracted to New Citybus until permanent contract is awarded.

Other News:

When their new contract starts:
N133 to be extended to Morden from Mitcham
415 to be extended from Elephant & Castle, via Old Kent Road to Surrey Quays
382 extended to Millbrook Park from Mill Hill East

Heathrow North Open Day will include a shuttle route called GW (in TfL terms, 447A according to L1/Group) running Heathrow North-Hammersmith-Marble Arch-Hyde Park Corner-Waterloo-Canada Water.

Again, there will be no December tenders, so the tenders for 2015 will be released in January, announced in December.


NBfL Conversion Timetable (all LTs):
24 - 22nd June 2013 (LT9-36)
9 - 22nd June 2013 (LT37-49, 51-70, LT99)
11 - 21st September 2013 (LT70-98)
15 - 2nd November 2013 (LT100-111, 166-180)
392 - 2nd November 2013 (LT1, LT50, LT111-165)
390 - 30th November 2013 (LT181-204)
38 (and N38) - 7th December 2013 (LT2-8, LT205-260)
16 - 1st February 2014 (LT261-282, 284-286)
7 - 15th February 2014 (LT283, 287-315)
148 - 15th February 2014 (LT316-343)
311 - 5th April 2014 (LT344-371 - this includes a 392 increase)
49 - 7th June 2014 (LT372-396)
22 - 21st June 2014 (LT397-423)
10 - 1st November 2014 (LT424-452)
8 (and N8) - 1st November 2014 (LT453-485)
74 - 1st November 2014 (LT486-516 - this includes a 392 increase)
98 - 1st November 2014 (LT517-550)
159 - 13th December 2014 (LT551-589)
453 - 20th December 2014 (LT590-628)
C2 - 10th January 2015 (LT629-652)
137 - 21st March 2015 (LT653-687)
London OmniBus are also receiving 1 NBfL for their 718 Greenline service, numbered LC590 and registered LTZ1590 
It has been decided that the OmniBus vehicle will be numbered LC1001 and registered 1CLT (bought from auction), thus the numbering of TfL LT vehicles now includes LT590.

November Tenders:
Tranche 277A:
471: Canada Water-Thamesmead (L1/Romford Buses subcontracted to New Citybus)

Tranche 278:
42: Liverpool Street-Denmark Hill, Sunray Avenue (London Central)
196: Elephant & Castle-Norwood Junction (London General)

Tranche 279:
62: Marks Gate-Barking, Gascoigne Estate (Stagecoach London)

Tranche 280:
68: Euston-West Norwood (London Central)
108/108N: Lewisham-Stratford (London Central)
225: Canada Water-Hither Green (London Central)
415: Tulse Hill-Elephant & Castle(-Surrey Quays) (Arriva London)
422: North Greenwich-Bexleyheath Garage (London Central)
468: Elephant & Castle-South Croydon (London Central)
X68: Euston-West Croydon (London Central)
N68: Old Coulsdon-Euston (London Central)

Tranche 281:
273: Lewisham Tesco-Petts Wood Station (Stagecoach London)

Tranche 282:
79: Alperton Sainbury's-Edgware (London Sovereign)

Tranche 282A:
B99: Bromley-Norman Park Park & Ride (re-introduced) - temporary contract
K50: Kingston-Chessington Park & Ride (London United)

Tranche 283:
93/93N: North Cheam-Putney Bridge (London General)
156: Vauxhall-Wimbledon (Abellio London)
169: Clayhall-Barking (Stagecoach London)
244: Queen Elizabeth Hospital-Abbey Wood (London Central)
472/472N: Thamesmead-North Greenwich (Stagecoach London)

Tranche 284:
19: Battersea Bridge-Finsbury Park (London General)
46: St Bart's Hospital-Lancaster Gate (Metroline)
N19: Clapham Junction-Finsbury Park (London General)

Tranche 285:
362: Little Heath, King George Hospital-Grange Hill (Blue Triangle)
687: Dagenham Park School-Barking Station (Stagecoach London)

Tranche 286:
324: Brent Cross Tesco-Stanmore (London Sovereign)
326: Brent Cross-Barnet (Metroline)
383: Woodside Park-Barnet (Metroline)

No Tenders in December

WLTM Tenders September 2014 (from TfL)

Tranche 264:
133/N133: Awarded to London General (formerly Arriva London South) with existing hybrid buses, contract start 6th June 2015
333: Awarded to Arriva London South (formerly London General) with existing hybrid buses, contract start 6th June 2015

Tranche 266:
381/381N: Awarded to London Central (formerly Abellio London) with existing hybrid buses, contract start 14th March 2015

Tranche 268:
28/N28: Awarded to Diamond London (formerly London United) with existing hybrid buses, contract start 6th June 2015
31/N31: Retained by London United with existing hybrid buses, contract start 18th April 2015
297/297N: Retained by London United with existing buses, contract start 18th April 2015
328: Retained by London United with existing hybrid buses, contract start 18th April 2015

Tranche 270A:
447: Awarded to L1/Heathrow Buses (temporary contract) with existing hybrid buses, contract start 1st November 2014.

Other News:

New Route 447 will be introduced by 1st November by L1/Heathrow Buses, running between Streatham Station and Canada Water via Tulse Hill, Forest Hill, Brockley Rise, Lewisham and Deptford. The proper contract will be awarded in November 2014, the current temporary contract will run until August 2015 at least.

NBfL Conversion Timetable (all LTs):
24 - 22nd June 2013 (LT9-36)
9 - 22nd June 2013 (LT37-49, 51-70, LT99)
11 - 21st September 2013 (LT70-98)
15 - 2nd November 2013 (LT100-111, 166-180)
392 - 2nd November 2013 (LT1, LT50, LT111-165)
390 - 30th November 2013 (LT181-204)
38 (and N38) - 7th December 2013 (LT2-8, LT205-260)
16 - 1st February 2014 (LT261-282, 284-286)
7 - 15th February 2014 (LT283, 287-315)
148 - 15th February 2014 (LT316-343)
311 - 5th April 2014 (LT344-371 - this includes a 392 increase)
49 - 7th June 2014 (LT372-396)
22 - 21st June 2014 (LT397-423)
10 - 1st November 2014 (LT424-452)
8 (and N8) - 1st November 2014 (LT453-485)
74 - 1st November 2014 (LT486-516 - this includes a 392 increase)
98 - 1st November 2014 (LT517-550)
159 - 13th December 2014 (LT551-589)
453 - 20th December 2014 (LT590-628)
C2 - 10th January 2015 (LT629-652)
137 - 21st March 2015 (LT653-)
London OmniBus are also receiving 1 NBfL for their 718 Greenline service, numbered LC590 and registered LTZ1590 
It has been decided that the OmniBus vehicle will be numbered LC1001 and registered 1CLT (bought from auction), thus the numbering of TfL LT vehicles now includes LT590.

October Tenders:
Tranche 270:
137: Oxford Circus-Streatham Hill Garage (Arriva London South)
N137: Oxford Circus-Crystal Palace (Arriva London South)

Tranche 272:
269: Bexleyheath-Bromley North (Stagecoach London)

Tranche 274:
162: Beckenham Junction-Eltham Station (Metrobus)
181: Grove Park-Lewisham Station (Metrobus)
284: Grove Park Cemetery-Lewisham Station (Metrobus)

Tranche 275:
331: Ruislip-Uxbridge (L1/Heathrow Buses)

Tranche 276:
147: Ilford, Hainault Street-Canning Town (L1/Romford Buses)

L1/Group News July-September 2014

General Notes:

The L1/Card, is re-branded as it is accepted not just by the L1/Group. L'Card, as it will now be known (from July 2014 - some L1/Cards will still be sold thereafter under limited stock), will is be accepted by Reading Buses across the whole of Reading and Newbury (jetblack 1), Thames Travel (within Berkshire and around Bracknell only, mainly on ex-Courtney Buses routes), chessingtonbuses and trentbarton. The MANGO card is also accepted on L1/Beeline, 7series, 5series and Surrey Locals.

The last TE, TE1999 (chassis) is being constructed at this moment, the first TP, TP2000 demonstrator, will be used by all garages before being allocated to Route X91 at HN. Both buses will be showbuses. Note that TE1900-1999 are all E45H to the new MMC style, TE1900 is in service from June 2014 for Route U4 (HN). The last non-MMC bus, TE1899 is currently also being built, and will go to F for Route N74. This will notably enter service in December 2014, as the bus is the last one to be with the old body, thus entering service very late.

Another new showbus will be a new TE6, to replace the TE6 that was sadly lost in the M4 accident in November 2013. This will get a special interior, original Heathrow Buses logos and numberplate HN52ADL, 52 denoting as the number killed.

9 showbuses (and one modified) for 'Bus of the Year' are TE1110-TE1119: all have had new liveries, and interiors (vinyl floor design and new moquette, and where needed, painted bars) to match:
TE1110 - Shillbeer livery (interior like DM2646)
TE1111 - London Transport RM1 livery + interior (ENVIRO 450H TE1111) - existing showbus
TE1112 - Low Floor Livery 1990s (interior like LU LLWs)
TE1113 - London Transport 1980s (M1) livery + interior
TE1114 - Heathrow Buses livery 2003 (as in TAN1) + interior
TE1115 - London Transport RT1 livery + interior
TE1116 - Green Line 1960s (RMC) livery + interior
TE1117 - London Country 1930s (ST821) livery + interior
TE1118 - Beeline livery 1990s
TE1119 - Romford Buses livery 2004 + interior
All buses will have their retrospective liveries until further notice, then they will unfortunately either be repainted in red (except TE1111, which will be repainted in 1980s livery like RM111) or move outside London. All buses will keep their existing interiors afterwards.

More early TEs are leaving the fleet after TE2-70 have left for Abellio & London United. TE71, 72, 74-110 are destined to leave the fleet by July 2014. TE1, TE73 will not be sold.
TE/L112, 113, 116, 118, 119, 121-139, 141-499, 501-510 are next to go - they are going to London Sovereign (240), Arriva London North (348), London United (6/6N).
More early TEs will go to various provincial operators, including Stagecoach Manchester, First Manchester, Wellglade/Southern Vectis, Yellow Buses/RATP and Lothian.

The modified E40H/E45Hs (as opposed to the new-build E45Hs), approx up to TE1000, are now re-classed as E42H (Enviro 425). Therefore, the unmodified E400H (TE1) stays as it is, the modified E40H to E45H standard are classed as E42H, and those built as E45Hs stay as E45H.

The new Enviro 275H (E27H)/Wright Nebula will start replacing some early E25Hs, due to their better anticipated performance as a battery hybrid. The first bus will trial the 456 in November 2014, gaining the first of a few prototypes, including some which will end up with Wellglade London for their new contracts in 2015.

L1/Heathrow Buses

Heathrow North (HN)

Route 458 (Heathrow North Garage-Uxbridge via Langley) , a new route for TfL, has been won by us and will use new hybrid 8.8m E27H/Wright Nebula (EWS) from 2015

7series, Beeline and Surrey Local routes have had frequency changes. New Route 73A is an extension of Route 73 on certain Brooklands Museum events days.

Hydrogen and CNG buses at Southall have infrastructure at Heathrow North.
Seven Scania KUB270/Enviro 300SG (12m) will be shared between 7series X74 and new 7series X75:
SEG4-10 (LR63 CNK-P, R)

When gained from 1st November, Routes H13 and H14 will run from HN using E27H/Wright Nebulas (classed EW - recoded), but due to later than anticipated initial delivery, hence the new buses will arrive in December 2014.

Route 461 has been extended to Staines from Addlestone in April 2014, existing buses ex-TfL will be transferred, after refurbishment.

A new 7series route will launch on 1st November 2014: 7series 176 Heathrow North-Leatherhead via Terminal 5, Staines, Laleham, Weybridge, Stoke D'Abernon. Initially, it will use existing TempoSR Hybrids displaced from the temporary double decking of 7series X74 before permanently using 12m E27H/Wright Nebula, the first 7series route to get this new bus.

The conversion of Routes 90 and 235 to permanent double deck operation has begun, using existing buses displaced from Route U4 and new E45H/Enviro 400MMC.


Southall (SA)

Route 456 is not fully double decker due to reasons below:

Hydrogen, Electric, and Compressed Natural Gas single deck buses (ironically) will be trialled on the 456 for TfL and L1/Group:

Two hydrogen VDL SB200/Wright Pular 2s:
WS9-10 (HY63 GEN, HY63 GEM)

Two BYD Electric Buses:
BE1-2 (LT63 BYD, LS63 BYD)

Two Optare TempoSR Electric (10.7m):
OSE3-4 (OP63 ARE, LT63 TSR)

Three CNG Scania KUB270/Enviro 300SG (12m):
SEG1-3 (LR63 CNG, LR63 CNH, LR63 CNJ)

Two CNG MAN Ecocity/Caetano:
MCG4-5 (YN63 YTS, YN63 YTT) 

These buses will run extra services on the route every day. The infrastructure for the electric buses to run are based in Southall Garage. Hydrogen and CNG tanks will be based at Heathrow North Garage.
12m buses are prohibited from running between Southall and Greenford due to tight turns at Southall North, hence the 12m buses will only run between Southall Town Hall and Chiswick.

Route 456 will be the first route to gain some E27H/Wright Nebula, including the prototype by 2015.

The Volvo B5TL demonstrator for Route 456, coded VTN1090 is now permanently on Route 456 at SA.

Route 456 will also gain TfL-sanctioned demonstrators, including the E45H/Enviro 400MMC demonstrator (TE1901), Streetdeck/Gemini 3 (DT1898), Optare Metrodecker (OD1897)

School journeys from Twyford School on Route 207 will be operated by London United instead of us from September. Other peak hour extras will still be run by Southall.

Brentford (DI)

Due to a PVR increase due to increased demand for the route, Route 392 will now have a PVR of 45, supplemented initially by existing TEs, before new NBfL addon orders from the 311 and 74 orders.

LTs 115, 116, 117, 125, 127, 369, 371 are in a Adidas all over advert - on Route 311/392
LTs 118, 119 are in a Visit the Philippines all over advert - on Route 311/392

Wembley (WE)

Route 335 Mercedes Citaros are to be replaced in the near future by E45H/Plaxton President, hence making the whole route hybrid.

Fulwell (F) and Walton (WT)

Route 411 will be gaining new Optare TempoSR diesels temporarily before the permanent Optare TempoSR Hybrids arrive, when the route is gained. These diesels will then transfer to non-London (Hemel Hempstead) operations.

Walton Garage has been acquired as an outstation for Fulwell, which will temporarily store some buses for Routes 411 and 418 when gained.

Also, from 1st November Routes 74 and N74 will be run from Fulwell, where new NBfLs will be introduced (on 74, N74 will get new TEs E45H/MMC).

Bracknell (BL)
Bracknell is open again after a long refurbishment, and there is also a new route 190A, which runs via Routes 171/172 between Bracknell and Great Hollands via Birch Hill, then via Jennett's Park to the A329(M) junction, and via 190 to Reading.

Hemel Hempstead (HE)
Routes are settling to normal with E25H, Optare TempoSRs and newer E45H replacing the old assortment. L'Card is used on all routes.

L1/Romford Buses

Upminster (UP)

Routes 66 and 499 have had their contracts novated to L1/Romford Buses. Existing E45H/E42H (for 66) and existing E25H (for 499) have been transferred from the conversion to NBfL for the 15 and double deck conversion of the 456. Grays Garage is not part of the sale and hence is kept by Arriva.

Hackney (HO)

No new news.

Stratford (SD)

Route 8 will be converted to NBfL buses on 1st November 2014. SD will host these buses.

Route 15 will lose 2 LTs - LT99 has transferred to London United for the 9, and LT164 has moved to DI for the 392. These will be compensated when 8 will get LTs

Upton Park (U)

No new news.