The London Transport Droid
Hi,
Welcome to my You Tube channel, I have been interested in buses for as long as I can remember, growing up as I recall in Crystal Palce before moving to Abbey Wood, later on to Hounslow/Southall then up to Birmingham for a little while, now back down in London in East Ham.
On this channel I aim to cover a whole range of London Transport modes, such as the Tube, Overground, DLR, Trams and ofcourse the London Buses which this channel mostly focuses on.
In terms of the buses, I will try to film every main location with in London aswell as doing some one of trips to places such as Slough, Amersham/Chesham (Always a nice ride on the tube to the country side), Lakeside.
I will filming routes that change operator and have new buses.
I also like planes, so maybe a couple of videos a year at London City Airport and Heathrow.
If any one has any questions, locations in mind, feel free to comment.
Thanks for watching, enjoy.
The London Transport Droid
Arriva DW551 (LJ13 CDY), Route 60, Old Coulsdon, 14th May 2025
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The London Transport Droid
Changes to buses from Saturday 12 April 2025 :
The following changes will take place from Saturday 12 April 2025:
A temporary timetable will be introduced on route 182 widening the frequency of the service to every 9 minutes during the daytime on Monday to Saturdays and to every 13 minutes during the evening and all day on Sundays. The temporary timetable will be in place to help with reliability during works on Watford Road.
Route 427 will have a new timetable on all days of the week with minor changes to times.
Route H14 will have a new timetable on all days of the week with the frequency restored to every 10 minutes during the daytime on Monday to Saturdays and every 15 minutes during the evenings and on Sundays.
Route SL5 will have a new timetable on all days of the week with minor changes to times.
Route SL7 will have a new timetable on all days of the week with minor changes to times.
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Silvertown Tunnel, extended 129, new SL4 and Cycle Bus routes launching Monday 7th April. Associated tolling for Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels also launching that day.
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The London Transport Droid
Notification of Tender Results
18th November 2024
LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:
Route Current Operator New Operator PVR Vehicles
46 Metroline Metroline 17 Existing electric single deck
D8 Stagecoach Lea Interchange Stagecoach Lea Interchange 7 New electric double deck
N5 London Sovereign London Sovereign n/a* Existing hybrid double deck
N20 Metroline Metroline n/a* Existing New Routemaster
N550 Stagecoach East London Stagecoach East London n/a* Existing hybrid double deck
N551 Stagecoach East London Stagecoach East London n/a* Existing hybrid double deck
* Night only routes using buses sourced from day route allocations.
New electric vehicles may enter service after the contract start date, dependent on infrastructure and/ or vehicle delivery timescales.
The hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.
The start and end dates for the above contracts are detailed in the following table:
Route Contract Start Date Contract End Date
46
21st June 2025
18th June 2032
D8
13th September 2025
10th September 2032
N5
26th July 2025
28th July 2028
N20
26th July 2025
28th July 2028
N550
30th August 2025
1st September 2028
N551
30th August 2025
1st September 2028
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Notification of Tender Results
1st November 2024
LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:
Route
Current Operator
New Operator
PVR
Vehicles
55/N55
Stagecoach East London
Stagecoach East London
29
Existing New Routemaster
56
Stagecoach East London
Stagecoach East London
18
Existing hybrid double deck
87/N87
London General
London General
19
Existing New Routemaster
219
London General
London General
12
Existing electric single deck
230
London General
London General
11
New electric double deck
432
Arriva London South
Arriva London South
10
Existing hybrid double deck
New electric vehicles may enter service after the contract start date, dependent on infrastructure and/ or vehicle delivery timescales.
The hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.
The start and end dates for the above contracts are detailed in the following table:
Route
Contract Start Date
Contract End Date
55/N55
1st March 2025
2nd March 2029
56
1st March 2025
3rd March 2028
87/N87
31st May 2025
1st June 2029
219
31st May 2025
28th May 2032
230
21st June 2025
18th June 2032
432
5th April 2025
7th April 2028
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The London Transport Droid
Notification of Tender Results
27th August 2024
LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:
Route
Current Operator
New Operator
PVR
Vehicles
45
Transport UK London
Transport UK London
TBC
Existing hybrid double deck
171/N171
London Central
London Central
15
New electric double deck
327
Sullivan Buses
Metroline
1
Existing diesel single deck
W9
Sullivan Buses
Metroline
8
Existing diesel single deck
New electric vehicles may enter service after the contract start date, dependent on infrastructure and/ or vehicle delivery timescales.
The diesel and hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.
The start and end dates for the above contracts are detailed in the following table:
Route
Contract Start Date
Contract End Date
45
1st February 2025
1st February 2030
171/N171
26th April 2025
23rd April 2032
327
31st August 2024
27th August 2027
W9
21st September 2024
17th September 2027
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Next Saturday will see Arriva’s Stamford Hill Garage re open with route 254 and 76, while its lease ends with Ash Grove.
Also to note, a new style duty card will also be introduced, moving away from the old LT style LSS style.
Arriva were the last operator in London to use the old style London Transport schedules software.
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