On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:54:21 +0000, Dave A wrote:

wrote:
Does anyone how many buses operate on behalf of London Buses (or know
how I can find out)? And how many of these are double deckers, single
deckers and articulated buses respectively?

If you mean the number of vehicles, AIUI it's approximately 8000 -
unfortunately I don't know any details beyond that.

Just to add to Dave's reply.

As at 27/1/07 there were 7037 buses required to run the scheduled TfL
services on Mondays to Fridays when the schools are open. Note that this
figure does NOT include any spare buses that the operating companies own
to cover for repairs, damage, training or just to provide flexibility
for swapping buses over during the day. Typically there is a 13-15%
margin for spare buses so the 8,000 value is about spot on.

The 7037 figure is the highest total for London since 1958 which was the
previous peak value. It is also worth noting that the total has already
increased further and will continue to do so as further route and
frequency improvements are introduced.

A quick check in my database shows 346 bendy buses run in service
Mondays to Fridays.

There are 10 Routemasters on the Heritage Routes daily.

I'm afraid I don't have a quick way of working out the split into single
or double deckers - sorry.
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Paul C


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