On 11 Feb 2007 12:52:13 -0800, wrote:

On 9 Feb, 23:45, Paul Corfield wrote:
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.

Thanks, Dave & Paul C. The 13-15% to get from Peak Vehicle Requirement
to actual number of buses is very useful, because it's the bus garages
I'm interested in, and I wanted to find out how many buses they are
housing. Thanks very much for your efforts.

You might wish to get hold of two key LOTS supplements then. Numbers 36V
and 37T show the fleet quantities and allocations and also the peak
vehicle requirements per route plus interworkings.

Available from LOTS - www.lots.org.uk and click on publications from the
side menu.
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Paul C


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