On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:45:36 +0000, Paul Corfield
wrote:

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.

Did the 1958 figure include the Country area, do you know?

On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:25:02 +0000, Ken Wheatley
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:45:36 +0000, Paul Corfield
wrote:

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.

Did the 1958 figure include the Country area, do you know?

I've just checked the relevant LOTS [1] supplement. The figures was for
Central Buses and Trolleybuses which is just about the same network area
as TfL today barring a few differences in cross boundary provision.

[1] www.lots.org.uk
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Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:25:02 +0000, Ken Wheatley
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:45:36 +0000, Paul Corfield
wrote:

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.

Did the 1958 figure include the Country area, do you know?

I've just checked the relevant LOTS [1] supplement. The figures was
for Central Buses and Trolleybuses which is just about the same network

area as TfL today barring a few differences in cross boundary
provision.

[1] www.lots.org.uk

Up to a point. Some central routes went a long way outside London in them
days, e.g. the long-gone route 14 Sunday services to Dorking.

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Colin Rosenstiel