No.12 • October 2011
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DOUBLE DECKS TO REPLACE ARTICULATED BUSES
BYE BYE TO BENDY BUS G O-AHEAD LONDON is to phase out the last of the articulated buses from their routes by the end of November. TfL terminated the contracts on the three remaining Go-Ahead routes that still used the bendy buses and decided to replace these with double deck buses. Boris Johnson pledged to withdraw the buses from the capital as part of his 2008 Mayoral campaign and they should be phased out completely by the end of this year. Route 12, which runs from Dulwich to Oxford Circus, will cease to use bendy buses from
November 5. Route 436, which runs from Lewisham to Paddington, will use double deck buses from November 19 while Route 453, from Deptford to Marylebone, converted on September 24. Martin Bamford, assistant tendering manager, said: “Articulated buses were able to carry more passengers so more double deck buses will be needed to carry the same number of passengers.” The double deck buses will need to be run at a higher frequency than that of the bendy bus to suit passenger capacity. An additional 24 double deck buses will be required across all three routes.
All the hard work pays off...
New routes off to smooth start WITH the joy of winning new work comes the hard work in implementing it – something employees at Blue Triangle and Docklands can tell you all about. Go-Ahead London recently bid successfully on seven new contracts, five of which are already up and running. Routes D6, from Hackney to Isle of Dogs, D7, from Mile End to Poplar, D8, from Isle of Dogs to Stratford City, 276, from Stoke Newington Common to Newham Hospital and 376, from Beckton to East Ham, all began running under the Go-Ahead banner from September 17. The successful Blue Triangle team.
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GET CREATIVE FOR CHRISTMAS IN OUR COMPETITION p6
CRAIG WINS 500 CHALLENGE: p3
FOOTY SUCCESS FOR SCOTT: p6
EVERTON TAKES CONTROL: p6
INSIDE: TENDER WINS SECURE FUTURE FOR MANDELA WAY p4-5