List of bus types used in London
This is a list of bus types used by London bus operators and tour operators in London throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, with their year of first introduction. Bus types written in bold are currently in use.
LGOC buses
AEC buses
- K-type (1919)
- NS-type (1922)
- Q-type (1932)
- S-type (1920)
- T-type (1920)
- Regal (1929)
- Regal III (1947)
- Regal IV (1949)
- Regent (1929)
- Regent II (1945)
- Regent III (1947)
- Regent III RT (1939)
- Routemaster (1954)
- Merlin/Swift (1964)
Other buses used in London
- Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart/Enviro200H (2006)
- Alexander Dennis Enviro400/Enviro400H (2006)
- DAF SB220 (East Lancs Myllennium/Optare Delta body) (1989)
- Daimler Fleetline (1979)
- Dennis Dart (1989)
- Dennis Dart SLF (Plaxton Pointer/Alexander ALX200/Caetano Nimbus/MCV Evolution/East Lancs Myllennium body) (1995)
- Dennis Lance/Lance SLF (1991/1993)
- Dennis Trident 2 (Alexander ALX400/East Lancs Lolyne/Plaxton President body) (1999)
- Leyland Atlantean (1965)
- Leyland National (1972)
- Leyland Olympian (1984)
- Leyland Tiger (1927)
- Leyland Titan (1927)
- Leyland Titan (B15) (1978)
- MAN 12.240 (MCV Evolution/East Lancs Esteem body) (2007)
- MAN 14.240 (MCV Evolution/Alexander Dennis Enviro200 body) (2006)
- MCW Metrobus (1978)
- MCW Metrorider (1987)
- Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Citaro (2002)
- New Routemaster (NB4L) (2012)
- Optare Excel (1996)
- Optare MetroCity (2014)
- Optare MetroRider (1989)
- Optare Solo (1998)
- Optare Solo SR (2012)
- Optare Tempo (both diesel and hybrid-electric) (2009)
- Optare Versa (both diesel and hybrid-electric) (2010)
- Scania Metropolitan (1976)
- Scania N113CRL (Wright Pathfinder body) (1992)
- Scania N113DRB (1993)
- Scania N94UD (East Lancs OmniDekka/OmniCity body) (2003)
- Scania N230UD (East Lancs OmniDekka/East Lancs Olympus/OmniCity body) (2007)
- Scania OmniTown (OmniTown/East Lancs Myllennium/East Lancs Esteem) (2003)
- DAF/VDL DB250 (Alexander ALX400/Optare Spectra/Plaxton President/Wright Pulsar Gemini body)
- VDL DB300 (Wright Gemini 2/Wright Gemini 2 HEV body)
- DAF/VDL SB120 (Wright Cadet/Merit/Electrocity/Wright Pulsar Hydrogen powered body)
- Volvo Ailsa B55 (1983)
- Volvo B6 (1992)
- Volvo B5L (Wright Eclipse Gemini/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 body) (2008)
- Volvo B7L/Ayats Bravo (2004)
- Volvo B7TL (Alexander ALX400/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking/Plaxton President/Wright Eclipse Gemini body) (1999)
- Volvo B9TL (Alexander Dennis Enviro400/Wright Eclipse Gemini/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2/Optare Visionaire body) (2006)
- Volvo B10B (1993)
- Volvo Citybus
- Volvo Olympian (1993)
- Wright Pulsar Gemini HEV (2007)
Current buses used in London
- Enviro200 Dart/Enviro200H
- Alexander Dennis Enviro400/Enviro400H
- Dennis Dart SLF (Plaxton Pointer/Alexander ALX200/Caetano Nimbus/MCV Evolution/East Lancs Myllennium body)
- Dennis Trident 2 (Alexander ALX400/East Lancs Lolyne/Plaxton President body)
- MAN 12.240 (MCV Evolution/East Lancs Esteem body)
- MAN 14.240 (MCV Evolution/Alexander Dennis Enviro200 body)
- Mercedes-Benz Citaro
- New Routemaster
- Optare MetroCity
- Optare Solo
- Optare Solo SR
- Optare Tempo
- Optare Versa
- Scania OmniCity
- Scania OmniDekka
- Scania OmniTown
- DAF/VDL DB250 (Alexander ALX400/Optare Spectra/Plaxton President/Wright Pulsar Gemini body)
- VDL DB300 (Wright Gemini 2/Wright Gemini 2 HEV body)
- DAF/VDL SB120 (Wright Cadet/Merit/Electrocity/Wright Pulsar Hydrogen powered body)
- Volvo B5L (Wright Eclipse Gemini/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 body)
- Volvo B7TL (Alexander ALX400/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking/Plaxton President/Wright Eclipse Gemini body)
- Volvo B9TL (Alexander Dennis Enviro400/Wright Eclipse Gemini/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 body)
- Wright Pulsar Gemini HEV
See also
References
- Colin Hartley Curtis (1979), Buses of London: An Illustrated Review, with Specifications and Brief History, of Every London Bus Type Purchased by London Transport Or Its Predecessors Since 1908, Pan Macmillan, ISBN 9780853291053
- Jane's Urban Transport Systems, Jane's Information Group, annual editions from 1981 Check date values in:
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(help) - London Bus Handbook, Capital Transport Publishing and British Bus Publishing, annual editions from 1979 Check date values in:
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