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8a/c. When was a double decker last used on this route?  Were they stopped being used because of low bridges?

Certainly not in the last 25 years,if indeed not longer. 

London United have retained routes 33,71 and 371 this morning. The 33,plus the N33,will receive new electric buses and the contract starts in November. Routes 71 and 371 will retain their current buses, with the reminder that the 371 already has electric buses on it. Their contracts start in July. 

have you heard of a particular place called London? there's more buses than cars in that place.

Nowhere near accurate. 

This obsession everyone has with making things Zero Emissions is annoying. 

Don't get me started on this fake news. There is no climate crisis in the UK. 

Routes 341,H37 and SL3 have been given new contracts today with their current operators. The 341 and SL3 will in time gain new electric buses while the H37 will keep their existing diesel Enviros. All contracts for these start later this year or early next year.

Are they that 'bad condition' ?

Surprised, if they're Enviros!

If they're the ones I think they are,they're battle scarred. 

It will be interesting to see what London General orders for the 22 & 88 as apparently the current London General order is the last one Alexander Dennis are going to build on BYD chassis.

I know they've been using a Wright electric decker as a demo. I've seen it in Camberwell. Plus they've got another demo at Sutton too. 

You're being fed rubbish again by the sound of it.

Insurers are hardly likely to write-off a vehicle worth nearly half a million pounds, not unless it had been completely destroyed!

...... especially when it's virtually brand new.....

Another Monday, another series of route tender results.

All of the routes announced today were retained by their current operators which allows for a bit of continuity.

Metroline have retained route 4 and will be running new electric buses. 

Go Ahead London have retained routes 22,88 and 176. The first two,both of which have Night services too,are to gain new electric buses too. The 176 keeps its current buses.

London United have retained routes 117,281 and 419. All will retain their current buses which includes the relatively recent electric buses on the 281.

All are due to commence their latest contracts in stages throughout the second half of the year with the 281 being first among them in July. The rest of them are to begin theirs in the autumn and into December.

Talking of shortage of buses. New arrivals are ex uno Enviro 200 YX67 UYB &  YX67 UYA which are apparently new purchases for Chaserider and won't be transfered

Ex Uno as they have shut their Northampton operations down. 

I agree, I think certain routes should be operated by branded vehicles but local routes such as the 3/4 in Wolverhampton perhaps not.

If,at the time electric buses are allocated to Wolverhampton what they could do is have some branding bespoke for the City but not necessarily for any routes. 

I'm led to believe that the new electrics at PB will not be route branded due to them going onto different routes on a working day.
Are we going to see route branding becoming a thing of the past ?

Obviously high profile routes like the Sutton corridor,the 33 and selected others should have some branded in an ideal world. 

If it's a Monday, then it clearly must be tender news update time. 

Five busy, Inner London routes have had their futures secured today. 

At Metroline, routes 6 and 98 have been retained. The 6 keeps its current Volvo hybrids while the 98 is to get electric buses. The N98 however will use hybrids. The latest contracts start in December. 

At Go Ahead London,they have retained the 188,355 and 360-all to get new electric buses. In the case of the 360,they will replace the old Red Arrow buses that have been on the route for a few years now. The other two will also get new electric buses too, which involves yet more charging points to be fitted at Camberwell. The contract for the 188 starts in November,the other two in December.

More good news for the operators of seven routes in London today.

Arriva London has held the 150 and 175, which ensures the future of their Barking Garage until at least 2027. Both will gain Hybrid buses when their contracts start in October. 

Also to start in October are the new contracts for Uxbridge routes U1/2/3, which are to gain new electric buses in time. The U3 gets double deckers and the other two single deckers,and incidentally the U4, recently retendered and held by Metroline,all start on October 26.

Finally London United have retained the 406 and 418, which is run from Tolworth. Their next contracts start in June.

I really hope nobody is seriously injured, but honestly nothing surprises me about the standard of driving not just in Birmingham but Small Heath in particular. Gotta be thousands without valid licences or disqualified, as there's no driving schools that would teach the standard of driving round there.

If they're like where I once lived, they've won driving licences as Christmas Cracker prizes......