Greener Buses in London

London has the largest fleet of hybrid buses in the world, with just under 1000 environmentally friendly beasts roaming the streets of London. As well as this, some routes also have Electric buses running on them, with TFL trialing them and they are being used on a Growing number of routes

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Hybrid buses use a mix of diesel and electric to operate, this reduces the amount of emissions released by the bus and also makes it much cheaper to run compared to your conventional diesel bus. The diesel powers an electric motor which powers the engine which charges the battery which makes the bus move. The battery also recharges when the bus brakes.

Electric buses use pure Electricity to run and rely on the bus being charged overnight in order to operate through the day

There are a few hybrid bus types in London such as:

Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker bus
Optare Tempo Hybrid single-decker bus
Wrightbus New Routemaster double-decker bus
Wright Eclipse Gemini 1 Volvo B5LH double-decker bus
Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 Volvo B5LH double-decker bus
Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 Volvo B5LH double-decker bus
Wright Electrocity single-decker bus

The Electric buses that operate or are planned to operate in London are:
Build Your Dreams Electric Bus
Optare Metrocity Electric
Enviro400Hybrid/E40H Electric

Below is a list of London Bus routes that use or are planned to use Electric buses...

Route 69: Canning Town - Walthamstow Central Planned to use a few Enviro400/E40H MMC buses modified to have a bigger battery capable of being charged through wireless technology. They will also be partially diesel in case the battery runs out. This will be from Stagecoach London's West Ham garage. The Charging Point will be in the Garage as well as Canning Town and Walthamstow Central Bus Stations.

Route 312: South Croydon - Norwood Junction Uses 2 Optare Metrocity Electric buses from Arriva London's Croydon garage. Charging points are at the bus garage (EMC1-EMC2). The whole route shall be converted to electric buses in the forthcoming months

Route 507: Waterloo - Victoria Uses 1 Build Your Dreams Electric bus from Go Ahead London's Waterloo Garage. The Charging Point is in the Garage (EB1)

Route 521: Waterloo - London Bridge Uses 1 Build Your Dreams Electric bus from Go Ahead London's Waterloo Garage. The Charging Point is in the Garage (EB2)

Route H98: Hayes End - Hounslow Uses 4 Optare Metrocity Electric buses from London United's Hounslow Garage. The Charging Points are in the Garage (OCE1-OCE4)
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Below is a list of London bus routes that use or are planned to use hybrid buses.



Route 3: Crystal Palace - Oxford Circus uses 24 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from Abellio's Battersea garage.

Route 5: Canning Town - Romford Market uses Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from route 205 for special early and late journeys. 

Route 6: Aldwych - Willesden Planned to use a partial allocation of Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 buses from August 2015.

Route 7: East Acton - Oxford Circus uses 23 Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 double-decker buses from Metroline's Perivale garage.

Route 8: Bow Church - Tottenham Court Road Uses New Routemaster Buses from Stagecoach London's Bow (BW) garage

Route 9: Aldwych - Hammersmith Uses New Routemaster Buses from London United's Stamford Brook (V) Garage

Route 10: Hammersmith - King's Cross Uses New Routemaster Buses from London United's Stamford Brook (V) Garage

Route 11: Fulham Broadway - Liverpool Street Uses New Routemaster Buses from Go Ahead London's Stockwell (SW) Garage

Route 12: Dulwich Library - Oxford Circus uses 16 Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 double-decker buses and 21 other conventional diesel double-decker buses from Go-Ahead London: London Central's Camberwell garage.

Route 13: Aldwych - Golders Green uses 23 Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 double-decker buses from London United's Edgware garage.

Route 15: Blackwall - Regent Street uses 24 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses as a full allocation from Stagecoach's Bow garage. From February 2015, the Enviro400 Hybrids will be replaced by New Routemaster buses

Route 16: Cricklewood Bus Garage - Victoria uses 18 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from Metroline's Cricklewood garage.

Route 19: Battersea Bridge South Side - Finsbury Park Station uses Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 double-decker buses from Go Ahead London's Stockwell garage.

Route 23: Liverpool Street - Westbourne Park uses 17 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from Tower Transit's Westbourne Park garage.

Route 24: Hampstead Heath - Pimlico  Uses New Routemaster buses from Metroline's Holloway (HT) Garage

Route 27: Chalk Farm - Chiswick Business Park uses 31 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from London United's Stamford Brook garage.

Route 29: Trafalgar Square - Wood Green uses Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 double-decker buses from Wood Green (WN) garage.

Route 34: Barnet Church - Walthamstow Central Temproraily uses Wright Ecipse Gemini 3/B5LH buses, but these buses should soon be moving to Route 82.

Route 38: Clapton Pond - Victoria Uses New Routemaster buses from Arriva London's Clapton (CT) and Ash Grove (AE) Garage

Route 49: Clapham Junction - White City will use 22 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from Abellio's Battersea (QB) garage.

Route 52: Willesden Bus Garage - Victoria uses Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 double-decker buses from Metroline's Willesden (AC) garage.

Route 53: Plumstead Station - Whitehall Horse Guards Uses Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 Hybrid/B5LH from Stagecoach London's Plumstead (PD) Garage

Route 54: Elmers End - Woolwich uses 17 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from Stagecoach London's Catford (TL) garage.

Route 55: Leyton, Baker's Arms - Oxford Circus Uses 34 New Routemaster Buses from Stagecoach London's Leyton (T) Garage.

Route 56: Whipps Cross - Holborn, St Bartholomew's Hospital Planned to use existing Enviro400 Hybrid buses transferred from route 15 from February 2015

Route 73: Stoke Newington - Victoria uses Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 double-decker buses from Arriva London's Stamford HIll (SF) garage.

Route 74: Baker Street - Putney High Street uses Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 double-decker buses from garage.

Route 75: Croydon Town Centre - Lewisham uses 15 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from Stagecoach London's Catford (TL) garage.

Route 76: Tottenham - Trafalgar Square uses Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 double-decker buses from Arriva's Tottenham (AR) garage.

Route 88: Camden Town - Clapham Common uses 22 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from Go-Ahead London's Stockwell (SW) garage.

Route 94: Acton Green - Picadilly Circus uses Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from London United's Shepherd's Bush (S) garage.

Route 98: Russell Square - Willesden Planned to use a partial allocation of Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 buses from August 2015

Route 99: Bexleyheath - Woolwich Uses 3 Enviro400 Hybrid buses from Stagecoach London's Plumstead (PD) garage.

Route 100: Elephant & Castle - Shadwell Uses Alexander Dennis Enviro200 buses fitted with a Williams Flywheel from Go Ahead London's Mandela Way (MW) Garage

Route 109: Brixton - Croydon Town Centre  Uses Enviro400 MMC Hybrid buses from Abellio London's Beddington Cross (BC) Garage

Route 122: Crystal Palace - Plumstead Uses Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid and Volvo B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 double-decker buses from Stagecoach London's Plumstead (PD) garage. Also planned to use one B5LH/Enviro400 MMC from Spring 2015.

Route 125: Winchmore Hill - Finchley  Uses B5LH/Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 buses from Metroline's Potter's Bar (PB) garage

Route 135: Crossharbour - Old Street Planned to use New Enviro400 MMC/B5LH Double Deckers in May 2015 upon contract award to Go Ahead London

Route 137: Streatham Hill, Telford Avenue - Oxford Circus Uses New Routemaster buses from Arriva London's Brixton garage (BN)

Route 139: West Hampstead - Waterloo uses 23 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from Metroline's Cricklewood (W) garage.

Route 148: Camberwell Green - White City Uses New Routemaster from London United's Shepherd's Bush (S) Garage

Route 177: Peckham - Thamesmead Planned to use 18 B5LH/Enviro400 Hybrid MMC from the 30th May 2015. This is from Stagecoach London's Plumstead (PD) garage

Route 178: Woolwich - Lewisham Uses Optare Tempo Hybrid buses from Stagecoach London's Catford (TL) Garage

Route 188: North Greenwich - Russell Square uses 13 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from Abellio's Walworth garage.

Route 189: Brent Cross - Oxford Circus uses 19 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from Metroline's Crinklewood (W) Garage.

Route 192: Edmonton Green - Enfield Planned to use Wright Streetlite buses with Williams Flywheel fitted from Go Ahead London's Northumberland Park Garage (NP)

Route 201: Mordern - Herne Hill  Uses 10 Enviro200/E20D buses fitted with a Flywheel from Abellio London's Beddington Cross garage

Route 205: Bow Church - Paddington uses 27 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from Stagecoach London's Bow (BW) garage.

Route 211: Hammersmith - Waterloo uses Some Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from Abellio's Battersea garage.

Route 212: Chingford - Wlathamstow planned to Wright Eclipse Gemini 3/B5LH upon contract change from CT Plus to Tower Transit

Route 285: Heathrow Central - Kingston planned to use new Hybrid Double Deckers from 27 June 2014

Route 322: Crystal Palace - Clapham Common Planned to use Flywheel Hybrid Enviro200 MMC/E20D buses upon transfer to Go Ahead London on 2nd May 2015

Route 332: Paddington - Brent Park, Superstores Planned to use Enviro400 Hybrid MMC buses from December 2014

Route 350: Hayes and Harlingdon - Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 Planned to use Enviro400 MMC/E40H buses from March 2015 from Abellio London's Hayes Garage (WS)

Route 360: Elephant & Castle - Royal Albert Hall Uses Wright Electrocity buses from Go Ahead London's Camberwell (Q) Garage

Route 371: Kingston uses Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Hybrid buses from London United's Fulwell garage.

Route 388: Blackfriars - Stratford Bus Station uses 1 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker bus and  from CT Plus' Ash Grove garage.

Route 390: Archway - Notting Hill Gate Uses New Routemaster Buses from Metroline's Holloway (HT) Garage

Route 407: Caterham - Sutton Uses Enviro200/E20H from Abellio London's Beddington Cross (BC) Garage

Route 415: Elephant & Castle - Tulse Hill Planned to use Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC Hybrid from early 2015 from Walworth Garage (WL)

Route 432: Anerly - Brixton Planned to use Hybrid buses upon transfer to Go Ahead London in April 2015

Route 436: Lewisham - Paddington uses Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from Go Ahead London's New Cross garage.

Route 453: Deptford Bridge - Marylebone  Uses Wright New Routemaster buses operated by Mandela Way (MW) garage

Route 472: Thamesmead - North Greenwich Uses Enviro400 Hybrid buses from Stagecoach London's Plumstead (PD) Garage

Route 488: Bromley By Bow - Dalston Junction Planned to use Flywheel Enviro200s upon New Contract with Tower Transit in Spring 2015

Route E1: Ealing Broadway uses Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid double-decker buses from Abellio's Hayes (WS) garage.

Route G1: Battersea, Shaftsbury estate - Streatham Planned to use 4 Flywheel Enviro200 MMC/E20D buses from 2nd May 2015 operated by Go Ahead London's Merton Garage

Route S4: St Helier Station - Roundshaw uses Enviro200 Buses with a Williams Flywheel fitted from Abellio London's Beddington Cross Garage (BC)