Make and model of buses approved to meet the Bus Safety Standard

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Dear Transport for London,

Can you list the makes and model of buses which meet the latest Bus Safety Standards and are approved for bus operators to purchase or lease for their route contracts?

Yours faithfully
Larry Bryant

FOI, Transport for London

Dear Mr Bryant,

 

TfL Ref: FOI-3274-1920

 

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 27^th
January 2020 asking for information about the make and model of buses
which meet the latest Bus Safety Standards and which are approved for use
in London.

 

Your request will be processed in accordance with the requirements of the
Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. 

 

A response will be sent to you by 24^th February 2020 . We publish a
substantial range of information on our website on subjects including
operational performance, contracts, expenditure, journey data, governance
and our financial performance. This includes data which is frequently
asked for in FOI requests or other public queries. Please check
[1]http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transpar... to see if this helps you.

 

We will publish anonymised versions of requests and responses on the
[2]www.tfl.gov.uk website. We will not publish your name and we will send
a copy of the response to you before it is published on our website.

 

In the meantime, if you would like to discuss this matter further, please
do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

David Wells

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

 

 

 

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Dear Mr Bryant,

 

TfL Ref: FOI-3274-1920

 

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 27^th
January 2020 asking for information about the latest Bus Safety Standards.

 

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. 

 

Specifically you asked:

 

“Can you list the makes and model of buses which meet the latest Bus
Safety Standards and are approved for bus operators to purchase or lease
for their route contracts?”

 

TfL does not hold the requested information. Bus services in London are
provided by private operators on behalf of TfL, and it is for the private
operators to choose which makes and models they buy and/or lease. Any new
buses introduced into the fleet since November/December 2019 will need to
meet the safety standards, but we do not specifically hold a list of the
makes and models which currently meet the standards.

 

More information about the standards can be found here:

 

[1]http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-safety-sta...

 

More information about bus safety more generally can be found here:

 

[2]https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/safety-and-...

 

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to
appeal.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

David Wells

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

 

 

 

 

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