List of bus types used in London

The LGOC B-type is a model of double-decker bus that was introduced in London on 1910. It was both built and operated by the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC).

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

• X-type (1909)
• B-type (1910)

AEC buses

Arguably the most famous of them all, the AEC Routemaster serviced London for over 50 years before being retired from general use.

• K-type (1919)
• S-type (1920)
• T-type (1920)
• NS-type (1922)^[1]
• Regal (1929)
• Regent (1929)
• LT-type (1929)
• ST-type (1929)
• Q-type (1932)
• Regent III RT (1939)
• Regent II (1945)
• Regal III (1947)
• Regent III (1947)
• Regal IV (1949)
• AEC Routemaster (1954)
• Merlin/Swift (1964)

Alexander Dennis Buses

An Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC Virtual Electric bus in service on route 69

• Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart/Enviro200H (2006)
• Alexander Dennis Enviro400/Enviro400H (2006)
• Dennis Dart (Plaxton Pointer/Carlyle Works body) (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)
• Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMC
• Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC
• Alexander Dennis Enviro200 EV

Leyland Buses

An ex-London Regional Transport Leyland National. Designed for the National Bus Company, it eventually proved highly popular outside of the company.

• Leyland Atlantean (1965)
• Leyland National (1972)
• Leyland Olympian (1984)
• Leyland Tiger (1927)
• Leyland Titan (1927)
• Leyland Titan (B15) (1978)

MCV Buses

• MCV EvoSeti (on Volvo B5LH)
• MAN 12.240 (MCV Evolution/East Lancs Esteem body) (2007)
• MAN 14.240 (MCV Evolution/Alexander Dennis Enviro200 body) (2006)

MCW Buses

• MCW Metrobus (1978)
• MCW Metrorider (1987)

Optare/Switch Mobility Buses

• Optare Excel (1996)
• Optare MetroCity/Switch Metrocity (both diesel and electric) (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)
• Optare MetroDecker EV (2019)

Scania Buses

• 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)

VDL Buses

• 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 Buses

• 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)
• Volvo MCV EvoSeti (2015)

Wright Buses

The Wright SRM, introduced late 2016. Compared to the original New Routemaster, it is 0.7m shorter, but removes the rear doors and staircase.

• Wright Pulsar Gemini (2003)
• Wright Pulsar Gemini HEV (2007)
• Wright StreetLite (2010)
• New Routemaster (2012)
• Wright StreetDeck (2014)
• Wright SRM (2016)
• Wright StreetAir (2017)
• Wright Eclipse Gemini (2001-2019)
• Wright StreetDeck Electroliner BEV (2023)
• Wright Eclipse Gemini 2RV (Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 body) (2009)

Other Buses

• Bristol LH (1975)
• DAF SB220 (East Lancs Myllennium/Optare Delta body) (1989)
• Daimler Fleetline (1979)
• Mercedes-Benz Citaro (2002)
• Caetano e.City Gold (2020)

See also

• Transport portal
• London portal

• Buses in London
• List of bus routes in London

References

• Prince Marshall (1972), Wheels of London: The Story of London's Street Transport, The Sunday Times Magazine, ISBN 0723000689
• 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, (annual editions from 1981), Jane's Information Group{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
• London Bus Handbook, (annual editions from 1979), Capital Transport Publishing and British Bus Publishing{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

Notes

1. "1923 AEC NS bus – NS174" (2017). London Bus Museum. Retrieved 29 March 2017.