Request ID: FOI-1487-2223 Date published: 11 October 2022
You asked
Has TfL or the Mayors office made any payment to the development of London’s fleet of electric buses either in the development, subsidies or individual payments too bus companies such as RATP Group or other bus company.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-1487-2223
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 20 September 2022.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked:
Has TfL or the Mayor’s office made any payment to the development of London’s fleet of electric buses either in the development, subsidies or individual payments too bus companies such as RATP Group or other bus company.
All TfL bus route contracts are competitively tendered and awarded to a bus operator, who operates bus routes on TfL’s behalf. There are currently eight bus operating companies in London that operate TfL bus routes. Not all bus operators operate electric buses.
The cost for the procurement of new zero-emission buses, and relevant infrastructure, is the responsibility of the bus operator and these costs are included in the route tender bid. Once the route contract is awarded to the bus operator with the most cost effective route tender bid, TfL will pay an annual contract price to the bus operator for the operation of the route.
Through our competitive tendering process, over 840 electric buses are now in operation on various routes, across London, by various bus operators, leading to the development of London’s zero-emission bus fleet.
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Yours sincerely
Eva Hextall FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
