Thank you for your email received by us on 2 November 2017 asking for information about the companies that run services on our behalf and profits made from night bus services.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we hold some of the information you require. You asked for:
INFORMATION OF NET PROFIT/LOSS OF THE NIGHT BUS SERVICES
We do not hold this information, if you would like to contact the bus operators directly please refer to their contact details via the following web page. Please note that private companies are not legally obliged to respond under FOI legislation:
http://www.londontravelwatch.org.uk/links/bus_operating_companies
AND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS IN LONDON
Transport For London’s (TfL) Annual Report is published on our website:
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/annual-report
Please contact the bus companies for their Annual Reports through the aforementioned London TravelWatch website. For the Annual Reports of the companies that run the following services on our behalf, please contact:
London Overground - Arriva Rail London
Docklands Light Railway (DLR) - KeolisAmey Docklands Ltd
London Trams - Tram Operations Limited (TOL), a subsidiary of First Group
As mentioned previously, private companies are not legally obliged to respond under FOI legislation.
I would like to ask if there are Public Limited Company (PLC) operating bus, taxi, chauffeur and rail services, so that I can make use of them to analyse them from Annual Report (AR) 2016 of these PLCs. Please do share with me if able to have the AR 2016 that is not PLCs of public transport operators operating in London, like Tower Transit.
I would also like to understand what are the model is adopted for the train, chauffeur and taxi services in London. In addition, to understand on the demand for any of these Night Bus Services during weekdays, weekends and/or public holidays, and if the daily cost margin is loss or gain when operating these London Night Bus Services.
We do not provide chauffeur driven services, information on how our taxi and private hire services are operated is provided on our website:
https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/
For further details on the relationship we have with our subsidiary companies and their limited statuses, please see the organisational chart here:
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/how-we-work/corporate-governance/subsidiary-companies
The following press release on the growing demand for night bus services may also be of interest:
https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2016/august/tfl-introduces-new-friday-and-saturday-night-bus-services-to-night-tube
In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you elsewhere.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely
Jasmine Howard
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
2 February 2017
INFORMATION OF NET PROFIT/LOSS OF THE NIGHT BUS SERVICES AND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS IN LONDON
I would like to ask if there are Public Limited Company (PLC) operating bus, taxi, chauffeur and rail services, so that I can make use of them to analyze them from Annual Report (AR) 2016 of these PLCs. Please do share with me if able to have the AR 2016 that is not PLCs of public transport operators operating in London, like Tower Transit.
I would also like to understand what are the model is adopted for the train, chauffeur and taxi services in London. In addition, to understand on the demand for any of these Night Bus Services during weekdays, weekends and/or public holidays, and if the daily cost margin is loss or gain when operating these London Night Bus Services.
