Would you provide a full list of complete rooftop codes (being prefix-operator code-number), along with the associated registration numbers, for all buses operating TfL routes please?

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TfL Ref: FOI-2843-1718

Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 9 January 2018 asking for roof codes and registration numbers for all buses operating TfL routes. I apologise for the delay in replying to you.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you require. You asked:

Would you provide a full list of complete rooftop codes (being prefix-operator code-number), along with the associated registration numbers, for all buses operating TfL routes please?

Please find attached the information you requested. The document is a snapshot of the contracted bus fleet at the time of publication, based on information provided to TfL by contracted bus operators.

The data also includes the make and model of the vehicle, basic attributes (dimensions, etc) and shows the age and the fuel and emission standards of the vehicle.

The data is used in summary form by TfL to document how modern and clean the fleet is and how we have adapted purchasing policy to harness the best and most appropriate emission reducing technologies for London.

Where a bus route is shown, this is the route the best was contracted to operate on. As bus operators can (and do) move buses between routes to maintain an effective service, the information cannot be used to ascertain which buses are operating on a route at any particular date or time.

There are no plans to provide this data in other formats or more frequently than at the quarterly fleet audit review. Where ‘Unknown’ is shown in the data set, the value has not been supplied to TfL or has not been validated.

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 enclosed 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,

Melissa Nichols

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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