Costs Surprise On Artic Replacement Buses

摘要

The extra cost of running the first three routes at present using articulated buses with conventional single- or double-deckers has come out at ￡3.35 million a year, according to figures from Transport for London.rnThis will confound many opponents of the changes. For example, London TravelWatch guestimated a figure nearly four times higher (In London, November). Probably the most surprising figure comes in Arriva London North's ￡15.8million a year successful bid for route 38 (VictoriarnClapton Pond). That compared with a bid of ￡13.6million for using new articulated buses and just ￡13million for retaining the existing ones.