New Routemaster / LT class: TfL lease documents

[thelondonthing]

I have no idea if this will be of interest to anyone, but on the off-chance that it might be, I thought I may as well post it. While idly looking through various bits of TfL documentation, I stumbled across a rather detailed document titled: "Agreement for lease of the New Bus for London". You can find it here on the TfL site:

content.tfl.gov.uk/new-bus-for-london-lease-agreement.pdf

Now, an awful lot of this document is filled with dense gibberish related to contract law, but there may be a few little bits of mild interest to someone out there.

For example, did you know how long the various parts of a New Routemaster are covered under manufacturer's warranty?



Or perhaps you'd like an extremely detailed diagram of the side advertising panels?



Attached to the lease agreement is a copy of the "New Bus for London graphics standards", which is essentially a quite tedious guide to every sticker on the bus, the size and position of every operator logo, the size and position of the fleet numbers, and every other obsessively small detail that is frequently ignored in routine fleet maintenance.

Given its anal fixation on details, it amuses me that the document not only shows the wrong bus on its cover, but inexplicably, its doors are also on the wrong side:



I'm not kidding - they get really detailed about this stuff:



The lease agreement also includes a detailed breakdown of the standards that TfL considers acceptable when returning a bus from lease. "Soiling of the seats", apparently, is considered "not acceptable".

So... there we go. Maybe, something in there may be vaguely interesting to someone, somewhere... but hey, if not, no worries.

[capitalomnibus]

Nov 28, 2021 20:19:44 GMT thelondonthing said:

I have no idea if this will be of interest to anyone, but on the off-chance that it might be, I thought I may as well post it. While idly looking through various bits of TfL documentation, I stumbled across a rather detailed document titled: "Agreement for lease of the New Bus for London". You can find it here on the TfL site:

content.tfl.gov.uk/new-bus-for-london-lease-agreement.pdf

Now, an awful lot of this document is filled with dense gibberish related to contract law, but there may be a few little bits of mild interest to someone out there.

For example, did you know how long the various parts of a New Routemaster are covered under manufacturer's warranty?



Or perhaps you'd like an extremely detailed diagram of the side advertising panels?



Attached to the lease agreement is a copy of the "New Bus for London graphics standards", which is essentially a quite tedious guide to every sticker on the bus, the size and position of every operator logo, the size and position of the fleet numbers, and every other obsessively small detail that is frequently ignored in routine fleet maintenance.

Given its anal fixation on details, it amuses me that the document not only shows the wrong bus on its cover, but inexplicably, its doors are also on the wrong side:



I'm not kidding - they get really detailed about this stuff:



The lease agreement also includes a detailed breakdown of the standards that TfL considers acceptable when returning a bus from lease. "Soiling of the seats", apparently, is considered "not acceptable".

So... there we go. Maybe, something in there may be vaguely interesting to someone, somewhere... but hey, if not, no worries.

Not new, I am sure it was also posted before. But still interesting that a few operators have not 100% followed the vinyl arrangements recently.

[ServerKing]

Nov 28, 2021 20:19:44 GMT thelondonthing said:

I have no idea if this will be of interest to anyone, but on the off-chance that it might be, I thought I may as well post it. While idly looking through various bits of TfL documentation, I stumbled across a rather detailed document titled: "Agreement for lease of the New Bus for London". You can find it here on the TfL site:

content.tfl.gov.uk/new-bus-for-london-lease-agreement.pdf

Now, an awful lot of this document is filled with dense gibberish related to contract law, but there may be a few little bits of mild interest to someone out there.

For example, did you know how long the various parts of a New Routemaster are covered under manufacturer's warranty?



Or perhaps you'd like an extremely detailed diagram of the side advertising panels?



Attached to the lease agreement is a copy of the "New Bus for London graphics standards", which is essentially a quite tedious guide to every sticker on the bus, the size and position of every operator logo, the size and position of the fleet numbers, and every other obsessively small detail that is frequently ignored in routine fleet maintenance.

Given its anal fixation on details, it amuses me that the document not only shows the wrong bus on its cover, but inexplicably, its doors are also on the wrong side:



I'm not kidding - they get really detailed about this stuff:



The lease agreement also includes a detailed breakdown of the standards that TfL considers acceptable when returning a bus from lease. "Soiling of the seats", apparently, is considered "not acceptable".

So... there we go. Maybe, something in there may be vaguely interesting to someone, somewhere... but hey, if not, no worries.

These buses are very good at detailed breakdowns this is probably why TfL is broke. I would off hire half the fleet and bring in conventional ones or smart hybrids to save money. A lot of the LTs need repainting, some look downright shabby

[cl54]

I understand that the scope for their refurbishment is being reduced with one idea that only seat coverings which are in poor condition will be replaced. This seems to go against the terms in the lease.

[capitalomnibus]

Nov 30, 2021 3:41:43 GMT cl54 said:

I understand that the scope for their refurbishment is being reduced with one idea that only seat coverings which are in poor condition will be replaced. This seems to go against the terms in the lease.

The LT's moquette has hardly faded. When you take a brand new seat from the stores and compare it, you would be shocked.

[vjaska]

Dec 4, 2021 23:21:31 GMT capitalomnibus said:

Nov 30, 2021 3:41:43 GMT cl54 said:

I understand that the scope for their refurbishment is being reduced with one idea that only seat coverings which are in poor condition will be replaced. This seems to go against the terms in the lease.

The LT's moquette has hardly faded. When you take a brand new seat from the stores and compare it, you would be shocked.

Probably because of the colour of the moquette and the dingy saloon giving the impression it hasn't faded.

[cl54]

Dec 4, 2021 23:32:09 GMT vjaska said:

Dec 4, 2021 23:21:31 GMT capitalomnibus said:

The LT's moquette has hardly faded. When you take a brand new seat from the stores and compare it, you would be shocked.

Probably because of the colour of the moquette and the dingy saloon giving the impression it hasn't faded.

The moquette used is a cheaper version of the traditional and I have seen worn patches rather than fading. The same is true on recent Tube trains.