This is a list of current and former bus types used by bus operators in London throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, with their year of first introduction.
Current Alexander Dennis
Alexander Dennis Enviro200 (2006) Alexander Dennis Enviro400 (2006) Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid (2008) Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Hybrid City (2015) Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC (2015) Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC (2015) Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV (2015) Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV (2018) Alexander Dennis Enviro100EV (2025)
BYD
BYD K8SR (2016) BYD BD11 (2024) BYD B12 (2026)
MCV MCV EvoSeti (2016) MCV C093 EV/C103 EV (2024) MCV D113 EV (2024)
Optare/Switch
Optare MetroCity/Switch Metrocity (2014) Optare Solo SR (2012) Optare MetroDecker EV (2019)
VDL VDL DB300 (Wright Gemini 2 body) (2009)
Volvo Volvo B9TL (Alexander Dennis Enviro400/Wright Eclipse Gemini/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2/Optare Visionaire body) (2006) Volvo B5LH (Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC/MCV EvoSeti/Wright Eclipse Gemini/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2/Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 body) (2008) Volvo BZL (MCV body) (2024) Volvo BZL DD (MCV D113 EV body) (2024)
Wrightbus
Wright StreetLite (2012) New Routemaster (2012) Wright StreetDeck/StreetDeck HEV (2014/2018) Wright SRM (2016) Wright Eclipse Gemini (2001–2019) Wright StreetDeck Hydroliner FCEV (2021) Wright StreetDeck Electroliner (2023) Wright GB Kite Electroliner (2024)
Other Mercedes-Benz Citaro (2002) Caetano e.City Gold (2020) Irizar i.e. tram (2024)
Former LGOC
X-type (1909) B-type (1910)
AEC
K-type (1919) S-type (1920) T-type (1920) NS-type (1922)"1923 AEC NS bus – NS174" (2017). London Bus Museum. Retrieved 29 March 2017. Regal (1929) Regent (1929) LT-type (1929) ST-type (1929) Q-type (1932) Regent III RT (1939) Regent II (1945) Regal III (1947) Regent III (1947) Regal IV (1949) AEC Routemaster (1954) Merlin/Swift (1964)
Leyland
Leyland Atlantean (1965) Leyland National (1972) Leyland Olympian (1984) Leyland Tiger (1927) Leyland Titan (1927) Leyland Titan (B15) (1978)
Alexander Dennis Dennis Dart (Plaxton Pointer/Carlyle Works body) (1989) Dennis Dart SLF (Plaxton Pointer/Alexander ALX200/Caetano Nimbus/MCV Evolution/East Lancs Myllennium body) (1995) Dennis Lance/Lance SLF (1991/1993) Dennis Trident 2 (Alexander ALX400/East Lancs Lolyne/Plaxton President body) (1999)
MAN MAN 12.240 (MCV Evolution/East Lancs Esteem body) (2007) MAN 14.240 (MCV Evolution/Alexander Dennis Enviro200 body) (2007)
MCV MCV Evolution (2006)
MCW MCW Metrobus (1978) MCW Metrorider (1987)
Optare/Switch Optare Excel (1996) Optare MetroRider (1989) Optare Delta (1990) Optare Solo (1998) Optare Tempo (2009) Optare Versa (2010)
Scania Scania Metropolitan (1976) Scania N113CRL (Wright Pathfinder body) (1992) Scania N113DRB (1993) Scania N94UD (East Lancs OmniDekka/OmniCity body) (2003) Scania N230UD (East Lancs OmniDekka/East Lancs Olympus/OmniCity body) (2007) Scania OmniTown (OmniTown/East Lancs Myllennium/East Lancs Esteem) (2003)
VDL VDL DB250 (Alexander ALX400/Optare Spectra/Plaxton President/Wright Pulsar Gemini body) DAF/VDL SB120 (Wright Cadet/Merit/Electrocity/Wright Pulsar Hydrogen powered body)
Volvo Volvo Ailsa B55 (1983) Volvo B6 (1992) Volvo B7L/Ayats Bravo (2004) Volvo B7TL (Alexander ALX400/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking/Plaxton President/Wright Eclipse Gemini body) (1999) Volvo B10B (1993) Volvo Citybus Volvo Olympian (1993)
Wrightbus Wright Pulsar Gemini (2003) Wright StreetAir (2017)
Other Bristol LH (1975) DAF SB220 (East Lancs Myllennium/Optare Delta body) (1989) Daimler Fleetline (1979)
See also
Buses in London List of bus routes in London
References
Notes