London buses introduce new 'Tube map-style' digital route displays

Spitting image: the new bus displays resemble the classic Tube map design
Transport for London
Tom Powell12 September 2016

Two London bus routes are set to install new digital route displays echoing the classic London underground map style.

The displays will appear on the capital’s first ever fully electric bus routes, expected to be brought into service by the end of the year.

They show the next five stops in the same style as the Underground maps adorning Tube carriages.

Information on how the Tube and Overground services are running will also be displayed, as well as local street maps if the bus diverts from its usual route due to road works.

The 51 buses benefitting from the displays will run on route 507, between Victoria and Waterloo stations, and 521, between London Bridge and Waterloo.

Each bus will have 12 seats fitted with USB sockets for passengers to charge up their mobiles or other devices.

The all-electric single-deck buses will eliminate nitrogen oxide emissions and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40 per cent.

London’s entire electric bus fleet has now been termed the “largest in Europe” as the new buses join the 22 already running in Croydon, taking the total up to 73.

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