新倫敦巴士（New Bus for London）是一款由英國倫敦市長鮑里斯·詹森提倡，專為倫敦設計之雙層巴士，由萊特巴New London Bus士生產，2011年亮相。在2007年，當時2008年倫敦市長選舉保守黨候選人鮑里斯‧詹森提出「新Routemaster」之構思，並提到若由他當選的話，便會將市內靈活性及安全性等多方面受到批評之巴士淘汰，並由「新Routemaster」取代。

鮑里斯‧詹森當選倫敦市長後，於2008年7月舉辦一個「新Routemaster」設計比賽，並於同年12月公布結果，至於當選之作品則交予巴士生產商保存，及作為最終設計定稿之投標。

至於負責倫敦交通事宜之倫敦交通局（Transport for London），亦於不久開展設計及建造新車之招標程序，並於2009年5月22日正式邀請六間巴士生產商(包括亞歷山大丹尼士、EvoBus、Hispano Carrocera、Optare、Scania及萊特巴士)商討合約細節。2009年12月23日，倫敦交通局宣布新巴士會將由萊特巴士生產[1]。

2010年5月17日，鮑里斯‧詹森跟倫敦交通局長彼得‧亨迪(Peter Hendy)公布由倫敦交通局、萊特巴士與Heatherwick Studio聯合呈獻「新倫敦巴士」之最終設計。至於其實物模型則在2010年11月亮相，及於倫敦運輸博物館作展覽。

首架具行車功能之「新倫敦巴士」於2011年出廠作路面測試之準備，同年5月開始試車[2]。樣辦車則於2011年12月亮相。

設計[編輯]
「新倫敦巴士」有前中後三道門，兩條樓梯則分別於車長位置之後方及車尾，當中尾門、後樓梯連車尾平台之設計概念，便源自AEC Routemaster，尾門在售票員休息期間亦可以關掉。

此巴士乃柴油／電力混能功能之巴士，配康明斯ISBe四氣缸引擎，及西門子之混能驅動系統。
The New Routemaster, originally referred to as the New Bus for London, and colloquially as the Borisbus or Borismaster (a portmanteau of the name of the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson who drove their introduction, and that of the AEC Routemaster that they were designed to replace) is a hybrid diesel-electric bus operated in London. Designed by Heatherwick Studio, it is manufactured by Wrightbus, and is notable for featuring a "hop-on hop-off" rear open platform similar to the original Routemaster bus design, but updated to meet requirements for modern buses to be fully accessible. The first bus entered service on 27 February 2012.

The original AEC Routemaster was a standard London bus type with a rear open platform and crewed by both a driver and conductor. It was withdrawn from service (except for two heritage routes) at the end of 2005 by London Mayor Ken Livingstone, in favour of a fully accessible one-person-operated modern fleet, none of which featured a rear open platform. The withdrawal of the Routemaster became an issue of the 2008 London mayoral election, and Boris Johnson was subsequently elected mayor, with one of his campaign pledges being to introduce a new Routemaster. Following an open design competition in 2008, Wrightbus was awarded the contract to build the bus at the end of 2009, and the final design was announced in May 2010.

The design for the new bus features three doors and two staircases to allow accessible boarding. Unlike the original Routemaster, the new bus has a conventional full front end and a rear platform that can be closed when not needed, rather than the protruding, bonneted 'half cab' design and permanently open platform. The layout of the new bus allows it to be operated by one person at off-peak times. The cost of each bus will be £355,000 over the four year procurement period.

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