‘Major milestone’: TfL to launch new public bus operator in London

Private bus operators say passengers don’t need a new public bus operator, ‘they need faster, more reliable journeys’. Photograph: Posed by model; Ziga Plahutar/Getty Images

A publicly owned company, Buses for London, will start running services in the capital next year, Transport for London has announced.

TfL said the launch was a “major milestone” in its plans to improve buses for drivers and passengers.