In London, LED lighting has been introduced to replace the conventional lighting at all of the city’s roadside ticket machines, reducing 75 per cent of the energy consumption, according to Transport for London (TfL).

Compared with conventional lighting which consumes 31.2W, LED lighting on a ticket machine uses 0.8W, according to TfL. And 170 tonnes of CO2 per year can be saved with 1,109 mains-powered ticket machines operating 365 days a year, which weight equivalent to that of more than ten London double-deck buses.

The switch to LEDs is part of London Buses’ continuing efforts to save energy and improve the passenger environment across the London bus network.

In addition, another 33 ticket machines which run on batteries will be lit for the first time. Though the power was not enough to support conventional lighting before, it can lit LEDs, which though use less power, are much brighter than their conventional counterparts.

The LEDs can last ten years on average, much longer compared to just two years for conventional fluorescent tubes, substantially reducing lower maintenance and disposal costs.

LED lighting is also used at 3,500 solar powered bus stops and 640 passenger shelters in London.