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From the London Transport Group

Bus News - Week 27/08/11
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Members are reminded that this info is published in good faith and from available information. Last minute changes sometimes occur, especially when external factors have an influence.
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SERVICE CHANGES
(excluding diversions for roadworks)
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Route 724 [Arriva the Shires - Discontinued between Heathrow Central and Terminal 5. New timetable to improve punctuality and incorporating revisions to first and last bus times.
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NEW BUSES
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[Arriva] - Volvo B5L Wrightbus Hybrid HV39 arrived this week, registered for service and completes the batch of 20 hybrids for the bendi-bus conversion of route 73 on 03/09/11.
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HV39 - LJ11EFK - body no. AF255
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[Arriva] - Delivery is progressing for 37 new VDL BD300 / Wrightbus Gemini 2 double deckers for the new contract and bendi-bus conversion of route 73 on 03/09/11.
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DW428 - LJ11ADO - body no. AF268 - at SF
DW429 - LJ11ADU - body no. AF269 - at SF
DW430 - LJ11ADV - body no. AF270 - at LV
DW431 - LJ11ADX - body no. AF271 - at LV
DW432 - LJ11ADZ - body no. AF272 - at LV
DW433 - LJ11AEA - body no. AF273 - at LV
DW434 - LJ11ABK - body no. AF274 - at LV
DW435 - LJ11ABN - body no. AF275 - at LV
DW436 - LJ11ABO - body no. AF276 - at LV
DW437 - LJ11ABU - body no. AF277 - at SF
DW438 - LJ11ABV - body no. AF278 - at SF
DW439 - LJ11ABX - body no. AF279 - at SF
DW440 - LJ11ABZ - body no. AF280 - at SF
DW441 - LJ11ACF - body no. AF281 - at SF
DW442 - LJ11ACO - body no. AF282
DW443 - LJ11ACU - body no. AF283
DW444 - LJ11AAE - body no. AF284
DW445 - LJ11AAF - body no. AF285
DW446 - LJ11AAK - body no. AF286
DW447 - LJ11AAN - body no. AF287
DW448 - LJ11AAO - body no. AF288
DW449 - LJ11AAU - body no. AF289
DW450 - LJ11AAX - body no. AF290 - at SF
DW451 - LJ11AAY - body no. AF291 - at SF
DW452 - LJ11AAZ - body no. AF292
DW453 - LJ11ABF - body no. AF293
DW454 - LJ11EGE - body no. AF294
DW455 - LJ11EGF - body no. AF295
DW456 - LJ11EGK - body no. AF296
DW457 - LJ11EGU - body no. AF297
DW458 - LJ11EGV - body no. AF298
DW459 - LJ11EGX - body no. AF299
DW460 - LJ11EGY - body no. AF300
DW461 - LJ11EGZ - body no. AF301
DW462 - LJ11EHB - body no. AF302
DW463 - LJ11EHC - body no. AF303
DW464 - LJ11EFS - body no. AF304
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[Arriva the Shires] - Delivery of the 21 Volvo B7RLE / Wrightbus Pulsar single deckers should now be complete. Confirmation of delivery of 3893 is the only exception.
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3875 - KX11PVN - WE not yet in service
3876 - KX11PUK - WE in service on 310
3877 - KX11PUJ - WE not yet in service
3878 - KX11PVL - WE in service on 310
3879 - KX11PUY - WE in service on 310
3880 - KX11PVA - WE in service on 310
3881 - KX11PZY - WE not yet in service - corrected registration
3882 - KX11PVD - WE in service on 310
3883 - KX11PVE - WE in service on 310
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3884 - KX11PVK - SV in service on 100/101/102
3885 - KX11PVJ - SV in service on 100/101/102
3886 - KX11PUU - SV in service on 100/101/102
3887 - KX11PVF - SV in service on 100/101/102
3888 - KX11PUV - SV in service on 100/101/102
3898 - BG59FWP - SV in service on 100/101/102
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3891 - KX11PUO - at LD
3892 - Not registered - at LD
3893 -
3894 - Not registered - at LD
3895 - Not registered - at LD
3896 - Not registered - at LD
3897 - Not registered - at LD
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In addition, KX11PZZ has been registered and is probably one of the unregistered buses. It was registered on 17/8 together with KX11PZY, which is allocated to 3881.
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[Arriva - The Original Tour] - Delivery of 16 new Volvo B9TL tri-axle Optare Visionnaire part open top buses continues, with more expected on a phased basis.
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VXE730 - YJ11TVP
VXE731 - YJ11TVT
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[Go Ahead London] - New Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 double deckers (E163-E205) are now being delivered for the new contract on route 453 commencing on 24/09/11. Several have been seen with "11" plates, but these will all be replaced with "61" plates. It appears that the only difference with the new plates is the replacing of the "11" with "61", as all the letters are the same.
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E163 - SN11BGF - at MW
E164 - SN11BGK - at MW
E165 - SN11BGO - at MW
E166 - SN11BGU - at MW
E167 - SN61BGV - new registration - at ADL Harlow 25/8
E168 - SN11BGX - at MW
E169 - SN11BGY - at MW
E170 - SN11BGZ - at MW
E171 - SN61BHA - new registration - at ADL Harlow 25/8
E172 - at ADL Harlow 25/8
E173 - SN11BGE - at ADL Harlow 25/8
E174 - SN61BHE - new registration
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[Go Ahead London] - New Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 single deckers are now being delivered for the new contracts on routes 276, 376, D6 & D8 commencing on 17/09/11. No official confirmation has been able to be obtained yet, but SE94-SE98 "look" like the 10.2m version.
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SE94 - SN11FFZ - body no. B221/1 - registered - at BE
SE95 - SN11FGA - body no. B221/2 - registered - at BE
SE96 - SN11FGC - body no. B221/3 - registered - at BE
SE97 - SN11FGD - body no. B221/4 - at ADL Harlow 25/8
SE98 - SN61BKO - body no. B221/5 - new registration - at ADL Harlow 25/8
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It looks like that the 61 plate registrations for the SEs follow on from E205, as I have a list of the registrations normally issued, but at this stage they are all subject to official confirmation.
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SE120 - unregistered - at SI 24/8
SE121 - unregistered - at SI 24/8
SE122 - unregistered - at SI 24/8
SE123 - unregistered - at SI 24/8
SE124 - unregistered - at SI 24/8
SE125 - unregistered - at SI 24/8
SE126 - unregistered - at SI 24/8
SE127 - unregistered - at SI 24/8
SE128 - unregistered - at SI 24/8
SE129 - unregistered - at SI 24/8
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No official confirmation has been able to be obtained yet, but SE120-SE129 "look" like the 10.8m version.
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[Go Ahead London] - Most of the new batch of Wrightbus Electrocity single deckers for route 360 have now been delivered to Camberwell Garage.
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WHY8 - LX11DVA - at Q 24/8
WHY9 - LX11DVB - at Q 24/8
WHY10 - LX11DVC
WHY11 - LX11DVF - at Q 24/8
WHY12 - LX11DVG - at Q 24/8
WHY13 - LX11DVH
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At least one more, if not both of the others may be at Camberwell by now.
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[Go Ahead London] - Thirteen new Volvo B9TL / Wrightbus Gemini 2 double decker buses for the new contract on route D7 commencing on 17/09/11 have all now been delivered to Silvertown Garage [SI].
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WVL422 - LX11FHV - allocated registration - may be changed to a "61" plate
WVL423 - LX11FHW - allocated registration - may be changed to a "61" plate
WVL424 - LX11FHY - allocated registration - may be changed to a "61" plate
WVL425 - LX11FHZ - allocated registration - may be changed to a "61" plate
WVL426 - LX11FJA - allocated registration - may be changed to a "61" plate
WVL427 - LX11FJC - allocated registration - may be changed to a "61" plate
WVL428 - LX11FJD - allocated registration - may be changed to a "61" plate
WVL429 - LX11FJE - allocated registration - may be changed to a "61" plate
WVL430 - LX11FJF - allocated registration - may be changed to a "61" plate
WVL431 - LX11FJJ - allocated registration - may be changed to a "61" plate
WVL432 - LX11FJK - allocated registration - may be changed to a "61" plate
WVL433 - LX11FJN - allocated registration - may be changed to a "61" plate
WVL434 - LX11FJO - allocated registration - may be changed to a "61" plate
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[London Sovereign] - Twenty nine new Alexander Dennis E200 single deckers are now being delivered for use on the "H" routes in Harrow, for the new contract commencing on 03/09/11 have all now been delivered. Three have been delivered to Harrow Garage [SO] and have started to enter service.
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DE71 - YX11GDA - body no. B210/15 - at SO
DE72 - YX11GDE - body no. B210/16 - at SO
DE73 - YX11GDF - body no. B210/17
DE74 - YX11FZA - body no. B210/18 - at SO
DE75 - YX11FZB - body no. B210/19
DE76 - YX11FZC - body no. B210/20
DE77 - YX11FZD - body no. B210/21
DE78 - YX11FZE - body no. B210/22
DE79 - YX11FZF - body no. B210/23
DE80 - YX11FZG - body no. B210/24
DE81 - YX11FZH - body no. B210/25
DE82 - YX11FZJ - body no. B210/26
DE83 - YX11FZK - body no. B210/27
DE84 - YX11FZL - body no. B210/28
DE85 - YX11FZM - body no. B210/29
DE86 - YX11FZN - body no. B210/30
DE87 - YX11FZO - body no. B210/31
DE88 - YX11FZP - body no. B210/32
DE89 - YX11FZR - body no. B210/33
DE90 - YX11FZS - body no. B210/34
DE91 - YX11FZT - body no. B210/35
DE92 - YX11FZU - body no. B210/36
DE93 - YX11FZV - body no. B210/37
DE94 - YX11FZW - body no. B210/38
DE95 - YX11FZY - body no. B210/39
DE96 - YX11FZZ - body no. B210/40
DE97 - YX11COH - body no. B210/41
DE98 - YX11COJ - body no. B210/42
DE99 - YX11CNJ - body no. B210/43
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[London United] - Seven 12m Citaro B36D single deckers (U.W.11000kgs) for the new contract on route 203 commencing on 03/09/11 have all been delivered and are registered for service. Surprisingly, some of the rear seats are inward facing.
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MCL1 - BD11LWN - at V
MCL2 - BD11LWO - at V
MCL3 - BD11LWP - at V
MCL4 - BD11LWR - at V
MCL5 - BD11LWS - at V
MCL6 - BD11LWT - at AV for training
MCL7 - BD11LWU - at V
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[Metroline] - Twelve new Volvo B9TL / Wrightbus Gemini 2 double decker buses for the new route 79 contract at Perivale Garage [PA], commencing on 26/11/11 have all now been delivered to CELF. Some have entered service this week on route 297.
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VW1193 - LK11CYH - body no. AF378
VW1194 - LK11CYJ - body no. AF379
VW1195 - LK11CYL - body no. AF380
VW1196 - LK11CYO - body no. AF381
VW1197 - LK11CYP - body no. AF382
VW1198 - LK11CYS - body no. AF383
VW1199 - LK11CYT - body no. AF384
VW1200 - LK11CYU - body no. AF385
VW1201 - LK11CYV - body no. AF386
VW1202 - LK61BJE - body no. AF387 - new registration
VW1203 - LK61BJF - body no. AF388 - new registration
VW1204 - LK61BJJ - body no. AF389 - new registration
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[Dial-a-Ride] - The first five of the next batch of 34 Bluebird Tucana minibuses (D7176-D7209) have just been delivered. None of these have been prepared for service yet. These buses differ from the others and have modifications to the nearside door mechanism and satellite navigation systems. It is expected that some retro amendments to the door on the other Bluebirds can be expected.
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D7176 - YX11CVC
D7177 - YX11CVD
D7178 - YX11CVE
D7179 - YX11CVF
D7180 - YX11CVG
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plus the Bus News reporting team.
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