Yes, this is another delayed post.... Expect the usual, you probably all know what these posts are like by now!
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| Hail my 2nd favourite SEL!!! SEL757 on stand at Ealing Broadway. |
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| Rear of SEL757. |
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| This bus gets on my nerves......... |
If you've read a lot of my posts, you will know how much I loathe the E10.
It's always full, infrequent (I waited 60 minutes for one at Islip
Manor once) and slow! At one point I decided to renumber it SB10 (Stupid
Bus 10). I'm so glad that this bus isn't going to be extended to
Chiswick Business Park, it's so unreliable. But if TGM make the E10 more
reliable, maybe I will say yes to the extension. For the moment, I
think the E1 should be extended to Chiswick Business Park. Its 10.2m
double-deckers have more capacity then an 8.9m E200, the service itself
is more frequent and the E1 will still be reliable if its extended as
the route is so short at the moment.
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| I've loved having these EC spec VWs on my local route, they are so much better than the other Gemini 2s. The E2 is one of the dullest routes in the world and these buses at least make me a little happier about the route. Although I'm fed up of getting on it at least two or three times per week knowing I'm going to the same place! I hope the EC spec VWs stay at Brentford for a little while longer, although I'd much rather have an SEL, SP, TE, TEH or any other double-decker in the London fleet (excluding the NB4L). |
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| iBus on SEL757. |
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| Refurbished MM789 heads back to its garage. |
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| VW1206 is one of the EC spec Gemini's found at Perivale. |
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| This route bugs me too. Its extremely circuitous and never there when you want it. |
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| The bus does a loop around Alperton Sainsbury's. That's definitely circuitous!! |
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| Route 245 is double-deck now. The DE's have gone to the 90 and E6 whilst the MM's get refurbished. When the MM's are back in service, the DE's will go to Kings Cross and replace DLD's. |
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| Ah, the ex-Holloway buses. |
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| SEL761 braces itself for the evening peak. |
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| Buses allocated to the 224 line up at Alperton Garage. |
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| Now the 341 has moved to Palmers Green, with its buses receiving new blinds. The transfer also means DW's can appear on the 341 regularly. I do have a picture of one, it will come in one of the next editions of Random Observations. |
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| TP's only appear on the E3 in the peak. |
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| LU ADH1 pauses outside Stamford Brook Garage. |
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| Hammersmith Bus Station... |
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| Right behind OV14. The only word I can think of to describe the OV's is rubbish. Even E200s are better and you know how much I want to stop ADL making them. There are enough in London already!! |
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| The LT has significantly grown on me, although it still remains my least favourite double-decker bus. |
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| Aha, LT150!! This bus has been painted in a chrome livery to celebrate Year Of The Bus |
In two weeks, LT150 will transfer to route 10 when it receives its full
allocation of LT's. However, the LT's for this route seem to be ready
and are already at Stamford Brook and are on
London Vehicle Finder.
Some of the 38's new buses are already at Ash Grove and are on List New
too, although that conversion is still a month away. My Auntie saw
LT211 going down the M40 with its delivery plate on, bound for London.
Sadly, she couldn't get a picture.
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| One of the few remaining TNL's in Tower's fleet. They continue to work on route 23 along with DB300 Gemini's, although the route is meant to be 100% Enviro. |
Thanks for reading!! Sorry about having two Random Observations posts in a row-I'm playing catch up. I'm also embarrassed, if you look at my
Upcoming Posts page, you will see one word repeated many times in red.
