Yes Stagecoach are back in London, amid the speculation of what vehicles will now be ordered on thing for sure is, the horrid Scania Omnicity's will no longer be on the agenda. However the first major blunder is to apply the fairly nice looking Stagecoach logo to a rancid vehicle, another point is the strapline, which literally blends in to the red of the Bus. Here 15713 LX10AUH is seen pulling away from Essex Ro...

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Today we paid a visit to First London's Hayes Garage in West London. The reason for this visit was to evidently photograph the VNs on the Route 18 which converts from the Citaro Artic type to Double Deck operation from next month.  The Garage which is adjacent to the Great Western Mainline which links London to the west of England & Wales was opened in 2005 to house the new reformed 207 operation which commenced...

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ADH11 SN60BYG stands at Hounslow Heath Garage prior to entering service. This batch is part of a 20 strong hybrid order placed by TFL on behalf of London United .The Buses will from Shepherd's Bush Garage (S). Among the other vehicles here today were the new DEs for the 33 from NC (Twickenham) and of course the foul SPs. The new ADHs are numbered ADH 4 -23 and are set to run on the 94 (Acton Green - Piccadilly Circus), intern they...

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TE889 LK08 NVD paid a visit to Metroline CELF Centre today. Strangely pictured with its light clusters off, its is probably here for warranty work to ensure the bus is in good working order.The bus is part of a batch of  TEs numbered between TE878 - 890 that were initially ordered for Route 460 in 2008, however they were diverted to Cricklewood for fuel consumption trials against the 57 Plate TEs and the...

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VW1070 LK60AEU standing at the Metroline CELF Centre awaiting commissioning into service. It's been a month since I last visited this place and there is still nothing too extraordinary to see here.  . With about 25 TPs departing to Dawson's Rentals CELF remains pretty empty these days apart from the weekly VW deliveries from Wrightbus of Ballymena, Ireland. Among the Buses decommissioned was TP305, the former PV Bus is awaiting...

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