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Thursday, 20 January 2011

Arriva London & CT Plus Ash Grove [AE] & [HK]

Today I visited Ash Grove Garage in Hackney, the Garage is ironically shared by both CT Plus and Arriva under the codes of AE for Arriva and HK for CT Plus. It is only one of a few Garages in London to have shared garage space. The only other one I can think of is  Edgware Garage which is shared by London Sovereign and Metroline.


The Garage was opened in 1981 and has  a capacity of 170 vehicles. It is currently home to Routes  153, 212, 385,388, 394, 812, W12, W13 and 675 on the CT Plus side and home to Routes 78 and 168 on the Arriva side.I must send out a big thanks to all the staff at the Garage for allowing me on the premises! Just one more note; the silver Scania Omnicity Single Deckers have come from Menzies's of Heathrow. 

More Photos below:
VLW134 LJ03 MHK
SO 19 YN53 GGO
MM51 XVB
SO 19 YN53 GGO
HTP 6 PN03 ULY
HTL 3 LR52 LTJ
PDL 85 X485 GGO
OS4 YJ10 EYF
HTL 3 LR52 LTJ
PDL32 X532 GGO
PDL26 X526 GGO
VLW131 LJ03 MHA
HTP6 PN03 ULY
X595 ORV and HV02 OZT
PDL 75 X475 GGO
HDC 12 T433 LGP

PDL 85 X485 GGO
DE 4 PN07 KRE
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17 comments:

  1. SteveSaturday, January 22, 2011 9:12:00 am

    Hi
    How did you orgainse this garage visit as this is my local garage and i would love to go!

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  2. JaySunday, January 23, 2011 9:19:00 pm

    If I'm being totally honest on this occasion I walked into the main office, explained who I was and what I wanted to do there and I was allowed on site.

    Regards
    Jamaal

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  3. JackTuesday, January 25, 2011 1:53:00 am

    Hi

    I was wondering with London United not being owned by Transdev any more with the RATP takeover are the branding / colour schemes likely to change soon? As the new 33's don't have Transdev printed on them. Also do you think the RATP name would be introduced as in the English language the name obviously sounds really silly.

    Thanks

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  4. JackTuesday, January 25, 2011 6:32:00 pm

    Oh okay thanks i assume you mean the London Sovereign SP's not the London United ones?

    Jack

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  5. JayTuesday, January 25, 2011 11:07:00 pm

    Sorry that was actually the wrong information. The SPs do not have a grey panel, just a repainted bottom half.

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  6. AnonymousMonday, January 31, 2011 7:57:00 pm

    Just to let you know that Fulwell Garage is another shared garage. This is shared between the old Travel London West & London United.

    Kind regards
    Richard

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  7. JayMonday, January 31, 2011 9:53:00 pm

    Ah Thank you Richard. That's the one I'm looking for.

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  8. Hotels in MayfairThursday, February 03, 2011 11:47:00 am

    I was just asking a question when I saw my answer :) Thanks for the comments :)

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  9. JackThursday, February 03, 2011 9:19:00 pm

    Whilst on the topic of Fulwell garage Transdev have moved TLA 18, 21, and 23 from S to Fulwell Transdev which were operating on route 267 today there may well be a load more of them there i was wondering why they are there if anyone knows?

    Thanks
    Jack

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  10. JaySaturday, February 05, 2011 12:48:00 pm

    I have no clue why they are there, maybe its the fact that the 467 has converted to fully DD operation they are helping out due to a loss of vehicles.

    Regards
    Jamaal

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  11. JackTuesday, February 08, 2011 5:23:00 pm

    I think it is because a fre of the 51reg TA's have been sent to the trim (Your latest update shows TA 212 there at the moment)

    Thanks
    Jack

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  12. AnonSaturday, February 12, 2011 6:54:00 am

    3 TLAs and a few TAs have moved to FW to cover for refurbishment of the 51 plate Tridents. Maybe they will rememeber to do the seats as they seem to have forgot some of the 03 plates

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  13. AnonymousSaturday, February 12, 2011 6:59:00 am

    Jamal... the contract specification changed for the 467 pushing three tridents for the route. Of course before this change the odd appearance of a decker was common. It pushes DP1/11 to normal single deck duties. Certainly DP1 was out on the 265 on Thursday I noted at Red Rover.

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  14. JackWednesday, February 16, 2011 6:35:00 pm

    Hi Jamaal

    I saw your Transdev update here a few days ago which you have now taken down about the conversion happening on Saturday. I thought that London Soverign was converting to Veolia and London United to RATP?

    Thanks
    Jack

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  15. JayWednesday, February 16, 2011 6:37:00 pm

    Yep I got it a bit mixed up and I didn't want to confuse anyone, so I took it down.

    Thanks
    Jamaal

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  16. JackWednesday, February 16, 2011 10:35:00 pm

    okay thanks, also to let you know that on route 423 operated from Hounslow Heath the 7 new Enviro 200's which are 10.8 have come in early and some are already in operation. They wern't suppose to until the 5th of march along with 15 other enviro 200's for the H98 and 15 optare tempo's at AV for the H37 on the same date.

    Thanks
    Jack

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  17. AnonymousFriday, June 10, 2011 10:06:00 pm

    TLA 23 has moved back to S

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