Today we took a trip to a secret London United storage yard that we had recieved word about. The new site holds all the vechiles which were previously on the Atlas Road site prior to First's new garage opening. DP60, T360PRH & DP86, V886FKH The yard currently houses around 40 buses which are VA's & DP's from Hounslow (AV) and Shepherd's Bush (S) garages. Up until mid last year these buses saw daily serivce on Routes...

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Route 129 runs between North Greenwich and Greenwich, Cutty Sark and is operated by Go Ahead from New Cross (NX) garage. The route has a peak vehicle requirement (PVR) of 4 buses and is approximately 2 miles lo...

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Metroline VP536 LK04 CUU, seen here at the Hants Dorset Trim in Eastleigh for refurbishment work following the retention of Routes 6 and 98 that run from their Willesden base in North West London. This is part of a batch of Plaxton President B7TLs that were numbered between VP510 - 580 following the retention and conversion of Routes 6 and 98 from Routemaster operation in 2004.  Metroline VP541 LK04 CVB, seen here...

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I visited Atlas Road today for the second time since it's opening in October. The Garage is currently an outstation for headquarters Westbourne Park and has the capability to house just over 150 buses. Located in North Acton the garage sits just 5 minutes down the road from Willesden Junction Depot which is also owned by First. It currently runs routes 28,31,328,N28 and N31. It is due to gain a Garage 'status' in April 2012. The...

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Things at CELF Centre are generally starting to become quieter following the recent deliveries of the remaining TEHs to Cricklewood Garage so there was not much to really see here today. So please don't expect many photos in this post. Amid there not being much to see, a welcoming sight was seeing  MM825 LK57 AYM at Perivale West Garage (PA) undergoing driver type training duties. This batch is part of the 18 buses...

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Now thanks to the excellent Ned Basher we are delighted to announce that we are able to host his truly stunning shots of a rare visit to Plaxton's Wigan plant when it was open. The shots are from 2001, an era when Plaxton were in their prime, receiving orders from London's top companies in masses, these companies included First, Go Ahead Group and Metroline. Plaxton in their current form was founded...

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