London Bus News Roundup - Week Starting 10/05/21

Abellio London

BYD City demonstrator LF69UXJ has been noted on loan again, doing further runs up and down the 63, a route which is to be gained by Abellio later in the year.

Transfers of the week:

8321 TF > TV (Loan to RATP)

8322 TF > TV (Loan to RATP)

8323 TF > TV (Loan to RATP)

8520 TF > FW (Loan to RATP)

8522 TF > FW (Loan to RATP)


Arriva London

Transfers of the Week:

DW247 DX > DT


Go Ahead London

This weeks tender results have seen Go Ahead win route W15 from Tower Transit, and will be run from Northumberland Park (NP) garage with electrics starting in March 2022.


Metroline

Enviro 200 DE870 is now a meal relief bus at Waltham Cross Bus Station. 

WHD2725 became the first of the 20 hydrogen Streetdecks at Perivale [East] (PV) for route 7 to enter service on the 12th May, since being followed by WHD2713 on the 14th May.

Transfers of the week:

VW1194 ON > AC

VWH2088 HT > W


RATP Group

ADE40304 has been spotted at Hounslow Heath (HH) garage in plain white (oddly sporting WK codes), presumably this is for replacement of SPs on Bedfont Lakes services.

RATP Group have also received several loan buses, the first 5 in service this week are ex Abellio 8321-8323, now numbered DDE20321-20323, which are currently at Tolworth (TV) and primarily operating route K5 and also ex Abellio 8520 & 8522, which are numbered DE20520 & 20522 and are currently at Fulwell (FW), primarily operating route 33.

Further loans that arrived this week, albeit from Tower Transit, are the following:

ADE40477 SN11BPK (Ex DN33637)

WN40902 LK58EDP (Ex WN35002)

WN40903 LK58EDR (Ex WN35003)

Of these the ADE should be going to Tolworth (TV) and the WNs should be going to Hounslow Heath (HH) for school extras.


Stagecoach London

Enviro 200s 36263 & 36362 are now part of the training fleet, displacing Optare Versas 25304 & 25305, of which the former has gone to Moffat & Williamson and the latter to GTG Training. Meanwhile Enviro 200S 36265 & 36266, as well as all former 15H AEC Routemasters are due to go off lease

The Megabus Sightseeing brand has also been dropped with a new collaboration between Stagecoach, City Sightseeing and Grupo Julia, this has seen the sightseeing fleet painted into a new red livery.


Tower Transit

Yet another blow for Tower Transit as they have lost another route, this time route W15 from Lea Interchange (LI), which will be off to Go Ahead: London General from Northumberland Park (NP) garage in March 2022, thus making route 58 LIs new flagship route, with a PVR of 15.


Rare Working of the week:

WH31118 - Route 58

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