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By Ray Monk Delivered in mid-2013, the batch of Ford Focus estate cars numbered 7691F to 7696F have been noted variously at Stratford Market Depot and Arnos Grove, making it had to attribute allocations. On 16th June 2014 Ray caught 7695F turning onto Cam Road in Stratford. |
25/06/2014 |
| 3,602 |  |
By Damon Cross 2014 has been declared as Year of the Bus, and a number of events are taking place across London. Perhaps the most unique was on Sunday 22nd June when Regent Street was closed to traffic to allow the display of almost 50 buses. The vehicles ranged from 19th century horse buses to the latest deliveries, and in the morning they assembled on Millbank. Seen waiting to escort a batch (including country area STL2692) was Incident Response Unit 7014M. This batch of IRUs is now a little over 3 years old and is probably due for replacement. |
25/06/2014 |
| 3,603 |  |
By Ray Monk Ashwoods hybrid Ford Transit crew van 6987F is used by TfL Taxi and Private Hire Licensing Enforcement and is now kept at Chancel Street in Southwark (where it was photographed on 21st June 2014). Also visible is the front of Toyota Prius Plug-in electric car LL13YYV. This clearly has a Streets roundel on the bonnet but it is not yet known whether it wears the full orange-striped livery. |
25/06/2014 |
| 3,604 |  |
By External Source ADC Heavy Breakdown Tender 219U was converted from bus LS6 in 1936. In this posed photo (possibly taken at Chiswick Tram Depot), it is shown with all its cupboards open. |
01/06/2014 |
| 3,605 |  |
By External Source Leyland Sherpa van 2207L passing Baker Street Station. |
01/06/2014 |
| 3,606 |  |
By External Source Ford lorry 2141F is seen working on a bus stop in New Malden. |
01/06/2014 |
| 3,607 |  |
By External Source Unique Land Rover Freelander was seen when new at Acton Works but has been mysteriously elusive since. Whilst trawling Google Streetview I came across it parked on Eagle Street (Holborn), close to the rear entrance to Templar House. |
01/06/2014 |
| 3,608 |  |
By External Source Land Rover 7429LR was caught by the Google Streetview car parked in Eagle Street, Holborn, near to the back entrance to Templar House. |
01/06/2014 |
| 3,609 |  |
By Derek Everson Sovereign Recovery has been adding several vans to its fleet recently. Having started out with mainly Ford Transits, and later trying Volkswagen Transporters, the latest additions have been mainly Mercedes-Benz. However, a pair of Iveco Daily vans were acquired in spring 2014. One of these (HK63OOY) was photographed at Stratford Bus Station on 30th April 2014, parked in front of earlier Mercedes LL11XLT. The liveries on the two vans are similar but with numerous detail differences. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,610 |  |
By Ray Monk Go-Ahead London tends not to apply markings to its service vehicles (apart from engineering vans), so I can't be certain whether this car actually belongs to them. LX14WNT is a 3-door Vauxhall Corsa, photographed at Bexleyheath Garage on 11th May 2014. It has also been seen at the bus stand in the town centre. Note that the registration number is quite close to that of Tramlink Renault Kangoo Maxi van 7810R. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,611 |  |
By Ray Monk Ford Transit van FY63TAV is one of three added to the Metrobus fleet in late 2013 and has already been illustrated on LTSV. However, this photograph taken at Orpington Bus Station on 7th May 2014 shows that the livery has been amended since last time. A reflective yellow stripe has been added, with a Buses roundel on the cargo door and the Metrobus logo moved to the rear panel. Not visible here is that red/yellow chevrons have been applied to the rear. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,612 |  |
By Derek Everson Five new Ford Transit Custom minibuses were reported working from Stagecoach London's Rainham Garage from autumn 2013, with fleetnumber 90900 apparently missed. As Derek's photo taken at Romford Station on 30th April 2014 shows, the number was actually used, with the full allocation now seeming to be 6 such vehicles (90898-90903). Similar 90897 has been seen working from West Ham. Although the van version of the Transit Custom is now a common sight on UK roads, none have yet been reported in use as service vehicles. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,613 |  |
By Derek Everson The Rainham Garage of Go-Ahead London's Blue Triangle is rather remote from most of the bus routes it operates, and hence has an allocation of crew ferry vehicles. Various makes are featured, the common feature being a lack of lettering. LX62CNA is one of two Renault Kangoo crew vans new in autumn 2012 and photographed in the overflow car park on 16th April 2014. Behind is an unidentified silver Mercedes-Benz Vito crew van, while 'special purpose' former bus LDP35 was also parked nearby. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,614 |  |
By Derek Everson Metroline's West Perivale Garage is about 100 yards away from the company's CELF (Central Engineering and Logistics Facility). As this photograph taken on 2nd April 2014 shows, the building was originally a goods distribution centre, with high-level loading bays. Two of the three Renault Grand Scenic cars based here were present, both wearing the slightly darker red livery, with the Metroline name on the bonnets only. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,615 |  |
By Derek Everson This photograph was taken at London United's Twickenham Garage on 26th March 2014 and shows Ford Fiesta van FF22 (EO12UEH) with similar FF15 (EO12UEN) in the background. Both vehicles were listed in SUP24F as being allocated to Fulwell, since they are apparently attached to the company's head office. Twickenham Garage was taken over with the NCP/NSL bus operation in 2009, but lost its last TfL bus routes in March 2013. It remains in use for training, private hire, commercial and withdrawn buses. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,616 |  |
By Derek Everson As well as numerous cars, the recent additions to the Abellio fleet have included at least one van. Fleetnumber 6763 has been applied to this Ford Transit Connect van, photographed at Byfleet Garage on 13th April 2014. Less than 2-years old at the time, the van has a light-bar, chevrons on the skirts and parts of the rear, and lettering all round. It seems that the 67xx number series is now being used for all support vehicles. Visible in the background are a pair of Enviro 200 buses in the revised livery now used by the Surrey fleet. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,617 |  |
By Ray Monk Abellio continues to stock its service vehicle fleet with second-hand additions, but these are increasingly very modern. EK61WWA is a Ford Fiesta 5-door hatchback in dark blue livery, not yet 3-years old. Carrying fleetnumber 6768, it was photographed at Beddington Cross Garage on 28th April 2014, with various older SVs in the background. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,618 |  |
By Ray Monk Looking like it might have just had a wash, Ford Fiesta YH60VMZ is another recent addition to the Abellio fleet. Given fleetnumber 6773 (the highest yet reported in the 67xx series) it is based at Beddington Cross and was photographed there on 16th May 2014. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,619 |  |
By Derek Everson The Abellio service vehicle fleet becomes more varied all the time, at least in terms of liveries. FP10AON is a Ford Fiesta car, currently a favourite for crew ferry work, operated in black livery from Byfleet Garage. Most of the recent additions have been neatly lettered, including small fleetnumbers (6760 in this case). On 13th April 2014 the car was parked near to Byfleet Garage, along with Ford Transit crew van BP06NDZ and one of the East Lancs-bodied Dennis Dart buses. Note that the car has Abellio London fleetnames. Perhaps it was initially operated elsewhere. The van has the Abellio Surrey name usually used on Byfleet vehicles. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,620 |  |
By Derek Everson This van has now managed to get itself shown on LTSV four times, but there is a reason. Volkswagen Crafter van VO59XRM was one of five operated by First London at the time it withdrew from London bus operation in 2013. Being based at Uxbridge, VO59XRM passed to Metroline (technically to new company Metroline West), and gained lettering for the first time. On 22nd March 2014 it had made the long journey (by London bus route standards) to White City Bus Station to attend to a Route 607 Volvo bus. The VW Crafter, which is a variant of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, has seen little use as a service vehicle in London. Apart from seven operated by First, the only other examples in the database are one each with Tube Lines and Epsom Buses. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,621 |  |
By Ray Monk Black Ford Focus C-Max HN06WNH is a recent addition to Abellio's Beddington Cross-based crew ferry cars. Unmarked apart from small white fleetnumbers, it was photographed at the garage on 16th May 2014. The C-Max is a taller version of the Focus car, and one was operated by LUL as fleetnumber 6227F until 2010. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,622 |  |
By Derek Everson Photographed in the back yard of the Acton Museum Depot on 2nd April 2014 were a pair of former Metroline buses. Mini-Pointer Dart X667LLX on the left was fleetnumber DLM150 until sold to Ensign in March 2009. A month later it was sold again to the London Transport Museum, who used it as a 'Learning Bus' alongside Optare Excel R197DDX. On the right is former TP3, one of the first Plaxton President bodied Dennis Tridents operated. Withdrawn from use in August 2012, it too was sold to Ensign a month later. It was next reported as being sold to the LT Museum in April 2013, but it was not seen there until April 2014. The 'decker was unlicensed at the time, and its role is not yet clear. It may be intended as an additional Learning Bus (for teaching school children about using public transport), perhaps to replace the Optare. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,623 |  |
By Derek Everson One of the vehicles present at the Catford Garage open day on 10th May 2014 was Optare Excel bus R197DDX. New to Ipswich in 1997, this bus was sold to Ensign in January 2009, then to the London Transport Museum in April 2009. It was repainted red and used as a Learning Bus, teaching schoolchildren how to use public transport. It has recently been modified as an exhibition unit, with displays inside charting the development of London Buses. The graphic covering the side windows shows outlines of 6 'landmark' bus designs, these being the RF of 1951, the RM of 1959, the Metrobus of 1978, the Enviro 400 of 2006, the 'New Routemaster' of 2012 and the Optare Metrocity electric bus of 2014. It is somewhat ironic that a non-London vehicle is being used for this role, the Optare Excel having seen only very limited use in the Capital. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,624 |  |
By Derek Everson Derek was in central London on 30th April 2014 to photograph some of the many extra buses laid on due to a tube strike. A lucky catch was this view taken at Cambridge Circus of a Nissan e-NV200 electric van. It carried full LUL livery, with the latest 'TfL, Every Journey Matters' logo and extensive 'green' lettering. No fleetnumber was evident, on the offside at least. The e-NV200 is (perhaps unsurprisingly) an electric-powered version of the NV200 van. Several examples of the latter were used by the Cycle Hire operation but all seem to have been withdrawn since. One curious aspect of this new vehicle is that it looks like it has side windows that have been covered over, rather than being a plain panel van. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,625 |  |
By Ray Monk The first example of the redesigned Ford Transit Connect (which I will be showing as 'Mk.2') reported as a service vehicle was LT14FXR, an unmarked red van. From seeing this several times, Ray deduced that it was operated by LBSL and had replaced older (and equally anonymous) 7031F. On 29th April 2014 he managed to capture it passing through Eltham. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,626 |  |
By Derek Everson Peugeot Ion electric car 7608P (LK11BXP) has been shown before but this photograph shows it at its home base, plugged-in in the staff car park at Loughton Station on 16th April 2014. The application of the fleetnumber is a bit of a mystery, the number 7608 having also been allocated to a Ford Transit crew van. The car is shown on official lists as being un-numbered. Perhaps it was originally intended to be 7608P but then changed to be un-numbered, with the number re-allocated. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,627 |  |
By Ray Monk London Overground's Volkswagen Golf estate KP60EBG has been illustrated before, but this day-time shot shows off the white/blue/orange livery more clearly. The same livery is now of course worn by several other service vehicles. On 4th April 2014 the car was found parked on Oldfield Grove, Surrey Quays, close to the new depot at Silwood Triangle. Note that the blue skirt appears to have been applied using vinyls, which have peeled off somewhat at the bottom. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,628 |  |
By Derek Everson The 'dirty' end of the two Iveco EuroCargo dustcarts has not been shown before. Derek photographed EK59ZKM at Uxbridge Bus Station on 4th March 2014. Notable are the very high lip of the loading area, and also the curious looking devices mounted above (which perhaps act to open bin lids whilst being lifted). As with similar EK59ZKL, the lorry now carries posters aimed at discouraging littering. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,629 |  |
By Malcolm Conway Ford Transit van 7818F was one of the first to be seen with the revised LUL livery, whereby the lettering alongside now reads 'Transport for London, Every Journey Matters'. It also has an emergency vehicle side stripe (yellow edged in blue). It is based at Griffith House and on 16th April 2014 was found parked in the sunshine at Redbridge Station. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,630 |  |
By Ray Monk Another of the service vehicles found at Ealing Common on 19th April 2014 was Renault Kangoo van 7817R, this time parked on Leopold Road. New the previous month, it carries the revised TfL lettering. Perhaps the most notable aspect of this photograph is that it is the 1,000th I have published which came from Ray Monk. Ray seems to get out and about at least once or twice every week, and has the knack (or luck, or patience) to be able to capture a lot of very interesting SV photos. So, a big thanks to Ray, and of course to all the other contributors. LTSV would be very much poorer without your help. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,631 |  |
By Ray Monk Ray found another Tramlink Renault Kangoo Maxi van parked underneath the flyover at Reeves Corner, Croydon on 12th May 2014. As with 7810R, 7811R has a roof-rack, but the angle of the photograph makes it hard to tell if a light-bar is also fitted. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,632 |  |
By Ray Monk The Tramlink version of standard livery became more common in spring 2014 when that operation took delivery of at least 3 Renault Kangoo Maxi vans. As originally seen on Ford Transit dropside truck 7627F, the Tramlink livery uses a green stripe where LUL uses red (and London Overground has orange). Photographed leaving Therapia Lane depot on 12th May 2014, 7810R has a roof-rack that all but hides the small light-bar fitted. Similar van 7807R also has a light-bar, but no roof-rack. It remains to be seen if these new deliveries are to replace the various unmarked vehicles used latterly, or if they are for a new role. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,633 |  |
By Ray Monk The best place to see London Overground vehicles at present seems to be on Oldfield Grove, south of Surrey Quays and near to the depot under construction in Silwood Triangle. Present on 4th April 2014 was Renault Kangoo Maxi van 7767R, whilst parked on the other side of the road were Volkswagen Transporter vans 7774VW, 7772VW and 7773VW. London Overground is due to take over some of the railway routes out of Liverpool Street station during 2015 and it will be interesting to see if these also gain support vehicles from the central fleet. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,634 |  |
By Ray Monk An unexpected addition at Turnpike Lane from March 2014 was this Nissan Leaf electric car, rather similar to LUL's 7711N. This carried the darker red as seen on the LBSL Toyota Prius cars (such as LN61ZGR parked alongside) and also had the orange squares and rear chevrons, but so far lacked other lettering. One thing it did have though is a fleetnumber (7762N), which is slightly unusual in that cars used by LBSL in recent years have tended to be un-numbered. Photographed on 7th April 2014. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,635 |  |
By Derek Everson At least 5 service vehicles were parked in the back yard of the Track and Signals Operations Centre at Acton Town on 2nd April 2014. Nearest the camera is Ford Transit crew van 7708F (similar 7709F is out-of shot on the left), whilst behind is a Transit minibus believed to be 7706F. 7351R is the Renault Kangoo Maxi van towards the left, with un-numbered Transit dropside EU13XES beyond. The last-mentioned vehicle now has LUL labels on its all white livery. The large building to the right is the Museum Depot. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,636 |  |
By Derek Everson Peugeot Partner Tepee 7616P is a rarely reported vehicle, based at Hearne House in Acton. However, on 2nd April 2014 it was found parked on the other side of the fence, in the back yard of the Museum Depot. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,637 |  |
By Ray Monk Several of the unmarked white vehicles in the 7576 to 7590 number range have been noted working for Tramlink at times, one of the latest being Ford Transit crew van 7586F. This was certainly used by LUL when new but seems to have been with Tramlink since late 2013. On 16th May 2014 Ray caught 7586F entering Therapia Lane Depot. Just visible behind is the chevron rear of LBSL Ford Transit van 6986F. One of two Ashwoods Hybrid conversions originally used as Incident Response Units, 6986F was transferred to Bus Infrastructure in October 2013. A photograph clearly showing its modified livery is not yet available. Also present on this date were two of the new Renault Kangoo Maxi vans and also unmarked Citroen Berlingo van 7579 carrying incorrectly suffixed fleetnumber 7579R. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,638 |  |
By Ray Monk This Ford Transit van caused us some confusion. Reported in January 2013 as being fleetnumber 7566F, this was called into doubt when a Smart fortwo car was later seen carrying number 7566SM. However, the Transit proved to be hard to track down. It wasn't until we received an official fleetlist in March 2014 that it was discovered the van is allocated number 7556F. Eventually the van was seen again (twice!) in spring 2014. On 19th April it was parked in a previously unknown yard alongside Ealing Common Station. Numerous other SVs were parked on the surrounding streets due to engineering work on the railway. Ray returned to the yard on 5th May and the Transit was still there, and was parked in a way that enabled photography. This proved that it does actually carry fleetnumber 7556F, so the initial report was incorrect (or the number was changed...). It remains to be seen if this location turns out to be a permanent base. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,639 |  |
By Ray Monk Now here is a bit of an oddity. Ford Transit crew van 7339F was new in August 2012 in standard Tube Lines livery. It was officially based at Westferry Circus and was one of many vehicles that were only reported active at night. By early 2014 it was rebranded as an LUL vehicle, complete with red stripe. New vehicles allocated to former Tube Lines operations since early 2013 have carried LUL livery but this seems to be the only instance of the livery of an existing vehicle being changed. On 15th April 2014 the van was caught leaving Acton Works. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,640 |  |
By Ray Monk The District line service was part suspended on the weekend of 19th/20th April 2014 and a large number of service vehicles could be found parked in the area around Ealing Common Station. Interestingly, most of them were ones that had only rarely been reported or photographed. Among them was Ford Transit crew van 7330F (together with similar 7332F and 7333F). New in June 2012, this was the first time it had been seen in daylight. Photographed parked on Granville Gardens on April 19th. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,641 |  |
By Derek Everson An open day was held at Catford Bus Garage on 10th May 2014, both as part of the Year of the Bus, and to mark the garage's centenary. A Sovereign tow truck was on display, along with the Catford engineers van and several LT Museum vehicles. Also present was 7288M, one of the LBSL Incident Response Unit vans based at Eltham. However, perhaps of more interest was similar 7294M (also from Eltham), which was photographed parked on the road outside the garage. This van had had its bonnet roundel replaced with a 'Year of the Bus' one (as also to be seen on many London buses at present). |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,642 |  |
By Derek Everson The yard at Dagenham East Station seems to comprise two distinct areas. At the west end of the station (alongside the bay platform) is where the Ford Transits are usually kept. Further east, and not visible from the station platforms, is another parking area where the smaller cars and vans are often parked. On 16th April 2014, Peugeot Partner Tepee 7103P was parked here while Ford Transit dropside 7701F was coming through the gate from the other area. 7103P has been here for about a year, having started out as one of the Templar House vehicles. 7701F is believed to be based at distant Rickmansworth and may just have been visiting. Similar 7507F is more normally seen here. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,643 |  |
By Ray Monk Since the first delivery in 2011, the Peugeot Partner Tepee has become the most numerous type of car in the numbered fleet, with over 50 in stock. Among the first batch was 7061P, based at Acton Works but mostly active at night. On 15th April 2014 it was caught leaving the works, looking a bit scruffy without any wheeltrims. Later deliveries had the white skirt reduced in height so that the red stripe was not obscured by the bodyside feature. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,644 |  |
By Derek Everson Also awaiting their turn for auction at BCA Blackbushe on 15th May 2014 were Vauxhall Combo van 7053V (another from Edgware Track Depot) and Ford Transit crew van 6935F (another from Acton Works). Derek makes fairly regular visits to BCA, at least when Ray reports that former SVs are expected. However, judging by the size of the shed visible here, it must take a while to track down particular vehicles! |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,645 |  |
By Derek Everson Another photograph from BCA Blackbushe, this time on 15th May 2014. Although hard to tell from this angle, three former service vehicles are visible. On the left is the back of LUL-liveried Vauxhall Combo van 6949V, one of nine delivered in late 2010 to Acton. Behind that is Ford Transit crew van 6917F from the large batch 6907-6940F new in mid-2010 and also based at Acton. On the right is the former 7051V, one of four Vauxhall Combo vans based at Edgware Track Depot from spring 2011. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,646 |  |
By Derek Everson It's goodbye to 7031F, one of the more mysterious members of the central fleet. You would have been lucky to have spotted this Ford Transit Connect van, since it carried unmarked red livery and didn't seem to get around much. It was allocated to LBSL Technical Services and was unusual in having an additional window in the nearside only. It replaced identical 6401F (which at least carried its fleetnumber) and was eventually itself replaced by a Mk2 Transit Connect in 2014 (LT14FXR, fleetnumber not yet known). On 3rd April 2014 it was photographed at the BCA auction house in Blackbushe. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,647 |  |
By Derek Everson This is the yard at Orpington Bus/Rail Station on 10th May 2014. I had marked this location as having been closed in 2012 but this was evidently incorrect. What did happen was that the portakabins at the site were removed following the opening of a new office in Lagoon Road, St Mary Cray. Whilst vehicles were sometimes parked at the new base, use of the original yard appears to have continued. The vehicles present on this date were the usual mixture of LBSL Infrastructure Volkswagen Transporter vans. 6830VW on the left and 6904VW on the right are both mid-height, although the latter has the facelifted front-end. In the middle is high-roof 6821VW. The older vans have now served for over four years and must be due for replacement. Note the faded condition of the (fibreglass?) roof panels, a common feature of this model. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,648 |  |
By Malcolm Conway Four years after leaving the fleet, Ford Transit crew van KG56REU is still instantly recognisable as a service vehicle. It retains the blue skirt, though has had a (reflective?) yellow stripe added. As such, the livery looks even more like the current Balfour Beatty scheme. New in January 2007, this van carried Metronet markings and fleetnumber 6019F. It was photographed passing Marble Arch on 15th April 2014. |
22/05/2014 |
| 3,649 |  |
By Derek Everson Sovereign Recovery has been buying a few new vans recently. Among these are one or two Iveco Daily vans, including HK63OPC photographed at Aldgate Bus Station on 26th March 2014. |
06/04/2014 |
| 3,650 |  |
By Derek Everson A surprising reappearance in spring 2014 was of Mercedes-Benz SK recovery truck L100JMH. From 2006 to 2009 this carried London Buses markings on its red livery and could often be seen stationed around central London on standby. The contract for this service then passed to Sovereign Recovery, who had their GM03TOW painted in a similar livery. L100JMH was noted with C&S lettering in 2010 but then nothing more until it turned up back in its old haunts in March 2014. On 26th March it was photographed parked on Park Lane. Apart from the removal of all lettering, the truck has also lost its sunvisor, altering its frontal appearance somewhat. |
06/04/2014 |
| 3,651 |  |
By Ray Monk Seen on a crew ferry run from West Ham Garage on 2nd April 2014, YB13VSP is a Ford Transit Custom minibus identical to the batch of 5 vehicles based at Stagecoach's Rainham Garage. This example carries national fleetnumber 90897 but differs in that it has no company markings. Rainham's YA13CEJ was also seen working from West Ham a few days previously. |
06/04/2014 |
| 3,652 |  |
By Graham Smith The engineers at London General's Sutton Garage got a new van in summer 2013 when Ford Transit EJ13UHR replaced similar EK55DWM. On 8th March 2014 the short-wheelbase mid-height van was found parked at Fairfield Bus Station in Kingston. |
06/04/2014 |
| 3,653 |  |
By Graham Smith London United has 9 of these high-roof Ford Transit vans for use as engineering support vehicles. FT1 (EK12OHJ) is based at Fulwell Garage and was caught passing Fairfield Bus Station in Kingston on a sunny 8th March 2014. London United was in the news later in the month when its owner RATP bought London Sovereign from Transdev. London United itself was owned by Transdev until 2011. |
06/04/2014 |
| 3,654 |  |
By Ray Monk There are two noteworthy aspects to this photograph of Ford Transit van EX61MZL at Eltham on 20th March 2014. Firstly, the van is operated by London Central's Bexleyheath Garage, but it is clearly attending to a Metrobus Scania on route 161. Both companies are part of the Go-Ahead Group but operate very different types of buses. Having said that, a batch of Metrobus Scanias are due to transfer to Go-Ahead London once the route 54 and 75 tenders are lost in April/May. However, these are expected to go to the Blue Triangle and/or Docklands Buses operations. Secondly, the van has had its livery modified, losing the side stripe and company logo seen in an earlier photo. |
06/04/2014 |
| 3,655 |  |
By John Hillman Universitybus (trading as Uno) have acquired a Ford Transit van for use by its engineers, the lettering on the back still referring to a highway maintenance role. Medium-wheelbase high-roof Mk7 LR08VHW was photographed in St Albans on 1st April 2014 attending to Dennis Dart bus C14UNO (previously X315KRX in the TGM / Travel London / Abellio fleet). |
06/04/2014 |
| 3,656 |  |
By Ray Monk The two silver Ford Mondeo cars used by Arriva Southern Counties at Grays for the past few years were both transferred across the river to Dartford in late-2013/early-2014. BK56XRU (allocated fleetnumber CF26) was photographed at Eltham Bus Station on 27th March 2014, with one of the Metrobus Mercedes-Benz Vito minibuses in the background. |
06/04/2014 |
| 3,657 |  |
By Ray Monk Among the group of staff welfare vans Ray found at North Crescent (West Ham) on 2nd April 2014 was Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van PE62CFD in the livery of hire firm 2 Rent. Similar vehicles PE62CFG and PE62CFJ carry Tube Lines logos on plain white livery but are also believed to be from 2 Rent. |
06/04/2014 |
| 3,658 |  |
By Ray Monk Only just fitting on the flatbed of a C&S vehicle recovery truck, Ford Transit dropside 7751F was heading for Smallbills Garage when photographed passing Acton Town Station on 17th March 2014. Although new in autumn 2013, and based most likely at Hainault, this was the first time this vehicle had been seen. |
06/04/2014 |
| 3,659 |  |
By Ray Monk This is the section of Edgware Road Station yard that was recently opened on land latterly used by temporary buildings for traincrews. Present on 18th March 2014 was unique Nissan Leaf electric car 7711N. As can be seen, this has standard LUL livery but with the addition of various lettering for TfL. Notable is the 'Transport for London, Every Journey Matters' slogan, as also seen on Ford Transit van 7818F. Is this to become a new standard? Also visible are a Renault Kangoo Maxi van and Honda CR-V 7609H. |
06/04/2014 |
| 3,660 |  |
By Ray Monk One of the most remote LUL locations is that at Rickmansworth Station, with about a dozen vehicles allocated. Fortunately, these can sometimes be seen visiting Acton Works. Ray caught Ford Transit dropside truck 7701F heading up Bollo Lane on 17th March 2014. |
06/04/2014 |
| 3,661 |  |
By Ray Monk Ford Transit van 7682F was new in autumn 2013 and is believed to be based at Ruislip Depot, most likely as a replacement for similar 6796F. It was photographed leaving the depot on 10th March 2014. |
06/04/2014 |
| 3,662 |  |
By Ray Monk Ray found a clutch of five staff welfare vans parked near to North Crescent depot in West Ham on 2nd April 2014 (although perhaps the collective noun for these should be a 'flush'). Two were from the batch delivered in 2013 in LUL livery, including 7678F seen here, while one was a hire. Five were also present 2 days later, although 7678F had been swapped with 6517F. |
06/04/2014 |
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By Derek Everson Citroen Berlingo estate car 7510C was photographed in the Westfield Shopping Centre car park on 22nd March 2014. This location is referred to on LTSV as White City Depot, as the relocated depot is in fact also beneath Westfield. 7510C is normally to be found at West Ruislip Station and it could be that the allocations of these Berlingos have recently been shuffled. A few days later Derek travelled to Loughton to photograph 7511C but instead found Leytonstone's 7509C there. |
06/04/2014 |
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By Ivor Norman 7207VW is a Volkswagen Caddy crew van new in late-2011 and believed to be operated from Lillie Bridge along with similar 7206VW and 7208VW. Mostly active at night, it was photographed parked up in Harlow on 6th March 2014. |
06/04/2014 |
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By Ray Monk Dagenham East Station is a relatively recent addition to the list of service vehicle locations, having had a known allocation only since 2012. This was increased in 2013 with the transfer in of three consecutively numbered vehicles (7101R, 7102P and 7103P). The first of these, Renault Kangoo van 7101R was photographed leaving the station on 31st March 2014. The yard is to the north and west of the station, and is accessed by the roadway seen in the background. |
06/04/2014 |
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By Ray Monk Ford Transit van 7019F is rather elusive. It was originally officially allocated to Hearne House in Acton, but it has not been seen there during recent visits. In fact probably fewer than half of the 21 vehicles we currently have listed as being allocated to Hearne House are actually there. So where is it now? Perhaps it is assigned to the Depot Engineering Support unit, which would account for reports of it at a variety of railway depots over the past few years. On 18th March 2014 Ray found 7019F parked outside Stonebridge Park Station. To the right is the roadway that leads to the LUL depot, while in the background can be seen a class 90 locomotive on Caledonian Sleeper carriages. |
06/04/2014 |
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By John Woolf OK, so this is the third very similar photograph on LTSV showing Iveco Eurocargo lorry 2585I leaving Acton Works (this time on 2nd April 2014). But there is a reason. Since the 2010 photograph, the lorry has gained modified dropside doors (with a short opening section towards the front, perhaps for staff access), high-level safety rails, some yellow patches on the huge tail-lift (probably for removable safety rails), and a plate on the cab front (presumably for hazardous cargo notices). By the way, the first of the photos was taken in 2006, so I suppose the next will be in 2018.... |
06/04/2014 |
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By Ray Monk Finding Nemo! How does Ray do it? We received an official fleetlist this week and it contained about 22 numbered vehicles that we didn't already know about. Among these was 7615, a Citroen Nemo diesel van (the only other Nemo in the central fleet is un-numbered electric van LK09EFE). We didn't know where the new van was based, or what livery it carried, but it appears to have been new in about March 2013 and thus had done well to avoid being seen by our most active 'spies'. However, just 3 days after getting the list, Ray found the van parked on the front road at Baker Street Station! Note the absence of side cargo doors, and the very slim skirt and stripe. It also lacks a fleetnumber suffix. 8th March 2014. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Ray Monk With the usual copious lettering, LT12TXW is a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van belonging to Sovereign Recovery. It was photographed at the soon-to-be-closed bus stand at Lewisham on 28th February 2014. The oft-delayed plan to move the bus stands to a new location on the other side of the railway station finally took place the following day. Note the risers fitted to the rear light-bar. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Derek Everson This is the business end of Sovereign Recovery Scania R620 truck BIG620, seen preparing to tow a Metroline Enviro 200 bus outside Alperton Garage on 20th November 2013. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Ray Monk The latest Vauxhall Corsa cars for Arriva London have fleetnumbers in a new 2xx range. However, the numbers now only appear on the rears so it may take a while to get them all! Some of the cars have prefixes, such as WN207 (HK63YYP) photographed at Edmonton Garage on 4th March 2014. I believe that this means the car is used between Edmonton and Wood Green, rather than necessarily based at the latter. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Ray Monk Arriva London closed its Edmonton Garage in March 2012 but retained the location for non-operational purposes. This was fortunate since the nearby Lea Valley Garage had to close at the end of February 2014 to allow for expansion of the neighbouring electrical transmission station. The solution was basically to re-open Edmonton, although in reality it was not that simple. Certain bus routes moved to Palmers Green, Tottenham or Wood Green, while several routes were operated by buses from one garage and crews from another! This obviously led to even more crew ferry cars being required. Most of the existing Vauxhall Corsa cars from Lea Valley moved across the canal, and they were joined by at least 12 new examples. One of the latter was HK63YYJ, photographed in the car park on 4th March 2014. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Ray Monk Numerically the middle of three new Ford Transit vans added to Metrobus stock in early 2014 is Orpington's 9106 (FY63TAV). It was photographed at Eltham Bus Station on 10th February 2014. As I have mentioned before, the short-wheelbase Ford Transit van features cargo doors the same height as the front doors, as highlighted here. Notably this van has a plain white rear, while the one at Crawley has red chevrons. The condition of the Croydon van is not yet known. Whilst similar new vans for 'red' garages have had low-profile lightbars, Metrobus has chosen to continue using traditional ones. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Derek Everson Go-Ahead London has been updating its engineering support fleet in recent months, new Ford Transit vans going to several London General, London Central and Metrobus garages. Camberwell received EA63VPO towards the end of 2013, and it was photographed at home on 26th February 2014. Note the allocation code carried below the mirrors. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Ray Monk Seen leaving the industrial estate in which the recently re-opened Edmonton Garage is located, this anonymous Ford Transit curtainsider is believed to be an Arriva London vehicle. The reactivation of Edmonton and the closure of nearby Lea Valley may have resulted in the need to move 'stuff', while the vehicle is notably almost identical to earlier HJ08GMO, although the new truck also benefits from having a tail-lift. 4th March 2014 |
08/03/2014 |
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By Derek Everson A varied line-up of service vehicles seen at the Metrobus garage in Crawley on 14th January 2014. Nearest the camera is 8070, the highest numbered minibus to date, a Mercedes-Benz Vito new the previous May. Beyond are Ford Focus hatchback 9027, Renault Trafic minibus 8044 (one of just 2 left), newish Ford Transit van 9105 and Renault Trafic van 9101. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Derek Everson Photographed leaving Brixton Garage on 26th February 2014, Arriva London Vauxhall Corsa van FN11UYT had not been reported before. Further reports would be useful to confirm if it is based here. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Derek Everson Metroline's standardisation on the Renault Grand Scenic car for crew ferry duties was shown by the delivery of at least four more examples over the turn of 2013/2014. These included 2 more for Holloway Garage. Derek visited there on 17th December 2013 and found three earlier examples parked in the garage entrance. All have been shown on LTSV before but I have included this photo to highlight the numbers now carried in the windscreens. Are these fleetnumbers or duty numbers? |
08/03/2014 |
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By Kim Rennie This anonymous Go-Ahead London van has been shown on LTSV before but I have included this excellent photo for two reasons. Firstly, it shows a medium wheelbase van, the distinctive features of which were discussed last time. As such it is unique in the Go-Ahead fleet, all recent deliveries being short wheelbase. Secondly, it was attending to a (briefly) unique bus. Fleetnumber V6 was applied to BF63HFE, a prototype Volvo B5TL with a Wright Gemini 3 body (though with a Gemini 2 front end), loaned to Go-Ahead London from October 2013. In this view the most notable difference is the wrapped around black trim, but the upper deck windows are much shallower than before. Several similar buses were loaned to other London operators in spring 2014. 18th February 2014 |
08/03/2014 |
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By Graham Smith Distinctly non-standard lettering is carried by Ford Transit van EF10UUX, based at the Northumberland Park Garage now operated by Go-Ahead London. It seems likely that the van was acquired by original incumbent First London. It was photographed passing Edmonton Green on 15th February 2013. |
08/03/2014 |
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By SLR Photographs taken within bus garages are always of interest. This is Arriva's Dartford Garage on 7th February 2014, with one of the recently acquired Ford Tourneo minibuses on show. These were transferred from co-owned TGM and are being used to oust the former London taxis in the crew ferry role. LT06XDU (the bolt in the registration plate can make it look more like LT06XBU) is allocated fleetnumber VF130. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Derek Everson Abellio Ford Transit van HN03VAV was initially based at Byfleet Garage, but was photographed at Peckham Bus Station on 26th February 2014 attending to a Walworth-based Volvo B7TL bus. Perhaps a transfer, reports please. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Derek Everson PJZ6903 is one of at least 2 Ford Fiesta cars based at Abellio's Hayes garage that carry Irish registration numbers. Acquired by spring 2013, it was photographed leaving Uxbridge Bus Station on 13th January 2014. Some Abellio vehicles carry fleetnumbers, usually near the fuel filling point, but there is no sign of one here. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Derek Everson These two cars were both new in autumn 2011 as part of a batch of four similar vehicles, and are based at Uxbridge Bus Station (where they were photographed on 13th January 2014), but they both started out elsewhere (as per the photos already published). To the fore is Ford Fiesta LM61JHX, which was at Stratford when new, while behind is Toyota Prius LN61ZGO, initially at Isleworth. |
08/03/2014 |
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By SLR Photographed inside Griffith House on the night of 6th March 2014, Ford Transit van 7818F was possibly on its first day (or night) of service. As well as points for the first 14-reg vehicle, and first 78xx numbered vehicle, contributor SLR has also managed to capture a new livery variant. The basis is LUL standard white/blue/red, combined with emergency style yellow reflective striping (edged in blue) and RAPID RESPONSE VEHICLE lettering. Most notably, the lettering behind the side roundel is Transport for London, rather than London Underground, whilst below that appears to read 'Every Journey Matters'. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Dave Cousins A third London Overground VW Transporter van is 7774VW, found parked near Surrey Quays on 6th February 2014. We obtained an official fleetlist in early March and this showed that the LOROL fleet had reached 15 vehicles, with a couple more seemingly likely. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Ray Monk A new correspondent mentioned seeing some London Overground vans parked at Dalston, and Ray duly went off to investigate. This photo was taken from the overbridge on Richmond Road, and shows a small yard next to the track just south of Dalston Junction Station. Present on 28th February 2014 were two Volkswagen Transporter vans. Both are long-wheelbase, low-roof examples, with ladder racks. Further reports would be appreciated so that I can decide whether or not this needs to be added as a location. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Ray Monk There were reports of more new vehicles in London Overground livery through February 2014, one of them being Renault Kangoo Maxi van 7769R. It was photographed on Oldfield Grove in Surrey Quays (near to the Silwood Depot site) on the last day of the month, and differed from the earlier Kangoos in not having a roof rack. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Ray Monk One of ten Ford Focus estates delivered in mid-2013, 7691F has been seen at both Arnos Grove and Stratford Market Depot. I have allocated it to the former for now. On 3rd February 2014 Ray caught the car arriving at Stratford. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Derek Everson Since delivery in August 2013, Ford S-Max response car 7690F has gained a reversed EMERGENCY label across the bonnet, and its light-bar has been shifted forward slightly. It was found in its usual parking place at Wembley Park Station on 20th November 2013. Comparison with a very similar photo of earlier resident Ford Galaxy 6552F shows that the two car designs share several features. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Kim Rennie Ford Transit dropside truck 7506F is usually parked on the northern entrance road to Acton Works, and hence can be seen from Acton Town Station. It was found there on 18th February 2014. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Derek Everson 7490F is a Ford Focus estate car new in September 2012 and based at Rickmansworth. On 13th January 2014 it was caught passing through Uxbridge. |
08/03/2014 |
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By Dave Cousins BG12GCF is a Nissan Navara 4x4 Pick-up in silver livery with LUL lettering. It is based at Hainault Depot (which seems to have a liking for non-standard types) but has been reported only twice since it was delivered in May 2012. It appeared on official fleetlists as being an un-numbered vehicle. I was therefore rather surprised to see this photograph from new contributor Dave Cousins. It shows the truck parked in the rain outside Mile End Station on 7th June 2012, when it was less than one month old. And it clearly carries the fleetnumber 7476N. Hainault Depot had another Nissan Navara, but in standard white/blue livery (6891N) between 2010 and 2013, and also a broadly similar Toyota Hilux in silver livery between 2008 and 2011 (6467T). |
08/03/2014 |
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By Ray Monk I have mentioned before that several companies engaged in work for LUL use somewhat similar liveries for their vehicles. Lupprians is (to quote their website) a 'Logistics Solutions Provider', with a broad portfolio of services that does include work for LUL. Their Volkswagen Caddy Maxi crew van RJ60LCU was photographed parked on Bollo Lane on 19th February 2014. The livery is very like that of LUL and, as Ray pointed out, the skirt and stripe do not wrap around the back. |
27/02/2014 |
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By John Hillman American-built trucks are very rare in the UK, with a handful of recovery vehicles being the most visible. Adding to the list of makes represented on LTSV, here is Kenworth T300 R182FEX of Stathams Recovery of Dunstable. It was seen preparing to tow a Centrebus Dennis Dart at St Albans Station on 17th February 2014. Although it has the name Harry near the door, the Stathams website states that it is normally referred to as Noddy, for fairly obvious reasons. |
27/02/2014 |
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By Robin Morel Z and S is a bus operator based in Aylesbury, running services across a large area of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire. Photographed at Milton Keynes on 29th January 2014 was their long-wheelbase Vauxhall Movano van T233VHJ. The van has a fleetnumber (563?) near the fuel filler but it is indistinct in this photo. Note the 'Chief Engineer' lettering on the door. |
27/02/2014 |
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By Ray Monk Also used as anonymous crew ferries from Northumberland Park Garage are a pair of Mercedes-Benz Vito minibuses. RJ13DYA was leaving the garage when photographed on 25th February 2014. |
27/02/2014 |
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By Ray Monk As covered at the time, six new Vauxhall Combo 2+2 vans were delivered to Go-Ahead's Northumberland Park Garage in July 2013. When new these had plain cargo doors on either side. It seems that these were not acceptable since when Ray visited on 25th February 2014 he found that they had all been modified with windowed doors on both sides. They still work in anonymous red livery though. HN13YNA was caught coming off Watermead Way. |
27/02/2014 |
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By Ray Monk I recently pondered how long Arriva Southern Counties could keep their rather tired-looking former London taxis going. Well, from February 2014 they started to be replaced by Ford Tourneo minibuses. The change is said to be due to forthcoming emissions legislation changes. The minibuses were transferred from the Heathrow operations of TGM, and retained plain white livery. Photographed at Eltham Bus Station on 9th February 2014 were LT56JXU (left) and LT56JYN (right). |
27/02/2014 |
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By Kim Rennie This photograph taken at Acton Works on 18th February 2014 is interesting for two reasons. Firstly it seems to indicate that some TfL Streets cars are actually based here. For example, Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car WX10JSZ (nearest the camera) was initially allocated to Chancel Street but has since been seen many times at Acton. Secondly, in the background (behind the Toyota Prius) is a Nissan Leaf electric car, with a fleetnumber visible but not readable. A Nissan Leaf numbered 7711N was reported a few days later so it may be this. |
27/02/2014 |
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