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By Ray Monk An interesting recent development was the delivery of several new vehicles in connection with the 'insourcing' of the LUL power supply maintenance. A 30 year contract was awarded to Seeboard Powerlink (later UK Power Networks) in 1998, with a half-way get out clause. LUL decided to activate this clause, and the contract was brought back under LUL control in August 2013. The main operating centre appears to be an industrial estate on Station Road, Tuffnell Park, and among several new vehicles photographed there on 20th August 2013 was Renault Kangoo Maxi van 7714R. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,802 |  |
By Ray Monk After five years at Wembley Park, Ford Galaxy car 6552F was eventually replaced by new Ford S-Max 7690F in August 2013. Photographed in its normal parking slot on 18th August 2013 (four days after it was first licensed), the car is very similar to 6221F of 2007. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,803 |  |
By Ray Monk Somewhat unique in the current fleet, 7666VW is a long-wheelbase low-roof Volkswagen Transporter van. As with the smaller Caddy van, the length can be determined by the extent of the side door runner. On short wheelbase vans (such as 7593VW), the runner reaches to the back. The only other LWB low-roof VW Transporter is crew van '7929VW', which is probably meant to be 7629VW. Photographed on Bollo Lane on 5th September 2013. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,804 |  |
By London Spotter An excellent close-up view of the revised Renault Kangoo design is offered by 7639R at Finchley Central Station on 23rd August 2013. One of three such vans based here and delivered in July, all carry the now standard London Underground livery. Un-numbered Ford Transit LM62YSR is parked behind. Note the containers on the left labelled 'Signals Equipment' and (rather mysteriously) 'Routine Change'. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,805 |  |
By Ray Monk A rare sight these days (apart from on delivery) is of a vehicle in unmarked white/blue livery. Ford Transit crew van 7618F was new in June 2013 and based at the Euston control centre. It can sometimes be glimpsed parked behind the gates there but on 20th August 2013 Ray caught it arriving on Euston Street. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,806 |  |
By Ray Monk There are five Honda CR-V cars in the liveried fleet at present, all of which are silver with London Underground markings. All five are thought to be numbered but only two actually carry their fleetnumbers. One of these is 7612H, photographed leaving its home at Acton Works on 30th August 2013. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,807 |  |
By Malcolm Conway Photographed leaving Acton Works on 30th August 2013, Ford Transit crew van 7587F is one of the apparent 'pool' vehicles that carry all white livery. This one at least had some lettering other than fleetnumbers, with Emergency Response Unit labels on the sides and rear. It was presumably covering for the ERU's Ford Transit van 6488F (withdrawn in July) until the arrival of LM13MKV in September. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,808 |  |
By Malcolm Conway 7538F is one of 6 Ford Transit dropside trucks delivered to Stratford Market Depot over the turn of 2012/2013. On 30th August 2013 it was photographed paying a visit to Acton Works. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,809 |  |
By Ray Monk The Peugeot Partner Tepee is now the most numerous car type in the central (liveried) fleet, over 50 having been added since March 2011. 7453P was new in May 2012 and photographed leaving Acton Works on 30th August 2013. It is believed to be one of four allocated to Earls Court Gardens although this has not yet been confirmed. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,810 |  |
By London Spotter Fleetnumbers 7409 to 7418 are on a batch of 10 Ford Transit crew vans with the rarer medium wheelbase option. Divided between Finchley Central and Stratford Market, several of the vans have non-standard roof racks with a tube and ladder on, suggesting that they are replacements for the similarly equipped all-white vans such as 6260F and 6436F. 7418F was photographed (with permission) parked outside the offices at Finchley Central on 23rd August 2013. Similar 7416F is just nudging in on the right. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,811 |  |
By Ray Monk Finchley Central Station now has some small vans, a class not common here before. Present on 23rd August 2013 were Tube Lines branded Volkswagen Caddy van 7403VW and LUL liveried Renault Kangoo Maxi 7619R. The former appears to have been recently transferred from Stratford Market Depot, while the latter shows the full range of warnings and notices now applied to the back of most SVs. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,812 |  |
By London Spotter The allocation of service vehicles to Finchley Central Station appears to have increased recently, and vehicles are routinely parked outside the compound. On 23rd August 2013, Renault Kangoo estate 7396R was one of a dozen vehicles present. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,813 |  |
By Ray Monk Volkswagen Caddy crew van 7376VW is based at Hainault but has also been seen at Ruislip Depot and Acton. On 5th September 2013 it was rather surprisingly parked at Bollo House alongside resident Ford Focus estate 7404F. This location is used for Piccadilly Line operations and the van was perhaps just parked there prior to going into the Smallbills garage next door. Note again the curious application of skirt colours to the rear doors but not on the corners. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,814 |  |
By London Spotter This photo of rarely reported Volkswagen Caddy Maxi crew van 7260VW at High Barnet Station on 23rd August 2013 highlights the extended length of this variant. One of a batch of 6 similar vans, they are allocated to Westferry Circus in Docklands. Resident Ford Focus hatchback 7502F is just visible beyond. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,815 |  |
By Ray Monk Fleetnumbers 7256 to 7261 are carried by a batch of Tube Lines Volkswagen Caddy Maxi crew vans. They are among the least reported vehicles in the current fleet, with only a handful of sightings, usually at night. It was surprising therefore to receive daytime photos of two of the vans recently. First up was 7259VW found in the car park at Wembley Park Station on 18th August 2013. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,816 |  |
By Ray Monk Ford Transit crew van 6977F was based at Farringdon Station for a while during works there in 2012. Since then it appears to have moved out to Rickmansworth, with a consequent drop in sightings. On 16th September 2013 Ray caught it on Bollo Lane heading towards Acton Works. |
25/09/2013 |
| 3,817 |  |
By Thomas Young Probably the most interesting vehicle seen on the night of 13th/14th August 2013 was this Volkswagen Golf estate car parked outside Whitechapel Station. One of two operated by London Overground since late 2010, they can often be seen from trains passing the depot at New Cross, but this was the first time one could be photographed. Although not particularly apparent in this photograph, the cars carry a variant of LUL livery with the red of the stripe (and roundel circle) replaced by orange. LUL also operates three VW Golf estates and by coincidence the last vehicle we saw before this one was 7044VW parked near Bethnal Green. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,818 |  |
By Thomas Young I have included this rear view of Ford Transit van 7720F on Euston Street on 14th August as it shows some interesting features. Firstly, the van has rear chevrons, normally only applied to Griffith House vehicles. Secondly the growing range of notices is apparent. The latest additions are the small blue rectangles near each door handle ('Be considerate. Do not slam doors') and the multi-coloured label a bit higher on each cargo door. The full text on these is 'Residential areas. Think noise! Switch off engine. Do not slam doors. Do not shout. Keep noise to a minimum when unloading and loading. A tidy area is a safe area'! Finally, the van is badged as being a 100 T330, rather more powerful than the 100 T280 usually found on Transits of this size. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,819 |  |
By Thomas Young The first service vehicles numbered in the 77xx range were reported in August 2013, with 7720F being photographed on Euston Street early on the 14th. From the front this looks to be a standard LUL-liveried short wheelbase Ford Transit van. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,820 |  |
By Ray Monk At least nine Ford Focus estates were delivered in mid-2013, but they seem to be being spread around various allocations. 7683F was one of the first, and was photographed leaving Ruislip Depot on 5th August 2013. Note that the junction here has been altered and vehicles leaving the depot can now turn either way instead of having to go left and u-turning beyond the bridge if required. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,821 |  |
By Thomas Young Parked near Green Park Station on 14th August 2013 was Ford Transit 7584F. As with other vehicles in the 7576 to 7591 range, it carries plain white livery, unmarked save for fleetnumbers and the various small notices now standard. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,822 |  |
By Thomas Young Stratford Market Depot took 6 new Ford Transit dropside trucks over the turn of 2012/2013, and on the night of 13th/14th August 2013 we saw five of them leaving the depot. The only one subsequently tracked down was 7539F, parked on Piccadilly outside Green Park. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,823 |  |
By Thomas Young Renault Kangoo Maxi van 7485R was photographed on Warren Street at 2:45am on 14th August 2013, having made the short journey along from Griffith House. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,824 |  |
By Thomas Young Another of the Frank Pick House Ford Transit crew vans found on the night of 13th/14th August 2013 was 7191F, seen parked on Cardington Street beside Euston Station. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,825 |  |
By Thomas Young As usual, several service vehicles were parked near to Green Park Station on the night of 13th/14th August 2013. This line-up of three Ford Transits was found on Bolton Street and was headed by short wheelbase low-roof crew van 7190F and mid-height van 7528F. Although the latter was originally listed here as being short wheelbase, the upper position of the gutter rail shows it is actually medium wheelbase. Both are from the Tube Lines Lifts and Escalators fleet, nominally based at Frank Pick House in Acton. At the rear is long wheelbase mid-height van 7584F in unmarked white. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,826 |  |
By Thomas Young I joined Steve and Ray for another service vehicle hunt on the night of 13th/14th August 2013, starting at Stratford and covering some east London locations. A nice surprise was to find Mitsubishi L200 7136 parked opposite Leytonstone Station. This is one of just three L200s in the numbered fleet (since joined by some unmarked examples) and each is different. 7136 is based at Hainault Depot and is similar to 7318 apart from having full LUL livery, roof bars and a rail around the covered load space. Note the huge clearances on the wheelarches, particularly the rear ones. I neglected to set the white balance on this photo and was unable to satisfactorily adjust it later. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,827 |  |
By Derek Everson London Transport Buses operated two batches of white VW Transporter vans in the 1990s, used as the equivalent of today's LBSL Incident Response Units. From the 1994 delivery, 4386V was photographed in Wimbledon on 24th June 1997. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,828 |  |
By Derek Everson The Peugeot 504 pick-up was one of the first 'foreign' models to appear in the leased fleet, the first arriving in 1987. In 1989 six were delivered as numbers 3722P-3727P for use by bus garages in east London. They were evidently acceptable since they were replaced by similar 4205P-4209P in 1992. Only five were needed due to the closure of West Ham garage in 1992, although it is notable that number 4210 was never applied to anything else. Perhaps a sixth was ordered and later cancelled. Anyway, the replacements differed in being fitted with tail-lifts, quite unusual for vehicles of this size. 4206P was allocated to Seven Kings garage, where it was photographed on 12th January 1993, still looking pristine. Seven Kings closed two months later and 4206P was moved to Barking. Most of the Peugeots passed to Stagecoach London upon privatisation and one lasted until 2005. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,829 |  |
By Derek Everson This location is unmistakable to me, since I grew up near here. Passing Clapham Common Station on 28th July 1993, 4198F was a Ford Escort quite clearly allocated to Stockwell Garage. It is interesting to note that the London General unit used CDS-supplied vehicles alongside others it had acquired directly. For example, compare the above photo with one of very similar LGF1 (K781MGK). |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,830 |  |
By Derek Everson The small depot at Junction Road (Holloway) was latterly used mainly by cleaning services vehicles. It appears to have closed in about 1992, after which vehicles were kept for a while in the lower yard of Holloway Garage, barely 100 yards away. Seen at the latter location on 28th June 1992 was rare Vauxhall Midi van 4105B. Also visible are several red Ford Escort vans (including 3838F and 3839F) and white/blue Transit 4015F. Another Midi appears to be behind 4105B. Judging by other photos taken on the same visit, 4104B (4105B's twin) was behind the photographer here, so this other van must be 4074B. None of the vehicles present had any lettering apart from fleetnumbers. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,831 |  |
By Derek Everson 4102F was a Ford Fiesta van new in August 1991 and allocated to Acton Works. It was photographed parked outside Sutton bus garage on 12th April 1992. Note that the lettering still refers to London Transport rather than London Underground. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,832 |  |
By Derek Everson Ford Escort van 3630F carried red livery with the boxed lettering style that was briefly popular for Distribution Services vehicles in the late 1980s. The lower box text reads 'Transport Contractors' and gives a contact telephone number. The van was photographed parked at the 'Roundabout' bus garage in Orpington on 23rd July 1989. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,833 |  |
By Derek Everson Another photo taken in the Ferry Lane Industrial Estate on 15th April 1989 shows nearly new Ford Transit van 3615F together with 3 Bedford CF vans from the large batch delivered in 1987. The Bedford CF design gained a modernised front end in the early 1980s but the lack of rear bumpers made that aspect appear somewhat dated. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,834 |  |
By Derek Everson Two transitions are shown in this photograph taken at 'Ferry Lane, Tottenham' on 15th April 1989, being that from the Mk.2 to the Mk.3 Ford Transit and from the grey livery to other colour schemes. Almost all of London Transport's Mk.2 Ford Transits were delivered in grey, the last vans coming in early 1985. Conversely, none of the Mk.3 Transits were grey, featuring red, blue or white instead. On the right is late Mk.2 3226F, over 4 years old and destined to be withdrawn within a couple of months. Mk.3 Transit 3614F on the left was only 2 months old and was one of several to have large London Transport Advertising lettering and logos. Note that the Mk.2 van has sliding cab doors, while the Mk.3 has hinged ones. Sliding doors did become available on the Mk.3 later on. As for why I have put the location name in quote marks, well it is neither Ferry Lane nor Tottenham! The commercial advertising section had a base just north of Forest Road close to Blackhorse Road Station. The confusion seems to have arisen due to this being within 'Ferry Lane Industrial Estate'. Further complicating things, the old AEC works taken over by LGOC in 1930 are referred to here as 'Ferry Lane, Walthamstow' but were presumably west of the River Lea, near to Tottenham Hale. The location shown above is still in use today and home to lots of vans, but now owned by CBS/Viacom. Finally I should apologise for the slightly poor quality reproduction of some of Derek's excellent photos. My old printer/scanner died about a year ago and I bought a new (and supposedly better) one. Despite fiddling with the settings, scans from prints on the new machine are just not as sharp or vibrant as the old one. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,835 |  |
By Derek Everson Leyland Freighter 2395L, photographed leaving Acton Works on 19th June 1995, was new in December 1983 as a dropside lorry (with crane) in grey livery. It was repainted to the new white and blue livery in the early 1990s and also lost its dropsides and split bolster to be used as a flatbed lorry. Withdrawn two months after this photo was taken, it never worked again, although curiously the DVLA database records its final colour as being pink! |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,836 |  |
By Derek Everson 2274B was one of 17 Bedford TL lorries bought by London Transport in 1980/1981 but was the only one bodied as a tanker. It outlasted all its sisters and in 1993 passed to London General. Its final withdrawal date is not known, but it was last licensed in 2004. On 23rd August 1990 it was photographed at the Willesden premises of BEL (Bus Engineering Limited). BEL transferred their operations to here when Chiswick Works was closed earlier in 1990. As evidenced by the vehicles in the background, the company diversified to undertake repairs on other operator's PSVs (such as the blue Inner London Education Authority midibus) and also commercial vehicles. |
16/08/2013 |
| 3,837 |  |
By Ray Monk A new name to the London transport scene from June 2013 was Tower Transit. This was formed when First London sold three of its bus garages to Australian firm Transit Systems. The new name and logo was quickly applied to the fleet of 400 buses and also to some of the engineering support vehicles. However, it has not yet been seen on the Vauxhall Zafira crew ferry cars operated from Atlas Road, nor on three new Mercedes-Benz Vito minibuses acquired for use from Lea Interchange garage. The latter carry plain white livery, as shown by LX13OUW photographed passing the garage on 4th July 2013. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,838 |  |
By Ray Monk Another of Northumberland Park's new Vauxhall Combo vans is HY13YUD, photographed leaving the garage on 10th August 2013. The road here (Marsh Lane) is a dead end, serving only the bus garage and one of the gates to the adjacent Victoria line depot. Visitors may find it useful to know that there is a footpath from the end of the road that leads to Watermead Way. LUL service vehicles can often be seen parked in the area visible on the right of this photograph, although the height difference, fence and materials preclude photography. Present on this occasion were several contractor's vehicles plus very rarely seen Renault Kangoo Maxi van 7557R. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,839 |  |
By Thomas Young An unexpected development in July 2013 was the delivery of a new crew ferry fleet to Go-Ahead London's Northumberland Park garage. As already noted, a selection of fairly modern vehicles had been assembled there only in June. When I visited on 10th August 2013 I noted 8 new vehicles and none of the earlier ones. The new deliveries comprise a pair of Mercedes-Benz Vito minibuses and, rather unusually for Go-Ahead, at least 6 Vauxhall Combo vans. These have a 2+2 configuration, in that they have an extra pair of seats but no additional windows. All of the vehicles were in unmarked red livery. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,840 |  |
By Derek Everson London General's Merton garage took delivery of a new Ford Transit van in June 2013. On the 26th it was parked outside the main entrance, still gleaming and unmarked, although it had gained a light-bar and lettering within a week. This van appears to have replaced battery electric Transit NK59DFX, suggesting that Go-Ahead's aim of operating an all 'green' support fleet is still a long way from being achieved. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,841 |  |
By Colin Lloyd London United's nine Ford Transit vans entered service in mid-2012 but several have proved rather shy. Highest numbered FT9 is officially based at Hounslow Heath, although it has also been seen at Stamford Brrok. On 7th June 2013 it was captured passing through Hounslow on its way to the other (much older) garage. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,842 |  |
By Graham Smith Metroline Renault Master van LM61UOH was photographed at South End Green, Hampstead Heath on 5th August 2013. This is the northern terminus of route 24, in the news recently when it became the first route wholly converted to NBfL (New Bus for London) operation. LT31 is visible beyond, showing the neat application of matching registration numbers. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,843 |  |
By Derek Everson Although it is in the process of removing itself from London bus operation, First retains several subsidiaries to the east and west of the capital. This colourful line-up was photographed at Slough garage on 24th July 2013 and features VW Crafter van VO59XSM. Five very similar vans were used by First London. The buses comprise Mercedes-Benz Citaros ES64021 (in Heathrow blue livery) and ES64013 (in the new but old yellow Beeline livery), and Dennis Darts 42643 (Plaxton-bodied and new to Yorkshire Rider) and 41175 (Marshall-bodied and new to Centrewest). |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,844 |  |
By Derek Everson The FX4 London taxi was notable for being changed very little during its long production life. P-prefix P744SHX was new in 1997 but appears identical to Westlink's P-suffix LHV340P, 22 years its senior. This is one of many bought by Arriva the Shires in 2012 and repainted for use as crew ferries. Allocated fleetnumber CF85 and based at High Wycombe, this example gained Arriva corporate blue and cream livery. It was photographed at the town's bus station on 24th July 2013. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,845 |  |
By Ray Monk Two Metroline DP-class buses have recently been added to the database, though in reality have been service vehicles for quite some time. P674MLE and P675MLE were new to MTL London Northern as their DP274 and DP275 in May 1997, being among the last step-entrance Dennis Darts for London use. They passed to Metroline when MTL sold its London operations, and DP274 became an ancillary vehicle in 2002, followed by DP275 in 2006. It is not clear if these were normal driver training buses at that stage but within a few years they were both modified to act as crew rest vehicles. Some of the seats were removed and tables fitted. As such, one of the buses was often outstationed to the rather remote East Acton terminus of route 7. DP275 was photographed there on 5th August 2013. Note how the red livery has faded almost to pink. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,846 |  |
By Derek Everson For the first dozen years of bus tendering in London, companies could paint their buses any colour they liked. London Buslines chose a bright livery of yellow with brown relief, later enhanced with orange bands. Photographed at their Southall yard on 6th May 1996 were Ford Transit Mk5 van M101PJB and several buses. Note the mid-mounted light-bar and front bull-bars. London Buslines had been bought by Centrewest earlier in 1996 and was eventually absorbed into the First London operation. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,847 |  |
By Derek Everson This interesting photograph was taken at Park Royal Garage on 21st July 1996. This small base was originally used by R&I Buses, taken over by MTL London Northern in October 1995. As can be seen, several of the buses still retained the attractive R&I red and blue livery. Three service vehicles are visible, the smallest being brand new Daewoo Nexia car N764PHX on the right. The Nexia was based on the Vauxhall Astra design, and this is the only Daewoo vehicle ever recorded as a service vehicle. It carried MTL logos on red livery but lasted less than 6 years before being delicensed and presumably scrapped. Just visible in front of this car is white Ford Transit minibus D221PVM with fleetnumber 187, while on the left is high-roof Transit van L474NHE displaying fleetnumber FS801. Park Royal appears to have been a maintenance outstation of the main R&I garage at North Acton. Does anyone know when it closed? |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,848 |  |
By Derek Everson Westlink was one of the first 'red' bus companies to start taking non-CDS supplied service vehicles, and was also a pioneer of using former London taxi cabs as crew ferry vehicles. At least four were operated, the first in early 1989. Photographed at their Hounslow Heath base on 30th August that year were LHV340P and TUW378S. Both were licensed as Austin vehicles (the FX4 was later built by Carbodies) and both were repainted red. None of the four lasted more than a couple of years, and Westlink later switched to using second-hand Ford Fiesta vans. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,849 |  |
By Derek Everson Go-Ahead London's Volvo recovery truck VLT46 has not been reported much over the past few years. Derek found it outstationed to Wimbledon during the tennis championship in 2013 and photographed it passing open-top Volvo Olympian NV170 on 26th June. Since delivery it has gained chrome mirror covers and also what looks like a camera (presumably to aid with manoeuvring) on the front grille. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,850 |  |
By Derek Everson We don't know much about this vehicle, lettered as a Rapid Response Unit and photographed at Acton Tram Depot on 20th February 2000. A Mk4 Ford Transit dropside truck, it was new in 1993 with an unknown registration, changing to HDZ5428 in about 1995. This plate was previously carried by Centrewest's Renault S75 minibus RW28, withdrawn in April 1995 and re-plated G397CLD in July. The Transit was seen again at Alperton in 2005 and is still currently licensed as HDZ5428. However, it is believed to have been sold in about 2006. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,851 |  |
By Thomas Young Another of the unmarked Renault Kangoo vans found on Harcourt Street (near Griffith House) on the night of 7th August 2013 was LX13WUM. This rear view shows that they carry rear chevrons exactly like the 'proper' service vehicles that work from here. One thing I didn't notice at the time was the Volkswagen Transporter van on the other side of the road. Seemingly plain white, the registration RE61FYX is in series with several 'proper' service vehicles. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,852 |  |
By Ray Monk On our recent night trip, I was using a tripod while Ray was trying hand-held shots. Rather surprisingly, some of his results were better than mine. For example, this view of unmarked Renault Kangoo van LX13SYG on Harcourt Street made use of a quarter second exposure. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,853 |  |
By Derek Everson Some new staff welfare facility vans were added in early in 2013, based on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter instead of the Ford Transit used hitherto. Two carried Tube Lines lettering on a basically white livery (the yellow stripe is a reflective tape safety feature) and were regularly parked with the others in the lorry yard at Acton Works. The first usable photograph of one was this, taken on 5th June 2013 and showing PE62CFJ moving from the lorry yard to the main works. A third similar vehicle has been reported (PE62CFD) but this carries lettering for a rental company. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,854 |  |
By Derek Everson Photographed at Finchley Central Station on 5th June 2013, Ford Transit jumbo crew van LM62YSR does not carry any fleetnumbers but it is likely to be allocated one. It is one of two vehicles recently seen with additional 'POINT CARE' lettering (just visible below the larger side Tube Lines logo), the other being Renault Kangoo Maxi van 7474R. Parked alongside is unmarked silver Ford Mondeo LN09WXM, which wore Tube Lines logos during 2011. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,855 |  |
By Derek Everson Another group of unmarked cars added to the database on the basis that they may be allocated fleetnumbers was a batch of four Peugeot Partner Tepee cars acquired in December 2012. KP62FVH-FVL were white and their registrations preceded those on similar but liveried 7605P (KP62FVM) and 7616P (KP62FVN). The white cars have been seen at various locations since, but were left out of SUP24F since they had still not gained any markings. KP62FVH was found at Finchley Central Station on 17th July 2013. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,856 |  |
By Colin Lloyd LS61XPD is one of two Toyota Prius cars new to TfL Streets in January 2012. Colin was the first person to photograph it, capturing it twice on 14th June 2013, first at Enfield then at Turnpike Lane. The latter location is shown here. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,857 |  |
By Ray Monk I was slightly annoyed when I saw this photograph. WR10ZZP was one of two Renault Kangoo estate cars delivered in unmarked silver in June 2010. They were a very regular sight in the car park at Acton Works and I surmised that they might actually be allocated fleetnumbers. Therefore I added them to the database here (unmarked cars are not normally covered). However, an official list obtained in October 2012 showed that they were indeed un-numbered and for this reason I left them out of the recently published SUP24F booklet. But then Ray photographed WR10ZZP leaving Acton Works (with a friendly driver) on 2nd August 2013, and it has gained labels with an LUL roundel and 'Capital Programmes Directorate' lettering. I await reports as to whether sister car WR10ZZT also has these. By the way, another slight annoyance is that the DVLA shows the colour of many silver vehicles as being grey. In this case the official colour is 'Cosmic Grey', but I think silver is probably simpler! |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,858 |  |
By Thomas Young The highest numbered service vehicle reported as of today is 7698VW, a Volkswagen Caddy van found parked near Camden Town station on the 8th of August 2013. This area was surprisingly busy, even at 2am on a weekday. Presumably the first vehicles with numbers in the 77xx range will be reported any day now. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,859 |  |
By Ray Monk At least eight Ford Focus estate cars were delivered to LUL in July 2013, six of which were visible in the staff car park on the 20th. You can't read the fleetnumbers through the bushes and fences at this location so we will have to wait for further reports. It is not clear where these cars are destined for, there being no noticeable batches of similar vehicles due for replacement. One that we do know the number for is 7685F, caught leaving the works on 26th July 2013. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,860 |  |
By Ray Monk This might be another case of me guessing an allocation wrongly. New high-roof Ford Transit van 7653F was photographed at Northumberland Park Station on 25th June 2013, having made the short trip from the depot seemingly to visit the shops. Not surprisingly, I added this van as being based here, but it has not been seen by several subsequent visitors, whilst it has been noted in Acton. |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,861 |  |
By Ray Monk Upminster Depot has had an allocation of one low-roof Ford Transit van in recent years, so when I saw this photograph of 7650F leaving the depot on 8th July 2013 I assumed this was the latest. It has been reported a couple of times in Acton since then, but further evidence for the allocation is that previous resident 6568F was auctioned at BCA a few days after 7650F arrived. Ah, but hang on! 6568F was shown on the BCA website by 4th June, almost a week before 7650F was first licensed. Ummm... |
12/08/2013 |
| 3,862 |  |
By Thomas Young Another of the Phase II Renault Kangoo Maxi vans delivered in July 2013 was 7644R, photographed on Cardington Street (alongside Euston Station) at 2am on 8th August. Service vehicles do appear to be gaining an increasing amount of notices and warning signs recently, especially around the door handles and on the backs. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Ray Monk A batch of yet more Renault Kangoo Maxi vans was delivered in July 2013, these being the first of the 'Phase II' variant. As this photograph of 7641R coming down Bollo Lane on 2nd August 2013 shows, the changes to the frontal design are very apparent. Reports have suggested that at least some of this batch are being used as mail vans from Acton, alongside (or perhaps in comparison with) the recently delivered Fiat Doblo Maxis. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Ray Monk Fleetnumbers 7576 to 7581 are carried by otherwise unmarked white Citroen Berlingo vans new in early 2013, although 7577 has yet to be reported. 7576 was parked at the LUL offices on Allsop Place (Baker Street) in the early evening of 7th August 2013, keeping company with regular resident Renault Kangoo estate 7132R. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Thomas Young Reanult Kangoo van 7558R is currently unique in having just fleetnumbers on a silver livery, along with the rear chevrons typical to Griffith House vehicles. It was photographed on Crawford Street on 7th August 2013. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Thomas Young Not previously reported, this Ford Transit crew van was found parked outside Camden Market on 8th August 2013. It is one of three new in early 2013 numbered 7553F to 7555F. All are assigned to work on the Northern Line although their actual allocation is not known. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Thomas Young Several Tube Lines liveried service vehicles were found parked around Camden Town Station in the early hours of 8th August 2013. This line up was headed by Edgware-based Volkswagen Caddy Maxi crew van 7547VW, behind which was all-white Ford Transit facilities van 7431F. Apart from a Peugeot Bipper van, the other vehicles visible are either unmarked or belong to contractors. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Thomas Young With the lights of Griffith House visible at the end, this is the view looking along Harcourt Street on 7th August 2013. At least 9 service vehicles are visible, the nearest being Renault Kangoo Maxi van 7484R. It is still not clear why the majority of vehicles associated with Griffith House are treated to rear chevrons when similar vehicles elsewhere are not. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Ray Monk By my best reckoning, there are about 80 service vehicles allocated to Stratford Market Depot, of which 40 are Renault Kangoos. However, there are currently only two 'regular' vans there, the remainder being Maxi or Compact van variants or estate cars. One of the pair is 7372R, seen emerging from Cam Road on 4th July 2013. This is the only road access to the depot and, due to the central reservation, both arriving and departing vehicles have to do so going west. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Thomas Young The Peugeot Partner Tepee car has been a popular choice since 2011, with at least 56 added to the central fleet so far. 7213P was a one-off for the Griffith House allocation, and hence carries yellow/red chevrons on the rear. On 7th August 2013 it was found parked on nearby Homer Street. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Thomas Young Providing a bit of variety at Baker Street on the night of 7th/8th August 2013 was Renault Modus car 7205R, one of several that work out of Templar House (Holborn) at night. It was parked on Melcombe Street in front of Ford Transit crew van 7022F, the latter having made the short journey from Griffith House. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Thomas Young Also nominally assigned to Frank Pick House are ten Renault Kangoo Maxi vans, whose fleetnumbers follow on from the Bippers. 7184R is one that has never been reported at Acton, or in daylight. In the early hours of 8th August 2013 it was photographed on Parkway, just round the corner from Camden Town Station. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Ray Monk The ten Peugeot Bippers delivered to Tube Lines in late 2011 are all nominally allocated to Frank Pick House, although only one or two are normally kept there. Highest numbered 7175P visited on 26th July 2013, and also called in at the main Acton works as seen here. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Kim Rennie Mercedes-Benz Sprinter IRU van 6996M has been seen at various locations since it was new in 2011, mainly Turnpike Lane but also Stratford. It was probably working from the latter when it was photographed at Bow Church on 14th July 2013. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Derek Everson Peering through the fence at the old AEC works in Southall on 28th August 1986, Derek found a few vehicles of interest. Nearest the camera is Ford Transit minibus FS19 (MLK719L). New in 1973 this could be classed as a service vehicle since it was modified as a radio trainer in 1983. Sent to Southall for storage in July 1986, it was sold for preservation in September. Behind this are the sheeted remains of a bus, most likely one of the MCW Metrobuses destroyed by the fire at nearby Southall Garage on Christmas day 1985. Beyond that are three service vehicles, two unidentified Ford Escort vans flanking Bedford Astra van 3275B. All are showing signs of accident damage. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Derek Everson Mercedes-Benz SK 2534 artic tractor 2551M was just 10 days old when Derek photographed it at Acton Works on 19th June 1995. It was coupled to Andover step-frame trailer T60, new two months earlier, while Freight Rover Sherpa van 2422L is parked on the left. If you look carefully between the loading ramps of the trailer, you can just make out the letters NL1. This was the fleetnumber applied to an un-registered Ransome Height Rider wheeled access hoist. The location appears to be the shed now used by the Emergency Response Unit. 2551M served the fleet for almost exactly 14 years, while trailer T60 is still in stock in mid-2013. |
12/08/2013 |
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By Neal Marshall Photographed this morning (2nd July 2013) on the Purley Way is a Ford Transit dropside tipper carrying a brand new livery. With a fleetnumber that appears to be 7627F, and London Tramlink lettering and roundels, the livery is normal white and blue but with a green stripe. The same livery has been worn by the trams themselves for the past few years, but this is its first appearance on a service vehicle. As an aside, the London Overground version (similar but with an orange stripe) is carried by two VW Golf estate cars but has yet to be photographed. |
02/07/2013 |
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By London Spotter This Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van belonging to Sovereign Recovery has a very similar layout to the London Buses Incident Response Unit vans. It is however based on the slightly lower power 313 model. Photographed at Euston Bus Station on 17th April 2013. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Colin Lloyd Carrying the appropriate registration of BIG620, this Scania R620 recovery truck is one of the latest additions to the Sovereign Recovery fleet. It was photographed in Westminster on 16th April 2013 with an Arriva Tour VXE-class bus on tow. Note that the lorry has National Express lettering in addition to TfL. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk Metrobus has been restocking its minibus fleet this year, with 15 arriving in January/February and a further three in May. All are Mercedes-Benz Vito 113s, and they have replaced all the earlier Vitos and all but two of the Renault Trafic minibuses. Seen at Addington Interchange on 11th June 2013 were new 8068 and last year's 8047. Note that the latter vehicle has the name of the garage on the door. This only seems to be applied to Croydon-based vehicles. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk The new Vauxhall Astra crew ferry cars at Garston garage can regularly be seen at Edgware, Harrow and Golders Green. At the latter on 18th April 2013 was blue FL13AOS, with its fleetname just visible in the rear window. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk The Renault Grand Scenic estate car is now the most numerous crew ferry car type used by Metroline, with 8 examples that we know of. All wear a dark red livery and have varying amounts of lettering or roundels. Photographed at the back entrance to Holloway Garage on 31st May 2013 were LO62BNZ and LM60SVL. Note the slight changes to the frontal design. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk Taken on the day of the open day at the nearby garage (8th June 2013), this photograph shows Metroline Ford Transit Connect van AV62YTG attending to a failed Enviro 200 bus at Potters Bar Station. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk Metroline's Potters Bar Garage held another open day on 8th June 2013. As usual, a couple of crew ferry cars were well hidden amongst the staff cars in the front car park. Rather surprisingly, this sporty-looking (and unmarked) Vauxhall Astra hatchback appears to be a company vehicle. More normal Renault Grand Scenic LM60SVO can be seen on the right. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Thomas Young Northumberland Park Garage passed from First to Go-Ahead in March 2012, and continued to make use of contractors for crew ferry services. However, from the beginning of June 2013 these contracts were terminated and the services brought in house. A variety of Mercedes-Benz Vito vehicles were sourced and a line-up of five was photographed at the garage on 8th June. Nearest is black crew van RJ60ONU, transferred from Rainham. The black minibus in front is SG62GHF, one of least two new vehicles used. The silver crew van is RJ60ONV, also from Rainham, while the red one is RJ60ZGD, latterly at Silvertown. Lastly, the white minibus at the head of the line is former Metrobus RK08WNB. Note that none of the vehicles carry any lettering. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk Arriva and Ensignbus are the only operators known to currently operate Vauxhall Vivaro vans, although Metrobus and Metroline have examples badged as Renault Trafics. High-roof YG11VKM is fleetnumber V202 in the Arriva the Shires fleet and was new in August 2011. Based at Garston garage, it does make the odd trip into London, as seen here at Edgware Bus Station on 18th April 2013. Alongside is Citroen Berlingo van V206, one of eleven acquired in 2012 but which are already being replaced by cars. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk Metroline's Ford Transit Connect van AY60WRV was one of a trio that initially worked from Cricklewood garage in unmarked white livery. It later transferred to Holloway and was given appropriate lettering for its new role as an engineering support van. It was caught leaving the garage on 31st May 2013. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Derek Everson Positively shining in the sun at Bulls Bridge Tescos on 13th March 2013, GY59MXR is one of several brightly-coloured Ford Fiesta cars to have joined the Abellio fleet in recent months. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk It looks like some resurfacing is needed at Transdev's Harrow Garage! Photographed on 22nd April 2013, WM06OXV is an anonymous Vauxhall Corsa van. |
30/06/2013 |
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By London Spotter The latest addition to the fleet of crew ferry cars at Arriva's Grays garage is Carbodies FX4 taxi P109RYU, believed to be allocated fleetnumber CF42. It was photographed parked in the Lidls car park at Romford Station on 19th June 2013. Alongside is Vauxhall Astra hatchback Y411PWC. Acquired from the MoD for use at Dartford, this was given fleetnumber CF8 and initially ran in white livery. It was transferred across the river in 2010 and repainted red in spring 2013. Just visible on the left is silver Ford Mondeo CF26 (BK56XRU). |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk This Iveco Daily dropside truck has been seen at Acton Works on numerous occasions recently. It carries no lettering or labels, but always seems to have a tarpaulin neatly secured over its load-space. Ray did well to catch this view of it arriving back at the works in some miserable weather on 28th May 2013. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Thomas Young LBSL Infrastructure Volkswagen Transporter van 6823VW is perennially parked in the corner of Cromwell Road Bus Station in Kingston, as here on 11th April 2013. However, the topicality is provided by the plain white Toyota Prius alongside. Early 2013 saw the five Toyota Priuses allocated to TfL Private Hire lose their roundels. The Kingston and Eltham examples also swapped allocations. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Colin Smith London Underground acquired three Mercedes-Benz Unimog road-rail lorries in the 1980s. One was sold a while back but the remaining pair have spent the last few years languishing at Lillie Bridge Depot. They were latterly kept in the area underneath one of the Earls Court exhibition buildings, and could just be seen from trains passing on the West London line. It was thus something of a surprise to find one in the lorry park at Acton Works on 21st June 2013. C622EWT carried railway rolling-stock fleetnumber L85 and had a generator in its drop-side body. I'm not sure if the contraption mounted on the front is a coupling or a power take-off. Anyway, it was loaded onto trailer T60, coupled to Actros artic 2591. It remains to be seen whether the future will see their disposal or renovation. Note the safety railings on trailer T67 parked alongside. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk An unexpected addition to the leased fleet in May 2013 was a group of Fiat Doblo Maxi vans, with 6 so far reported. These carried fleetnumbers 7660 to 7665 with a new suffix of FI. Although wearing LUL livery, it soon became clear that they were used for internal mail deliveries. This is proved by this view of three of the vans parked outside the 55 Broadway mail room on Petty France, Westminster on 18th June 2013. 7665FI is to the fore, with 7664FI and 7660FI behind. The livery suggests that the rumours of the demise of the Tube Lines brand were not exaggerated. What is odd is that the Fiat Doblo model was chosen, since it is also available badged as a Vauxhall Combo (compare the above with this photo of a new Vauxhall Combo). Perhaps the required combination of long-wheelbase and cargo doors on both sides is only available on the Fiat version. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk Unmarked apart from fleetnumbers, Ford Transit dropside truck 7591F appears to be identical to Tramlink-allocated 7589F and 7590F. It was photographed leaving Acton Works on 16th May 2013. This trio of trucks was probably leased to replace unmarked Renault Master dropside trucks 6644 to 6646. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk The plain white vehicles in the number range 7576 to 7591 are slowing being uncovered, although a few numbers remain to be reported. 7589F is a Ford Transit dropside truck and, as with similar 7590F, is allocated to Tramlink work. Ray found it parked at Lloyd Park Tramlink stop on 7th June 2013. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Thomas Young Ford Transit crew van 7513F was first licensed in November 2012 but appears not to have entered service until a few months later. It was first seen at Neasden Station yard on 25th May 2013 (as shown here) and is believed to have replaced very similar 6582F, which went off-lease in April. Note the growing number of notices applied to the rear of such vehicles, this one also having a speed limited sign. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk 7483R is a London Underground-liveried, normal-length Renault Kangoo van new in November 2012. Although working from Griffith House at night, it can sometimes be found parked up in Eltham during the day, as here on 13th January 2013. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk Following an initial batch of seven in May 2011, LUL has taken further Smart Fortwo cars in smaller quantities. 7480SM was new in late 2012 and was first seen in daylight at Bollo Lane on 6th June 2013. Note that the latest deliveries have the Smart logo on the front grille rather than on the bonnet. |
30/06/2013 |
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By Ray Monk With rather snazzy wheels, this is Ford Focus estate car 7460F leaving Acton Works on 13th May 2013. The car was new in July 2012, seemingly as a replacement for similar 6696F. Note the red van/s visible within the works, although I was unable to make out whether they were LBSL IRUs or something else. |
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