LTSV Vehicle Detail

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Main vehicle details

Number	Registration	Type	Class	Chassis No.	Body No. ? If the vehicle had two or more bodies (i.e. if it was rebodied), the body numbers (where known) are shown in chronological order. Refer to the history records for more details.
3478B	D97HVF	Bedford Astra 1.3L Van with Roof Roundel	Light Van

Licence on:	19/11/1986
Into stock:	19/11/1986
From:	Avis
Out of stock:	02/1988 (Life: 1.24 years)
Disposal:
Licence off:	31/10/2009 ?This is the last recorded licence expiry date. Previous expiry dates will be shown in the Licensing History section below.

Livery:	Red
Operator:	LT
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	30/12/2013 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

1 photo of this vehicle has been published.

There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.

Sightings
3 sightings of this vehicle have been reported. Shown below with the most recent at the top.

Date	Place	Comments	Posted by ?If the name is in brackets, the vehicle was not seen by the person, but the sighting was added by the person.
29/08/1987	London		Trevor Watson
04/03/1987	Regent Street	-	Ray
13/12/1986	?	-	Steve Howard

History ?This section contains details of events during the lifetime of this vehicle. These can be drawn from official documents or from observations, and will eventually cover the whole career of each vehicle.
3 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
19/11/1986	New into stock	unknown	?	Unknown		For G.M.B.Abbey	Misc. Vehicle Register
c.01/1987	Allocated to	LBL	n/a	Victoria (Gillingham Street) Garage			Observations
24/02/1988	Returned off lease	unknown	?	n/a		To Avis	Misc. Vehicle Register

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
5 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.

Note	Posted by	On
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/33955525@N05/15476611491	Ray	21/06/2019
Replacement for 3283B	Thomas Young	30/12/2013
Photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/65506543@N06/6169019748/	Ray	28/09/2011
Photograph in London Bus Review 1986	Ray	23/02/2009
LT, General Manager Buses	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
No documents relating to this vehicle have been published.

Licensing History ?The licence expiry dates are regularly updated, with all records shown here (most recent first).

Date checked	Expiry date	Notes	Added by
01/01/2022	31/10/2009		Ray

Edits ?This section shows a description of each change that has been applied to the database entry for this vehicle.
This record has been edited 4 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
30/12/2013	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y
03/11/2010	Licensing date/s updated (ex 30/4/2010)	Ray	Y
05/12/2009	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
13/04/2009	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y