Northern line replacement service A&C and some B 27th December 2011 Part2 By George

Today I made my way down to Finchley Central which is very local and had a look what there was to offer on
Routes A,B and C  A: Golders Green - High Barnet Via Finchley Central, B: Camden town - Finchley Central Via East Finchley and service C: Finchley Central to Mill Hill East Now Services B and C were operated by Metroline Garages Holloway(HT) Kings Cross (KC) (For Service C) Wilesden (AC) And Harrow Weald (HD). Whereas Service A was operated by Sullivan Buses (SM) lets see how it went for the second day of operation.

Service B Metroline (HT) VPL589 LK04 NMX Finchley Central

Service B Metroline (HT) VPL594 LK04 NNC

The view From Finchley Central car park

Service B Metroline (W) TA656 LK05 GHD Finchley Central

Service C Metroline (KC) DLD697 LK55 KLM Finchley Central

Service B Metroline (HD) VP614 LK04 UWW Finchley Central

Service B Metroline (HT) VPL586 LK04 NMM Finchley Central

Cab of VPL 586

VPL 586

Wayfarer machine in VPL586

The wheel itself

Service B Metroline (W) TA646 LK05 GGJ Finchley Central

Now Service A was operated by Sullivan Buses of South Mimms using old Stagecoach Tridents ex London United Presidents and some EX  GAL East Lancs Millennium Tridents

Service A Sullivan Buses (SM) ALX3 V119 MEV Finchley Central

Stagecoach mouquette on ALX3

Service A Sullivan Buses (SM) ELV3 PL51 LGD Finchley Central

Service A Sullivan Buses (SM) ELV4 PN02 XBY Finchley Central

Interior of ELV4 

Badly restitched moquette on ELV4 

Service A Sullivan Buses (SM) TN1 PO51 UMH High Barnet 

Service A map

Other Shots From The Day:
there were not enough pictures to make another post so i will put them here

82 Metroline (PB) TPL350 LN51 KYF Finchley Central

460 Metroline (AC) VP489 LK03 GMY Finchley Central

Northern line replacement service B 26th December 2011 Part1 By George

Today marked the day for the week long northern line service between high Barnet and Camden town
today i was in east Finchley observing service B operated by Metroline Holloway (HT) and for service terminating at Mill Hill East old DLDs from the old allocation before it received brand new DEs at Kings cross (KC)

Service B Metroline (HT) TP417 LK03 CFN East Finchley

Service B map TP417

Service B Metroline (HT) VPL586 LK04 NMM East Finchley

Service B Metroline (HT) VPL228 LK51 XGY East Finchley

Service B Metroline (HT) X664 LLX VPL154 East Finchley

VPL154 Display East Finchley

Service operated by Metroline

Other Shots from the day

102, Arriva London (AD) T34 LJ08 CTZ East Finchley

234 Metroline (PB) DP1001 RX51 FNR East Finchley

263 Metroline (PB) TE937 LK09 EKT East Finchley

143 Metroline (PB) DE1144 LK10 BZM East Finchley

Botch Job on T40 Arriva 

102 Arriva London (AD) DLP54 LJ51 DJZ East Finchley

A tribute to Metrolines T&V Reg TPs By George

In 1999 Metroline Placed an order for 65 Plaxton President Bodied Tridents 9.9m for routes based at Holloway (HT) to help oust out the knackered Volvo Olympians, And these Tridents have served Holloway greatly for almost thirteen years.
13 years worth of hard work taking passengers mainly from the north of London and helping them get to places all over such as: Tottneham Court Rd,London bridge and Victoria there and back many times a day and  like many buses it has taken its toll even though they have been refurbished at some stage in their life they are starting to be a bunch of knackered Tridents and as the LEZ upgrade and 12 year old buses deadline nears. Its time for them to be displaced which has already and slowly started happening across this batch. Which is a shame as these buses were the first Presidents that Metroline ordered also these were the buses which dominated Metroline's early low floor purchases.But there was something special about these buses and their distinctive layout which could only be found on this batch of Tridents as demonstrated on TP13 Below

Route:134 Metroline (HT) TP13 T113 KLD North Finchley 2011

Staircase Positioned in the centre on TP13

Rear Facing seats on TP13 

Seats under the staircase also were a feature on early low floor buses

Also the the two baggage spaces were a useful feature

Note the two air Vents on TP13

134 Metroline (HT) TP64 V764 HBY 2001 (C) Peter Horrex

134 Metroline (HT) TP17 T117 KLD 2001  (C) Peter Horrex   

10 Metroline (HT) TP16 T116 KLD 2001 (C) Peter Horrex

17 Metroline (HT) TP6 T106 KLD London Bridge 2001 (C) Peter Horrex

C2 Metroline (HT) TP59 V759 HBY Camden Town 2002 (C) Peter Horrex

271 Metroline TP42 T142 CLO 2002 (C) Peter Horrex

134 Metroline (HT) TP38 T138 CLO 2006 (C) Peter Horrex

17 Metroline (HT) TP25 T125 KLD 2006

43 Metroline (HT) TP11 T81 KLD London Bridge 2007 (C) Peter Horrex

134 Metroline (HT) TP28 T128 KLD Tottneham Court Rd 2009  (C) Peter Horrex

4 Metroline (HT) TP35 T135 CLO 2009 (C) Peter Horrex

134 Metroline (HT) TP65 V765 HBY North Finchley 2010 (C) Peter Horrex

TP26 T126 KLD Green Buses Birmingham October 2011

I hoped you enjoyed my post and can i give big thank you to Peter Horrex for letting me uses some of his photos also try  get a ride on these wonderful buses before they leave london.
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