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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Safron Walden observations just the two pics By George

today i was in Saffron Walden in north Essex today there wasnt much too see apart from some stagecoach E400s and some First Optare Solos  so here it is

7 First 53701 LK05 DYO seen at Saffron Walden

7 First 53701 LK05 DYO Seen at Saffron Walden
A bit dirty would you say ?

hope you enjoyed my little post today

Odds and Observations 22nd December 2011 By George

Today i originally planned to go back and document Ladbroke Grove in West London but when i left i realised it would be too muck of a trek as it was already starting to get dark. So I decided to go to Muswell Hill in North London which is served by routes: 134,43,102,W7,144,299,603,653 and 234 sit back and enjoy some photos

144 Arriva London (WN) DLP67 LJ51 DLD Muswell Hill Broadway

144 Arriva  London (WN) VLW77 LF52 USO Muswell Hill Bus Stand

299 First Capital (NP) DML44195 YX11 FYT

Muswell Hill Broadway Bus Stand

43 Metroline (HT) VPL146 X646 LLX Muswell Hill Broadway

Short Terminate 134 Metroline (HT) 920 LK58 KFW

This is what it is supposed to be

603 Metroline (HT) TE922 LK58 KFY Muswell Hill Broadway

102 Arriva London (AD) T10 LJ08 CWC Muswell Hill Broadway

The traffic

VPL635 still with the old logos

After the loss of route 117 to Abellio and 234s DLDs not LEZ compliant the DPs from Brentford (AH) Moved to (PB) back in september and have settled in at the garage shown here still with Armchair Seat moquettes

234 Metroline (PB) DP1008 RX51 FNY Muswell Hil Broadway

Armchair Seat Moquettes on DP1008

short journey to archway

134 Metroline (HT) TPL 237 LN51 KXP Muswell Hill Broadway

43 Metroline (HT) 255 LN51 KYO Muswell Hill Broadway

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