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Post by towerman on Oct 2, 2015 12:30:34 GMT
I'm sure that I read somewhere that one garage never had RMs as by the time it's RTs were due to be scrapped DMSs & SMSs were arriving.Can't for the life of me remember which one it was.
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Post by paulsw2 on Oct 2, 2015 13:23:39 GMT
I'm sure that I read somewhere that one garage never had RMs as by the time it's RTs were due to be scrapped DMSs & SMSs were arriving.Can't for the life of me remember which one it was. I believe it was Bexleyheath as RT's left routes went OMO with DMS or SMS plus 229 went to being operated by SP only |
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Post by John tuthill on Oct 2, 2015 13:32:15 GMT
I'm sure that I read somewhere that one garage never had RMs as by the time it's RTs were due to be scrapped DMSs & SMSs were arriving.Can't for the life of me remember which one it was. I stand corrected if I'm wrong, but I've got an idea it was Bexleyheath(BX). I remember reading at the time that the 96 was converted from RT direct to DMS |
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Post by paulsw2 on Oct 2, 2015 13:41:58 GMT
I'm sure that I read somewhere that one garage never had RMs as by the time it's RTs were due to be scrapped DMSs & SMSs were arriving.Can't for the life of me remember which one it was. I stand corrected if I'm wrong, but I've got an idea it was Bexleyheath(BX). I remember reading at the time that the 96 was converted from RT direct to DMS the 96 went from RT to DMS in 1971 the last crew working from BX was the 229 in 1977 the route was solely operated by SP after then until 1988 when Bexleybus started operation |
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Post by John tuthill on Oct 2, 2015 13:46:03 GMT
I stand corrected if I'm wrong, but I've got an idea it was Bexleyheath(BX). I remember reading at the time that the 96 was converted from RT direct to DMS the 96 went from RT to DMS in 1971 the last crew working from BX was the 229 in 1977 the route was solely operated by SP after then until 1988 when Bexleybus started operation Paul, Thanks for that  |
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Post by riverside on Oct 2, 2015 15:34:30 GMT
I'm sure that I read somewhere that one garage never had RMs as by the time it's RTs were due to be scrapped DMSs & SMSs were arriving.Can't for the life of me remember which one it was. Edgware and Loughton garages also never received Routemasters. After the trolleybuses had been replaced in May 1962 Edgware and Harrow Weald were both scheduled to receive Routemasters. As Routemasters had capacity for 64 seated passengers and the RTs they were replacing seated 56, the proposed schedules contained a commensurate drop in vehicle allocation. The Unions objected and in the end London Transport decided to focus the introduction of Routemasters on Central London routes.LT quite rightly surmised that if they were going to have to do the replacement programme on a one for one basis then this might as well happen on the busiest routes. In the end Edgware never received RMs. It became the second all OPO garage(after Hornchurch) upon the conversion of the 292. Harrow Weald had to wait until 1978 when the 140 finally gained an RM allocation. Loughton's location meant that its allocation consisted of suburban routes that were never likely to be candidates for RMs at a time of increasing OPO. Its last trunk route had been the 38A but that was withdrawn in September 1968 when it was still RT operated. |
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Post by twobellstogo on Oct 3, 2015 17:32:32 GMT
the 96 went from RT to DMS in 1971 the last crew working from BX was the 229 in 1977 the route was solely operated by SP after then until 1988 when Bexleybus started operation Paul, Thanks for that The 89 went on to 1978 with RTs at BX, but it too then went straight to DMSs. The only Routemasters to operate on the 89 was a 1970s Saturday only allocation from New Cross. |
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Post by sid on Oct 5, 2015 11:53:30 GMT
Paul, Thanks for that The 89 went on to 1978 with RTs at BX, but it too then went straight to DMSs. The only Routemasters to operate on the 89 was a 1970s Saturday only allocation from New Cross. I think there must be quite a few routes that went from RT to DMS and never saw an RM, the 154,157 and 194 spring to mind! |
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Post by towerman on Oct 9, 2015 13:25:21 GMT
Thanks for the info chaps.
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