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Post by VWH1414 on Aug 9, 2018 19:03:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2018 19:36:25 GMT
Just seen the below on Ebay
This looks immaculate internally - was this bus refurbished very late in its London life? I know some buses are withdrawn if leased but its a shame a bus in this condition was withdrawn compared to some that are running around which are looking very run down. I did hear a remark from a passenger on the 241 the other day saying how dirty the bus was (It wasn't it was the fact the seating was faded and flat)
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Post by VWH1414 on Aug 16, 2018 13:40:00 GMT
From the BUSES Magazine:
Abellio London:
8105/8106 have been sold to A2B Bus & Coach
8418/8419/8436/8723 have passed to RG Buses, Coventry
Arriva London:
DW136/137/145 have joined other 55 reg DWs in becoming trainers
DLA27/56 have been withdrawn, whilst DLA25-28/56 have gone to Lister PSV (Bolton) Dealer
Also going to Lister PSV are VLA1/6/101/102, whilst VLA16/25/30 left the fleet by January
Go Ahead London:
WHY8/9 have now gone to Eminox for use as test vehicles for new emissions systems
WVL118/232/233/237/241 have gone to Go Ahead Ireland for use as trainers
Metroline:
DES799 has become a mobile staff restroom, whilst DEL851 has become a trainer
Trainer MM780, staff restroom DP275 and DLD700 are withdrawn
VP320/323/342/346/347 have finally gone to Dawsons Rentals after 2 years of being stored at ML
VP527/539 have gone to The London Bus Group
VP521/531/537 have gone to Jerry Nolan Coaches, Dublin
VP503 has been scrapped on site
RATP Group:
VLP19/22 have finally been sold from Chartwell and are with Go-Coach
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Post by M1104 on Aug 16, 2018 22:52:21 GMT
9040 with MP Travel, photo credit to Gaz McAllister-Partridge  |
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Post by YY13VKP on Aug 18, 2018 12:59:58 GMT
Ex Metrobus WVL212 seen in Coulsdon this afternoon. It has now been re registered LXI 8751 (I think)
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Post by VWH1414 on Aug 18, 2018 13:33:02 GMT
Ex Metrobus WVL212 seen in Coulsdon this afternoon. It has now been re registered LXI 8751 (I think) This and WVL213 I believe are with Meritrule, also known as hireyourtransport, they have a fair little collection of ex GAL WVLs, I believe they have WVL19 (However was recently for sale on ebay), WVL35, WVL44, WVL49 and WVL112, I believe they also have ex RATP TA249/316, ex Abellio 9772 and ex GAL 216 as well  |
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Post by snoggle on Aug 18, 2018 21:24:46 GMT
Ex Metrobus WVL212 seen in Coulsdon this afternoon. It has now been re registered LXI 8751 (I think) This and WVL213 I believe are with Meritrule, also known as hireyourtransport, they have a fair little collection of ex GAL WVLs, I believe they have WVL19 (However was recently for sale on ebay), WVL35, WVL44, WVL49 and WVL112, I believe they also have ex RATP TA249/316, ex Abellio 9772 and ex GAL 216 as well They certainly have TA316 - saw it and snapped it in Wandsworth today. 
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Post by snoggle on Aug 19, 2018 14:46:47 GMT
Went past Blackhorse Rd yesterday for the first time in a while. Former London Central DMS4 (Dart / Marshall) is no longer parked in a corner in a car park. The car park (not the tube station car park but behind the former Standard pub) was empty so looks like the facility is closing down. No idea where it has gone but it looks like another phase of demolition is imminent so more hideous shoddily built blocks of flats can be built.  |
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Post by vjaska on Aug 19, 2018 16:06:39 GMT
Went past Blackhorse Rd yesterday for the first time in a while. Former London Central DMS4 (Dart / Marshall) is no longer parked in a corner in a car park. The car park (not the tube station car park but behind the former Standard pub) was empty so looks like the facility is closing down. No idea where it has gone but it looks like another phase of demolition is imminent so more hideous shoddily built blocks of flats can be built. I hope (but don’t expect) that those concrete lampposts at Blackhorse Road Station are retained. |
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Post by VWH1414 on Aug 24, 2018 18:08:58 GMT
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Post by grahamk748 on Aug 24, 2018 21:38:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2018 6:37:34 GMT
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Post by YY13VKP on Aug 29, 2018 23:39:56 GMT
Ex Arriva London DW10 and DW31 are still alive...just! Just seen photos of them on Facebook are with Coach Hire Executive of Freckleton, Preston however they appear to be spares donors to keep DW1, DW17 and DW39 going up there. DW10 is in a rather sorry state, and moss is starting to form on the side as it has not been in service since October 2014 but is blinded for “412 Streatham”. However, whilst parts are missing from the bus, it appears to be undergoing a single door conversion so may be back out on the road soon. DW31 on the other hand is less fortunate, it’s basically being used as a skip as there are parts strewn all over it, such as loose seats and wheels. It’s also still blinded for route 629
They also have VLW170 amongst their fleet.
I’d always thought that DW10 would have been scrapped by now considering it hasn’t been used on the roads since 2014 and there was no trace of it anywhere, so when I saw these photos I was a little shocked I must admit. Not sure what became of DW9 but I think that was stripped at Ensigns before being sold for scrap, similar to DW3
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Post by VWH1414 on Aug 30, 2018 10:52:01 GMT
Ex Arriva London DW10 and DW31 are still alive...just! Just seen photos of them on Facebook are with Coach Hire Executive of Freckleton, Preston however they appear to be spares donors to keep DW1, DW17 and DW39 going up there. DW10 is in a rather sorry state, and moss is starting to form on the side as it has not been in service since October 2014 but is blinded for “412 Streatham”. However, whilst parts are missing from the bus, it appears to be undergoing a single door conversion so may be back out on the road soon. DW31 on the other hand is less fortunate, it’s basically being used as a skip as there are parts strewn all over it, such as loose seats and wheels. It’s also still blinded for route 629 They also have VLW170 amongst their fleet. I’d always thought that DW10 would have been scrapped by now considering it hasn’t been used on the roads since 2014 and there was no trace of it anywhere, so when I saw these photos I was a little shocked I must admit. Not sure what became of DW9 but I think that was stripped at Ensigns before being sold for scrap, similar to DW3 Sadly DW9 was stripped for spares by Ensigns before it went for scrap: www.flickr.com/photos/ipswichbuspage/27540410175/in/photolist-HXDNsc (Not my photo) And like you said this is what became of DW3 (Note DW9 is also there but in one piece at this point, VLW57 is also there in a similar state to DW3): www.flickr.com/photos/128767203@N05/20999907100/in/photolist-9phdE4-xZG1KN-qh6zxx-pBxCSW (Not my photo) On another note, ex Abellio 8534 has been stripped for spares by The Big Lemon and is to be going for scrap, such a shame as it is a very young bus: www.flickr.com/photos/ryanbus/44352552201/in/feed (Not my photo) |
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Post by VWH1414 on Aug 30, 2018 21:45:20 GMT
Looks like former AL DW27 has seen the last of its days after a fire today:
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