Would this have been a route learning run or a vehicle test?

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My part of NW10 is now very much a Metroline area. A couple of days ago, I saw an unfamiliar Metroline branded single decker type running OOS with a driver and another guy in a hi-vi sitting high up like an instructor does. However the bus had no L plates and no DUI sign on it. Would this have been route learning or vehicle testing? The bus was identical to those used on the 232 route - not currently used in the area I saw it.

[T.R.]

Did it look like these by any chance?

www.google.co.uk/search?q=man+mcv+evolution&client=tablet-android-asus-nexus&rlz=1Y3NDUG_enGB522GB522&espv=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sboxchip=Images&sa=X&ei=9YcWUvDXEseM7Aa50oG4BQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAA&biw=601&bih=906

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[Mokujin]

Aug 22, 2013 20:16:36 GMT @harlesden said:

My part of NW10 is now very much a Metroline area. A couple of days ago, I saw an unfamiliar Metroline branded single decker type running OOS with a driver and another guy in a hi-vi sitting high up like an instructor does. However the bus had no L plates and no DUI sign on it. Would this have been route learning or vehicle testing? The bus was identical to those used on the 232 route - not currently used in the area I saw it.

It would most likely be a Metroline training bus as the MCVs that were used on routes 70 and 206 (before they went to First, now TT and Metroline) are now training buses.

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I dont know what they're up to, but i'm sure that they are at Willesden Junction depot, 2 in fact, and there is another DLD I think