Hello my fellow viewers and welcome to today's post of route 159 running day to celebrate the conversion from Routemasters to low floor buses (VLA-class Volvo B7TL 10m Alexander ALX400 in this case).
I will start with listing all the buses that were on the heritage 159 service today (as of 9/12/15).
Also a link to the timetable can be seen
here.
(Otherwise if link does not work, it can be seen below)
5 RTs, 1 RTL, 1 RTW, 7 RM, 2 RML and TA1 was the supposed plan.
Routemasters (RM/RML):
RM9 VLT 9 - RM29 OYM453A - RM848 448USX - RM1993 ALD993B
RML900 WLT900 - RML2760 SKM760F - RML2682 SKM682F
AEC Regent II; RT (standard) RTW (Wide):
RT1790 KYY628 - RT3491 LYR910 - RT3871 LLU670 - RT4421 NXP775
RTL139 KGK803
So that sums up the buses that did the heritage service, now let's move onto photos!
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| RTW467 (LLU957) stuck in typical Brixton traffic. |
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| RT4421 (NXP775) blinded for Kennington Park Post Office but terminated at Lambeth North Station |
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| RT1790 (KYY628) in Westminster (probably going Lambeth North) |
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| Here is RT4421 (NXP775) again, in Westminster |
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| RM900 (WLT900) also in Westminster |
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| RM9 (VLT9) passes Westminster Station/Parliament Square, Marble Arch-bound. |
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| RML2760 (SKM760F) doing a Lambeth North run |
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| RM613 (WLT613) escaped the Groveway stop on Brixton Road. |
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| RM9 (VLT9) again, turning left into Lambeth Road to pay a visit to Imperial War Musuem while navigating to it's first stop towards Marble Arch. |
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A very rushed
RM1993 (ALD993B) in Westminster towards Lambeth North. |
And last but not least...
Transbus Trident 10.5m/Alexander ALX400 (TA1/17001 S801BWC):
Thank you for viewing this special post! Be on watch for some more posts in the future! ;)
Now for some other photos I have taken on the day (optional if you want to view).
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| RM1790 (790DYE) strolls past during the 159 heritage parade. |
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| Abellio London 2417 (SN61DHA) on route 3 Crystal Palace-bound. |
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| Abellio London 2437 (SN61CYX) on route 3 towards Regent Street |
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The B7TL hybrid
Abellio London 2465 (SL14LOA) on route 3 making a common appearence |
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| Abellio London 2466 (SL14LOD) with a camouflage rear advert |
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| RM1790 (790DYE) passes me again, this time southbound |
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Arriva London South DW62 (LJ04LFV) on route 159 towards Marble Arch
making it's last days known |
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| Upper deck interior of a DAF DB250LF Wright Pulsar Gemini 1 |
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| Arriva London South DW105 (LJ05BMZ) failed a drag race against a car. |
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| Arriva London South DW130 (LJ05GKZ) on Kennington Lane towards Streatham |
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| ex-38 Arriva London South DW230 (LJ59AEZ) leaving the Loughborough Road stop. |
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| Go-Ahead London General EH27 (YX13BJV) on route 87 curtailed to Whitehall Horse Guards |
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| Arriva London South HV132 (LT63UHR) curtailed to Euston on the 59 |
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| LT24 (LTZ1024) on 24 |
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Bunching, consuming of
Left: LT29 (LTZ1029)
Right: LT26 (LTZ1026) |
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Left: LT309 (LTZ1309) on route 453
Right: LT502 (LTZ1502) on route 88 |
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| LT277 (LTZ1277) under the Waterloo railway bridge, at Lower Marsh stop |
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| Go-Ahead London Central LT436 (LTZ1436) on route 12 to Oxford Circus |
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| Arriva London South T21 (LJ08CUU) towards the Brixton route's stand on Stockwell Park Walk with T14 (LJ08CVK) behind |
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| Arriva London South T97 (LJ59LYW) curtailed to Brixton on the 133, arriving at the Villa Road |
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| Arriva London South T104 (LJ59LYA) which is assuming broken down, by the Vassall Road stop |
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| Go-Ahead London General WVL123 (LX53AZP), slightly unfocused picture but not as bad as my 17001/TA1 shot. |
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