2024 now before

Same old. Year recap.

Year recap of 2024.

Better than 2022 I'd still say.

Necessity is the mother of invention - Greek philosopher Plato

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress - David Rockefeller

Jugaad: the use of skill and imagination to find an easy solution to a problem or to fix or make something using cheap, basic items. - a word in Indo-Aryan languages

Postscript: Banditry banditry

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January

First 'rare' on LVF was  LT833 on N253; EH122 on 1; VWH2396  on N52 and ADH45026 on N18.

First tenders on 4th January.

1st: Storm Henk topples Devon castle's tower.

Abellio 1020 had it's emergency windows smashed at Crystal Palace.

2nd: Japan Airlines Airbus A350 (first to be hull destroyed) jet in flames on Tokyo Haneda runway after colliding with a Japan Coast Guard Dash-8 aircraft whom followed wrong instructions held at the wrong taxiway, C5 instead of C1. Passengers survived but five of the six coast guard crew died, rest in peace. This the second tragedy following a magnitude 7.6 earthquake yesterday killing 47 people.

3rd: Junior doctor NHS strikes

Sullivan Buses announces withdrawal of all of it's Scania OmniCitys, some to scrap, some to be sold. DS51-52/54 kept until February.

Tender for new Tramlink trams

Fun fact photo, cable chargers on gantry above.

4th: Arriva Metrocities EMN1/2 enter service on 377, EMN2 was banditised with paper on the front screen, LEDs displaying 'Arriva' whilst in service.

First buys Rochdale from Transdev, investing £750K into the operations.

In a bid to retain market share, West Yorkshire operators claim there's public support for private bus operation under the Enhanced Partnership Plus proposal.

5th: Tube strike (engineer/maintenance staff). Tube extras provided on Ensign, two buses per route (8 Bethnal Green-Holborn; 25 Stratford-City Thameslink; 38 Hackney Central-Tottenham Court Road; 205 Bow Church-Euston)

Putney (AF) sees 265's electrics enter service.

Arriva DW424 tilted on it's offside in maintenance pit in Dartford (DT), causing damage to it's bottom right.

6th: 419 rerouted towards Richmond on Lonsdale Road to turn directly into Verdun Road, no longer serving a Hail & Ride on Kilmington/Howsman Roads.

278's set down at Ruislip Station changed. Timetable change sees become the route that starts earliest, beating previous record holder - route 490. This earlier early morning journeys funded by Heathrow Airport. These early 278s appear as N278 on schedules, the first two hours of service.

Stagecoach LT315 had a crash in Walthamstow Central Bus Station whilst on the 215.

7th: Tube strike (control centre/power control staff). Tube strikes cancelled. Stagecoach planned Electroliners on route 86 as extras.

Arriva ENSs released from 410 (410 converting to full SLS) have sent to Arriva Yorkshire. Mistaken reported as 13-reg (the ENSs are 12-reg).

8th: First day of Electroliners on 86, first day of Volvo BZLs on 251, first day of hybrid MHVs on 476.

Stagecoach 12419 at Hackney (HK) ahead of 242.

All Boeing 737 Max 9s grounded after part of the fuselage [cockpit door] of an Alaska Airline fell off, missing bolts. Turns out this wasn't a design fault but a design feature, for the panel to blow off after cabin depressurises. Albeit the entire door blew out. No pilots were aware of this design beforehand.

9th: Tube strike (signaller/service control staff).

Mention of VMSSs to enter service later in the week on 384 and charge at Edgware (EW) during the daytime. In the short term limited workings.

Four years behind schedule Class 701s enter service on South Western Railway.

10th: The disastrous 497 consultation change has been finalised with changes; to-be-restructure-497 renumbered 346 operating at every 20 instead of every 30 and tweaked from Harold Wood to serve Upminster Park Estate after Upminster instead of before Upminster; 347 retained.

Route 273 consultation seeing removal of Hail & Ride between Lee and Grove Park.

Arriva T298 moved from storage in Norwood (N) after 157 loss to Thornton Heath (TH) in preparation of 289 conversion to double deck to free Enviro200s for new Superloop SL5.

Stagecoach LT239 at Bromley (TB) also in preparation for Superloop SL3.

11th: London slowest city for drivers.

Kent and Thurrock propose withdrawal of Gravesend ferry over costs.

Electric bus fire in Wimbledon with batteries exploding, seemingly Me12 on 200. No injuries.

Cardboard steering wheels considered for driverless DLRs for children entertainment.

12th: Tube strike (other staff).

Metrodeckers grounded again, with stored electric Ee's servicing 57 allowing 57's hybrids to single decker E200s freed from 265's electrification used on a reduced service 200 alongside spare WSDs from Stockwell (SW) some spare 337 buses plus WVN9 from Northumberland Park (NP) and E204/5 from New Cross (NX). The Me's were meant to be pulled from service in the evening though some had an extended stay last night.

Me12 stored in isolation at Goat Road (GM) with fire brigade present. Allocated buses at GM using Volvo's Croydon facility.

Go-Ahead MVB1 appears to be a Go-Ahead Volvo BZL double deck in full Go-Ahead interior.

Go-Ahead EH161 caught fire and completely burnt with nay a trace in North Woolwich after finishing N15.

First of Metroline VMSSs enter service on 384.

13th: First of Blackwall Tunnel 2-day closures to allow for Silvertown Tunnel completion. Bus route 108 split, diverted at the north end to Canning Town.

Bus stop layout change in Croydon Town Centre, seeing 119 312 466 removed from Fairfield Halls towards East Croydon among other route changes.

The 603 moved from Sullivan Buses back to Metroline at Holloway (HT).

Last 603: E45 at 16:59

First 603: VMH2435 at 07:29

RATP ADH39 sighted at Ripley in Barnsley, a location known for scrapping vehicles.

Confirmed order for Thornton Heath (TH) bus routes are 76 Electroliner and 11 Kites.

16th: Tender results on W12/W13/W14 confirm the reroutes going ahead

BBC reports on 'ghost bus service' the rail replacement of parliamentary Chiltern train between West Ruislip and West Ealing.

Abellio bus strikes at Battersea (QB) and Fulwell (TF) on many days; 19/26 January and 2/9/16/23 February.

17th: Sadiq Khan confirms the Greenwich bus rapid transit system to "link marooned part of South East London with Elizabeth Line" with £23 million in funding. This scheme actually as old as route 472 itself back when the Millennium Busway was already in operation, the busway since replaced by bus lanes.

Apparently Stagecoach will obtain Ash Grove (AE) from Arriva who've announced they're mothballing it, with no routes at the depot once 242 is lost from Clapton (CT) with 254 moving out of Ash Grove (AE), their final route. The 277 confirmed as moving into the newly expanded Hackney (HK).

Go-Ahead MVB1 the Volvo BZL sighted at Sutton (A).

First York forbade charging of electric Metrodeckers without personnel supervision (these buses have no saloon/cab heating or cooling) following Go-Ahead Me12 fire.

19th: First of Abellio's bus controller strikes at Battersea (QB) and Fulwell (TF). Pay for controllers at £40K top rate whilst other companies are nearer £50K.

BYD E400EVs confirmed for 262 but no confirmation on 473.

Colindale Station to close to turn it into a step-free station, between June and December 2024.

An article reveals cost of fixing Hammersmith Bridge is now risen to £250 million.

Fares frozen until March 2025.

20th: 133 and 333 contract changes. 133 from Arriva to Abellio. 333 from Arriva to Go-Ahead, returning home to Stockwell (SW). Old B5LHs immediately moved to Dartford (DT).

The 133 having been at Arriva for over a decade, whilst 333 has returned immediately, having been longer at Stockwell (SW).

Blind display inconsistency hasn't changed, with Holborn on Arriva's Electroliners yet "Holborn, Red Lion Square" on conventional blinded buses. Now with Abellio the same, "Holborn Station" on Electroliners and LTs with "Holborn, Red Lion Square" on conventional blinded Enviro400s.

The 133 using existing and new whilst it's own batch of Electroliners are to be delivered.

In addition, within the first month of operation, two ULEZ violations; one on 133 and one on N133, both performed by diesels 9524/9525 respectively.

The 333 using ex-Camberwell (Q) refurbished MHVs meant for Bexleyheath (BX) route 89 whilst Ee's are on order. Control eventually settled into curtailing southbound buses at Streatham, then dead run via 319 and 219 to Tooting Broadway to pick up line of route. Some lost mileage. In comparison, the 333 among the Streatham routes after Low Traffic Neighbourhood was implemented, was one of the strongest performers.

Over in West London the 228 changes hands along with a frequency reduction, from temporary every 24 to permanent every 30. This route was once every 12 before an overnight reduction to every 20.

Last N133: HA36? at 04:30? (tracking issues after 2am)

Last 133: ES48 at 01:56

Last 228: tracking issues on 228

Last 333: HA53 at 01:43

First N133: did not track

First 133: 2463 and LT162 at 04:15

First 228: DEL2249 at 04:30

First 333: MHV70 at 03:45

EA5 service on N133 on the first night of Abellio operation, but EA5 was promptly substituted at Morden quickly.

137 380 388 retained on this date

91 moves to Northumberland Park (NP) the garage it was intended to operate from.

380 moves from Catford (TL) to Plumstead (PD) for some reason

Second Blackwall Tunnel 2-day closure

Electroliner demo back at Go-Ahead at Camberwell (Q).

21st: Storm Isha with 50mph+ winds in some places.

Arriva ENX6 has charging ports (USB-A and USB-C) ahead of new SL5.

Rumours say the government plan on bringing back HS2 in full with private funding.

Apparently Go-Ahead surrendered routes 69 184 and G1, a new operator to do so. Rumours.

22nd: BBC article reveals 18 is overcrowded with people regularly left behind by full buses skipping past.

New night bus N518 consultation.

Storm Jocelyn.

23rd: RATP on a 7 year plan, whatever it entails. Anyway, they lost the 28., going from hybrid contract to diesel contract.

An Abellio LT on 267 hit two people in Hammersmith, likely LT988.

Arriva ENX11 wrapped into Superloop livery for SL5.

Buses on diversion away from Rose Hill due to vandalism, SEe175 and SEe192 reported vandalised with a further 2 more SEe buses, another bus and WHV42 shot at. No injuries.

24th: First BYD fire, Go-Ahead E200EV SEe222 caught fire inside Putney (AF) with another SEe alleged to have been involved. The entire front of SEe222 burnt to char.

Many double deckers stray on 289 in preparation for SL5.

Route 188 reroute in North Greenwich consultation.

Pogbus and Bromley Bus Preservation Group now jointly own the following 5 buses; B7TL 9001; Trident TN822; Trident TNA33379; Trident 17810; DB250 DW112.

Go-Ahead Group and ComfortDelGro awarded joint venture contract to operate Stockholm Metro.

New TfL Director of buses is Glynn Barton, replacing Louise Cheeseman.

Stagecoach 36363 entered an accident it will never recover from, immediately withdrawn.

25th: Word has come out 124 will temporarily use W5's Metrocities which will allow 379 to use diesels, some of which have strayed on 339 already.

All 380 Go-Ahead electrics to be checked for safety following the Putney E200EV fire.

Pontoon Dock on DLR planned to be upgraded

26th: Stagecoach 13135 (B5LH Gemini 3) refurbished with orange poles, orange seat headrest (instead of leaving them green), grey e-leather seats and green flooring. Slight change in refurbishment specification for 135's buses.

RATP surrendered routes 414 and 655 joining their massive tally of routes surrendered at their break clause.

First have bought York Pullman.

27th: The 9 changes over unexpectedly from RATP to Metroline, a route deemed to be safe.

Apparently as a result of the loss, 218 was to move back to Stamford Brook (V) to replace the work.

The 601 also changed over, from Stagecoach to Go-Ahead with MHVs released from 40 and 185 electrifications.

Last N9: LT668 at 07:06

Last 9: LT135 at 01:04

Last 601:

First N9: LT102 at 23:45 (pre-parked at Heathrow for a long while)

First 9: LT117 at 05:37

First 601:

N89 removed from joint rota with N21, as N89 returns to Bexleyheath (BX) from New Cross (NX).

147 moved from River Road (RR) to Silvertown (SI)

366 moved from Henley Road (DS) to River Road (RR)

376 moved from Silvertown (SI) to Henley Road (DS)

59 89 476 602 retained on this date

Third Blackwall Tunnel 2-day closure

28th: Khan reveals off-peak fares to be trialled all-day on Fridays on the tube. This is due to Fridays not having the same bounce-back in patronage as on other days.

29th: Unfortunately a 13 in Victoria Bus Station killed someone. Rest in Peace.

First test run of London Overground between London Bridge and Crystal Palace. This is in preparation to divert East London Line trains to London Bridge whilst East London Line is closed on Easter Sunday.

Metroline VWH2123 becomes the first non-Superloop bus on SL8, quickly substituted for VMH2585.

Thames Ferry crossing proposals rejected by Khan.

Unusual circumstances, Go-Coach covering between Tatsfield and Biggin Hill of route 464, a shuttle dubbed 464E on bustimes, the route using a Sprinter van. This is due to burst water main on Ship Hill, works ending 29 April.

30th: Metroline VWH2016 crashed into a building by Warwick Road whilst on route 328.

Croydon Councillor typeform on being against a cut in 410's frequency.

31st: Unusual following many refurbishments with e-leather, Stagecoach 10347 refurbished with beachball moquette.

Final Trident ALX400 ex-Stagecoach 18499, ex-London General PDL25, ex-First VNW33112 all preserved.

February

1st: Start of consecutive 5 day strike at Westbourne Park (X). Called off.

2nd: TfL announces 80 tube network upgrades.

Go-Ahead Volvo BZL entered service on 213 off-iBus.

3rd: Start of Abellio rebrand on buses (logos, emails and operating license) to Transport UK Group. Depot signage would change mid-year into 2025, with new uniform also rolling out from 2025.

Superloop SL5 started on this date, running from Croydon Town Centre to Bromley North. It's buses sourced from 289, 289 converted to double deck using spare E400s from 157 loss in December, some smartblind ex-160 lot with new blinds whilst some ex-Barking (DX) 60-reg with inserts placed over 157.

As far as the SL5 itself goes, started off well with healthy passenger loads!

First bus: ENX15 at 05:00

497 move from Romford (NS) to Rainham (RM) replacing 346, 16 duties on all days on the new "improved" 497 route.

Samsung given a hand in redesigning TfL tube map, advertising Galaxy S24 family phones' ability to Circle to Search. These maps on Circle Line at Blackfriars; King's Cross St Pancras; Liverpool Street; Paddington; Westminster.

5th: King Charles III has cancer, cancer treatment on the way and public duties cancelled

Train shortages on Central Line meant extras on routes 20/150; that at Barking (DX) mean loaned in hybrid HV64/74/more with TfL-approved front signboard, as HV74 done 150 to Ilford.

DLR extension to Thamesmead consultation.

Word has come out 325's ENLs will transfer to Croydon (TC)... to replace 312's electrics?

8th: Works resume installing charging infrastructure at Thornton Heath (TH) after a period of lull.

Arriva T11 withdrawn after an engine blowout.

Stagecoach LT123 spotted with Superloop branding for SL3.

Hammersmith Bridge to partly reopen to cyclists and scooters.

Go-Ahead to acquire Eastbourne Sightseeing.

9th: An article on TfL cracking down on fare dodgers.

Merton (AL) experienced a power cut during the evening with power returning around 2am.

10th: Fourth Blackwall Tunnel 2-day closure

Piccadilly Line suspended for 5 days between Acton Town and Heathrow Airport to allow for Northfields depot's entrance/exit points to be replaced.

After many many months, this was the start of a 7-day roadwork at Station Road in Orpington to allow for installation of bus chargers at Orpington Station.

It's been revealed the 407 split into 407/443 has been indefinitely delayed, along with reroute to 434 south of Purley.

11th: Go-Ahead E241 involved in a low bridge accident whilst on rail replacement work.

A further six-eight weeks the 200's Metrodeckers will be grounded for as they're fixed, it's said.

Go-Ahead Electroliner demo EL1 at Sutton (A).

Councillors call for pavement parking to be banned across England.

12th: A factory in East Yorkshire will build the Piccadilly Line trains, of which 80% will be built in the UK as opposed to previously announced 50%.

13th: Upon 323's tender it's revealed it's move to Hackney (HK) along with closure of West Ham (WH) seeming more and more confirmed.

Lothian announced it has purchased Eve Coaches, an East Lothian coach operator.

14th: A police van crashed into Go-Ahead E205 whilst on 36 in Kennington, all police officers sent to hospital.

Residents object to creation of Garth Road bus garage.

15th: New names for London Overground revealed: Lioness (Watford DC); Mildmay Line (North London Line); Windrush Line (East/South London Lines); Weaver Line (Liverpool Street lines); Suffragette Line (GOBLIN); Liberty Line (Romford-Upminster)

It's revealed Abellio didn't want to enter Manchester, alluding to something about the process. Conversely are interested in Liverpool.

Fun fact: Buses in TfGM must be repainted, even for short term use (meaning multiple repaints could happen within months apart).

16th: Go-Ahead SE272 seen route training on 325.

17th: Route 189 rerouted via Brent Cross West.

EL1 EL2 EL3 retained on this date

18th: Ee100 and Ee181 used at Goat Road (GM) for type training in case they need to cover Sutton (A) duties. The former and SE91 used in route learning duties in preparation for 80's transfer to Goat Road (GM) on 2nd March.

19th: London Assembly calling on TfL to restore a Waltham Abbey to Chingford link last served by commercial 505 until it was withdrawn, but this time by extending 215 from Lee Valley Campsite or 379 from Yardley Lane, or both to at least Waltham Abbey town centre.

20th: Bombshell reveal Metroline were interested in purchasing HCT Group.

Andy Lord confirmed a phase 2 of Superloop ambition.

Abellio 9524 had an incident with a tree, losing it's nearside mirror... a diesel bus on route 133.

21st: Extra bus priority being added across boroughs Barking & Dagenham; Brent; Enfield; Hounslow; as well as identifying where 10 Superloop routes could have increased priority using improved traffic signalling and new/improved bus lanes, with some focus on end-to-end bus priority.

Revealed in an article the Tories feel 'wasted opportunity' the Overground naming rights weren't sold off for a quick buck.

Four-day work week (Mon-Thur) made permanent for most UK firms in world's biggest trial

22nd: Rolling Stock procurement letter including new trains to replace Southeastern's Networker trains, award in December or 2025.

23rd: First of 306's 11 Electroliners spotted built, these contain the new rounded front for safety as part of 2024 TfL spec moving forward.

Stagecoach Volvo BZL 66034 arrived at Lea Interchange (LI), a 276 bus. This contains the TfL interior and poorer wheelchair iBus display.

24th: Superloop SL3 started on this date, between Bromley North and Thamesmead. TfL having indecisiveness on whether it should use Faraday Avenue or Hurst Road, before settling on the former.

First day syndrome as normal, though it was completely upside down at some points in the afternoon.

For this first day, posts circulating that 5 enthusiasts were fighting to get front seats to obtain visuals.

The first week continued with dread, unreliable LTs being substituted in/out, along with a tree that fell down around New Road. Conventional (non-LT) buses are common on the route now.

All in all, patronage for SL3 from observations across people suggests it picked up very quickly, even among schoolkids. Packed buses being regular in the first two weeks, despite service issues down to roadworks.

Even more so when trains are down, full standing loads were reported by drivers during such an evening example. Thamesmead to Sidcup seems to have settled as the more popular traffic flow, great thing it's original plan to be a Bromley-Bexleyheath route was changed, thanks in part to councillors whom persuaded TfL to extend SL3 further to connect with the Elizabeth Line.

Unfortunately for Bromley (TB) engineers, RATP gave the ex-9 LTs in a poor state which meant multiple conventional E400s would be normal on SL3. Great they were blinded with hindsight. The worse part is Enviro200s would stray on 61, unfortunately again, 246's Enviro200s weren't blinded for route 61 unlike 314's Enviro200s are. Which meant banditry paper displays, hindsight is now 2020.

First SL3: LT120 at 05:00

The 242 having been at Arriva since inception changes hands to Stagecoach. Allegedly the loss down to driver costs, as upon the loss it was announced changes to driver pay and terms and conditions.

Looking objectively at past tenders, Arriva were the only bidder for 242 previous rounds. Perhaps another scenario akin to Go-Ahead and route 63 whereby it's previous tender history was similar, only to wound up lost to Abellio for a decent margin cheaper than Go-Ahead.

Adding insult to injury, 242's under Stagecoach dead run into Hackney (HK) for changeovers during all evenings and on weekends, with N242 having an extra bus in schedule.

Speaking of N242, Arriva accidentally ran this night of buses. The final night should've been on the 23rd. Meanwhile, Stagecoach's buses weren't logged into the system but were definitely running, none appearing on LVF with only one appearing on countdown systems if lucky.

Another example of an operator forgetting they weren't meant to operate is ironically Stagecoach - the temporary 588 operated alongside 388's first day of extension from Hackney Wick to Stratford City.

Electroliners confirmed in January, of course delayed. This meant a motley crew of diesels on other routes whom provided hybrids for the 242 that enters a Central London ULEZ whereby contracted routes require hybrids as a minimum.

Following this loss, Ash Grove (AE) closed down with sole route 254 moving out to reopened Stamford Hill (SF).

From this point, Stamford Hill (SF) and Clapton (CT) fully operated using LT vehicles.

Stamford Hill (SF) returns to being fully LT-operated - being the first garage to do so between mid-2019 and mid-2020 when 67 converted. However the 318 would move in with the loss of 67.

Clapton (CT) will join as another only-LT-operated garage.

Destined date for 86 to go electric. Lea Interchange (LI) take on part of the route (13 duties), 7 buses physically operated from there.

Last: N242: HV243 at 05:48 a day after operation, 5 mins late

Last 242: HV233 at 01:24

First N242: 11018?

First 242: 11020 at 05:00

277 283 retained on this date

Final Blackwall Tunnel 2-day closure to allow for Silvertown Tunnel completion.

Apparently Wright working on a new double deck design, just recently also announced making a hydrogen coach vehicle.

Go-Ahead MVB1 crashed into a BMW apparently.

Seems the ex-78, now SL1 Enviro400 Cities mechanical woes stemmed from an engineering manager (now fired) who allowed the buses to run to the ground, many waiting parts but due to budget constraints, little has been done.

25th: West Sussex bid for 43 additional hydrogen buses (15 single deck, 4 long single deck, 24 double decks) at Crawley for many bus routes. Wrightbus as preferred manufacturer, with ADL/Caetano as backups.

26th: Zeno partnership tests E400EV, which is almost as efficient as the efficient Wright Electroliner, with minor difference in efficiency

In Germany, Saarbahn GmBH orders 28 Wright Kite Hydroliners, hydrogen single deck buses. Further contracts for 51 buses for two other customers signed.

Two RATP DLEs collided in Acton Vale just by 306's stand. 

Abellio 3025 collided into the rear of a Q-Park Fencer on Bath Road.

Irizar tram IE13, new for 358 spotted in Portsmouth.

27th: W5's Metrocities start entering service on 124 at Catford (TL).

Report shows average bus journey increased to 34.2 minutes with average speed decreased to 9.1mph. Report also shows 63 bus trial improvement (new bus spec and bus stop upgrades) accounted for 3% patronage increase on it's corridors, passenger satisfaction from 70% to 82%.

28th: 157's BYD E400EVs arrived at Merton (AL) with LF24Z** plates.

Electroliner demo at Sutton (A) enters service on route 151.

29th: It's revealed a lot of the Central Line has since become 35 kilometres per hour, from Epping to Woodford/South Woodford and Leyton-Stratford and Queensway-Lancaster Gate.

Tube workers accept 11% pay rise offer.

Metroline BDE2754 involved in an accident whilst on route 142, two people hospitalised.

March

1st: Sadiq Khan admitted Streatham LTN was a mistake, as buses take 2 hours to travel 3 miles, changes coming ASAP.

First non-Superloop bus on SL3 is 12362, E40Hs being rare on routes other than 684 at Bromley (TB).

Abellio Kite Electroliner 1707 the first in service on regular routes, R70 in this case. The type have been used on Rail Replacement in the East between Elizabeth Line and Central Line in the form of 20/150 extras.

Go-Ahead SEe304-312 commissioned at Camberwell (Q), ready to start off S2 at Sutton (A) tomorrow.

Arriva EMC5 broke down at East Croydon on it's final night of service on 312.

Sole 9.7m StreetLite at Lea Interchange (LI) has been withdrawn.

2nd: Croydon/Sutton awaited changes happened. The 439 introduced. The 455 withdrawn. The S2 introduced. Many reroutes.

Very little publicity if none at all. Some Oyster members received emails, some have not.

In East London, 325 changeover and new Superloop SL2.

Route 434

The intended reroute of 434 to accommodate 439 using some of 434's roads south of Purley has been indefinitely delayed due to road infrastructure issues in Kenley with 434 routed along 407's route instead in the interim, the 407's cut south of Croydon also delayed indefinitely, this means no new 443.

By the way, the 434 failed it's route test multiple times in it's intended new route along Higher Drive.

Unlike the other route changes today, there has been no need for paper to be displayed, as buses were binded for the Caterham extension.

It goes from 20-25 mins stand time at Whyteleafe to having 20 mins stand time at both Caterham and Coulsdon.

Route 439

No timetables posted on route. Very little publicity if none at all. Some Oyster members received emails, some have not. Stopping arrangements constantly changing in the background before the date came in the Waddon Marsh area, Go-Ahead essentially chasing TfL for confirmation.

Oddly, some 455 bus stops in Croydon gained 439 e-tiles.

Day 1 was rather empty, with plenty of confusion understandably.

Day 2 (Sunday) had some buses with near-full seated loads, people immediately understanding on their own terms, since TfL have little to help in awareness of the service. Waddon Marsh has an S4 timetable but no 439 timetable for example.

Route S2 started with new SEe304-312, replacing St Helier-Sutton from route S4, whilst also replacing Sutton-Epsom from route 470. Notably S2 terminating at Clock Tower instead of General Hospital as planned and consulted on whilst the section belonged to route 470.

It's first Sunday in service has proven more popular than anticipated with relatively healthy start, for a section that had no service under route 470 - the Epsom end that is.

Route 470 has been cut back from Epsom to Sutton, standing with route 407 at Marshall Road (it converted from dual door to single door for a while in anticipation of this happening earlier).

Route S3 and 470 had a minor swap in routeing in Sutton Common, allowing S3 to be a little faster/more-direct whilst the shortened 470 has been made the more local route.

Route S4 has been cut back from St Helier to Sutton. It's been extended from Roundshaw to Waddon Marsh Sainsbury's part replacing 455, with a frequency increase to match 455's frequency of every 20 Mon-Sat and 30 Sun/eve.

Abellio Transport UK Group failed to add inserts or change blinds on some buses, whilst some buses did have blinds (seemingly only 367's YX16-reg MMCs on the day, reblinded for 404) most of the 'temporary' YX10-reg E200s to Waddon Marsh buses needed to have paper in the windscreen, they chose larger A3 paper at least - some didn't even have this luxury and just displayed "Roundshaw" as normal with no indication it's going further.

TfL's incompetence this time is on iBus, "Sutton Bushey Road" (no comma). The S4 shares it's terminus with 407 which is on Marshalls Road, 407s displaying "Sutton Town Centre" whereas Bushey Road is at Sutton Station where 164 terminates, now joined by 470.

Route 455 withdrawn, meaning no buses serving St Peters Road in South Croydon. No indirect route end-to-end on largely two flows either side of Croydon stitched into a singular mesh.

Neither 166 nor S4 will provide replacement for 455's schoolday extras (Waddon-Old Lodge Lane in morning, Haling Park School to Wallington in afternoon). Arguably 645 already provides for one morning journey of 455, if only 645 was introduced in tandem now as opposed to much earlier. Now we have real capacity being taken away.

Route 166 rerouted away from Brighton Road, onto Pampisford Road. Perfectly replacing 455's frequency of every 20 with route 166's every 20 frequency. This doesn't consider the already long route 166 being made even slower for long distance users unfortunately.

Route 312 extended from South Croydon via Purley onto Old Lodge Lane, replacing route 455 and giving the area a capacity boost that TfL argues is needed, especially in the future. It's EMCs have been towed away from Croydon (TC) to Sidney House whilst ENLs freshly freed from loss of 325 has replaced the allocation. Some mentioned being driven into Beddington. Perhaps that's Sidney House.

These ex-325 ENLs didn't have blinds put in so 312s have been running around banditised, with small A4 paper in the windscreen only on the front, not on the side and/or rear. No blinded number displays even, unlike with SL2.

Notably the 312 is still on it's electric contract, downgraded to diesels as the existing electrics can't handle the route. This fact seemingly overshadowed by the storm caused by 28's tender award some while prior.

Route 450 temporarily partially converted to 10.2m SEe's to release 9.7m models to 439.

To accommodate space for S2 at Sutton (A), the 80 moved to Goat Road (GM) whose allocation there consists of WHV71-80 meaning Sutton (A) is fully electric minus the DOEs due to 151's issues at Worcester Park.

Route S1 moving back from Goat Road (GM) to Croydon (C) whose space freed by 455 withdrawal.

Throughout the Croydon/Sutton changes there's still been poor publicity, with some stops having correct tiling, some not.

Over in East London.

Superloop SL2 started on this date, using HAs freed from 133/333 loss which required mechanical work upgrades as apparently only in the last month did Brixton (BN) neglect them as opposed to most of their life with the odd weird roaring bus or even weirder issues obvious to bystanders, let alone engineers. In the same hand Brixton (BN) maintained HVs stellar well, but the HAs clearly an unwanted child. The HAs have the old Brixton (BN) blindset but with inserts plastered on.

Only a few buses were wrapped in Superloop livery [HA39/45/52/53], a far cry from a decent fraction on other routes (and pretty much all LTs on SL3). This is a TfL issue, granted. Same people who do adverts on buses. All the buses had their Brixton (BN) codes removed with most receiving Barking (DX) codes. Some priority of visuals I suppose.

There is a contingency plan for SL2s to divert via 325/366 in the case North Circular Road is difficult to pass through.

On first day the first non-Superloop bus was DW333! Banditised with a large paper "SL2"

Drivers lost. First bus 20 minutes late. All buses not displaying adequate blinds (only SL2 on number blinds), despite apparently HAs receiving inserts (rather than blinds, TfL cost cutting apparently). What a mess this day was for SL2.

End of the first day during enthusiast space, the forum was focused on the blind issues whilst on Facebook it's been focused on the excess of enthusiasts. During the evening, someone was sent by Arriva to adjust DW333's blinds to display white, with a laminated SL2 card.

Day 2 (Sunday), buses have been seen blinded. May have been a programming issue all along, albeit some have their rear displays stuck on other routes [e.g 19] but this certainly a marked improvement, one where new potential passengers immediately recognise this new route's termini and can decide if they should ride or not.

Turns out blinds may have been delivered late on Friday night. Indeed the buses have been in use on Tramlink rail replacement, but doesn't excuse the fact none could display a destination(s) at all on the first grand day of a politicised network of express buses. No TfL media posts unlike with previous first days either, it seems.

Apparently someone also got into trouble for not making enough effort into the blinds, as some buses definitely could've been blinded. Drivers refused to take buses out until given printed paper.

In addition, DW333 was sent out on 175 on the 5th March with it's "SL2" card in the front number blind, free advertising for the people in Romford I suppose.

In good news, Gants Hill to Barking link restored after 14 years (since 179 was cut from Barking to Ilford).

The 325 changed hands from Arriva to Go-Ahead, having been at Barking (DX) for over a decade since 2010. Starting life not at Henley Road (DS) allegedly but at River Road (RR)...

One could look back on Arriva's tenure on 325. Going from a genuine improvement over Stagecoach at the time with lacklustre service then, Arriva then providing good service. To later years after Deutsche Bahn found themselves as owners of Arriva whereby multiple slips and cracks in the wider company have occurred. Least of which, Barking (DX). In service and one could argue, maintenance. Morale has certainly been worsened from loss of 173, a route that has been there for several decades dating to Grey Green era.

Fun story, a health and safety union member was the reason the route failed an ENX test despite every other driver safely operating an ENX on the route, the member even alleging some TfL diversions are unsafe in ENLs which TfL promptly ignore.

Now it goes from one batch of diesel Enviro200s to a batch of Enviro200s.

At it's new home, it's had temporary allocation sorted from 61-reg SEs new to 276 which have found themselves as temporary buses on route 200 whilst Metrodeckers are still grounded, the few 61-reg have been topped by homeless 65-reg SEs too which have been temporary allocations on routes 265 and 366. Some of these that transferred from Merton (AL) had their rear blinds stuck on 200, which isn't bad as front displays were blinded, compared to the atrocities shown on 312/SL2 this date.

Last 455: OM8 at 00:52

Last 325: ENL66 at 01:04

First 325: SE123 at 04:45

First SL2: HA53 at 05:15

First 439: SEe257 at 06:45

First S2: ???

Route 164's supposed extension from Sutton to Sutton Hospital did not occur, still delayed, as no doubt infrastructure still not present to terminate the route there.

In addition to this chaos, iBus department changed "Ilford" display to "North Woolwich" weirdly, definitely in conjunction to new route SL2 which merely passes Ilford.

58 97 101 215 238 309 W11 retained on this date

Route 309 had it's evening frequency increase as part of the Aberfeldy reroute consultation,

Route 238 transferred from West Ham (WH) to Barking (BK), this route move was long speculated until this point.

Perhaps the blind issues were down to McKenna not delivering in time one argued, 12 weeks they usually took. Being the only supplier now, with the push to LEDs, they've also increased prices of blinds accordingly, making use of the scarcity in demand.

Apparently future bus refurbishments will mandatory have LED displays and USB charging. Frankly a shame it's taken this long when new buses were specified in 2024 to contain these as mandatory, whilst being optional between 2020-2024 for LEDs, USB mandatory since 2019 with 232's StreetLites being the first mandatory.

3rd: Wrightbus suing Blackpool Transport over procurement for ZEBRA vehicles, contract originally awarded to Yutong then BYD/ADL.

Yesterday the recall of BYD/ADL Enviro200EVs and Enviro400EVs were ordered, "ticking time bomb" of nearly Two Thousand buses worth £800m as battery fire risks.

4th: Stagecoach 66044 at Hackney (HK).

Abellio 8213 involved in a crash on Lacey Drive in Coulsdon, whilst on route 404.

5th: iBus 2 contract awarded to Init.

Stagecoach LT255 (in it's yellow Vueling advert) on route 8 crashed on New Oxford Street, one person in hospital.

Linux breached 4% market share! (really helped by the Steam Deck being on SteamOS - a Linux distribution)

6th: A report that if every bus route was minimum hourly in this country it'd cost about £2.7bn - who remembers some political scandals that ballooned further that.

Go-Ahead Ee244/245 have wraps to promote women bus drivers in the industry.

Stagecoach's Metrocity 67015 spotted at Hackney (HK), this bus for W11.

Stagecoach's Volvo BZLs include a mirror bracket in case the camera mirrors don't work. Amazing. The amount of substitutions at, say Merton (AL), is a lot, as cameras are damaged frequently.

Difficulty at Brixton (BN) with a few EAs not serviced due to electrical supply issues at Brixton Hill tramshed, meaning LTs on 417/N137 and many other banditised paper displays

In the midst of this, BYD recalls have been ongoing, Brixton(BN) servicing theirs in-depot, Go-Ahead using River Road (RR) - all single buses, one at a time.

7th: Streatham Wells Low Traffic Neighbourhood zone suspended with immediate effect.

ex-242 HVs have been brought in Brixton (BN) to aid with lack of serviceable BYD E400EVs. Brixton (BN)'s electrics would wound up charging at Camberwell (Q).

Train hits tree at West Wickham station, leaving passengers stranded for hours.

Transport UK Group 8213 had an accident in Old Coulsdon whilst on 404.

8th: Rest in Peace Akira Toriyama, whom passed away aged 68. Creator of Dr Slump and Dragon Ball.

Mexican cartels agreed to a ceasefire in honour of Toriyama.

International Women's Day

Hackney (HK)'s new capacity seems to be 130 buses, in o-licenses at least.

A loose connection connected at Thornton Heath (TH), explaining the large hole in front of the garage. Now a substation can be placed in.

It's reported ADL are not making any more hydrogen buses due to being too complicated. Stagecoach parked their ten 23-reg buses at Gilmoss depot on the scrap line, buses that have never seen service. The Enviro400 Fuel-Cell seems to have been ridden with faults, hence this decision. This would later be confirmed by ADL as false as the Enviro400 FCEV is on offer for customers, meanwhile Arriva's E400FCEVs would also enter service, very similar batch to Stagecoach's.

New Routemaster refurbishments long been past halfway, Abellio using RGI, Arriva using Thorntons, Go-Ahead using Hants & Dorset, Metroline using Falcons, Stagecoach at ADL.

9th: 379 changed from Go-Ahead to Stagecoach, from StreetLites that aged to be unreliable needing extras drafted in from Orpington (MB) from time to time - into electric Metrocities whom drain charge faster than anticipated. Since the Metrocities didn't arrive on time and late, as always with Optare/Switch Mobillity, existing diesels were sourced from 124 which temporarily using W5's Metrocities due to issues related to charging infrastructure at Walthamstow (AW) not making W5 use it's own buses.

Last 379: WS64 at 00:56

First 379: 36529 at 05:15

Route 346/347/497 changes whereby 497 withdrawn and 346 extended to Harold Hill. There's now 16 duties Mon-Fri; 15 Saturday; 9 Sunday - for a PVR of 6 to cover this new restructure. Running numbers 451-456. Driver changeovers at Upminster Station with ferries on Mon-Sat daytime in use from Rainham (RM) to Elm Park to get the District Line. On Sunday and evenings the ferry would drive straight from depot to Upminster.

As for 347 not being withdrawn... it's currently deemed politically volatile after outer London ULEZ implemented (especially with Mayoral elections soon), serving the only exclave of Greater London outside the M25 in North Ockendon. Seems Thurrock, responsible for the section of 347 between St Marys Lane and Ockendon, are refusing to pay TfL whom provide route 347 there.

Last 497: 36575 at 00:17 (this is an odd 10.8m bus stray)

167 retained on this date

It's revealed Rishi Sunak buried a study that learnt Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are actually popular and work, in reducing traffic. Despite Sunak's attempt to pander to motorists by saying otherwise.

10th: Golders Green running day on bus routes 13 43 102 210 240

Bus franchising Wales a possibility, with contracts starting in 2026-2028.

Uno leave Northampton, Stagecoach take over the operations as partnership between University of Nottingham.

11th: Most of the day seen 226 as fully electric! Until the evening came and a DME was substituted on.

12th: 10181, 10185, 10343, 11032, 11311, 12318, 19739, 19768, 19797 & 19872 on loan to Stagecoach West for Cheltenham Festival soon.

13th: England's worst bus operation named and shamed: Arriva West Yorkshire; 66% passengers satisfied.

False flag on Arriva's 175 supplemented by Stagecoach to cover mileage, turned out to be a staged photo opportunity of an Enviro400 that has an old set including 103 and 175, the set predating 2017.

14th: Specially designed cameras installed in bus shelters being trialled, to improve safety.

Damning and shocking reports embarrassment at Boeing (failing 33/89 tests) and Spirit Aerosystems (failing 6/13 tests) in regards to the Boeing 737 MAX, results of the Federal Aviation Administration's audit.

A bill passed in the United States, house voting 352 in favour and 65 against - in banning TikTok. The bill needs to be approved by the Senate, then the President to sign it, Biden said he will.

15th: Confirmed by FOI request, 407/443 changes (443 to be launched as 457) not to happen, as they're not value for money. Will be looked at a later date. This is unfortunate as it's the second time (potential 433 extension) that Old Town was meant to receive a service but has not.

Sullivans joins the forfeiting of bus contracts, routes 298 617 629 W9.

Arriva DW272 the first double decker on 312 since it's extension to Old Lodge Lane (which has a low-bridge), buses terminating at Reedham Station before turning around out-of-service in Coulsdon to pick up from Reedham Station towards Norwood Junction.

Withdrawals at Thornton Heath (TH) as diesels from W3 transferred in; T158 with dashboard ripped out, and T147/293 blinds removed, unfit.

TfL rule out regular Overground trains into London Bridge, it seems, as Southern restores services on the Sydenham corridor to 4 trains per hour from 2025. Currently 2 trains per hour from Covid schedules.

Various Northern Line sections have been speed restricted to 25mph

16th: McGills unhappy with Glasgow's franchising decision.

18th: Andy Lord has mentioned moving London to a Manchester style tendering system.

TfL seeking suppliers to upgrade Bakerloo Line, ahead of new tube stock for the line. The line needs depot modification, power supply work, signalling work, as well as issues with platform height on the section shared with the Overground.

Route 281 changes in Tolworth going ahead, consultation report reveals. Changes to happen in Autumn.

19th: As if it's a new achievement, blinds finally installed on 289's double deck allocation at Thornton Heath (TH).

20th: ASLEF announced tube strikes on 8 April and 4 May over management failure to guarantee working practices on London Underground.

Great Western Railway show off battery-powered Class 230 trains, these have fast-charge (4 minutes!) using something akin to third-rail to charge the batteries.

Apparently residents on Garth Road don't want the bus garage but want a 293 frequency increase. Shame on them, the 293 might very well operate from the bus garage soon.

21st: First Group obtained contract to operate Cable Car.

ComfortDelGro rumoured to enter Manchester

22nd: Kate Middleton revealed to, unfortunately, have cancer.

Health & Safety Executive advises Crawley Borough Council to not approve of Metrobus' hydrogen fuel facility. Metrobus have 54 Wright Hydroliners (single and double deck) on order.

Kentish Town Northern Line station reopening has been delayed due to essential repair being needed in the station - unstable concrete.

Stagecoach using a car park at Old Trafford Manchester United as bus storage until they can get buses into their new garages.

Stagecoach 12400 has a retro livery, seemingly featuring the East London bus livery of old, to be unveiled tomorrow at Barking (BK) open day

23rd: BK open day, in support of MacMillan fundraising, celebrating the garage's centenary. Vintage vehicle running day on routes 62 and 145.

Stagecoach brought their own vehicles, Selkent Ambassador 12345; New East London Ambassador 12400 already at Barking (BK) for 145; MacMillan green 10301; original Spirit of London 19000; Coastliner MMCs SK23CPF/YX23OPR; Volvo BZL

Preserved buses came in; Tridents on routes 62/145 as well as Ensign Metrobus 192; Titan T1064; DMS1; plenty of RTs and RMs; Preserved Mini Pointer Dart 34366.

The 76 changed back, returning to Arriva's Tottenham (AR) amidst driver issues at Go-Ahead's Northumberland Park (NP) which meant the 76 part moved to Stockwell (SW) for a short period of time in a similar fashion to when 19 was split between Stockwell (SW) and Northumberland Park (NP) - albeit 19's issue was physical space at Stockwell (SW).

LT8xx new to route 76 have been swapped with LT4xx at Camberwell (Q) in the few months prior to this takeover, this is to coincide the LTs' age with contract end dates of bus routes that have LTs, at TfL's request by the looks of it.

A notice also in South London garages, Thornton Heath (TH) and Norwood (N) for drivers to move to 76 rota, seemingly this region having more spare drivers since the loss of many routes. Still, 15 agency drivers hired, as some 254 drivers jumped onto the 76 rota. Either way both 76/254 from Stamford Hill (SF) so work is still being balanced.

To house the 76 since Tottenham (AR) is full, they reused Stamford Hill (SF) which is so far fully electrified but has no electric routes - two LT routes (76 and 254).

Last 76: LT186 at 01:18

First 76: Buses not tracking until 8am

20 259 362 393 462 retained on this date

At Croydon (TC), the ex-325 ENLs have received blinds - buses now allocated to 312.

24th: A 60 mile round trip on the Central Line doable thanks to engineering works closing the Epping section. Trains from West Ruislip do the Hainault loop clockwise then back to West Ruislip. Ealing Broadway trains enter the Hainault loop anti-clockwise then back to Ealing Broadway. Read Diamond Geezer's post for more.

There was meant to be Tram strikes by maintenance workers until Thursday, it's been cancelled.

ex-Go-Ahead VHP1 and VHP2 back at River Road (RR) from Coventry, being stripped for spare parts, salvaging the hybrid system for their buses, WHV131 being one. Go-Ahead have acquired ex-First Volvo 7900Hs for the same purpose of stripping the hybrid system to lengthen Go-Ahead's own B5LH fleet lifespan.

26th: Efficiency figures for ADL E100EV (up to 573 km range, 354kWh battery) and E400EV (up to 620km range, 472kWh battery) revealed. So far 150 E400EVs and 50 E100EVs have been sold.

27th: Stagecoach 82052 delivered for route 242, this batch has LEDs.

28th: Metroline won 5 year large franchise contracts in Greater Manchester worth £422 million, 232 services and require 420 buses (nice) and 1350 drivers. With options to extend for two one-year terms. Stagecoach get to keep their flagship bus service 192 out of Stockport, the bus route with the highest Peak Vehicle Requirement in the UK... a PVR of 39. (Small number compared to pre-2021 bus cuts in London)

At Abellio, E5 has it's first electric in service, this being 1002 & 1010 - 322 buses.

Today the first day 24-reg buses entered service, and three of them; Go-Ahead Ee244 on 132; Abellio 3048 on 133; Go-Ahead Ee245 also on 132.

29th: Good Friday

Stagecoach surrendered route 273 and will end early, joining the 160/180 in the company to do so.

Hopper fare might be copy-pasted somewhere north in this country (maybe Manchester...)

Routes 325 and 39's BYD E200EVs registered, LF24-reg.

30th: Five years ago on the same date, 262 and 473 changed hands. Now, 262 473 change hands together as always forever it seems, this time from Stagecoach at Lea Interchange (LI) to Go-Ahead at Silvertown (SI) which just so happened to be right on 473's terminus by North Woolwich. Route 262 however from Henley Road (DS) which is next door to Silvertown (SI).

Electric vehicles late is the norm, even with backlog at ADL/BYD. Therefore the interim allocation formed of ex-D7 WVL-coded B9TL/Gemini 2s used on 157 temporarily, as well as likewise WVN-coded B9TLs from 476 which mostly converted to hybrids using freed MHVs.

Last 262: 18911 at 01:40

Last 473: 18901 at 01:39

First 262: WVN14 at 04:36

First 473: WVN11 at 04:31

97 moved to Lea Interchange (LI), replacing work lost from 262/473

Initially some Scanias also moved with route 97 due to poor availability of the StreetDecks. The route's allocation is supplemented by diesel E40Ds 10116/19854. Changeovers at Stratford City Bus Station, except on Sundays at the depot (light runs from Stratford City).

2 19 113 249 396 retained on this date

April

2nd: Pending Mayor Khan being re-elected, New "Bakerloop" bus route between Elephant and Lewisham, mirroring Bakerloo Line extension.

Liverpool City Region, pending Mayor being re-elected, announces a new Bus Rapid Transit system between Liverpool City Centre and Liverpool John Lennon Airport via Anfield and Bramley Moore. Due to be done in 2028.

More E5 electrics enter service, this time at Fulwell (TF) on route H20. These buses passing around like unwanted items.

3rd: Northern Line rail replacement operates between Canons Park and Golders Green, operated by Arriva although has been subcontracted to Metroline and Sullivans on some days.

4th: Conversion of First's Optare Versas with Equipmake powertrain complete.

Newport obtains first models of Yutong U11D and E9L models.

5th: TfL puts out to tender a passenger counting solution on buses.

Another batch of buses whose registrations are voided, Go-Ahead Ee205-217 from LG73-reg to LF24-reg now.

Go-Ahead EH39 first of 35's MMCs to be refurbished.

Arriva LT178 sinks into hole on Front Lane in Upminster. On route 248.

6th: Spending 17 years under Quality Line, the S3 changed hands from RATP to Abellio. Abellio being successors to Tellings-Golden Miller whom had S3 long before. This round, the original tenderer withdrew, perhaps it was Go-Ahead, who could say for sure... in any event, with the loss of Epsom Buses the very few bits of non-Go-Ahead in Sutton have diminished to just route S3 with Abellio.

As of this date, it was unknown what electric buses were ordered, if ordered at all. In the meantime some of E5's electric buses have been transferred to Fulwell (TF) allowing H20's diesel MMCs to service S3. More electric buses transferred, from 322's own batch to Southall (GW) for E5, with E5 sending some of it's diesel MMCs to S3 too.

Last S3: SDE20245 at 22:22

First S3: 8146 at 06:02

Route 273 diverted to use Winn Road and Exford, losing it's Hail & Ride and no longer serving Jevington Way and Senlac Road. Reason cited is issues with parked cars to buses.

From this date routes 292 and 384 have timetable coordination.

Stagecoach 36362 and 36335 preserved by Bromley Bus Preservation Group

7th: Stagecoach have received Electrolienrs 82049-64 for route 242.

Today is 10 years since iBus gained time on it's displays, before this, buses would have a full stop "." on the bottom left corner if the bus wasn't "Bus Stopping"

8th: RATP DXE30284 failed to navigate North Cheam Sainsbury's, being a bus far too big to do basic shopping.

Go-Ahead SE165 at Plymouth Citybus

SEe260 entered service on P12, doing daily returns to Camberwell (Q) for recharging.

9th: ASLEF strike called off. Concessions made (Cab secure device on all tube stock by 2026; return of remote booking on/off; flexible working hours [earlier book on. later book off etc]; standardised agreements on all locations meaning no more local agreements;

Holloway (HT) driver training starts with new WDEs, for route W7, with intention of these to enter service in May.

10th: Cambridgeshire next to go franchised model

VanHool files for bankruptcy, coach/bus operations purchased by VDL and Schmitz Cargobull. VDL intend to end the bus range.

Copenhagen bans BYD buses due to forced labour in China, an open secret.

11th: Khan pledges a Golders Green to Stamford Hill single deck bus route via 210, linking two major Orthodox Jewish communities, if he is reelected. This link has long been requested over decades.

Metroline deblinded 64-reg VWHs in preperation for their new home at Metroline Manchester.

12th: Khan tweeted out he'll bring London Buses into public ownership with a London Bus Company. On the bright side, no more 'when is the next tenders' in the enthusiast space.

RATP next route contract terminating early is the 125, a very poorly operated route.

13th: 306 changed hands again as new routes seemingly do without fail, to an operator people least expected - Abellio London! Not Abellio London West, but Abellio London! From Battersea (QB) you could reach Hampstead Heath, Norwood Junction and now Acton Vale just short of useful Acton itself.

Last 306: VWH2701 at 01:04

First 306: 3040 at 05:26

195 689 retained on this date

16th: Route 152 electrics enter service, SEe276 and SEe283.

17th: Go-Ahead SEe232 freshly repaired from it's fire inside Putney depot, has crashed into a car and then someone's house, in Barnet near Chesterfield Road.

One of 379's Metrocities have been delivered to Hackney (HK).

18th: Metropolitan Police pull over RATP VH45225 for speeding... 50mph whilst on route N18 around 5:15.

19th: Superloop 2 revealed with new bus routes, along with cutting SL7 from Croydon to Sutton whilst extending SL5 from Croydon to Sutton. SL6 to stop at Tulse Hill linking with a new Superloop across the A205.

21st: Managing Director David Cutts and Finance Director John Slattery at Go-Ahead London both step down. Difficulty of operations in London has been in passing mention in the notice.

22nd: 220 Garth Road, Go-Ahead's new Morden bus garage provisionally coded LM, is expected to start construction in August pending permissions. Landlords affirmed that Goat Road (GM) is wanted for redevelopment, Go-Ahead extended the lease on that.

24th: Metroline gains a $73m green loan to decarbonise it's fleet (the order of 135 electric buses), joining the likes of Abellio and Go-Ahead to seek external funds for London bus electrification. ZEBRA bus funds counts for non-London buses becoming zero emission.

Cavalry horses loose, running in central London

RATP VH45082 front smashed, having crashed with a car in Wembley

25th: Arriva join other operators whom surrendered route contracts early, for Arriva their first is route 335.

Glasgow set to have a free transport, perhaps inspired by some countries in Europe. This will cost Glasgow £95m to all residents.

Route W7 starts seeing electrics, with WDE2877.

27th: P4 after 21 years at Stagecoach changed hands back to it's home operator one could say, London Central being a first instead of traditional London General previously at Stockwell (SW) in days of old. Now it's New Cross (NX)'s turn using old Enviro200s. The P4 going from one batch of corpses to a different batch of buses with a hated gearbox (I don't dislike them, quirky as they are, compared to the million samey Allison boxed buses)

Last P4: 36373 and 36397 at 01:35

First P4: SE280 at 05:03

110 206 236 394 retained on this date

Route 276 fully converted to it's electrics with half Volvo BZLs and half of W11's 9.4m Metrocities (tracking error) on this date, from temporary Enviro200s directly/indirectly released from loss of 366 and D3 to Go-Ahead last year.

In addition, the electric buses, with their nicer looking Mobitec displays, had a frequent issue of wrong/blank displays, banditised for short.

Routes 366 and 376 changed depots; 366 from Henley Road (DS) to River Road (RR); 376 from Silvertown (SI) to Henley Road (DS).

Route 482 moved from Hayes (DH) to Southall (GW) making space before E6 takeover.

30th: Transport UK controller strikes again, on 8-10 May and 13-17 May. Once again this affects Fulwell (TF) and Battersea (QB) depots. Once again conveniently depots operating routes 111 and 322 which spelled a downturn in the company.

Uno received demo 10.3m BYD Enviro400EV

May

4th: Announced only in January, the 28's award from RATP to Metroline West sent shockwaves. Fully allocated electrics on it's current diesel contract, to a diesel contract with diesel buses older than it's previous allocation! Plus a PVR increase of +1! The tender caused so much disbelief that people assumed the tender was fake, in spite of realistic retention of routes 17 and 395. The timing of the result revealed RATP on a 7 year plan.

The 28 follows a move similar to 295 in making Willesden Junction (WJ) it's home, joining with long time buddy 31.

End result of over 50 drivers TUPE'd from RATP to Metroline, likely shifting any pay issues (remember the strikes at Westbourne Park?) to the other operator

Last 28: OME46003 at 01:24

Last N28: VMH45341 at 05:09

First N28: VW1397 at 00:30

First 28: VW1299 at 04:57

Route 31 moved from Willesden Junction (WJ) to Holloway (HT) to make space for route 28/N28 at Willesden Junction.

8th: Tom Joyner appointed as Managing Director of Go-Ahead, formerly at CrossCountry

10th: Roll out of more electric buses on 307, Enfield (E) having struggled with shorter wires and other power grid issues

11th: The 481 changed hands from RATP whom surrendered the route, to Metroline, from Brentford (AH) using a different set of existing hybrid buses. As a result, Metroline return to Kingston after a long absence, the garage itself last operating route 65 under Armchair.

Last 481: VH45158 at 20:40

First 481: VWH2704 at 06:41

13th: More routes contract surrendered, Abellio and Go-Ahead finally joining in with 415/U5 and 304/677 respectively. List of routes are: 55 56 304 308 397 415 488 677 U5 W16.

14th: BYD unveiled new integral electric double deck; eBus BD11

15th: St Helier Avenue consultation

16th: More Electroliners meant for Battersea (QB) transferred to Fulwell (TF), 3059-3064 when all transferred, as cover for 111's Electroliners, 3001-30, are having warranty work

18th: 464 retained on this date

Go-Ahead LT411 on route 5 crashed into a house whilst circumnavigating roads from it's curtailment.

Go-Ahead EH144 crashed into an Arriva DW325

Transport UK group; 8843 burst to flames in service on 490; 8143 crashed into a bus stop on route E5

21st: It's revealed Uno's fleet of 5 BYD K8SRs (demos on route 98 originally) have dwindled to just two. Two withdrawn, whilst bus 1475 turned into spare parts donor.

22nd: Route 376 converted to it's new electric buses

24th: Posters for new consultation (site private) spotted along route 14/414 detailing withdrawal of route 414. No consultation yet as a result of another purdah, no longer Mayor elections but now country general elections as a result of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling a surprise election.

25th: E6 changed hands from Metroline to Abellio with the first batch of Wright GB Kite Electroliner single decker buses.

Route E1 went back home at Metroline, RATP surrendering the contract early, losing the route on tender. Thus, a hybrid route not yet extended to Osterley as promised, is a diesel route not to be extended to Osterley until end of contract in 2027 (unless plans change).

Last E1: ADH45027 at 01:35

Last E6: DE1127 at 01:17

First E1: VWH2131 at 04:39

First E6: 1721 at 04:30

272 440 E11 retained on this date

27th: Arriva surrendered route 432

New Volvo BZL Double Deck Stagecoach 86185 for spotted in Eastleigh in a Hants & Dorset location.

28th: The 379's electric buses enter service on the 379 (some were at Catford [TL] releasing diesels to 379).

29th: By this point, Arriva London failed to give working StreetDecks SW1-10 to Arriva North West, two breaking down on the way whilst one was rejected due to faults.

31st: Route 241 extension to Here East consultation.

100 confirmed to move to Waterloo (RA) once 153 transfers to Metroline.

158 confirmed to operate from Edmonton (EC) as a parking and sign-on, not dissimilar to 34's situation pre-December 2023. 19/N19 moving into Stamford Hill (SF). 259 moving to 

June

1st: 253 254 E3 retained on this date

First day of ten week closure on Southeastern's Blackheath tunnel. No rail replacement buses, rail tickets accepted on routes 54 89 202 380 and DLR between Greenwich-Lewisham.

Go-Ahead EH244 on 36 crashed in Paddington by the station gateway with a low bridge.

By this point several E40H MMCs at Battersea (QB) have adopted LED displays, buses on route 344. Some are unrefurbished 15-reg of course giving quite a contrast of worn and brand new.

3th: Off-peak fare trial on London Underground ends.

7th: Start of 7 month closure at Colindale Station for upgrade works. Part of route 186 between Hendon Central and Grahame Park has it's peak frequency doubled in rush hour to compensate (to every 6).

8th: W11 converts to it's Metrocities.

Route 639/670 lost by RATP to Abellio on this date.

Last 639: VH45312 at 15:40

Last 670: VH45130 at 14:53

First 639: 2550 at 06:45

First 670: 2612 at 07:12

9th: London Bus Museum running bus day on route 406.

10th: E5 finally sees it's own YJ73-reg Metrocities in a shuffle involving Fulwell (TF) whom used two on H20, both (1020/1021) now at their intended route - E5. In addition (1016) moved from Battersea (QB). Furthermore, diesels to-be-ex-E5 for 404 have moved in an equivalent exchange, 3 buses from Southall (GW) to (BC) and 3 from (BC) to (TF).

12th: Consultation results from U1/U2/U3/E7 proposals is that; no changes to all routes (except U2 will serve Oak Farm Estate at all times as proposed).

15th: Optare MetroDecker Me14 returns to service on 200, as the first of the type following the fire in Wimbledon by sibling bus, which caused the type to be recalled and placed into storage temporarily.

16th: Arriva ES53 crashed in a test run in Ireland, this continues the unusual trend of crashes on the rare Arriva bus fresh from factory, such as HV353 on delivery. No Electroliner has burst to flames (like original HV106 did) thus far.

20th: Route 350 consultation (reroute in Hayes, from ASDA to new houses on Nestles Avenue)

22nd: 120 143 260 302 R68 R70 retained on this date

23rd: Go-Ahead EH285 crashed on route N11, having front damage.

28th: London United drivers plan to strike soon.

Stagecoach 47986 was rear ended.

29th: 211 finally rerouted to Battersea Power Station, along with 77 changing stands in Waterloo.

211 returned to home Battersea (QB) home, it's reroute allowing driver changeovers at both termini. 211 now utilising existing LTs used on 111 and 133, RATP keeping the LT664-681 (new to 68, transferred to RATP upon 211 being won by RATP from Abellio), LT664-681 transferring to Hounslow (AV) for just-retained H98. The 465 also returning to a place it was once home for a short while - Fulwell (TF), albeit start had banditised buses displaying paper on the windshield presumably to lack of blinds. This is from it's RATP abode at Tolworth (TV) which was rather short lived compared to Epsom Buses.

On this date, 440 returned to Stamford Brook (V) from Park Royal (RP), replacing work from lost 211.

Last 211: LT681 at 00:47

Last 465: DLE30062 at 00:40

First 211: LT612 at 05:00

First 465: 8182 at 05:30

Route 262 started converting to it's new electric Ee's. Likewise route 396 with it's new SEe's.

328 406/418 C1 retained on this date

30th: Stagecoach replacing sockets on buses that have proprietary BYD charging ports at Barking (BK) and Rainham (RM) in favour of standardised CCS2 charging mandatory on new TfL electric buses as well as in Europe. Barking is due to have more electric buses whilst Rainham has had a long issue with electric power on the 174's buses, not charging well, these cases more extreme in winter.

BYD integral bus to be trialled on route 321.

July

6th: 281 681 retained on this date. 281 rerouted in Tolworth.

Routes 39 and W5 started conversion to their electric buses

8th: Transport UK LT998 crashed in Hogarth Crescent in Croydon into a house, involving two buses and two cars in the process.

9th: Thornton Heath (TH)'s substation for electric bus power, has been hit by a truck whilst driving on the road, as if the ground slipped and gave way.

11th: Camden Council plans to pedestrianise Camden High Street.

12th: 485 (temporarily) converts to SEe's meant for P12

13th: 382 retained on this date

The 19 moved from Tottenham (AR) to Stamford Hill (SF)

16th: RATP VH45119 on 18 crashes into a shop in Harrow Road, Maida Vale

18th: H98 sees it's New Routemasters, released from 211 loss.

By this point route 247 has started seeing route 242's Electroliners, likely down to issues electrifying Hackney (HK)

19th: Largest IT outage in history with Microsoft Windows devices stuck on the infamous Blue Screen of Death, due to an issue with a cyber security software update (one file that causes errors allowed to run at kernel level - complete control in operating system), affecting many serves with bitlocker. This means issues with flights in airports with higher levels of issues in the US and UK and flights from both countries due to their dependency on that software for cybersecurity, and even more chaos at banks, media, emergency services, trains and other companies. This is all in multiple countries around the world. The reason? Faulty update on by Crowd Strike, the cyber security company who accidentally caused billions of dollars in damages quicker than hackers have done. The CEO denied answering if the update was ever tested or not (translation: it wasn't). This ex-McAffee CEO has track record of a McAffee update putting devices in a boot-loop on Windows XP devices.  On the upside Linux and Mac users were not affected. Cyber criminals quickly took advantage by supplying fake emails luring people who need their devices unlocked. Ironically Russia was not affected at all due to sanctions, Crowd Strike no longer offered in Russia since invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

20th: 17 280 C11 W8 retained on this date

RM70 event at Chiswick on this and 21st July.

Some LTs transfer from Stockwell (SW) to Highgate (HT) for route 17's full conversion to the type (from a mix of electric BDEs and hybrid LTs, that contract having hybrid conventional B5LHs)

Refurbs of B5LH Gemini 3s at Norwood (N) have been seen, they have Mobitec LEDs - converted from smartblinds; newer iBus screens - instead of legacy iBus dot-matrix displays; the four seats behind rear doors marked as priority seating. All of these standard on new bus specifications in 2024, now refurbishments will follow these specifications moving forward.

21st: Following on from largest computer outage in history, is the largest data breach in history. Snowflake lost a lot.

22nd: Despite high positive feedback, N518 consultation not going ahead, TfL going back to the drawing board. Costs perhaps too optimistic for N18 full route and N518 to be every 15 on weekend nights, with near an extra £100K per year cost as opposed to status quo of N18 shorts to Sudbury and N18 full route at every 15 and 30 respectively.

23rd: Arriva London South moves planned, 50 and 194 to Thornton Heath (TH) from Brixton (BN) and Croydon (TC) respectively. 410 swaps with 194 by going from TH to TC. 198's buses move from TH to Norwood (N) with drivers remaining at TH - exactly same operation as 157 under Arriva. All postponed.

New ESs delivered in South London as part of Croydon awards (50 250 etc)

Route 273 consultation (from Hail & Ride to fixed stop) goes ahead.

25th: Metroline TEH1227 at Potters Bar (PB) becomes of the first hybrid buses as driver trainers.

Ex-Abellio 8524 made it to Ukraine, donated to a Ukraine charity.

26th: Paris Olympics opening ceremony day celebrated by the Parisians in the form of arsoning many train lines and associated equipment of the SNCF rail network, and allegedly defecating in the River Seine...again.

27th: Route 259 moved from Edmonton (EC) to Tottenham (AR)

29th: A 17-year old boy killed three young girls and 10 more people injured in Southport, which would spark anti-immigration far right riots.

31st: A bus driver on 106 was fatally murdered outside duty in a stabbing incident in Stoke Newington, the suspect in a fit of road rage.

R70 sees it's own Kite electrics enter service on R70. These are later revealed in October to be financed by Asset Alliance Group on a 7-year lease, the first deal between them and TUK.

August

2nd: Go-Ahead plan on extending lease of Morden Wharf (MG) to 2047. Leased from Greenwich Council and allegedly built illegally.

Sullivan Buses surrenders all of it's TfL contracts (217 298 299/389/399 W9 and more) and South Mimms (SM) to be closed in favour of site in North Mymms (NM) which served as their engineering site. Interestingly it's on a separate operating license, which means that, when commercial services move there, it is immune.

Route 217 drivers were told to return mid-duty, service going from 8 buses in use to just 3 over the course of an hour.

Last 217: E48/E50 at 00:32... before scheduled end

Last 298: DS54 at 00:46

Last 299: AE15 at 00:33

Last 327: AE24 at 19:17

Last 389/399: SL90 at 14:18

Last 549: AE26 at 19:35

Last W9: AE23 at 00:30

3rd: Sullivans have quit TfL operations yesterday. Route 231 had extras as a result.

The following has happened within 10 hours notice, with services from 0900, so no buses prepared, no blinds or Electronic Ticketing Machine dutycards:

Route 217 operated by Arriva from Tottenham (AR) on emergency timetable

Route 298 operated by Uno on emergency timetable, not operating after 1800

Route 299 operated by Go-Ahead on emergency timetable (70% service) and spare diesel Enviro200s and some commerical E200s

Routes 327 389/399 suspended until further notice

As of noon, 327 to be operated by Metroline from Potters Bar (PB)

Route 549 operated by Stagecoach from West Ham (WH) albeit did not operate on this day. It uses it's old single-door bus 36037 and an old schedule, like it was never lost.

Route W9 operated by Stagecoach from Hackney (HK) and not Walthamstow (AW). First bus 37757 at 11:30

Overground rail replacement 720 (Harrow-on-the-Hill to Watford Junction) operated by RATP on emergency timetable

School routes 605 606 617 629 to be retendered before schools start in September. All won by Metroline.

Signs have been placed en-route to help drivers navigate, due to the short notice of the operations.

None of the services track on iBus/countdown as it takes 4-5 weeks to do so minimum.

None of these are contracted either, in a similar fashion to tube strikes these are £xxx paid by bus used.

Little to no fare revenue collected by TfL as a result. Well, minimal when buses ETM's logged into emergency mode.

A damning reddit posts reveals that Sullivans would've ended up owing TfL money due to how bad the performance of services was. What they could've earned in profit was outweighed by the fines they would incur from the lack of service operation. If you have forgotten, 298 and W9 would regularly have very minimal or no evening service.

The rail replacement 720 was using buses without Oyster readers (Thorpe Park buses and Hertfordshire buses) meaning TfL had no revenue from those buses. If a rail replacement service was meant to be every 10, it'd wind up being every 90 due to terrible service regulation and no service pilots or... becoming lost due to few drivers knowing the routes.

School buses would arrive in schools *after* school has ended and kids left.

Another further reveals the poor communication.

Vervatum "Please note as of Saturday 03rd August sullivan buses are no longer driving tfl routes so please do not come to work" great grammar and capitalisation. Great thanks and a send off to your now ex-employees.

There's more information on Sullivan Buses Fan Club on Facebook... than on his own site and socials.

Wages weren't paid, agency driver or not, for months.

Underfunded maintenance, hence many buses Vehicle Off Road and general shoddy condition of buses.

Drivers then told to take those buses out in their poor condition.

Toxic work environment due to managers. No wonder there were driver shortages as seen in 298 W9 poor performance.

All this culminated in lack of serviceable buses for a small rail job, and perhaps even their main services...

Sullivans had no facility to provide manual data compilation to TfL as automatic ones via ETM and iBus would often be incomplete (perhaps explains some 298 performance graph having blank instead of a number)

TfL also withheld £130,000 fee...

It doesn't look good if TfL already take individuals to court over £1.80!

Lastly, Sullivans Bus and Coach is into receivership... a step before liquidation.

Route 19/N19 moved from Tottenham (AR) to Stamford Hill (SF), buses being parked at SF in a similar fashion to 34 and 157 from last year and before.

5th: Metroline on 389/399 from Potters Bar (PB) on this day only

New Routemasters with mirrors replaced by camera mirrors, so far at Walworth (WL), bringing enhanced visibility when raining and in the night.

6th: Go-Ahead took over 389/399 using an available wheel-forward StreetLite.

7th: 7 days into UK riots, 423+ people arrested, many innocent civilians of colour harassed, many police injuries, with looting everywhere and damage everywhere. It has affected most cities in the UK with London being least affected at this point in time.

9th: A statement on TfL's side regarding Sullivan Buses. Sullivans operated only 82% of their services compared to 97% as a network average. Thereby affecting many Londoners with long gaps in service. Some school buses regularly failing to show up. TfL did enter discussions with Sullivans, and TfL decided to activate the contracts' break clause in a controlled manner. Though Sullivan beat them to it by giving up everything on that Friday at 4pm.

...By this point, nearer 600 people arrested in the UK riots and Police website banned outside UK to reduce false calls which distract the police force, with one hateful Facebook user arrested for his hate speech.

10th: 347 back on death row it seems. Seven months since TfL tried to kill 347 in a fusion of 346-347-497 but instead left 347 as-is with much outcry.

Go-Ahead received deliveries of Fastrack's new Irizar Tram buses, very identical to 358's buses.

15th: The 64 started conversion to electric ESs which will allow the 217 to use the Ts from 64.

16th: By this point one or few 299s have appeared on countdown, tracking

17th: Some ex-Sullivan routes appear on countdown and iBus in general. The 217 using ex-64 Enviro400s, the W9 with ex-W5 Solos (logos removed, perhaps about to be decommissioned) with the rest as status-quo from before. 

The 298 will start tracking from September. It's running a timetable running at every 30 mins on all hours of operation, instead of the previous every 40 (with some gaps).

Piccadilly Line part closures begin in preparation for it's newer trains. Wood Green to Cockfosters closed for two weeks. Reduced service between Wood Green and Acton Town (every 4 mins and 5 mins). No service from Rayners Lane to Uxbridge.

Route 259 moved from Edmonton (EC) to Tottenham (AR), it immediately started seeing conventional HVs - after being permanently operated with LTs for some years.

Route 217 went the other way, from Tottenham (AR) to Edmonton (EC).

243 W7 retained on this date

Imberbus 2024

19th: The most ambiguous tender award in recent history, the much delayed route 18 award. Vehicle type To Be Confirmed, Peak Vehicle Requirement also TBC, Contract end date also TBC. Seems 18 didn't receive another bidder in addition to TfL and RATP perhaps not budging in their negotiations.

20th: Rhys Hand, responsible for many collapsed bus operations (CityFox, Foxstar, Transpora SW) has had his operating license banned for 5 years.

23rd: Traffic Commissioner summons Sullivan Buses in September

24th: Route 217 restored to frequency (every 12 M-Sat, already 20 on Sunday/evenings).

A casual comment reveals N271 is numbered as N263 on tender (as 263/N263), though in the eyes of the public might remain N271, who knows.

5 15 50 115 130 194 250 255 320 410 retained on this date

25th: New carnival route: 7X (East Acton to Paddington) it is a limited stop service stopping at some stops, as opposed to 36X and previous services that stop all-stops for a portion then a non-stop section.

A shame 2X remains dead, joining the history book martyrs of 205X and 436X.

Among the diversions of regular routes, 18 receives extras operating from Stonebridge Park to Baker Street in the Carnival afternoon/evening.

29th: A harrowing reveal is Peter Hendy having had relations with a prostitute where he gifted her £10 topped-up Oysters which she had no use for as she did not use public transport. Amazing £140 per hour... perhaps these could've been buried if he didn't sack someone for simply doing health and safety properly.

31st: New route 310 (Stamford Hill to Golders Green) begins it's 1-year contract today albeit starting tomorrow, operated by Stagecoach using 8 existing diesel single decks released from 165 temporary double deck conversion with released ex-86 Enviro400s. Interestingly out of the two bids Stagecoach were a higher bidder, though have newer buses than what is assumed to be Metroline, and offered a sooner start date. This was announced exactly a month prior. This was the promised route from Khan's pledge for a bus route linking areas that weren't linked before, which were also asked many times in history, and will link major Jewish communities.

  It should be noted 310 only operates from 0700-1900 with a frequency of every 20 minutes

To source buses, route 165 has converted to double deckers, allowing it's E200MMCs to be used on new 310.

663 changed back to Arriva from Go-Ahead with a rather expensive bid but down to the massive joint-bid that it was accepted back to Thornton Heath (TH) under electric operation.

Another homecoming, 640 lost by Sullivans, won by Metroline

Last 640: E41 at 16:50

Last 663: WHV46 at 08:10

First 310: see next day

First 640: VWH2197 at 07:30

First 663: ES19 at 07:45

Route 299 Mon-Sat daytime frequency restored (to every 15, from temporary every 20).

New school route 618 from Ivybridge Estate to Osterley Tesco, operated by Transport UK group. First bus: 2559 at 07:58

The 20 moved from Walthamstow Avenue (AW) to Leyton (T)

66 90 289 314 retained on this date

September

1st: Actual 310 start day due to concerns of awkwardness starting the route on Sabbath which is Saturday.

First bus: 37769 and 37536 at 07:00

2nd: Transport UK group has repaid it's debt to former shareholdere (£36million full-recourse and £56million non-recourse). 

Go-Ahead's Australian-Spanish owners have replaced their management and supervisors leading to ex-Go-Ahead Managing Director David Cutts has taken helm in TUK as Managing Director who has taken on some ex-GAL staff. Nigel Wood now at RATP has also taken some ex-GAL staff too.

TfL suffered a cyber security issue leading to tender email delivered late albeit operators released notices internally as normal.

3rd: Sights of RATP having a Transport UK Kite Electroliner at Fulwell (TF) and a BYD BD11 at Hounslow Heath (WK)

5th: To make move for 99/269/401 new Go-Ahead wins at Bexleyheath (BX), routes 244 486 624 625 658 move to Morden Wharf (MG) in the coming months.

7th: Wanstead/Woodford restructures date! 549 withdrawn (see W14). W12 revised to operate as Walthamstow to Woodford Bridge using longer 9.6m E200s borrowed from W19 - W19 itself part converted to longer 10.2m E200s available. W13 extended to Leyton Mills (replacing W14 which is cut from there) transferred from Hackney (HK) to Lea Interchange (LI) using ex-W14 12/64-reg E200s. W14 revised to operate as Loughton to Whipps Cross (partially replacing rerouted W12, fully replacing withdrawn 549.

Last 549: 36261 at 19:42

Last old W12: 47906 at 00:40

Last old W14: 37571 at 00:54

First new W12: 37731 at 05:30

First new W14: 36340 at 06:00

To help source vehicles for the changes;

296 from 10.8m E200s to E200MMCs > ex-366 10.2m E200s on W19

W12 from 8.5m Solos to 9.7m E200s ex-W19

W13 from 10.9m MMCs to 10.8m classics ex-W14

W14 Enviro200 classic spare, ex-P4

W19 from mostly 9.6m E200s to part 10.2m classic > some 9.6m to W12.

117 395 H13 retained on this date

10th: Sullivan Buses questioned by Traffic Commisioner.

Route 697 changes over from RATP to Metroline. Other takeovers from Sullivans to Metroline all in service today (exceptions for a few that started a week before)

Last 697: VH45168 and VH45300 at 16:20

First 697: TE1098 at 07:27

First 605: BDE2761 at 07:59

First 606: TE1743 at 07:18

First 617: VW1468 at 07:40

First 629: VW1406 at 07:15

11th: Go-Ahead BYD BD11 spotted with top half in white, for a Superloop route... should be SL4.

12th: Stagecoach smart hybrid Enviro400 MMC 11066 gains a livery very similar to East London Ambassador 12400. 11066 is now Selkent Diplomat.

13th: Sullivan Buses and Coach Ltd has entired liquidation. Sullivan Buses Engineering is fine in the meantime.

14th: London Bus Museum running day on bus route 61. ADL E400EV at Bromley (TB).

222 retained on this date

Go-Ahead Enviro200 184 involved in an accident whilst on route 138.

15th: Ethiopia becomes the first country in the world to ban imports of combustion vehicles (diesel/petrol), whilst having only one electric charging place in it's capital Addis Ababa. The country is also low on foreign reserve currency and people experience queues waiting for fuel as there are shortages sometimes.

Welsh drivers demand 1500 roads reverted from 20mph to 30mph, roughly 7 in 10 residents

17th: New round of Oxford Street pedestrianisation plan, this time Westminster council is Labour-run instead of Conservative, and may go ahead... the council wasn't informed and were just as surprised as other readers. If businesses were supportive before but now see the reduction of buses as a negative to the business since then... they'd be geniuses to support again. Now what Oxford Street could do with it actual cafes and restaurants visible on the main street and shops and maybe a cinema so people will regularly visit. Anything similar to what Bluewater and Westfields have to make Oxford Street a great destination again. Hamburg for it's 'pedestrianised' city centre street is closed to regular traffic except buses which are at very low speeds. Some French cities have electric minibus shuttles for those who have difficulty or don't desire to walk, the option is there.

Sullivan Buses owe HMRC £1.3 million and to TfL they owe £367 thousand.

19th: By this point, Grays (GY) received some diesel Enviro400s for 370's frequency increase upon contract renewal. Several DB300s at the garage off-road by this point leaving one spare but that's fine.

20th: Apparently Morden Wharf (MG) will be replaced by a new garage on Warspite Road in Woolwich.

Go-Ahead SEe196 crashed into a shop in Raynes Park, the bus damaged quite a bit, especially at the front.

21st: W9 won by Metroline from Sullivan Buses who quit London. In the meantime, operated by Stagecoach using spare 9.6m buses aided by decommisioned ex-W5 short Solos.

210 retained on this date

Metroline have withdrawn from operating Hertfordshire's route 305, perhaps putting an end to the short DES fleet of Enviro200(s).

23rd: By this point, Wandsworth Council and Roehampton University have been operating a free bus that mirrors 265 between Roehampton Vale Asda and Putney Bridge. Since takeover from RATP  to Go-Ahead, the 265 has become notably more unreliable, enough to have a news article.

25th: On change.org there is a petition regarding route 65's poor performance, especially at the Ealing end.

27th: More BYD BD11s spotted for Go-Ahead, this time, it's EBD2.

Earth will have a temporary new moon for two months

28th: 4 131 411 retained on this date

October

2nd: 47 to convert to Electroliners, driver training underway, these buses likely the ones meant for 257 but can't utilise as Leyton (T) is not electrified yet.

3rd: Arriva Edmonton (EC) apparently had three buses crash inside, DW225 DW540 and T206.

ADL's press release said the second ever ADL E100EV order for London, Go-Ahead the first publicly confirmed London order of ADL E100EVs, 32 due to Orpington (MB) for 233 R1 R3 R4 R8

4th: United Kingdom frees another colonial possession, Chagos Islands, returned to Maruitius. Ending a half-century dispute. The UK is also the first advanced country to completely ditch coal power with the closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station..

5th: 201 661 retained on this date

Transport UK's Southall (GW) also saw buses crash inside it's garage, bus 2522 along with two electric Kites. In addition, an Enviro400 and an Enviro400 MMC from the same company crashed in Hayes. This totals 5 buses crashed on the same day.

6th: Two orders for Wright buses, route 247 with Electroliners for Stagecoach. Route 33 with Kite Electroliners for RATP.

8th: Water companies to pay back the millions they owe their customers in the form of lower bills. Over a £100 million, of them Thames Water owes it's customers £57 million.

Go-Ahead Group's Wrightbus order was so large it ended up on BBC News. 43 of the buses hydrogen for Metrobus but the rest of the 1200 to be electric buses. Some years of this massive order 'predominantly' dedicated to London. Furthermore, Wright will have a dedicated production line for Go-Ahead. 

9th: Arriva Brixton (BN) sees it's BYD Enviro400EVs grounded for four hours of the morning, resulting in limited service on 319 using as many Electroliners as possible.

Arriva Kite Electroliner EKL1 spotted at RATP's Fulwell (FW), then promptly at it's company at Norwood (N).

10th: Reports of Colindale tube station closure spelling disaster for passengers. This is due to inadequate rail replacement NL-6 (Colindale to Hendon Central) which only runs during peak hours and not that frequent (using two buses). Buses on 186 would be crowded enough to have standees on the upper deck. Buses on 324 are also woefully crowded. Apparently three extra buses were added to NL-6's schedule, though that's still a moot issue.

An Arriva DWxxx had an infighting with a lampost.

11th: Details of ADL's new Enviro200EV revealed. Lengths in 9.9m 10.4m (TfL) 10.9m 11.7m. Width at 2.47m. These use more normal Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries unlike the E100EV/E400EV which use newer and tighter-packed Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt batteries. There wasn't space concerns on the E200EV due to plentiful roof space. The new E200EV is also shorter in height, allowing for weight savings. Smaller wheels like on the E100EV are usable too. Gross Vehicle Weight of 17200kg. Use of Voith Electrical Drive system, standard medium and a heavy-duty traction package for higher speeds or demanding routes.

Arriva DWxxx crashed into multiple cars in Croydon.

13th: New discovery! Christopher Colombus may have been a Spaniard of Jewish descent and born in Valencia... and not Genoa.

12th: 103 150 175 257 retained on this date

14th: A new 2024 tube stock for the Piccadilly Line has already been graffitied.

15th: Arriva North East bus driver aged 86 has retired, having worked for 55 years mostly at defunct OK Travel, then with Arriva since 2006. He was treated to celebration and a cake.

17th: Elizabeth Line has won a national architectural award, Sterling Award.

The previous government who scrapped HS2 north of Birmingham, the current government who pledged not to reinstate that, has now reinstated plan 2a - to Crewe. Not quite Manchester, but it is better. Analysis states the extension to Crewe will repay itself. This phase to Crewe will not be built by HS2 Ltd, but be built by a private consortium.

Brighton & Hove buy 9 of Sullivan Buses' Enviro400 MMCs previously used on route 217. Refurbished and will retain dual doors, replacing Volvo B5LHs on Brighton route 2.

18th: Plans to convert Transport UK Group's 2618 - a hybrid E40H MMC into an electric bus has been cancelled. This is due to the tender loss of 196 to Arriva which will start it's contract next year.

19th: King's Cross (KC) coming back next month...

BYD BD11E02 buses for 321 started appearing at New Cross (NX), for now EBD8. A few more entered the UK with the distinct white roof - these are for SL4. A few more red ones without garage codes believed to be for East for 101 or 473. Fleetnumbers for routes 321 333 101 473 SL4 all confirmed (EBD1-18/19-34/35-44/45-54-55-75). The 321 rumoured long ago to have on order Ee264-283 and 333 rumoured to have Ee275-291 have turned out to be false

22 retained on this date

22nd: Routes 30 205 consultation The 30 cut back to Euston. The 205 rerouted at Baker Street to Marble Arch. The 27 with various extra journeys in early mornings and late evenings on all days of week.

24th: More BYD BD11s spotted in China (these BYDs are all manufactured in Huangzhou), for Metroline! These are coded BDEs, which caused rumours that routes 90 and others would receive E400EVs - this turned out to be false. Also spotted is what's believed to be the demonstrator B12 bus, with it's red TfL livery. These BYDs also sport dual-gun charging and fast charging, among other features, lighter chassis, etcetera.

25th: Metroline announces deregistering commercial Hertfordshire route 242. This is only a few years after also letting go of 84.

Go-Ahead have bought more Sullivan Buses - AE26 one example, a 9.7m Enviro200 MMC contracted for W9. Joined by seemingly ex-airport Citaros. These will all be on Fastrack, which was intended to start service with 358's Citaros but now it's a bleak reality, Fastrack also has Irizar Trams on order just like 358, so they'll enter service later. Kent County Council used Bromley Bus Preservation Group's MAL15, an articulated Citaro O530G, to test Fastrack infrastructure, proving to be a success.

26th: In what could be a health and safety issue following the accidents in Victoria Bus Station, 14 and 37 are curtailed at Lytton Grove instead of Putney Heath Green Man. Lights are being changed at that bus station bus stands too, leaving no answer of this being a temporary or permanent change.

U1/U2 U3 U4 retained on this date

28th: Two new consultations: 343 cut back from Aldgate to Tower Gateway and 224 reroute in Twyford Abbey .

TUK's Electroliner, perhaps 3001, lost an offside rear wheel whilst on a diversion on 111 in Heston.

29th: The new iBus system being trialled in iBus rooms on routes 53 86 and 241, with added artificial intelligence input, to give drivers instructions to wait in regards to maintaining headway.

Poppy bus candidate for TUK is Electroliner 3031. Go-Ahead's candidate is EP4. RATP chose BCE47075.

Ancient Mayan city, the largest known, has been discovered in Mexico by accident.

New consultation: Bus lane on Bromley Road A21 for routes 47 136 171 199 etc

November

1st: Yesterday, perhaps linked to Halloween or not, Rainham has seen an escalation of bus attacks due to ULEZ (which started off with just destroying cameras)... an attempt of damage has been done to a 372 whilst fireworks were launched at a 287.

Rumoured bus orders that were quickly debunked; 52 BYDs rumoured for Stagecoach for 169 and 425 (a little too much buses, must've forgotten to fake 287 too); 23 Electroliners rumoured for Arriva's 41, 47 BZLs rumoured for Arriva's 405 and 466 (when the entire garage of double deck routes need new, singling these two when Thornton Heath wasn't is another telling sign). Rumour also mentions redeployment of 279s electrics to routes 50 and 250 at Brixton (BN) and Thornton Heath (TH)... debunked in the end but nicely timed fresh after a tender release.

2nd: 370 627 retained on this date

Stagecoach's pick for Poppy Bus is their Volvo BZL 86181, new for D7 but in service at Lea Interchange (LI)

3rd: Optare Metrocity 8.7m YJ74DGF spurred confusion as it is a demonstrator, in red, turned up at West Ham (WH), for Stagecoach, who have the type in service anyways. The confusion was involving a suspected hidden order of S3 which is still using diesel buses on it's electric contract with no sign of electric buses on the horizon.

4th: Consultation on 452 cutback to Notting Hill.

6th: Donald Trump is confirmed to be the 47th President of the United States of America, beating Kamala Harris by a decent margin in both electoral votes and popular votes.

An article reveals London Fire Brigade safety issues over the bus garage rebuild in Edgware from electric bus fire risk, on it's own it's not too terrible but in addition to the shopping centre built above... it spells mayhem.

Wrightbus have purchased the bus refurbishment company, RGI Bus and Coach.

First to become a Flixbus coach operator next year with the new Yutong G12 coaches being based at their depots. This follows after acquisitions of family coach operations Lakeside Group and Anderson Travel

7th: ASLEF tube strike

First have switched their order of buses back to Wright. Reportedly their electrics are £430K per bus, whilst the integral BYD BD11 as low as £400K. The average electric bus price at £500K, though the integral E400EV is allegedly nearer £600K.

9th: 34 176 188 192 419 SL1 retained on this date

12th: Birmingham NEC event, BYD unveils their 11.8m B12 single deck electric alongside the known 10.9m BD11 double deck electric.

ASLEF second tube strike CALLED OFF

Better buses for Putney and Roehampton petition has started, this follows on Wandsworth Council and Roehampton University modifying one of their bus services to be free to all as an alternative to woefully unreliable 265.

14th: Overcrowding reports at Ruislip Lido, with extra demand and even more parked cars than previous year.

16th: Route 217 starts it's one-year temporary contract with Go-Ahead from Northumberland Park (NP) using diesel ex-First B9TLs from route 131 which were new to the very depot 217 is now operated from. Sullivan Buses quitting London operations meant Arriva operated the route, and even on short notice have operated it noticeably better than Sullivans have.

Likewise route W9 starts it's new 3-year contract also with diesels, these being available Enviro200s. Operated by Metroline from Potters Bar (PB).

Last 217: DW225 at 01:14

Last W9: Unknown

First 217: WVN45 at 04:30

First W9: DE1641 at 06:11

257 temporarily moved from Leyton (T) to Lea Interchange (LI)

17th: Yesterday, SL2 had a pair of stops on Royal Dock Road go live, which were meant to be during introduction of the route last year. 

A few days ago, the updated Cronwell Road Bus Station in Kingston has opened, it's architectural design is very similar to West Croydon (circa 2016-Present). It doesn't have much Passenger Announcement systems, deliberately has no countdown screens by choice of TfL and developers it seems... despite being pleaded to for the sake of passengers - poor, there are infrequent routes, no public toilets - not ideal. Even signage for drivers to know where to park their bus had to be done afterwards.

18th: Now until 20th December, routs 146 cut from Downe to Keston due to water works. Shuttle minibus 546 from Downe to Keston (operated by Ensign) to allow connection onwards to/from Bromley.

An agency driver delivering a new BYD BD11 was caught using a phone whilst driving on the M25.

20th: Yesterday it was rumoured an Irizar would enter service on 358... it was true! IE6 was the third bus in service starting from Crystal Palace. It only took 4 years into an extendable 5 year contract.

Stagecoach 10196 on route 145 lost it's roof... to a tree?

21st: It turns out the Irizar IE Tram buses on 358 may have a shorter range than alternatives that didn't require infrastructure built (and in British fashion, completed much later than intended), the range seems to be 60 miles (around 3 rounders of 358) though in some cases may be as little as 35 miles (1.5 rounders).

Enfield (E) receives an Electroliner for 279, ES63.

22nd: Yesterday Wrightbus started offering a 6-cylinder Cummins engine option on the diesel Wright StreetDeck Ultroliner. Rumours say it's because of an order for buses that fell through due to difficulty obtaining a high quantity of 6-cylinder OM936 engines in a timely manner. This Cummins engine will be paired with a Voith BIWA.8 7-speed automatic. This type, with this engine and gearbox setup, is considered as Ultra Low Emission. Wright also state the Cummins diesel engine can be swapped for a Cummins hydrogen engine mid-life. Of couree, the OM934 remains an option on the bus type.

23rd: Arriva terminate route 248's contract early.

27th: New! The completely To-Be-Confirmed 18/N18 tender award has details spilled. New electrics for 18, the N18 to remain hybrid until 2030. RATP were the sole bidder, bidding for £16.7 million!

Metroline started temporary part conversion of route 31 to electrics releases from Holloway (HT) in preparation of 266 moving from RATP to Metroline as it's new electric buses will be late.

28th: Rail Nationalisation Act received royal assent. This means it will definitely happen in future. Worth noting some companies can only be done as early as next year, these being South Western Railway by May 2025, Great Western Railway by June 2025, the c2c by July 2025 and 

30th: Mothballed King's Cross (KC) is back but solely for cleaning and overnight parking of buses on 30 and 274. A satellite garage. This is due to the transfer of 153 and C11 into Holloway (HT).

Route 298 started it's contract with Uno, brought forward from intended 3 February 2025. Full service is restored to regularly every 20 minutes Monday-Saturday.

A number of BYD BD11s for both Go-Ahead and Metroline stored in a site near RATP's Park Royal (RP).

December

3rd: South Western Railway confirmed to be renationalised as the first example under Great British Railways from May 2025.

4th: The quickest a President has become unemployed happened in South Korea. He enacted Emergency Martial Law (President takes full control over country and can arrest *anyone* on South Korean soil without approval from anyone, and immediately. TLDR: full power dictatorship) in the evening (in his no-prior notice address, to 'reign in the country from corrupt politicans'), within mere moments the population raced out to protest, a confidence vote of 190-0 against the martial law (unanimous decision!). The martial law only lasted a few hours, many South Koreans would be asleep through this entire chaos and wake up after it's been resolved.

7th: The 266 returns to Metroline, lost by RATP. Electric buses late is the norm, so, diesel VWs have been drafted in alongside VMHs from 31 part-electrification as well as 113. The 266 operating from Cricklewood (W) whom has lost the route many times to a depot located more central to the route around Harlesden. Alas, poorer service and regulation no more moving forward, hopefully.

Last N266: ADH45044 at 06:02

Last 266: VH45118 at 00:50

First N266: VMH2445 at 00:09

First 266: VWH2023 at 05:20

Route 336 received fixed stops along it's entire Hail & Ride sections, so Bellingham and Downham now.

6 88 98 355 360 retained on this date

Brixton (BN) suffered lower electricity in their buses, needing to charge at Thornton Heath (TH) whilst 417 converted to spare LTs and had lost mileage, the 50 had some B5LH Gemini 2's drafted from Norwood (N). Bus2grid is the source of this, the other garage to have this feature is Northumberland Park (NP) which is in an industrial area right next to the Victoria Line depot, in theory NP is more resilient than BN in a more residential area.

Blackpool Heritage Trams suspended indefinitely due to safety and general maintenance of the fleet.

10th: Bombshell news, First Group have bought the entirety of RATP's non-tourist London bus operations with 10 bus depots (V FW AV S are owned), RATP Dev Transit London, for £90 million (Stagecoach purchased Lea Interchange depot for £22 million!) The French company have £45 million in debt so far, and have successfully negotiated the tender of 18 to still be very profitable, though have lost 258 from the similarly high bid. In any case, London accounts to 46% of UK's bus market, so First Group have wanted to return for a while. Other parts of the UK adopting franchising has meant First would have to accept this - they lost some work in Manchester, after all, in future will also have to compete in another area they co-dominate. The stability of London is also cited in First Group's public statement. Only 40% of the bus routes are profitable, meaning 60% are loss making, with the early tender terminations and retentions at a more reasonable price (and routes lost, 28 C3 655) included in this statistic. Yikes. The transfer of ownership will happen by the end of the first half of 2025.

Transport UK Group take over 655 from RATP, the 655 had a one bidder result. ADL E40H 2442 has been transferred to Beddington Cross (BC) for the route.

Last 655: ADE40492 at 15:51

First 655: 2442 at 08:06

15th: Go-Ahead EH343 on 197 struck the low bridge in Norwood Junction whilst in service.

16th: Metroline's BYD BD11 buses stored in Hayes (HZ) in the meantime.

17th: Route 358's 5 year extendable (to 7) contract has been further extended to April 2029, making it a 9 year contract that started in September 2020. No doubt this is due to the trialled Irizar IE Tram buses. It has also been revealed not long prior via a Freedom Of Information request that S3's contract has been negotiated for it to use existing diesels instead of electric buses as it was awarded with.

22nd: First Glasgow apparently returned some of their BYD Enviro200EVs to ADL for repairs due to corrosion on the roof where the battery meets, with water leaking into the saloon.

23rd: Metroline's first batch of BDEs have also been charged at Potters Bar (PB) recently.

24th: The first BYD B11Ds to enter service are EBD25 and EBD26 at Orpington (MB) on route 320. Talk about a Christmas present. These are buses meant for route 333, the reason for this is to release the diesel E400s for incoming wins 99 269 401 ar Bexleyheath (BX).

Kentish Town Northern Line station opens after it's 18-month closure for repairs.

Arriva HV204 reversed into a wall whilst on route W3, the rear windows have broken.

27th: Metroline's Kites for routes 153 C11 have started arriving at Holloway (HT), these are 10.2m, noticeably shorter than the 10.9m models (as we've seen with 255's 10.2m EKLs) when compared with TUK's first two batches. The 143's Kites have also started arriving.

Go-Ahead WVN42 and Arriva DW562 had a collision in Turnpike Lane bus station.

29th: Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 plane crashed, of all 181 onboard, 179 died with 2 cabin crew surviving. The crashed plane is almost unrecognisable in shape from it's horrible accident. Traffic controllers warned of a bird strike just prior to this accident unfolding. The plane landed on the runway but skid, crashed into a wall, becoming a fiery furnace right afterward.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States of America, has passed away at age 100. He's lived through the rise of communist regimes and lived through their collapse (the Soviet Union propped up 7 years before his birth, collapsed in 1991). He's also witnessed his country's invasion of Afghanistan and them leaving the country after 20 years of occupation only to end up very similar to pre-Soviet and pre-American influence.

30th: Metroline WHD2714 had a car hit the bus' rear doors whilst on route 245.

31st: Stagecoach Electroliners 82065-67 at Leyton (T) for type training, as the 257 has the type ordered for it and they are delivered.

Among many Arriva buses scrapped very recently were EMC12-14, the early batch of Optate Metrocities for H98 which were transferred to 312. Enviro400 T162 had engine knock, which typically sells the fate of such damaged Cummins engine vehicles to the scrapheap.

Go-Ahead EH299 (in Prezee advertisement wrap) hit a tree whilst on 77 in the final hours of the year.

Among New Years extras and specials, is a notable lack of overnight services in some suburbs. The N15 truncated to Aldgate instead of last year's Trafalgar Square. N271 received extras for the first time between 2200 and 2400 hours, likely down to reroute of the 21.

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Obligatory ULEZ diesel workings list of 2024 (to the best of my knowledge);

01/01/24 10198 on 53 from 17:50 to 20:02

10/01/24 10114 on 53 from 19:10 to 21:29

28/01/24 9525 on N133 from 01:45 to 03:26

20/02/24 9524 on 133 from 15:20 to 23:51

21/02/24 19746 on 53 from 19:10 to 20:08

12/03/24 9524 on 133 from 07:40 to 21:30

14/03/24 9524 on 196 from 05:45 to 08:41

               9525 on 196 from 05:45 to 00:02 on 15/03/24

15/03/24 9519 on 344 from 05:00 to 00:52 on 16/03/24

16/03/24 E212 on N15 from 01:08 to 05:56

               9525 on 133 from 13:40 to 01:30 on 17/03/24

20/03/24 9525 on 196 from 15:30 to 20:28

23/03/24 9525 on 133 from 11:48 to 22:37

27/03/24 9525 on 196 from 08:20 to 22:39

28/03/24 9524 on 196 from 08:00 to 21:15

               9525 on 196 from 06:45 to 19:49

16/04/24 9525 on 196 from 17:10 to 19:00

27/04/24 9524 on 196 from 05:30 to 19:10

                 9525 on 196 from 10:00 to 23:45

30/04/24 9524 on 196 from 07:15 to 23:15

03/05/24 9519 on 344 from 19:20 to 22:45

09/05/24 9519 on 344 from 22:00 to 23:45

14/05/24 9525 on 196 from 07:00 to 00:10 on 15/05/24

15/05/24 E181 on 171 from 15:40 to 18:20

15/05/24 E184 on 172 from 14:50 to 00:45 on 16/05/24

16/05/24 E179 on 172 from 15:00 to 18:53

 

24/05/24 E250 on 171 from 15:40 to 23:49

                          on N171 from 00:10 to 05:13

06/06/24 E204 on 171 from 15:40 to 18:10

03/07/24 E206 on 171 from 15:50 to 18:23

17/07/24 9524 on 196 from 06:54 to 00:15 on 18/07/24

24/07/24 19794 on 26 from 16:50 to 19:41

26/07/24 19870 on 56 from 17:40 to 20:48

03/08/24 9524 on 196 from 10:00 to 13:30

06/08/24 9524 on 196 from 06:00 to 12:56

09/08/24 9524 on 344 from 07:15 to 16:32

10/08/24 9524 on 196 from 06:30 to 11:40

16/08/24 9524 on 344 from 05:45 to 10:40

                9524 on 196 from 13:30 to 20:30

19/08/24 9524 on 196 from 05:38 to 18:40

21/08/24 9524 on 196 from 06:00 to ...01:45? on 22/08/24

22/08/24 E193 on N15 from 01:22 to 03:44

                E212 on N15 from 01:53 to 02:54

                WVN17 on N91 from 04:30 to 05:39

            WVN17 on 91 from 05:49 to 00:32 on 23/08/24

                9524 on 196 from 06:00 to 09:50

23/08/24 9524 on 196 from 05:45 to 13:25

                9524 on 344 from 15:40 to 21:26

24/08/24 9524 on 196 from 06:30 to 14:19

28/08/24 9524 on 196 from 07:30 to 13:00

30/08/24 E189 on N15 from 01:57 to 02:16 ...

08/09/24 9524 on 196 from 09:30 to 17:00

11/09/24 9524 on 196 from 06:15 to 09:30 and 17:00 to 19:31

17/09/24 9524 on 196 from 09:40 to 22:45

19/09/24 9524 on 196 from 15:59 to 20:22

26/09/24 9524 on 196 from 06:45 to 20:01

27/09/24 9524 on 196 from 06:15 to 07:44

10/11/24 19785 on 26

21/11/24 VDW41008 on 23 from 00:15 to 01:55

25/11/24 9524 on 196 from 08:29 to 12:54

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PVR changes 2024 spreadsheet!

That was 2024 folks. What is your new year's resolution? Set a goal for yourself that you can achieve. Like being healthier, or visiting another country, going on a hike, stop wasting your life in your bedroom doing nothing meaningful until you're 50 with grey hair an-

Work hard, study well, eat and sleep plenty. The turtle hermit way.

You're never alone.

With that said, bless you, until the next one, stay safe!