Unorm's London Bus Blog: A whole rennovation, 322, 415, 432 and G1 receive newer buses.

This post will mention 415, 432, 322 and G1, which had their service changes in the February-May corridor.

Let's start with the earliest of changes.

Route 415:

DLA227 (X427FGP) by Brixton Police Station

DLA273 (Y473UGC) also passing Brixton Police Station
but towards Elephant & Castle

Created on 3rd March 2008 to reroute 333 to Stockwell as residents on the Brixton Hill corridor desperately needed one and replaced the 333 between Brixton to Kennington via Brixton Road aswell as create a new link to Elephant & Castle from Tulse Hill estate which would increase the amount of buses passing along the Tulse Hill section which was from 12.5bph offpeak and 17.5bph peak to 17.5bph offpeak and 20bph peak.

VLA22 (LJ53BFL) by Tulse Hill Tavern

Abellio 2404 (SN61DFU) used on 415's first day with Abelliobecause there were only 2 MMCs ready for service.

Arriva lost the contract of this route for bidding the route with existing Euro2 DLAs.

Route 432:

Arriva London VLA2 (LJ03MYR) nearby the old West Norwood Fire Station

VLA75 (LJ54BEO) by West Norwood Library

Created on 15th February 2003 to replace the congested section of route 2 between West Norwood Bus Garage and Crystal Palace. By 26 July 2003, it got extended to Anerley to open up some links and free some space at Crystal Palace Bus Station. By 2nd April 2005, the route was given low floor buses in the form of a mixture of Alexander ALX400 bodied Volvo B7TL 10m/10.6m (VLA) and DAF DB250LF 10.2m (DLA) buses, formerly allocated Leyland Titans (L). In 2014, it was announced Arriva have lost the route, and were rumours about it being bidded with existing VLAs (by Arriva), however the successful bidder of the route was Go-Ahead London General with existing 60/61reg Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TL (WVL380-4/435-9) from route 12 which received New Routemasters.

Go-Ahead London General WVL382 (LX60DXP) leaving and WVL439 (LJ61GWY) on stand at Anerley Station

Fleetlist for both routes 432 and 415

Old fleetlist <-> Abellio 415 fleetlist <-> Go-Ahead 432 fleetlist

WARNING: Most of the VLAs are allocated to 2, 176 and 417, but are all mentioned as they stray on all of N's routes. Blue font denotes SDO journey on 432.

DLA173 W473WGJ - VLA1 LJ03MYP - WVL380 LX60DXM - 2400 YY64GXG

DLA207 W407WGJ - VLA2 LJ03MYR - WVL381 LX60DXO - 2514 YY64TZO

DLA210 W438WGJ - VLA3 LJ03MYS - WVL382 LX60DXP - 2515 YX15OWD

DLA227 X427FGP -VLA4 LJ03MYT - WVL383 LX60DXR - 2516 YX15OWE

DLA233 X433FGP - VLA5 LJ03MYV - WVL384 LX60DXS - 2517 YX15OWF

DLA235 X435FGP - VLA6 LJ03MYW - WVL385 LX60DXT - 2518 YX15OWG

DLA253 X453FGP - VLA7 LJ03MXX - WVL435 LJ61GWU - 2519 YX15OWH

DLA254 X454FGP - VLA8 LJ03MXY - WVL436 LJ61GWV - 2520 YX15OWJ

DLA255 X507GGO - VLA9 LJ03MXZ - WVL437 LJ61GWW - 2521 YX15OWK

DLA273 Y473UGC - VLA10 LJ03MYA - WVL438 LJ61GWX - 2522 YX15OWM

DLA275 Y475UGC - VLA11 LJ03MYB - WVL439 LJ61GWY

DLA315 Y529UGC - VLA12 LJ03MYC - E121 LX09FBU

DLA316 Y316UGC - VLA13 LJ03MYD - E122 LX09FBV

VLA14 LJ03MYF - E123 LX09FBY

VLA15 LJ03MYH - E124 LX09FBZ

VLA16 LJ03MYK - E125 LX09FCC

VLA17 LJ03MYL - E126 LX09FCD

VLA18 LJ03MYM - E127 LX09FCE

VLA19 LJ03MYN - E163 SN61BGF

VLA20 LJ03MYP - E164 SN61BGK

VLA21 LJ53BFK- E165 SN61BGO

VLA22 LJ53BFL - E166 SN61BGU

VLA23 LJ53BFM - E167 SN61BGV

VLA24 LJ53BFN - E168 SN61BGX

VLA25 LJ53BFO - E169 SN61BGY

VLA26 LJ53BCZ - E170 SN61BGZ

VLA27 L53BDE - E171 SN61BHA

VLA28 LJ53BDF - E172 SN61BHD

VLA29 LJ53BDO - E173 SN61BGE

VLA30 LJ53BDU - E174 SN61BHE

VLA31 LJ53BDV - E175 SN61BHF

VLA32 LJ53BDX - E176 SN61BHJ

VLA33 LJ53BDY - E177 SN61BHK

VLA34 LJ53BDZ - E178 SN61BHL

VLA35 LJ53BEO - E179 SN61BHO

VLA36 LJ53BBV- E180 SN61BHP

VLA37 LJ53BBX - E181 SN61BHU

VLA38 LJ53BBZ - E182 SN61BHV

VLA39 LJ53BCF - E183 SN61BHW

VLA40 LJ53BCK - E184 SN61BHX

VLA41 LJ53BCO - E185 SN61BHY

VLA42 LJ53BCU - E186 SN61BHZ

VLA43 LJ53BCV- E187 SN61BJE

VLA44 LJ53BCX - E188 SN61BJF

VLA45 LJ53BCY - E189 SN61BJJ

VLA46 LJ53BAA - E190 SN61BJK

VLA47 LJ53BAO - E191 SN61BJO

VLA48 LJ53BAU - E192 SN61BJU

VLA49 LJ53BAV - E193 SN61BJV

VLA50 LJ53BBE - E194 SN61BJX

VLA51 LJ53BBF - E195 SN61BJY

VLA52 LJ53BBK - E196 SN61BJZ

VLA53 LJ53BBN - E197 SN61BKA

VLA54 LJ53BBO - E198 SN61BKD

VLA55 LJ53BBU - E199 SN61BKE

VLA56 LJ04LFL - E200 SN61BKF

VLA57 LJ04LFM - E201 SN61BKG

VLA58 LJ04LFN

VLA59 LJ04LFP - VLA60 LJ04LFR - VLA61 LJ04LFS - VLA62 LJ04LFT

VLA63 LJ04YWS - VLA64 LJ04YWT - VLA65 LJ04YWU - VLA66 LJ04YWV

VLA67 LJ04YWW - VLA68 LJ04YWX - VLA69 LJ04YWY - VLA70 LJ04YWZ

VLA71 LJ04YXA - VLA72 LJ04YXB - VLA73 LJ04YXE - VLA74 LJ54BGO

VLA75 LJ54BEO - VLA76 LJ54BEU - VLA77 LJ54BFA - VLA78 LJ54BFE

We come to the menaces 322 and G1, with the last standard Enviro200s in London aswell as the second 15-reg Enviro200s Go-Ahead London have ordered (first being SE232-4 for W19 to replace the elderly DWs on the route from 201 which covered a PVR increase)

Route 322:

Abellio 8037 (BU05HFX) by West Norwood Cemetary in April 2014

To see the route's past go to either link (londonbuses.co.uk) or (londonbusroutes.net)

By 01/05/10, Connex won the route as Travel London then branding themselves as Abellio won the franchise from National Express, Travel London decided to use existing buses from G1 (8024-37 with most gone elsewhere and 8033 sent to TF) which meant that the contract, which specified new buses was an reuse of existing buses, but allocated to their switch of routes! LDP263-71 322>G1 and 8024-37 G1>322.

As I'm sure you know, Go-Ahead London General returned into the game of pass the parcel game by winning the route and retaining the G1 with new Euro6 spec Enviro200 9.0m equipped with a 6-speed ZF Ecolife.

8061 (X322KRX) on Gipsy Hill

Now on to the last route of the day...

Route G1:

The G1 has a very long story, if you want to read it's history, I suggest you click this link.

So the G1, had a mammoth sized history to it, being 27 years old.

Thank you for reading this large post, enjoy the pictures, and tah-rah ;)

LDP268 (LX05EYP) by Streatham St. Leonard's Church

LDP266 (LX05EYT) by Streatham Station

LDP270 (LX05EYY) leaving Streatham St. Leonard's Church bus stop

VLA75 (LJ54BEO) picking up and dropping passengers at West Norwood Library/Cemetary

DLA275 (Y457UGC) leaving the Lancaster Avenue bus stop

DLA207 (W427WGJ) on Westow Street

School-Day-Operation journey Q #371 with Go-Ahead London Central bus E172 (SN61BHD) on route 432 on Westow Hill (Crystal Palace) towards Anerley.

Go-Ahead London General WHV21 (LJ61NVG) as the first hybrid on the route and the first rare working under Go-Ahead London, in just a week! WHV21 is on Westow Hill en-route Brixton

Another SDO, with Go-Ahead London Central E128 (LX09FCE), one of 345's batch and is debatably the best Euro4 ZF Enviro400s London has.

VLA66 (LJ04YWV) running light to the bus stand in Brixton, Stockwell Road Park.

VLA23 (LJ53BFM) by Tulse Hill Tavern just before evening last winter 2014, in December.

Abellio 2515 (YX15OWD) by Morval Road on 415 to Tulse Hill, many say these are the best MMCs in London, I haven't boarded them yet, but only 109s so I have pretty much no say on any of the MMCs.