Another new header for the WLTM Transport Blog. Because why not?
London General (on loan from Arriva London) PDL138 on Route 192, Tottenham Hale Bus Station
Yet this time, TfL delays strike, delaying the new Streetlites for the 192. In the meantime, some PDLs and some ENs (coded TENs for a reason) are loaned from Arriva London.
Yet again, the 192 is still plagued with severe overcrowding, no matter what happens.
London General TEN12 on Route 192, Tottenham Hale
A temporary "T" sticker is added in order to not confuse with the current ENs at NP - ex-First London Enviro 400s.
London General PDL139 on Route 192, Tottenham Hale Bus Station
The operator change coincided with the opening of the newer Tottenham Hale Bus Station, which seems less spacious than it looks! The route 192 crowds spill with the slightly narrow islands, obviously.
TEN Ten
The "T" situation with ENs lead to the odd code of TEN10 seen here on formerly EN10.
London General TEN5 on Route 192, Tottenham Hale Bus Station
Not all buses have had the "T" stuck on, indeed none have "T"s stuck on the rear fleet number!
The London General stickers cover up a newly applied logo on (T)EN5!
The logo underneath says "Arriva, a DB company"!
London General PDL137 on Route 192, Tottenham Hale Bus Station
But the sticker application just got even worse - the Arriva logo is still showing!
Overall, the changeover wasn't too bad, but its unfortunate that the overcrowding is still occurring! Also, the new Tottenham Hale Bus Station, which opened, has led to the 192 taking over 2 minutes from the last stop for Tottenham Hale Station to the stand in the bus station due to the removal of the gyrotary. So about the many other proposals to remove gyrotaries?...
The Streetlites aren't late because of Wrightbus, they are late because the TfL were three months late announcing the 192 tender
ReplyDeleteLondon Buses is a mess. The poor old fellas behind the tendering and operations need to retire the work pace of London life is much faster than before.
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