Eventual Delivery - Route 100

London General SE219 (YY64 GXF) on Route 100, Aldgate, 19/12/14 (Aubrey)

After nearly three months, the Enviro 200s for the 100 have finally arrived and entered service very nearly three months after the route transferred with its existing buses to London General at Mandela Way. The flywheels will seem to be retrofitted afterwards.


Here is a video of a ride on SE219.

The bus rode with the usual screams and was fast when it needed to be. The gearbox is the ZF AS-Tronic 6-speed semi-automatic, common with the Abellio ones on the S4 and Metroline ones on the 112. This means that both of these have the same problems, including the small flaw when the handbrake is released at a junction (e.g. entering a roundabout), you have to wait like a second for the auto brake to release, by which time the chance for you to pull out has possibly gone.


London General SE219 on Route 100, Aldgate, (© GloriousWater/Jack)
Yeah, this photo was taken when Aubrey was on the bus, showing a better side/front view.

On the 20th, Lewis and Aubrey saw SE215 on the route:


London General SE215 on Route 100, Elephant & Castle (Aubrey)

These buses also have the notable automatic brake which activates when the bus stops. This has caused some problems for those not fully trained on these vehicles, as shown when Lewis and Aubrey got the bus, where the driver swapped buses with the following bus (a hired Abellio London Enviro 200) as that driver was fully type-trained.


London General SE215 on Route 100, Shadwell (Lewis)