New-ish Buses on Route 607 31/03/12 and 03/04/12

Both trips were of not much purpose, rather an afterthought before getting home from other places. Yet, I got to see both of the new-ish buses on Route 607, DNs ex-Route 23 and VNWs ex-Route 150.

Shots from 31/03/12:

 First London DN33515 (LK08 FMY), Ealing Common Station

 Various interior shots of DN33515. It also shows how much of a dirty state the new-ish buses get so quickly on Route 607...

First London DN33513 (LK08 FMV), Hanwell Broadway

Here are the shots from 03/04/12: 

 First London DN33512 (LK08 FMU), Southall Town Hall

First London VNW32665 (LK55 AAX), Southall Town Hall

Routes 493, 249 and 19 31/03/12

Go-Ahead continue to invade more of London, with the new buses on Routes 19, 249 (ex-Arriva) and 493 (ex-London United/RATP).

I first did the 493, again for convenience reasons, all pictures taken in Wimbledon.

 SE187 (SN12 AVD) on Route 493

 SE186 (SN12 AVC) on Route 493

 Interior shots of SE186

 SE186 on Route 493 nearside

 SE186 Rear

 SE181 (SN12 AUV) on Route 493

 Interior shot of SE181

After a short train ride via Clapham to Balham, I caught the 249:

 WVL475 (LJ61 NXE) on Route 249

 WVL475 interior

 WVL475 rear

After a short hop on more trains, I caught the 19 from Sloane Square:

 WVL495 (LJ61 NWH) on Route 19, Sloane Square

 WHV31 (LJ12 CHK) on Route 19

WHV22 (LJ61 NVH) on Route 19, Battersea Bridge/South Side 

Various interior shots of WHV22, was playing with the camera for a bit... 

 WHV18 (LJ61 NVD) on Route 19

 WHV29 (LJ61 NVR) on Route 19

 Short workings occuring on the first day of operations... WVL488 (LJ61 NWA) on Route 19

 My bus wasn't immune to this, curtailing in Highbury Barn, WHV22 at the stand. Enroute to the Higbury Barn stand, I also saw a 19 curtailing to Holborn.

Rear of WHV22

Only one question left to ask: when will the take-over of London by Go-Ahead ever stop?

Walthamstow/Hainault/Romford/Canning Town Trip 24/03/12

This post shows the other antics I went throughout the day, whilst covering the changeover of 20 and 462 to Go-Ahead.

At Vauxhall (en-route to Walthamstow)

Go-Ahead London Central E214 (SN61 DDL) on Route 436 

 Go-Ahead London WHY (LX55 EAE) on Route 360 and VWL4 (LB02 YXA) on Route 185

Arriva London VLA121 (LJ05 BKU) on Route 2 and Go-Ahead London E116 (LX09 FBG) on Route 88 

Abellio London 9494 (LJ09 OLG) on Route 156 and Go-Ahead London PVL214 (Y814 TGH) on Route 87

A short trip on the Victoria Line to Walthamstow Central, and we find the bus station. Here are some of over 50 photographs taken there:

Arriva London ADL63 (W462 XKX) on Route W11 

 Go-Ahead London LDP205 (SN51 UAU) on Route W19

 CT Plus OS6 (YJ10 EYH) on Route W12

 Go-Ahead London ED14 (AE56 OUN) on Route W19

 Arriva London T6 (LJ08 CVX) on Route 34

CT Plus HTL9 (LR52 LWJ) on Route 212.

After both 20 and 462 rides, then a short hop to Romford from Hainault on a 247, led to a few more observations at Romford:

Arriva London 4000 (GN08 CGO) on Route 370, Mercury Gardens

First London DML44006 (LK57 EJL) on Route 165 and Stagecoach London 18453 (LX05 LLD) on Route 103, Mercury Gardens 

 Romford Station Bus Stands

First London DN33574 (SN58 ENT) on Route 252, Romford Station 

Arriva 4005 (GN08 CGZ) on Route 375, Romford Station 

 Arriva X458 FGP on Route 370, Romford Station

Afterwards, I went to Canning Town, for even more, as I waited for night to fall. All pictures are at Canning Town Bus Station unless stated otherwise:

 CT Plus DPS4 (BX54 DLK) on Route 309

 Go-Ahead London ED23 (LX07 BYO) on Route 300

 CT Plus OS20 (YJ12 GVR) on Route 309

 Go-Ahead London VM1 on Route 474 and Stagecoach London 15021 on Route 541 at Canning Town, Hermit Road Bus Stand.

CT Plus OS21 (YJ12 GVT) on Route 309