Route 219 New Buses 01/06/13

Route 219 decided to get new buses - Wright Streetlites. Go-Ahead are some sort of fans to these buses, ordering for the 219, 491 and 327, as well as 462 previously. I met up with Lewis at Clapham Junction:

London General WS14 on Route 219, Clapham Junction

Although initally, we didn't see Streetlite.


London General LDP200 on Route 219, Clapham Junction/Battersea


London General SOE27 on Route 219, Clapham Junction

Then we did, and I ran. Lewis sorta did, but I overtook him :)


London General WS14 on Route 219, Clapham Junction


London General WS18 on Route 219, Clapham Junction


Cab of WS18


Interior of WS18


CCTV/iBus screens in cab


The plastic covers of the steps hadn't been removed...


Information panel


iBus starting up. It didn't work on this bus.


I ended up taking photos from inside...
London General WS12 on Route 219


London General WS14 on Route 219, Merton Bus Garage


London General WS18 on Route 219, Wimbledon


"164 to Bushey Road/Botsford Road"


London General LDP201 on Route 219, Wimbledon


London General WS11 on Route 219, Wimbledon


WS11 at stand



London General PVL415 - Route 219 (LJN)


London General LDP294 (493 - note no proper blinds) and PVL415 (219), Wimbledon (LJN)


PVL415 at stand


London General WS15 on Route 219, Wimbledon


London General WS12 on Route 219, Wimbledon (LJN)


London General WS10 on Route 219, Wimbledon (LJN)

Afterwards, we went home. Only a few exams for me left!

East Croydon/Reedham Train Observations 01/06/13

And what was supposed to be 599. And Trains :)

It's rare-ish I get to do rail observations, but they are mostly in the Southern Region (as I am in the Southern Region). So from Silver Street, I went via Seven Sisters, Victoria and East Croydon to Reedham:

Greater Anglia 315814, Silver Street

Then to East Croydon:


Southern 377454, East Croydon (on a service to Horsham)


Southern 171802, East Croydon

Then to Reedham to (intentionally) cover the 599, but never did:


Southern 377107, Reedham (on a Tattenham Corner Derby extra)


599 Bus Stop, but for no bus


DB Schenker 59204, Reedham


Reedham Park and Ride, complete with NSE logo :)


First Capital Connect 377518, Reedham

It was about this time when Tom Bowell arrived to also cover the 599. But we ended up just speaking because the 599 simply didn't run. I waited for over an hour! Anyhow...


Got bored... Reedham Station forecourt.

After a good conversation, I went back to East Croydon:

Southern 455846, Reedham (on a Tattenham Corner slow)


Southern Class 455846 and 313 (ECS?), Reedham


Southern 377433, Reedham


Southern 456020, Reedham (on a London Bridge slow)


Southern 456013, East Croydon


Southern 455817, East Croydon (on a Caterham slow)


Southern 171802, East Croydon (on a London Bridge service)


First Capital Connect 319426, East Croydon


Southern 377323 on Brighton Fast service, East Croydon


Tramlink 2537 on Route 4, East Croydon


Tramlink 2534 on Route 3, East Croydon


Tramlink 2540 on Route 4, East Croydon


First Capital Connect 319011 still in Southern livery, East Croydon

I then went to Victoria and then Clapham Junction to meet Lewis and cover 219, which is the next post.

Route 491 01/06/13

Route 491 was awarded to Go-Ahead London General from Arriva London North with new Wright Streetlites. It was an early start though, as I intended to also cover 599 and 219.

Due to an "incident" at Seven Sisters, I took 279 from there to Silver Street, instead of getting a train there.

Arriva T257 on Route 279, Seven Sisters


A really bad photo of a refurbished ENS on 318.

And I reached Angel Corner, Edmonton:

491 New Timetable


London General WS25 on Route 491, Angel Corner


General Information


iBus Screen. Wasn't working on 491 on that day.


CCTV/Stopping Screen


Interior


London General WS27 on Route 491, Silver Street Station


WS27, Angel Corner



London General WS25 on Route 491, Angel Corner


Side Blind


London General WS28 on Route 491, Angel Corner

Afterwards, I went to Reedham to try and get 599 (which failed as the route hasn't started yet, apparently), but I did end up meeting Tom Bowell there (of Tom London Bus Blog), and also did train observations at East Croydon, which is the next post.