Potters Bar Garage Open Day 08/06/13

Metroline RML903 on Route 84, High Barnet Station

The first sight that greeted me at a hastily arranged late trip to Potters Bar after school. I had to run fast, and indeed made the quick journey of 1hr 30mins from Chiswick to Barnet. Then I finally made it to Potters Bar, just on the dot 3:57pm.


RML2628, Barnet Church


Metroline London Northern TPL273 on Route 84, Barnet Church
This bus was 20 minutes late (for an every 20min service!)


The promotional poster


Metroline DEL849, Route 84, Potters Bar. This was the bus behind.

I then ran to Potters Bar Bus Garage for this lot of photos:

London Bus Company RT3238, Potters Bar Garage


The Supercar (DML/1972 Stock/Class 321)


RMC1486, Potters Bar Garage


RF308, RTL139, Potters Bar Garage


Metroline TPL289, 292, 277, Potters Bar Garage


RML2731, Potters Bar


RT3775, Potters Bar


RT2688, Potters Bar


RF539, Potters Bar Garage


NWMT T21, Potters Bar


Metroline LT11, Potters Bar.


Offside detail


Line up of Metroline buses


Metroline DEM1349 blinded for Route 242, Potters Bar



Metroline TE945 and TE949, Potters Bar


RT3775, RT2688, RF539, T21 Lineup


TE Blind 217 to Waltham Cross

TE1447 Cab:

CCTV/Blinds/iBus


Steering Wheel/interface of cab


Wayfarer Ticket Machine


Mobitec blind system and Siemens iBus system


The dashboard of the TE.


TD95, Potters Bar


Supercar (DMS end)


Interior of Supercar


Former DMS1515


DMS Cab


Various posters. Use of number 23 as a publicity route number is shown


RT3238, Potters Bar Garage


RML903, Potters Bar Garage


Ensignbus RT1431, Potters Bar


RTL139, Potters Bar Garage


Metroline DEL857, Potters Bar


Potters Bar Garage Overview


RML903 Cab


Metroline DEL857, Route 242, Potters Bar


Metroline LT16, Potters Bar


Metroline TE1446, Potters Bar


Arriva ENX6 on Route 313, Potters Bar


Uno 406 on Route PB1, Potters Bar


Sullivan Buses AE15 on Route 298, Potters Bar


RF308, Potters Bar


Metroline LT11, Potters Bar

Then I got a 313 to Enfield for eventually to get to Waltham Cross for Route 327.

Random Picture of the Month 7 (June)

It's Random Picture of the Month 7 with an 07-reg Citaro from the 7series on route 7!
Anything else?

LK07CCJ on route 7 at Uxbridge Station

ES64034 above, was ordered for the 7series routes in 2007. The new blue branding replaced the old silver, and does look very smart indeed. Now that the new Volvo 7900H buses have arrived for routes 75 and 76, some of the older Citaros have not been needed for the 7series, and have ventured out onto Slough's other routes, most commonly the 7. It's a good route - you should go on it if you haven't.
The traditional display found on all of First Berkshire buses with the proper symbols still used for London Underground and National Rail Stations, and Heathrow Airport can be seen. It's unfortunate that these displays have disappeared from everywhere else - everyone knows that the double arrow like above represents a National Rail Station, and the TfL Roundel and Plane symbols are reknown worldwide! It would be nice to see these return, particularly to blinds, to save writing 'Airport' or 'Station', or just leaving a single display as an ambiguous destination.
Eh, what can you do?

Also, the photo above shows that full-size single decker buses can make the turn-around at Uxbridge, so why the Carousel routes don't go in here is a mystery. Perhaps it's to save time, but really that walk out to Belmont Road can be tedious in the rain like was evident on that day.

Route 327 08/06/13

After Potters Bar Bus Garage Open Day (which I was 20mins late due to an 84 being late, grrr), I went to Waltham Cross via Enfield (because I don't want to pay more for the 242!), to cover the 327:

The sun being annoying:
Arriva DW558 on Route 313, Enfield is what I'm trying to capture!


Anyhow, I coped with it for Waltham Cross:


Route 327 Timetable, Waltham Cross Bus Station


327 is a one bus operation. WS25 was out for the first day, at Waltham Cross Bus Station


327 to Waltham Cross


London General WS25 (327), Regal Busways 511 (212) and 211 (213)


WS25 to do another round of 327


Rear of WS25


iBus display to Elsinge Estate


...and to Waltham Cross


..and at stand
Arriva DLA130 (317) , Metroline DEL857 (242), Go-Ahead WS25 (327), Waltham Cross Bus Station

Afterwards, I went home via Seven Sisters (again!).
PB Open Day is the next post.