Tower Transit's latest gains.

It has been announced that the 172 is passing to Tower Transit from their Lea Interchange (LI) garage with an extension to Bethnal Green. The current Trident/ALX400s will be replaced by Optare Metrodecker diesels with a reduced PVR of 3. Routes 68, 468, N68 and X68 are passing to Westbourne Park (X) with 54 New Routemasters. Route 453 will also go to TT on the date of its conversion, the PVR is unchanged and the route will go to a new garage in South Bermondsey, which has also won route 225 using a single 7.1m Optare Solo Slimline. and a new 2-hourly...

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Blog Moved!

http://southlondonbusblog.weebly.com/ The blog has moved here and all existing stuff on here will be kept for viewing purposes only, copyright of pictures remains to the people stated. Jack...

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South goes Central - Route 38 New Routemaster conversion

As you all know, Route 38 have been given a full NRM conversion from 10th May 2014 and that's being used with it's current prototype NRM vehicles. These buses are now operated in OPO (One Person Operation) where the driver of the bus has the responsibility of controlling the bus with the rear platform closed off other than at bus stops but the rear platform door nearest to the back lights remain close as for health and safety reasons. Believe...

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Blog Updates 30/05/14

Hi All,Sorry for the closure of the blog, I have been closing it temporarily whilst work was done to edit the slideshow, posts and pages. Not all work have been finished but these will be done live on the blog.We are sad to announce that the second member of the blog has left following his decision that he did not want to be on the blog anymore and we thank him for the work he'd done for the blog. The SLBB would also like to remind people that when commenting and using our chatbox or any other blog's chatbox that you need to...

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Stagecoach London Catford Garage (TL) Open Day

Firstly I must apologise for the lateness of this post, I've been busy studying lately and didn't have much time to write for the blog. Old and new vehicles lined up in the front of TL, nearest is wartime utility Guy G351.   All rights reserved by GloriousWater On the 10th of May 2014 Stagecoach were holding an open day at Catford (TL) to celebrate the garage's centenary. There were many things to do and I went to the garage intending...

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New Route 456 Proposal

So a couple months back I was reading in a monthly magazine issued by Wandsworth council called 'Brightside' that Wandsworth council were in negotiations with Transport for London to bring 3 new routes to the borough to provide new links between Wandsworth and Balham, Barnes and Roehampton and Tooting and Fulham. They are also were also trying to get the tube extended through to Clapham Junction. So I thought it would be a good idea to...

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Picture of the Week - 05'05'2014 to 11'05'2014

South London Bus Blog presents to you the final Picture of the Week... Retro: On the left is a MCW Metrobus on route 49 and on the right is a Leyland Olympian on route 45A. (c) Unknown Route 45A and 49 along Battersea Bridge Road at the Petworth Street stop. Today, the 45A is known as the 345 and has been diverted to serve Peckham Bus Station instead of Elephant & Castle and the 49 has moved to London United but the 45A/345 has remained...

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South London Bus Route 136

E40D 19844 in Catford on a service to Grove Park, this bus is allocated to the 199.  Glorious Water  Route 136: Grove Park Station - Elephant & Castle Newington Causeway Operated by: Stagecoach London Garage: Catford (TL) PVR: 19 Length: 11 miles/17 kilometres Allocation: Alexander Dennis E40D 10.2m and Dennis Trident/Alexander ALX400 9.9m Timetable: http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/136fullnew.pdf Route 136...

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South goes West: A Trip to Uxbridge

Metroline West ADL Enviro200 DE1803 at Brunel University.   All rights reserved by GloriousWater As people who know me may know, I'm on a series of bus trips to get on old buses before they leave London. Today I went to Uxbridge to get on an old Caetano Nimbus (and pick up my brother from an exam on the way) and it ended up being a really hectic journey... Abellio ADL Enviro400H 2410 at Canada Water.   All rights reserved...

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South London Bus Route 54

Stagecoach 12288 in Bellingham on the first day of the new contract.   All rights reserved by GloriousWater Route 54: Elmers End - Woolwich Operated by: Stagecoach London Garage: Catford (TL) PVR: 14 Length: 10 miles/16 kilometres Allocation: Alexander Dennis Enviro400H 10.2m Timetable: http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/054full.pdf Route 54 started on the 3rd of October 1934 running from Plumstead Common to Selsdon...

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Travel Updates - RMT Union Tube Strike 5th May 2014 - 8th May 2014

Following from this morning's talks (5th May 2014), the RMT union has suspended the strike action. Read here for further information about how the strike was called off. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27282596?ocid=socialflow_facebook Who do you blame for the strike actions that happened last week and do you think the dispute between RMT and TFL has been over with? Tell us your thoughts by commenting below.  Thank you for reading this post and for visiting our blog, Remember to stay saf...

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South London Bus Route - 75

Stagecoach 12272 in Croydon on the first day of the new contract.   Glorious Water Route 75: Croydon Fairfield Halls - Lewisham Station Operated by: Stagecoach London Garage: Catford (TL) PVR: 14 Length: 9 miles/14 kilometres Allocation: Alexander Dennis Enviro400H 10.2m plus one E40D from route 208 for school journeys Timetable: http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/075full.pdf Metrobus 891 bound for Lewisham Station...

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