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Romford stuffs again

SL12 is the next superloop to arrive, sometime this year.

Photo 1: 82112 blinded for the SL12 to Rainham, at Romford Bus Garage.

I haven't really given Grays loans attention in recent weeks considering its been the same lot of buses for the most part.

Photo 2: T170 on the 370 at Romford Station, towards Mercury Gardens.

Photo 3: T177 on the 370 at Romford Station, towards Lakeside.

Photo 4: T181 on the 370 at Romford Station, towards Lakeside.

Barking has 3 loans this week in the form of DW210, DW244 and DW251. DW244 is on fallback, so it'll be quite hard to find unless your lucky to see it.

Photo 5: DW210 on the 175 at Romford Station, towards Hillrise Estate.

Photo 6: DW244 on the 175 at Romford Station, towards Dagenham.

Photo 7: DW251 on the 175 at Romford Station, towards Hillrise Estate.

Some 649 / 650 action since I was at Romford Station at the right time and moment.

Photo 8: 10101 on the 650 at Romford Station, towards North Street.

Photo 9: 11047 on the 649 at Romford Station, towards North Street.

Lastly, 3 174s turned up and they were all Electroliners which was cool. Just shows how cooked the 174 service can get sometimes.

Photo 10: 82120, 82146 and 82189 on the 174 at Romford Station, towards Harold Hill.

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Back in Romford!

Electroliners have debuted on Route 165, being the 4th Rainham route to receive and Electric.

Photo 1: 82213 on the 165 at The Brewery, starting towards Rainham.

Electroliners on the 174 are in full swing now with not many BYDs left now.

Photo 2: 82148 on the 174 at Romford Station.

Photo 3: 82180 on the 174 at Romford Station, towards Harold Hill.

Photo 4: 82193 on the 174 at Romford Station, towards Harold Hill.

Photo 5: 82197 on the 174 at Romford Station, towards Harold Hill.

HVs on the 175 are pretty cool, when they work!

Photo 6: HV181 on the 175 at Romford Station, towards Hillrise Estate.

Photo 7: HV184 on the 175 at Romford Station, towards Hillrise Estate.

DWs still exist at Barking (DX) - DW250 and DW258 still roam around the 150 and 175.

Photo 8: DW258 on the 175 at Romford Station, towards Hillrise Estate.

Some HVs from Grays now, an unrefurbished one and a refurbished one just for that ultimate showcase!

Photo 9: HV365 on the 103 at Romford Station, towards Chase Cross.

Photo 10: HV359 on the 103 at Romford Station, towards Chase Cross.

And thats all from me today!

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BIG update dropped in South East London today!

The N472 commenced operation today to replace the night service on the old 472.

Photo 1: WVN32 on the N472 at North Greenwich.

The SL11 commenced operation today to replace the 472, which in my opinion was a silly choice from TfL, but oh well. The route was using a mix match of LTs GAL could find and ex Merton WVLs and WVNs.

Photo 2: LT61 on the SL11 at Thamesmead, Boiler House.

Photo 3: LT848 on the SL11 at Thamesmead, Boiler House.

Photo 4: WVN34 on the SL11 at Woolwich Station.

Photo 5: WVN36 on the SL11 at Thamesmead, Boiler House.

The 96 passed from Stagecoach to Arriva, operating out of their Dartford depot. For now, existing B5LHs are being used until the delivery of BD11s.

Photo 6: HV33 on the 96 at Woolwich Station.

Photo 7: HV51 on the 96 at Woolwich Station.

The B15 passed from Arriva to Go Ahead, operating out of their Bexleyheath depot. For now, existing Enviro 200s are being used until the delivery of GB Kites.

Photo 8: SE203 on the B15 in Bexleyheath.

Other cool stuff!

Photo 9: E208 on the 244 curtailed to Belmarsh.

Photo 10: HV44 on the 229 at Thamesmead, Boiler House.

And just another note to add, DW211, 219, 225, 239 have transferred into Dartford, so I'll be coming back to get them eventually.

And thats all for now!

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I am outside again, buses in East London - basically Romford edition!

Was in Ilford this morning, so got a couple pictures near Hainault Street. 2 buses of any real interest.

Photo 1: Ex Dartford DW437 can be seen on Route 123 towards Wood Green. Not long left for this Route and Arriva.

Photo 2: HV176 can be seen on Route 150 towards Chigwell Row. This Route is slowing converting to HV operation a long with the 175.

HT18 / 24-28, so far, have transferred into Edmonton Green garage to form part of the new hybrid allocation for the 158, which therefore makes all the rumours true about these HTs coming for the 158.

Photo 3: HT28 can be seen starting a trip on Route 158 towards Chingford Mount.

Today, a mini 252 running day was organised by the The London Bus Company in aid of Cancer Research UK. 2 RMs and 2 RTs were out running the service today with 3 out of the 4 buses seen below.

Photo 4: RM298 - VLT298 can be seen near Romford, The Brewery, while on the 252 towards Collier Row.

Photo 5: RT3933 - LLU732 is seen entering Chandlers Way in Romford while on the 252 towards Hornchurch.

Photo 6: RT2150 - KGK959 is seen passing through Romford Station while on the 252 towards Hornchurch.

Everyone's favourite 252 challenge reference, just so happened that 10347 turned up while I was spotting for the Routemaster!

Photo 7: 10347 can be seen on Route 252 towards Collier Row.

Now just a selection of photos I got while in Romford.

Photo 8: 36555 can be seen on Route 193 towards Queen's Hospital.

Photo 9: 82111 can be seen on Route 86 towards Stratford.

Photo 10: HV277 can be seen on Route 103 towards Rainham Station, this bus really needs to go for a refurb!

And thats all for today, until next time.

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Over the weekend, the Jubilee line was closed between Stratford and North Greenwich resulting in the JL3 and JL4 being run. So I went out on the Sunday to get some photos in Canning Town and North Greenwich.

The JL3 was 24 hours and was extended to Stratford to account for the Night Tube.

Photo 1: 82168 is seen at Canning Town on the (N)JL3 towards Stratford.

Photo 2: 82009 is seen at Canning Town on the (N)JL3 towards North Greenwich.

During the day time, the JL3 only operated between Canning Town and North Greenwich, Stagecoach was using Electrics from Bromley and Catford depots.

Photo 3: 82161 starting a trip on the JL3 to North Greenwich.

Photo 4: 80425 finishing a trip on the JL3 at Canning Town.

Photo 5: 80422 arriving into North Greenwich on the JL3.

Photo 6: 80425 on stand at North Greenwich displaying 241 Stratford City.

The JL4 was operated by Transport UK and only ran during the day. It ran direct between Stratford and North Greenwich using GB Kites and eCity Golds.

Photo 7: 1318 arriving into North Greenwich on the JL4.

The N550 and N551 are 2 of Canning Towns night routes. N550 is operated from HK, and the N551 from BK.

Photo 8: 12508 starting a journey on the N550 to Trafalgar Square.

Photo 9: 12421 is seen at Canning Town on the N551 to Trafalgar Square.

Out of the 330 / 474, the 330 is still predominantly using diesels while the 474 converts to Hybrid operation first.

Photo 10: WVL432 is seen at Canning Town on the 330 towards Wanstead Park.

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Holy Moly Romford update PART 2!

DW251 made a surprise transfer into GY which allowed it to be saved from withdrawal, for now anyway.

Photo 1: DW251 at Romford, Mercury Gardens on Route 370.

Photo 2: The rear of DW251 at Mercury Gardens.

649 / 650 photos from the afternoon runs:

Photo 3: 10108 on Route 650 at Romford Station.

Photo 4: 19854 on Route 650 at Romford Station.

Photo 5: 12153 on Route 650 at Romford Station.

Photo 6: 10104 on Route 650 at Romford Station.

Photo 7: 10103 on Route 649 at Romford Station.

Photo 8: 12136 on Route 649 at Romford Station.

Photo 9: 11053 on Route 649 at Romford Station.

A 174:

Photo 10: 82197 on Route 174 at Romford Station.

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Holy Moly Romford update!

649 / 650 / 651 have all started their first day with Stagecoach using basically anything West Ham had available.

Photo 1: 10108 on the 650 to Emerson Park School in Western Road.

Photo 2: 19777 on the 650 to Emerson Park School in Western Road.

Photo 3: 12337 on the 650 to Emerson Park School in Western Road.

Photo 4: 10104 on the 650 to Emerson Park School in Western Road.

Photo 5: 12136 on the 649 to Campion School in Western Road.

Grays are giving their LTs new Fleet codes on the front and rear of the bus, and garage codes!

Photo 6: LT91on the 248 to Cranham in Western Road.

MMC on 165, pretty cool I suppose.

Photo 7: 11081 on the 165 to Rainham in Western Road.

T261 is one of ECs spare buses for GY this week, along with returning T177.

Photo 8: T261 on the 370 at Romford Mercury Gardens.

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Merry Christmas!

Hopefully, everyone has a great day!

Some pictures from the last couple weeks.

Romford stuff!

Photo 1: 10142 starting a journey on the (N)128 to Claybury Broadway.

Photo 2: 37519 on the 193 at Queens Hospital

Photo 3: 37519 on the 193 at County Park Estate.

Photo 4: LT60 on the 5 to Romford Market.

Photo 5: 82120 on the 174 to Harold Hill.

Metrobus loans!

Photo 6: 2010 on the 23 to Worthing - On loan from Swindon's Bus Company.

Photo 7: 6013 on the 291 to Tunbridge Wells - On loan from Damory Coaches.

Photo 8: 1008 on the 3 to Gatwick South - On loan from Bluestar.

Photo 9: 204 on the 2 to K2 Leisure Centre - On loan from Chaseside.

Photo 10: 103 on the 2 to K2 Leisure Centre - On loan from Chaseside.

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82064 and 82142 have transferred to North Street while LI are on strike to supply 86 with extra buses while they are on strike, even though they did 247 today!

Photo 1: 82064 starting Route 247 towards Barkingside.

Photo 2: 82142 starting Route 247 towards Barkingside.

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