*Rare* Stagecoach London 86182 LJ24ZNR

A couple of BZLs have been appearing on Route D8 in the past week, I thought I'd grab a ride to South Quay as I needed to complete some errands in the area. Sadly I ended up missing it at Stratford Bus Station which is a shame, once I arrived at South Quay there wasn't much time until it departed back towards Stratford, so I just ended up taking a picture of it instead, I'll get a ride one day.

 

I wonder if this is just a test in the waters to see how these BZLs perform on the D8, the type for the new electric buses has yet to be confirmed, I definitely wouldn't mind a new batch of these buses.

 

I'm quite disappointed to see that the frequency will decrease to every 15 minutes, while it's certainly not the busiest double decker route there are generally well loaded buses and patronage has increased over the past few years, this feels like a step backward and one that will most probably backfire and lead to a drop in usage.

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