andrewcolebourne
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To go with my previous upload, here is another of the Callinan Coaches (UK) quartet of 2014-registered Van Hools.
YJ14CEF is seen passing along the Victoria Embankment on 3rd July 2016. Evidently it is on hire to Stansted Citylink for their non-stop A50 service between Victoria (Bullied Way) and Stansted Airport.
Even though the service is non-stop and started as an unlicensed express service on 23rd May 2016, Braddell Ltd t/a Stansted Citylink applied to Transport for London for a London Service Permit to cover it, due to come into force on 1st August 2016. I'm not sure of the benefit of an LSP if the service has no stops in London - the original Stansted Citylink 767 service also had an LSP.
The LSP application had alternative inbound and outbound routes, but Victoria Embankment did not appear in any of them.
In the event the LSP application was withdrawn; LSP Bulletin 356 of 12th August 2016 said;
"The application to operate the above service under a London Service Permit has been withdrawn by the operator. Route A50 has been operating since May 2016 as an unlicensed express service but was withdrawn on 5 August 2016. Following this withdrawal, a free shuttle service will continue to
operate for approximately 5-6 weeks".
IMG_1579-030716
To go with my previous upload, here is another of the Callinan Coaches (UK) quartet of 2014-registered Van Hools.
YJ14CEF is seen passing along the Victoria Embankment on 3rd July 2016. Evidently it is on hire to Stansted Citylink for their non-stop A50 service between Victoria (Bullied Way) and Stansted Airport.
Even though the service is non-stop and started as an unlicensed express service on 23rd May 2016, Braddell Ltd t/a Stansted Citylink applied to Transport for London for a London Service Permit to cover it, due to come into force on 1st August 2016. I'm not sure of the benefit of an LSP if the service has no stops in London - the original Stansted Citylink 767 service also had an LSP.
The LSP application had alternative inbound and outbound routes, but Victoria Embankment did not appear in any of them.
In the event the LSP application was withdrawn; LSP Bulletin 356 of 12th August 2016 said;
"The application to operate the above service under a London Service Permit has been withdrawn by the operator. Route A50 has been operating since May 2016 as an unlicensed express service but was withdrawn on 5 August 2016. Following this withdrawal, a free shuttle service will continue to
operate for approximately 5-6 weeks".