MTL London - S11 J811HMC - Scania N113 DRB - Alexander RH
A batch of twenty of these front entrance/exit Alexander bodied Scanias were new to London Buses during October and November 1991 for Docklands Express services to supplement the Docklands Light Railway, which was not coping well at the time. They were acquired from dealer stock. Some were delivered in London Buses standard red with grey skirt and white tape, some had a gold cantrail band and gold East London lettering. Some then received broad white wrap-round adverts for Docklands Express route D1 then by the end of 1991 S10-S14, including this one, wore LBL livery, 12 and 13 with gold band and lettering, while S15-29 wore white bands with route details for the Docklands Express D1 (Waterloo - Isle of Dogs) and new D11(London Bridge - Canary Wharf). In 07/1992, nine of the Scanias (S11 and S13-20) were re-allocated to Holloway for use on the Red Express X43 route, which was a Monday to Friday route from North Finchley to the City and London Bridge, utilising the new no-stopping Red Route. New in 11/1991, Potters Bar based S11 is seen here climbing High Steet, Barnet, on 31/07/1998, when operating Service 84 to St. Albans. Starting it's London life out of West Ham, this Scania then moved to Upton Park, in 05/1992. In 07/1992, it moved to Holloway, as noted above, and then to Potters Bar, in 12/1993, being privatised to MTL London, in 12/1997. Around the time of this photo MTL was taken over by Harrow based Metroline Travel and thus became Metroline London Northern. In 06/2003, it passed to well known Purfleet based operator and dealer, Ensign Bus. A month later, it passed to Geldards Coaches, Leeds, then onto Square Peg, Garforth, in 11/2015. See www.countrybus.org/Scania/S_a.htm#fleet for more details.
The camera being a Praktica MTL3 with the film being a Boots Colourslide II
I would request, as with all my photos, that they are not copied or downloaded in any way, shape or form. © Peter Steel 1998.
MTL London - S11 J811HMC - Scania N113 DRB - Alexander RH
A batch of twenty of these front entrance/exit Alexander bodied Scanias were new to London Buses during October and November 1991 for Docklands Express services to supplement the Docklands Light Railway, which was not coping well at the time. They were acquired from dealer stock. Some were delivered in London Buses standard red with grey skirt and white tape, some had a gold cantrail band and gold East London lettering. Some then received broad white wrap-round adverts for Docklands Express route D1 then by the end of 1991 S10-S14, including this one, wore LBL livery, 12 and 13 with gold band and lettering, while S15-29 wore white bands with route details for the Docklands Express D1 (Waterloo - Isle of Dogs) and new D11(London Bridge - Canary Wharf). In 07/1992, nine of the Scanias (S11 and S13-20) were re-allocated to Holloway for use on the Red Express X43 route, which was a Monday to Friday route from North Finchley to the City and London Bridge, utilising the new no-stopping Red Route. New in 11/1991, Potters Bar based S11 is seen here climbing High Steet, Barnet, on 31/07/1998, when operating Service 84 to St. Albans. Starting it's London life out of West Ham, this Scania then moved to Upton Park, in 05/1992. In 07/1992, it moved to Holloway, as noted above, and then to Potters Bar, in 12/1993, being privatised to MTL London, in 12/1997. Around the time of this photo MTL was taken over by Harrow based Metroline Travel and thus became Metroline London Northern. In 06/2003, it passed to well known Purfleet based operator and dealer, Ensign Bus. A month later, it passed to Geldards Coaches, Leeds, then onto Square Peg, Garforth, in 11/2015. See www.countrybus.org/Scania/S_a.htm#fleet for more details.
The camera being a Praktica MTL3 with the film being a Boots Colourslide II
I would request, as with all my photos, that they are not copied or downloaded in any way, shape or form. © Peter Steel 1998.