The biggest route
When I took these pictures in March 1973 route 12 had a peak vehicle requirement of 64 buses Mon-Fri, running out of four garages. 19 of these buses were RTs out of Peckham garage. The route seemed to wander over much of London on its way between Norwood Junction and Harlesden, though I doubt if many buses ever performed a through journey, the pattern of operation being completely bewildering! Until the previous year the route had been entirely RT and had continued all the way to South Croydon.
If you think 64 buses on one route is impressive, when the 38 was converted from artics to double-deckers not so long ago, the PVR went up from 42 to 73! And a supposedly financially prudent Tory Mayor was responsible for that rather than Ken Livingstone....
The biggest route
When I took these pictures in March 1973 route 12 had a peak vehicle requirement of 64 buses Mon-Fri, running out of four garages. 19 of these buses were RTs out of Peckham garage. The route seemed to wander over much of London on its way between Norwood Junction and Harlesden, though I doubt if many buses ever performed a through journey, the pattern of operation being completely bewildering! Until the previous year the route had been entirely RT and had continued all the way to South Croydon.
If you think 64 buses on one route is impressive, when the 38 was converted from artics to double-deckers not so long ago, the PVR went up from 42 to 73! And a supposedly financially prudent Tory Mayor was responsible for that rather than Ken Livingstone....