Stagecoach London T 1 bringing some 1970s Leyland class to route 8
Stagecoach London's pioneer Leyland Titan T 1 in its original 1978 London Transport red livery style with the white top deck window surrounds is seen here outside the Bank of England in the City operated in crew-operated mode on the last day of Routemaster operation on the iconic East End route 8 on Friday 4th June 2004. Although T 1 never ran in service on route 8 the route was operated by Bow (BW) bus garage's compliment of Leyland Titans as an OPO route on Sundays and public holidays. Looming up in the background behind the lone cyclist is RML 2641 also heading west on route 8 bound for Victoria. T 1 itself was the first of a batch of 31 Leyland Titans which were delivered new to London Transport in the autumn of 1978 and allocated to the former Hornchurch (RD) bus garage for use on OPO routes 165, 248 and 252. Unlike the first batch of MCW Metrobuses built for London Transport in 1978 the first 31 Leyland Titans were painted in LT's red livery with the white top deck window surrounds but did not have the black skirt like the MCW Metrobuses had originally.
Stagecoach London T 1 bringing some 1970s Leyland class to route 8
Stagecoach London's pioneer Leyland Titan T 1 in its original 1978 London Transport red livery style with the white top deck window surrounds is seen here outside the Bank of England in the City operated in crew-operated mode on the last day of Routemaster operation on the iconic East End route 8 on Friday 4th June 2004. Although T 1 never ran in service on route 8 the route was operated by Bow (BW) bus garage's compliment of Leyland Titans as an OPO route on Sundays and public holidays. Looming up in the background behind the lone cyclist is RML 2641 also heading west on route 8 bound for Victoria. T 1 itself was the first of a batch of 31 Leyland Titans which were delivered new to London Transport in the autumn of 1978 and allocated to the former Hornchurch (RD) bus garage for use on OPO routes 165, 248 and 252. Unlike the first batch of MCW Metrobuses built for London Transport in 1978 the first 31 Leyland Titans were painted in LT's red livery with the white top deck window surrounds but did not have the black skirt like the MCW Metrobuses had originally.