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On the second day after Go-Ahead London Central took over from Arriva London North on the 269 we see E110 LX09 FBA leaving Royal Oak Road, Bexleyheath. Sunday 19th January 2025. DSCN61265.
Routes 99, 269 and 401 were awarded to BX from yesterday and about forty extra buses were required. An assorted number of Es, WVNs and WVLs were drafted in with operations on the 51 transferred to Morden Wharf (MG) on Saturday 11th January to make room for these. E110 came to BX from Docklands Buses at Silvertown (SI) and last worked there on 13th January, route 473. It is also the lowest numbered E in everyday TfL service.
AD Trident - AD Enviro400 10.1m.
Photo (c) GJW 2025.
H377 FBA - Greater Manchester Fire Service - Ld-Daf 60.210/Fulton & Wylie water tender ladder. Picture by the late Dave Hinde in Manchester on 10th October 1998
Saturday 18th January saw Go-Ahead London Central take over route 99, 269 and 401 from Arriva London North. On the second day E110 LX09 FBA is captured in Widmore Road by the Bromley Town Hall stop on the 269 during its second day in service at BX. It is an ex Silvertown bus. Sunday 19th January 2025. DSCN61256.
AD Trident - AD Enviro400 10.1m.
Photo (c) GJW 2025.
6072 - NK62 FBA
Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2, TyneValley10 on the 10A to Rockwood Hill Via Blaydon & CrawCrook
...because the buses had to be in that order.
Most of the range of the possible buses on the Fastrack services can be found where they congregate the most in Bluewater, as all services pass through or terminate at Bluewater.
The temporary Route F, which replaces the B whilst Galley Hill Road is rebuilt. In 2023, subsidence caused the Swanscombe Quarry to partially collapse, which included Galley Hill Road. This diverted buses away from the area, causing the B to initially operate as a loop via Ingress Park, before going onto the A2 to Ebbsfleet International. After two years of extended journey times looping around Ingress Park, logic prevailed and a shuttle service started for the area, lettered F. This is represented by SEN61, drafted in as one of the many buses disposed of by Sullivan Buses after they decided that TfL operation was no longer feasible.
Adjacent, is MEC50 on Fastrack B, surplus after the 108 was converted to electric buses off the 507/521 in January 2025. The 507/521 ironically were where these Citaros started life.
Intended to replace the cascaded buses, but beset with infrastructure related issues, the new order for the Fastrack services is represented with IE24, seen on Fastrack A, complete with the new branding in full vigour...considering the new branding is some grey vinyl on top of the base red livery, at least it is a passenger experience upgrade from the motley collection of buses currently scattered into the Go-Ahead Fastrack operation. High backed seats, information screens, a table with not enough legroom in the rear, and charging in the form of low voltage USB-A & USB-C standards are all features which should be appreciated by customers.
Go-Ahead London GAL | SEN61 | Fastrack Route F
Registration: SN66SUL
Type: ADL Enviro 200MMC
Go-Ahead London GAL | MEC50 | Fastrack Route B
Registration: BT09GPJ
Type: Mercedes-Benz Citaro (O530)
Go-Ahead London GAL | IE24 | Fastrack Route A
Registration: LJ25BPZ
Type: Irizar ie Tram 12
Location: Bluewater Shopping Centre
Go-Ahead London Central E110 LX09 FBA is captured in East Street, Bromley on the second day of BX operating the 269. Until the previous day the route was in the hands of Arriva London North at Dartford. This bus came to BX from Docklands Buses at Silvertown (SI) where it last worked six days previously. It is also the lowest numbered E in everyday TfL service. Sunday 19th January 2025. DSCN61258.
AD Trident - AD Enviro400 10.1m.
Photo (c) GJW 2025.
YT17 FBA is an Irizar i4 C70F Integral coach in the fleet of Barnes, Swindon, Wiltshire. It had been new to Boultons, Cardington, Shropshire in March 2017, passing to Barnes in May 2019. It now carries the name "Nellie".
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600019, FBA - Bogie Gypsum Container Flat, built by Rautaruukki in Finland in 1994 and refurbished by Wabtec, Doncaster for further use with GBRf in 2017-18.
Pictured at Tonbridge West Yard, 25/06/22