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New Bus for LONDON

 

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

                                                                                LT2 Victoria

 

 

                                                                           LT2 Victoria

 

                                                         

 

                                                                           LT2 Victoria

 

                                                                      

 

                                                                        LT7 Hyde Park Corner

 

                                                                               

 

                                                                                LT64 Bank

 

 

·         A fleet of low-emission hybrid buses specially designed for the streets of London has been built by Wrightbus. Designated ‘LT’ the first eight examples were introduced in 2011 by Arriva on Route 38 and more recently further new buses have been used on Routes 24 and 11 and many other central London routes by other franchise-holders. Dubbed the ‘new Routemaster’, the ‘Borismaster’ or simply ‘New Bus for London’ (‘NB4L’) these stylish vehicles are packed with innovative features including regenerative brakes. They have three exits including an open rear platform (used during daylight hours), white route indicator blinds and conductors (although these don’t actually sell tickets). It remains to be seen whether they will capture the public imagination in quite the same manner as earlier classic designs like the RT and the Routemaster but every effort has been made to provide London with a highly distinctive and potentially iconic replacement. Many have carried a wide variety of advertising vinyls, adding additional colour to the Capital’s streets. The first batch were originally registered with non-standard plates (as per these photographs) but these have since been corrected as all now carry the Irish ‘LTZ’ plates with the fleet number plus 1,000 neatly matching one another – e.g. LT64 LTZ 1064. The photographer had an opportunity to sit in the driving seat of this bus during an open day at Merton Garage in 2013.

 

 

 

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