New Bus for London changes: Update

UPDATE:

Two more routes have been announced for New Bus for London conversion

26th October:      Route 9: Hammersmith Bus Station - Aldwych via Kensington
30th November:   Route 390: Archway - Notting Hill Gate via Oxford Street


I for one, disagree with the choice of routes here, some may agree with the conversion for Route 9, but I'm not so sure, although it serves Kensington, Royal Albert Hall, Knightsbridge, Hyde Park & Trafalgar Square, not only that but becoming a bit of a tourist attraction, I still don't think that the 9 is up for it. Plus it has some of the heritage Routemasters on  it which doesn't exactly help. Plus I think the current stock it has work well, the Volvo Engined B7TL's work quite well, and with the Voith gearbox sounding absolutely amazing and a bit weird at the same time, I don't really want to lose the VLE's.

A non-allocated Scania  OmniCity on Route 9, SP174 (YT10XBX) is seen
at Hounslow Bus Station, seen curtailing to Piccadilly Circus, despite the
fact that it no longer serves Piccadilly Circus any more.

But the 390 on the other hand, the idea for Route 390 to be converted is beyond me, yes, it serves Oxford Street, Marble Arch & King's Cross, but I don't exactly think it would be necessary to convert to NB4L, it works perfectly fine with the VPL's with the occasional pop-up of a VW, but still, 390, definitely not an adequate choice for NB4L conversion.

Holloway Garage's VPL593 (LK04NNB) operating Route 390, presumably
along Bayswater Road, curtailing unusually at Tufnell Park

London Bus Route 11 & New Bus for London

As everyone may be aware, one of the hypes of the past week or so has been the recent conversion of London Transport Route 11 to New Bus for London.

London Bus Route 11 operates from Liverpool Street Bus Station right the way down to Fulham Broadway, covering about 7 to 8 miles and serving 39 bus stops (Liverpool Street-Fulham direction) while also operating with PVR of 25 buses, being operated from Go-Ahead's Stockwell Garage (SW), using NB4L buses LT41-LT68 (LTZ1041 to LTZ1068 respectively)

Despite this, the route is most notable for the areas of which it serves, serving The Bank of England, St Paul's Cathedral, Somerset House, The Strand, Trafalgar Square, Big Ben & The Houses of Parliament, Victoria Railway & Coach Station and the King's Road in Chelsea, so therefore the route itself is practically renown as being a tourist route nonetheless.

Yet, when I was situated at St Paul's last Saturday, I noticed something odd, unlike the conversion of Route 24 (Hampstead Heath - Pimlico) where it was completely converted to NB4L. The Route 11 was a mixture of NB4L's and WVL's, so it seems they were mixed together, seems as though the WVL's still seem to have a bit of life in them eh?

LT 58 (LTZ1058) seen along Victoria Street serving Route 11 to Fulham Broadway

This Blog has been established

Good Afternoon, Ladies & Gentlemen, fellow bus, train and London Transport enthusiasts, well this new blog, LondonTransport387 is now up and running and ready to go, yet I should point out early on, that I am fairly new to this kind of business, so apologies, as i'm a bit of an amateur to be frank, but hopefully, things'll really get better from here forward, enjoy what is to come.

Cheers