A batch of twenty of these front entrance/exit Alexander bodied Scanias were new to London Buses during October and November 1991 for Docklands Express services to supplement the Docklands Light Railway, which was not coping well at the time. They were acquired from dealer stock. Some were delivered in London Buses standard red with grey skirt and white tape, some had a gold cantrail band and gold East London lettering. Some then received broad white wrap-round adverts for Docklands Express route D1 including this one. By the end of 1991 S10-S14 wore LBL livery, 12 and 13 with gold band and lettering, while S15-29 wore white bands with route details for the Docklands Express D1 (Waterloo - Isle of Dogs) and new D11(London Bridge - Canary Wharf). In 07/1992, nine of the Scanias (S11 and S13-20) were re-allocated to Holloway for use on the Red Express X43 route, which was a Monday to Friday route from North Finchley to the City and London Bridge, utilising the new no-stopping Red Route. New in 10/1991, Upton Park based S24 is seen here operating a D11 service, but with Waterloo Station as it's destination, at the now much changed junction, and background, of Lambeth Palace Road and Westminster Bridge Road, on a hot 04/08/1995. The building to the left of the photo is also much changed and is now the Park Plaza Hotel. The Scania was later transferred to Stagecoach Devon(Bayline)(924) from Stagecoach East London and was converted to convertible open-top in 06/2000. It was Re-numbered 15324 in the Stagecoach national re-numbering scheme. See www.countrybus.org/Scania/S_a.htm#fleet for more details.
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I would request, as with all my photos, that they are not copied or downloaded in any way, shape or form. © Peter Steel 1995.
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First of all, apologies for the motion blur. More than likely due to a low film speed. This Dennis Lance is seen here in Ilford, on 01/11/1995, heading for Leytonstone. Sixteen of these dual-doored Lance's were bought new by London Buses, in 05/1992, with all entering service from Catford, and passing into the privatised Stagecoach Selkent, fleet in 10/1994. In 07/1995, all moved the Barking garage of Stagecoach East London. In 1997, all were converted to single-door and transferred to Stagecoach Ribble at Bolton, in 01/1997 and 04/1997, this being in the latter month and numbered 187. In 04/2001, they all moved on again, this time to Blazefield Lancashire United, together with the Bolton operations of Stagecoach Ribble and in 08/2002, all passed to Blue Bus, Bolton. Apart from LA16, all passed to Arriva North West, on takeover, in 07/1995, this one being numbered 1927. In 07/2006, it was sold to Glasgow based dealer, Blythswood. It was later bought by Campbells, Alexandria, in 05/2009. These details and more can be found at the excellent www.countrybus.org/Lance/LA_a.htm#fleet.
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I would request, as with all my photos, that they are not copied or downloaded in any way, shape or form. © Peter Steel 1995.
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London Buses bought two batches of these smart Delta's for East London work. DA10 was a demonstrator, with dual doorway but dual-purpose seating, and went on loan to Seven Kings garage early in 1991. It was taken into London Buses' stock in July. DA11-29 arrived the following spring, also for use at Seven Kings, primarily on routes 129 and 148. They initially wore this startling new livery of silver grey with red skirts and stripes, which suited their lines, if not the transport officials and politicians. DA30-35 arrived in 1993, after the earlier batch, including DA26, seen here in Ilford, on 01/11/1995, had been moved en masse to Barking for use on the 169, and new supplemental 369, in 03/1993. All passed to Stagecoach East London, on privatisation in 09/1994, and donned the company's London livery of unadorned red, however, this one still carried the silver livery as can be seen here. New in 05/1992, and after use at Barking, it moved to Plumstead in 01/2001, for use as a driver trainer. It was re-numbered 26026, in the Stagecoach national re-numbering scheme and transferred to Bromley, in 01/2004, again for training duties. In 04/2005, it passed to Stagecoach West then in 2008 Stagecoach Cheltenham & Gloucester where it was also used as a trainer. By 07/2009, it passed to Wigley (Carlton), for scrap. These details and more can be found at countrybus.org/DA/DA_a.htm#fleet.
The camera being a Praktica MTL3 with the film being a Boots Colourslide.
I would request, as with all my photos, that they are not copied or downloaded in any way, shape or form. © Peter Steel 1995.
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London Buses bought two batches of these smart Delta's for East London work. DA10 was a demonstrator, with dual doorway but dual-purpose seating, and went on loan to Seven Kings garage early in 1991. It was taken into London Buses' stock in July. DA11-29 arrived the following spring, also for use at Seven Kings, primarily on routes 129 and 148. They initially wore a startling new livery of silver grey with red skirts and stripes, as seen in the previous photo, which suited their lines, if not the transport officials and politicians. DA30-35 arrived in 1993, after the earlier batch, including DA25, seen here in Ilford, on 01/11/1995, had been moved en masse to Barking for use on the 169, and new supplemental 369, in 03/1993. All passed to Stagecoach East London, on privatisation in 09/1994, and donned the company's London livery of unadorned red, as can be seen here. New in 05/1992, and after use at Barking, it moved to Leyton, in 07/2001, for use as a driver trainer. It was re-numbered 26025, in the Stagecoach national re-numbering scheme and transferred back to Barking, in 04/2004, again for training duties. In 02/2006, it passed to Yorkshire Traction where it was also used as a trainer. By 11/2008, it passed to Wigley (Carlton), for scrap. These details and more can be found at countrybus.org/DA/DA_a.htm#fleet.
The camera being a Praktica MTL3 with the film being a Boots Colourslide.
I would request, as with all my photos, that they are not copied or downloaded in any way, shape or form. © Peter Steel 1995.
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London Buses bought two batches of these smart Delta's for East London work. DA10 was a demonstrator, with dual doorway but dual-purpose seating, and went on loan to Seven Kings garage early in 1991. It was taken into London Buses' stock in July. DA11-29 arrived the following spring, also for use at Seven Kings, primarily on routes 129 and 148. They initially wore this startling new livery of silver grey with red skirts and stripes, which suited their lines, if not the transport officials and politicians. DA30-35 arrived in 1993, after the earlier batch, including DA24, seen here in Ilford, on 01/11/1995, had been moved en-masse to Barking for use on the 169, and new supplemental 369, in 03/1993. All passed to Stagecoach East London, on privatisation in 09/1994, and donned the company's London livery of unadorned red, however, this one still carried the silver livery as can be seen here. New in 05/1992, and after use at Barking, it moved to Plumstead in 07/2001, for use as a driver trainer. It was re-numbered 26024, in the Stagecoach national re-numbering scheme and transferred to Bow, in 11/2006, again for training duties. In 06/2007, it moved to Waterden Road, as a driver trainer and then to Rainham, for the same duties, in 12/2007, after Waterden road closed. Staying in the London area, it moved onto Leyton, in 04/2009, also as a trainer. Two months later, it was repainted red, only to be sold in 09/2009, to Ripley(dlr), Carlton, for scrap, via Ensign Bus, Purfleet. These details and more can be found at countrybus.org/DA/DA_a.htm#fleet.
The camera being a Praktica MTL3 with the film being a Boots Colourslide.
I would request, as with all my photos, that they are not copied or downloaded in any way, shape or form. © Peter Steel 1995.
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