New to Westbus in 04/2001, registered Y461HUA, this smart DAF is seen here at Marble Arch, London, in late 07/2009. It later passed to Banstead Coaches, where it would be re-registered P4BAN, then onto Marbill, Beith, Scotland, where it carried HJZ9122.
The camera being a Pentax MZ-M with the film being Fujifilm.
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New to Comfort DelGro - Metroline, in 09/2008, this Trident 2 is seen here on B355 The Broadway, near Ealing Broadway Station, in late 07/2009. It later passed to fellow Comfort DelGro owned Adventure Travel(Formerly named New Adventure Travel), Cardiff, Wales, and is still in operation as I post this photo.
The camera being a Pentax MZ-M with the film being Fujifilm.
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New to Armchair(DP1045), Brentford, in 08/2002, this long Dart is seen here resting on on B355 The Broadway, near Ealing Broadway Station, in late 07/2009. It later passed to the now defunct Buses Excetera, Merstham, where it operated and remained in 'dealer' white.
The camera being a Pentax MZ-M with the film being Fujifilm.
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Many of the "Marshall Darts", as they were known by, were of the longer DML class, however there were some of the shorter Darts delivered, including this one, to some operators with MTL London Northern reviving the well known ill-fated DMS code of those pesky Metro-Cammell and Park Royal bodied Daimler Fleetlines which London Transport found to be a handful for London work, although provincial operators seemed to have no problems, or very few. Back to the Darts and this one is seen here at Brent Cross Shopping Centre, on 27/07/2000, having worked in on Service 326 Barnet - Whetstone - Finchley Central - Hendon - Brent Cross Shopping Centre. New to MTL London Northern, in 08/1998, at the time when MTL was taken over by Harrow based Metroline Travel and thus became Metroline London Northern. It was the first numerically in the batch of seventeen, DMS13-29, S513KFL etc. Entering service from Potters Bar when new, it stayed there until withdrawal in 07/2008 when it was sold to Ensign Bus, Purfleet, who in a dealer capacity sold it Carousel Buses, High Wycombe, two months later.
As a footnote, this photo was taken with my then new camera, a Pentax MZ-M. Obviously I was getting used to the settings as a few of these have turned out a little dark.
The camera being a Pentax MZ-M with the film being a Fujichrome Colourslide.
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These dual-doored full height Tridents heralded the low-floor era of double-deck buses for Metroline, TA91, new in 08/1999 being from the second batch of the TA class, TA82-117. Based at Harrow Weald, it is seen here at Harrow Bus Station, on 27/07/2000. It is operating service 140 Harrow Weald Garage - Wealdstone - Harrow Bus Station - South Harrow - Northolt - Yeading - Hayes - London Heathrow Airport Central Bus & Coach Station. Entering service from Harrow Weald, it moved into store at North Wembley, in 11/2007, being repainted in 02/2008 and moving to Perivale West. In 03/2009, it moved to Cricklewood being withdrawn from there in 09/2010 and passing to Ensignbus(dlr), Purfleet, twelve months later. In 10/2011, it passed to the Ensignbus operational fleet where it was numbered 191 and converted to single doorway. In 01/2014, it was acquired by Golden Tours, London, for possible spares passing onto Wigley(dlr), Barnsley, for scrap. These details and more can be found at www.countrybus.org/Trident/TA_Metroline/TA_Met.htm and www.countrybus.org/Trident/TA_Metroline/TA_Met_a.htm#fleet. It is passing Arriva The Shires, 5117, G287UMJ, a Leyland bodied Leyland Olympian ONCL10/1RZ. This was in a batch of fifteen new to London Country(North West) for Harrow and Watford area London Transport Tendered Services. It was delivered in 12/1989.
The camera being a Pentax MZ-M with the film being a Fujichrome Colourslide.
I would request, as with all my photos, that they are not copied or downloaded in any way, shape or form. © Peter Steel 2000.
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