London Central route 172: Clerkenwell Green - Brockley Rise, Chandos
Approaching Marquis of Granby (T)
Go-Ahead started a new contract to route 172 from New Cross (NX) on 17 March 2018. Its new buses, EH194-215, were on the roads ahead of the service change and the route is one of many behind the recent influx of new E40H MMCs at New Cross.
However, WHV165 caught me by surprise with its blank destination blinds. Originally a Putney (AF) bus, WHV165 transferred via Stockwell (SW) to NX to partially represent a new B5LH-Gemini 3 presence at the garage consisting of existing examples primarily sourced from Croydon (C), as if to compensate for the short-term residency of route 1 which moved out to Morden Wharf (MG) with its WHVs on the same day the 172 moved in.
©London Bus Breh 2018.
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