CT Plus route 394: Homerton Hospital - Islington, Angel
Approaching Pritchard's Road (U)
CT Plus retained route 394 from Ash Grove (HK) on 29 April 2017. More E20D MMCs, 1272-1282, were purchased following the small localised operator's recent tender success in Walthamstow.
Route 394 is one of the more challenging routes in London. Running via the back roads of Hackney, including Broadway Market and the estates of Hoxton, the many corners and narrow roads along the route justifies its demand for short-length singular door vehicles.
I like to see a small operator grow organically and, despite claims of the company hiring agency drivers, CT Plus have demonstrated their competitiveness with their latest tender gains. I was highly impressed by their customer service on route 394; the driver pictured, especially, is a strong representative for the HCT Group's community spirit, radiating his bright character amongst passers-by and passengers alike ... whatever the weather!
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CT Plus route W16: Chingford Mount - Leytonstone Station
Approaching Forest Road / Wood Street Library.
CT Plus started their new contract to route W16 from newly opened Walthamstow Avenue (WA) on 4 March 2017. It is one of six routes to introduce E20D MMCs to CT Plus as their recent tender run allows them to continue sprucing up their bus fleet.
Route W16 is a nippy route via Highams Park, an area I had mentally mispronounced until iBus corrected me. Wood Street and Leyton follow en route Leytonstone to complete a journey that is only around 30-40 minutes long. A fun route to explore the agility and pace of an E20D MMC, it is from the W16 that I confirmed to myself that CT Plus have the best examples of the standard length E200 MMC in London, the type at 8.9m generally more impressive.
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CT Plus route 397: Crooked Billet, Sainsbury's - Debden, The Broadway
Approaching Loughton Station (C)
CT Plus started their new contract to route 397 from newly opened Walthamstow Avenue (AW) on 25 February 2017. It is one of six routes to introduce E20D MMCs to CT Plus as their recent tender run allows them to continue sprucing up their bus fleet.
The 397 looks like another route that can display the pace of an E20D MMC, however I have not had time to check it out properly. Once I have, I shall update this caption with a route review.
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CT Plus route D6: Ash Grove - Crossharbour, ASDA
Approaching University of Cumbria in London (WS)
CT Plus started a new contract to route D6 from Ash Grove (HK) on 15 September 2018. New E20D MMCs, 1283-1295, have been introduced to complete the move away from Go-Ahead London: Docklands Buses. A top-up double-decker is also a new addition to peak hour journeys to meet the service's PVR of 14.
Another recommended route from the Docklands area. I was not impressed with the 277 pulling up into shot, but it allows me to highlight why the D6 is a likeable route: from Limehouse, it cuts down the journey time to Crossharbour by running via Poplar instead of Canary Wharf where routes like the 135 and 277, in both directions, run up and down in an unusual overlap.
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