The Spirit of London - rebuilt!

Back in 2005 when the bombs happened, which involved Waterden Road machine 17758 getting destroyed, Stagecoach needed a replacement. They then sent an order to Alexander Dennis for a Enviro 400, the first bus of it's type. This bus originally came with LED destination displays, but was later changed to manual scroll blinds. In 2011, when Stagecoach brought back ELBG off the Australians, Stagecoach took the chance to refurbish this with new moqqette, handrails and more. Then in October 2012, two 14 year old girls committed arson on the bus following an argument. Stagecoach then decided to spend £50000 restoring it to a nice standard. Today it made it's debut with new features including white blinds. Lets hope it has a nice future at Leyton (T) on Route 55. I hope you enjoyed reading this post.

The London Bus Museum Spring Gathering

Today marked the 40th London Bus Museum Spring Gathering at the London Bus Museum at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey. There was many preserved routemasters and old buses as well as new buses from all over England, many from London. I have also included some pictures of non-London buses for you lot to look at. I also saw one of the brand new Volvo 7900H's for First Berkshire, have to say very nice they are too! Nice and comfy. I also saw and spoke to Dean Sullivan, a well respected individual in the bus industry running the great company Sullivan Buses which runs TFL routes 298, 628 , 653, 688 and from August 2013, the 626. I also saw the Spirit of London which was set alight in October 2012. More info will come in a dedicated Spirit of London post. I hope you enjoyed reading this post.