On the 7th of March, route 212 passed to Tower Transit after 5 years with CT Plus. The route was introduced in 1981 using Leyland Titans running between Chingford and Walthamstow Central. In 1982, the route was extended to Yardley Lane, however this was withdrawn in 1988 and the route resumed terminating at Chingford once again. As part of the break up of London Transport operating subsidiary London Forest in 1991, the route passed to Capital Citybus. The route also received new Leyland Olympians the same year. During the 90's, the route was extended to St James Street. In 1998, the route passed to First Capital as part of the sale of Capital Citybus to FirstGroup. In 2000, the route was converted to single deckers using Darts with Marshall Capital bodywork, however, within a few years the route had resumed double decker operation using Dennis Tridents with Plaxton President bodywork. In 2010, the route passed to CT Plus using Scania Omnicities from Ash Grove garage. In 2014, the route was awarded to Tower Transit, using new Gemini 3's with a Volvo B5LH chassis. The vehicles have been equipped with the pleasant green and grey Tower Transit interior and a high backed, leather padded Chapman Nova Urban drivers seat equipped with a seatbelt. The buses were very nice, and the drivers seem friendly, however, within around 10 mins of leaving St James Street, I'd already seen 8 212's, and it seems they were having some problems with keeping a even service, however I wish Tower Transit luck with the route over the next 5 years, and hope for a more even service. Thanks for reading this post
