Route 67 Observations

Today Arriva won the 67 off First (latterly Go Ahead as they purchased NP) but was with Stagecoach from 2001 til 2006 using Trident/ALX400 and good old Volvo Olympians. However in 2006 the route was lost to First using Tridents from route 258. The next lot of activity was in 2012 when Go Ahead bought NP and rebranded the buses with new fleetnumbers and logos. They decided to convert it to B7TL/President however this was alongside B9TL/Gemini and Trident2/Enviro. On the 19th July 2012 Arriva announced they had won Route 67 at the expense of Go Ahead. They was late announcing what garage and buses were to be used but it was confirmed in February 2013 that VDL DB300/Gemini would be used, some from route 29. Today we found that the allocation was split between Stamford Hill and Tottenham. Today the allocation was HV's and DW's, it was supposed to get new ones, but none were available today. I hope you enjoy reading this post.

Route 106 Observations

AACY0/aYL_hiWjFKU/s320/096.JPG" /> Today Arriva London won route 106 at the expense of Stagecoach's West Ham garage. The route until around 2001 was single deck, one of the most stupid things TFL did, converting them to single deck then making them double deck again! However in 2011 it received some Trident/ALX400's however these did not survive contract renewal and were replaced by Polish built Scania N230UD/Omnicites which were late. The next main activity was in August 2012 when a healthy baby boy was delivered with help from the bus driver. She really could have given him the middle name of Scania as in 2009 someone on CT Plus operated Islington/Hackney back street route 394 gave their child the middle name 'Dennis', who manufactured the bus in which the baby was born on. On 19th July 2012, just before the event above happened, the tenders were announced. It was heard that the route 106 would pass to Arriva, with new buses. However, Arriva were late announcing which garage and buses would be used however by February 2013 there was no such problem as Arriva confirmed 16 VDL DB300/Gemini 2 double deckers from Ash Grove depot near Hackney Central. Today the service seemed well run, apart from the long problem of the drivers not wearing the full Arriva uniform which was also apparent on Route 67, another route Arriva took over today. Post on that coming soon. I hope you enjoyed reading this post.