Tolworth's New Deckers

There has been some (new) arrival's at Tolworth Garage recently, namely, the ex-9 VLE's . The first VLE at Tolworth was VLE 5 (PG04 WHH) which was at Tolworth for type trials for about a week before moving back to Stamford Brook (V) for the last few days of non-LT operation. All the VLE's have worked previously on the 9 and also recently on the 57 and 613 (The latter's being Tolworth's only double decker allocated routes).

Here are some photos of them in service on the 9

 Also, here are some photos of the old 57 buses, like VA's, TA's and TLA's

VA80

 And here are the new breed of Tolworth Deckers!

VLE12 at Wimbledon

VLE12 at Raynes park

185 obs

Here is a random post about some 185 observations

Odds and Obs 2 (30/10/13)

Hello! Time for another post I think.

As usual, we'll start off with some Obs(ervations)

And now, for the odd's;

Odds & Obs: Post 1 (19/10/13)

Hey there.
I suppose you're wondering whats going on
Well here is a new post style. Odds & Obs*
*=WARNING: Obs may not be odd on some occasions

Enjoy!

Firstly, the obs...

YJ56 WUD 

SN51 TCJ

SK07 DXP

PG04 WHT

YX62 BWD

YX62 BWD

YX09 AFK

YX09 AFK

YX12 DKL 

X332 HLL

3550

V203 OOE

YJ11EJD

And the Odd('s)

DD12 SN11 BVH on the X26

V6

Armrests

Front end

Window Extension

Plastic Sheeting

Moquette

Graffiti Already

V6 BF63 HFE is Go Ahead London's Gemini 3 demonstrator. It entered service on the 11th October 2013. It has only seen service on the 12 so far, but it is almost certain to appear on more routes. I personally feel that this is more of a Scania product than a Wrightbus model. The seats are very similar to an Omnicity, and the top deck roof is lower than usual. Overall, i dont like this as much as an E400 or a Gemini 2, but on the outside, it looks stunning. Go and ride it if you can, and see for yourself

Rating: 3/5 ★★★

Bendy bus

BUS 212 Seen on route 12 at Buggiba Bay 1, Buggiba

Theories 1: Tolworth

I need to get my head clear about the future of London, so now, I'm going to share them with you.

I have decided that LBS will be revived. This blog will be Great again..(well when i say again...)

Anyway, the 9 starts its NBfL run in October, so where do the VLE's go? Tolworth for the 57? Fulwell for the 131? But what about the 281? No body be thinking about that! I know it has the youngest TA's, so it is unlikley they would do this, so it is really either the 57, or the 131.

There are 25 VLE's. The 57's PVR is 26 plus the 613 bus, which is currently a VA/TA. VE9 also runs the 9, so this may transfer too. That gives Tolworth 26 new buses. What happens with the old Va's and TA's? Scrap? 265 allocation? I dont know.

Tolworth has space. Double decking the 265 is stupid, but possible(?). The K50 is coming up soon aswell, and they need buses for that. I'd imagine they would use 6 SDE's and some spare DPS'[s, thats what they always do, but rumors are spreading that a VLE (VLE5) is already at Tolworth.

This is all for today, More tomorow (if GTA V dosent come!)

PEACE!