Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Blog Merger

Blog Merger

It's 2015, time for us at The London Bus Blog to expand. We're merging with The West London Bus Blog and becoming London Connected. From the 1st of April 2015, this blog will no longer be updated. We are not abandoning the blog, but we are moving to The West London Bus Blog to merge as one. We will...

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Sunday, 8 February 2015

319: Twenty-two Years & Counting

319: Twenty-two Years & Counting

On this day, 22 years ago, route 319 was formed, the rest? The rest is history. The 319 was introduced exactly 22 years ago to the day, it replaced both the 219 and 349 between Sloane Square and Streatham (Hill Telford Avenue), running Monday to Saturday with a PVR of 17. It was allocated Leyland Titans out of...

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Saturday, 31 January 2015

January Recap 2015

January Recap 2015

Welcome to the fourth edition (and first of 2015) of The Monthly Recap brought to you by The Team at The London Bus Blog. This is a monthly series that will highlight all the news from the London bus scene over the past month. Abellio London Routes 109 and N109, Brixton/ Oxford Circus to Croydon Town Centre, have...

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Monday, 19 January 2015

Top Pictures of 2014

Top Pictures of 2014

2014 recently came to a close, so us bloggers thought that we should share one of our own favorite pictures from 2014, each photo will include a little description below it. Please let us know what you think of them in the comments section! EastLondoner © EastLondoner I like this picture for a variety of reasons, I feel that the...

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Saturday, 3 January 2015

Euro2: The last days

Euro2: The last days

The next big service change maybe isn't the most-publicised one, but it is important for many of us enthusiasts. It's the impending replacement of all Euro2-compliant buses in London, which on one hand means older, more polluting vehicles can be withdrawn but for some enthusiasts means London has lost that bit of character... again. Euro2 emissions regulations were...

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