LDN route 205 and 390 specials

Hello,

As you know, 4 bombs killed 54 people in London. It also caused the closure of the Piccaddilly line between Arnos Grove and Hyde Park Corner [at least till October] and section of the circle/Hammersmith& City/Metropolitan lines between Paddington/High street Kensington and Baker street and Moorgate and Aldgate.

London Undergound organised some emergency bus replacement services:
Normally those services are not very interesting to photo, as the blinds shown are : Rail replacement service, or similar blinds. by looking at the photo, you can not tell what the bus is doing.

But, there were/are some extra buses running on existing routes.
On Thurs 8th July, for one am morming peak only, two extra buses were run on the 390- and I show V203 at Oxford Street.
From 8th July till Friday 15th July, extra buses were run on route 205.
At first, Metroline [which runs the route anyway] used 4 extra buses. again, here is V203- this time at Euston. The other extra buses are the AV class -but- they did not have blinds. boards were supplied, but from Monday 18th, special blinds would be fitted, so I will show the buses next week!
First also oragnised an extra service on route 205, running between Paddington and Moorgate. between 10 and 15 buses were used.
For this service, 7 wright bodied single deck Scanias were transferred from First Manchester, and here I show 61222 at Moorgate- with blinds made by a bus fan.
The very last Metrobus in First London- ex M859 and now WD35359 - also appeared.
Several other buses were also used- and here is TNA32944 at Euston.

- to be contiuned- pls see next msg-

Yoram in London

Would the extra/ special buses still appear on 205 this week? Or I should ask if there will be anything surprising. Thanks.

[ Last edited by ktbt on 2005-7-17 at 23:38 ]