LDN: route 73- good-bye artics hello new d/ds

By the Mayor of London order, all articlated buses are to be replaced. many ahead of time, by double deck buses.

Here is route 73- operating by Arriva:
first photo- the old order- an articulated citaro bus- MA74.
then the replacements:
the replacements are VDL/DAF chassis integrated Wright buses [i.e. chassis is by VDF, Wright put in a cummins engine] - the DW class
and some hybrid buses: wright bodied Volvo 'B5' - the HV class;
as  not all the DWs were delivered on time, existing Wright bodied volvo 'B7' buses are also in use- the VWL class.

all photos were taken at Islington Angel, roughly at the same angle, so you can easily compare!
pls note DW454- brand new '61' registration, HV33 and VWL109

regards

Yoram

原帖由 yblumann 於 2011-9-20 21:15 發表
By the Mayor of London order, all articlated buses are to be replaced. many ahead of time, by double deck buses.

Here is route 73- operating by Arriva:
first photo- the old order- an articulated cita ...

Not trying to be picky but I'm sure you mean VLW not VWL or WVL, both Go-Ahead class codes!

ah, you are right!  their 'nickname' in London- applying to all of the Wright bodied volvo vehices is: weevils!: Lol : Lol : Lol
even within the Go Ahead fleet, the short [10n long] volvos are known as WVL, but the longer 10.6 machines [from east thames buses] are known as VLW.

regards

Yoram

nice to see 10.6m VLWs operating in 73 in this period of time but will not be long i guess

follow DW @ 73

原帖由 yblumann 於 2011-9-21 08:04 發表
even within the Go Ahead fleet, the short [10n long] volvos are known as WVL, but the longer 10.6 machines [from east thames buses] are known as VLW.

Nope... The long ones with Go-Ahead are VWL - as if it was not comfusing enough!

route 73 was my door-to-door choice during my stay in London.
Does anyone know the frequency of this route?

原帖由 cktse 於 2011-9-22 19:45 發表
Does anyone know the frequency of this route?

http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/073N073.htm

For your information