London Bus Scene

[YSV-205]

RE: London Bus Scene

(29/05/2013 09:52)Les Long Wrote:  

(28/05/2013 13:53)YSV-205 Wrote:  

(28/05/2013 12:01)andyrigby2410 Wrote:  They indicate vehicle types and/or classes. It goes back to LT days and beyond. eg. RM = Routemaster RT = Regent Type.

Does that mean that, for example, ADE17 of London United is unique & another London Bus company is not allowed to use 17 as a fleet number or could there be another ***17 owned by, eg, Sullivan Buses?

Not at all - numbers are used over and over again both within a particular fleet and by other fleets.
For example, currently in the Go-Ahead single deck fleet there is HOV1, MEC1, OS1, SE1, SEN1, SO1, SOC1, SOE1.
In the Arriva single deck fleet there is DWL1, EN1, ENL1, ENS1, ENX1, MET1.
In the Hackney Community Transport single deck fleet there is BT1, DA1, DCS1, DE1, DP1, DPS1, HDC1, LFO1, OS1.

Notice that fleet number OS1 crops up with two different operators and both are Optare Solos - the Go-Ahead being an 8.8m whilst the HCT one is a 9.5m version.

All very confusing for us Londoners.

Les.

I see, so the only ones that I can guarantee are logged correctly are Stagecoach & First, considering they use a national numbering scheme.