London Bus Scene

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RE: London Bus Scene
I have noticed London Buses to some extent sleepwalking into a two-tier network. While many Central London routes gain new buses including Hybrids, outer London routes often make do with refurbished buses. In 2009, routes 21 and 63 specified new buses while routes 321 and 363 had existing buses refurbushed. Likewise routes 27 and 267 this year. Some tenders in Harrow last year were based on existing buses from 2002 being refurbished ie VPs for Metroline and DPSs for London Sovereign.