There's a New Kid In Town: Part 2
Epsom Buses also had something else happening in their fleet. Whilst Metrocities are coming in, double decker flagship routes 406 and 418 got a frequency and PVR increase. To cover the PVR increase, new buses were ordered. Read on to find out more.
Brand new double deck Enviro 400s were purchased for routes 406 and 418, as they are having a frequency increase from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes. These buses are also Euro VI, and are numbered DD14-DD18. These buses will supplement existing Enviro 400 (DD01-10).
Both routes run between Epsom, Clock Tower and Kingston, Cromwell Road Bus Station. They mainly parallel each other most of the journey, however route 406 goes via Ewell, High Street whilst route 418 goes via West Ewell instead.
These buses have already been spotted on other routes such as the 467, which runs between Epsom, Clock Tower and Hook Parade, and route X26 between West Croydon and Heathrow Central, the longest route in London which takes about 2 hours end to end during peak times.
The existing buses, DD01-10 are benifiting from a all-over refurbishment including new seats, repaint, spring clean of the dashboard and re-done flooring.
Something to note about the new Enviro 400s is, like other buses within the company, there are no advert frames - however the windows are tinted slightly to a darker colour if you look closely.
Here is the fleetlist of the new buses:
SL14 LND - DD14
SL14 LNE - DD15
SL14 LNF - DD16
SL14 LNG - DD17
SL14 LNH - DD18
And to round off this rather short post, here are some photos of the new Enviro 400s on routes 406 and 418.
Believe it or not, not all the Enviro 400s actually gained logos, stickers or anything like that. To give an example of what I'm talking about, Lee Thatcher spotted DD15 (SL14 LNE) at Kingston, Cromwell Road Bus Station (Noting there are two bus stations at Kingston, the other one being Fairfield Bus Station which is the less busier one) whilst embarking on a journey on route 406 towards Epsom, Clock Tower. Note it's devoid of any logos, legals, stickers or adverts. The bus has no signal to who owns it, unless you know where to look!
Second up on the same day, same place is DD16 (SL14 LNF), on sister route 418 towards Epsom, Clock Tower. Buses from Kingston or Epsom on the overlapped sections on route 406 and 418 are now every 10 minutes compared to the previous 15. Unlike DD15, this bus does have some identification - there are logos on this bus, the one on the side being rather small.
Finally, last but not least is DD17 (SL14 LNG), the last one in this batch to enter service back on route 406, having spent a number of days on route 467 (Hinchley Wood School/ Epsom - Hook) at Cromwell Road Bus Station.
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Brand new double deck Enviro 400s were purchased for routes 406 and 418, as they are having a frequency increase from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes. These buses are also Euro VI, and are numbered DD14-DD18. These buses will supplement existing Enviro 400 (DD01-10).
Both routes run between Epsom, Clock Tower and Kingston, Cromwell Road Bus Station. They mainly parallel each other most of the journey, however route 406 goes via Ewell, High Street whilst route 418 goes via West Ewell instead.
These buses have already been spotted on other routes such as the 467, which runs between Epsom, Clock Tower and Hook Parade, and route X26 between West Croydon and Heathrow Central, the longest route in London which takes about 2 hours end to end during peak times.
The existing buses, DD01-10 are benifiting from a all-over refurbishment including new seats, repaint, spring clean of the dashboard and re-done flooring.
Something to note about the new Enviro 400s is, like other buses within the company, there are no advert frames - however the windows are tinted slightly to a darker colour if you look closely.
Here is the fleetlist of the new buses:
SL14 LND - DD14
SL14 LNE - DD15
SL14 LNF - DD16
SL14 LNG - DD17
SL14 LNH - DD18
And to round off this rather short post, here are some photos of the new Enviro 400s on routes 406 and 418.
Believe it or not, not all the Enviro 400s actually gained logos, stickers or anything like that. To give an example of what I'm talking about, Lee Thatcher spotted DD15 (SL14 LNE) at Kingston, Cromwell Road Bus Station (Noting there are two bus stations at Kingston, the other one being Fairfield Bus Station which is the less busier one) whilst embarking on a journey on route 406 towards Epsom, Clock Tower. Note it's devoid of any logos, legals, stickers or adverts. The bus has no signal to who owns it, unless you know where to look!
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| ©Lee Thatcher |
Second up on the same day, same place is DD16 (SL14 LNF), on sister route 418 towards Epsom, Clock Tower. Buses from Kingston or Epsom on the overlapped sections on route 406 and 418 are now every 10 minutes compared to the previous 15. Unlike DD15, this bus does have some identification - there are logos on this bus, the one on the side being rather small.
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| ©Lee Thatcher |
Finally, last but not least is DD17 (SL14 LNG), the last one in this batch to enter service back on route 406, having spent a number of days on route 467 (Hinchley Wood School/ Epsom - Hook) at Cromwell Road Bus Station.
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| ©Lee Thatcher |
Thanks to Lee Thatcher for allowing the All Over London Blog to use his photos.
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