Thursday 18 June 2009

London: Variety at Aldgate


Two London buses belonging to Leaside Buses and one from Stagecoach show a bit of double-decker variety at Aldgate Bus Station in the East End during the Nineties. As well as an elderly MCW Metrobus we can see an early Northern Counties bodied Volvo Olympian and just visible behind them another Olympian, but this time a Leyland carrying the most stylish looking and attractive body of the bunch an Alexander R-series.
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2 comments:

  1. Andy R19 June 2009 at 05:25

    Thanks Christopher,

    Although the Metrobus was obviously not unique to London, it was (together with the Olympian) in my eyes the last in a long line of designs that were genuine London buses rather than buses that happened to painted red and happened to be working in London. Your photograph encompasses that sentiment totally.

    Maybe it had something to do with the demise of LT? Or maybe it's just me getting older?

    Andrew

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  2. christopher19 June 2009 at 09:21

    I'm not quite with you there Andrew as the Titan was probably the last real London Bus as the others were as you said just painted red for London. Indeed I'm sure those from the West midlands wouldn't think their Metrobus was a London Bus it was very Brum.

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