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Not wanting to repeat the same nearside view of a HereEast bus I got for the previous two buses, which I think was caused by pedestrian or vehicle traffic blocking this sort of shot, our final variant of HereEast in a very striking aqua livery! Fittingly, this bus, like a handful of others on the HereEast shuttles, bears the name 'Ken'. I think, though, that 'SEe' is a class name that I think I'll stick by.

The final of our three HereEast buses, Go-Ahead London's 'HereEast'-branded SEe38, a 2016 BYD ADL Enviro200EV new for Red Arrow services and now given the name 'Ken', is seen turning onto Montfichet Road while running morning shuttle services.

We're back on for the final round of my London trip uploads, and we start off with a non-'red bus' service operated by Go-Ahead London: the HereEast shuttle. This service, established in May 2017, runs from Stratford City and Stratford International via the Olympic Park complex to the HereEast business complex, formerly the hub for international broadcasters during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It mainly makes use of an ex-TfL fleet in the form of electric Enviro200EVs branded in very striking livery wraps, though there are a couple of diesel types to be seen if you're lucky!

One of at three of these buses I was able to capture, Go-Ahead London's 'HereEast'-branded SEe40, a 2016 BYD ADL Enviro200EV new for Red Arrow services and now bearing the name 'Alice', crosses the Montfichet Road bridge on a morning shuttle service.

With that in the bag, a call was made to move on from this isolated spot towards an adjacent bridge to catch some more variety in the Stratford City area. [CAPTION TBC]

The final photo of this penultimate batch, Go-Ahead London Central's SEe24, a 2016 BYD ADL Enviro200EV originally new for Red Arrow services and currently based at New Cross garage (NX) is seen up the other side of Montfinchet Road and bypassing Stratford City bus station as it works a 108 to Stratford International.

Had I'd come to Stratford City a couple weeks prior, I might have been happily photograping Go-Ahead London's Citaros on route 108! But alas, that was not meant to be, as the route changed over to refurbished and rather-boring ex-Red Arrow SEe BYD Enviro200EVs in recent months. Originally founded in 1934 as a renumbering of the confusingly-numbered 108A, 108B and 108E, the 108 has its own little contribution to the Millennium Dome story, having the distinction of being the first route to serve the Dome during its construction back in November 1998, when it was rerouted to drop off commuting construction workers in a secure site. Back then, it was run by the erstwhile Harris Bus, but one thing led to another and now, the route is in the hands of Go-Ahead London and, well, is just any other single-deck route these days.

A recent transfer onto this route after having run along the former Red Arrow routes in and around the City until April 2023, Go-Ahead London Central's SEe20, a 2016 BYD ADL Enviro200EV allocated to New Cross garage (NX), pulls out onto Montfinchet Road on a 108 to Stratford International railway station.

South Harrow / RATP

Linea/Line H12

Volvo B5LH

New Cross (NX) based 2016 Enviro200EV in Belmont Hill, Lewisham.

Hants & Dorset Trim.
Eastleigh, Hampshire.
November 12th 2023
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Seen in the Victoria area of London is RATP owned TOOT Bus open-top Ayats Bravo YXY791 - LS66OLS.

Seen in the Victoria area of London is RATP owned TOOT Bus open-top Ayats Bravo YXY791 - LS66OLS.

And so the pilgrimage has been made. We've made it to Blackfriars, and now with a cursory check of bustimes.org, it is time to wait and plan the photos of route 63. [CAPTION TBA DUE TO FLICKR ISSUES]

...the City of London Police's LJ66 TTK, a 2016 Vaxuhall Vivaro cell van which shortly disappeared on a blue-light run after taking this photo.

After a month's break, seeing as how the two concerts at Craven Park didn't turn up anything - bad timing proved to be my enemy here - and seeing as how there'll be no Ellie Rose running day as planned, its back to London 2023, I suppose. With hope, I'll be able to put day 1 of 3 to bed this week! If I remember to, that is. This is the penultimate photo of the many 521s that I saw in the City, mercifully, and it was at this point that I realised that yes, I might have been getting too many of them. Another funny thing from being this way was also for a very fruitless search for shampoo for the hotel bath... by the time we got down here, the shop had just shut about a few minutes prior!

The penultimate Red Arrow photo now, Go-Ahead London General's SEe19, a 2016 BYD ADL Enviro200EV allocated to Waterloo (RA) garage, is seen coming up Cannon Street on a 521 to London Bridge.

Here it is! The photo I went out of my way for on London Bridge, and the photo I went straight to the Wikimedia Commons for! Maybe not the best in the sense of obstructions and glare, but what else can you do in London? Especially if this is your one chance to catch this route before it's withdrawal. In any case, I'm very pleased with how the photo turned out, given the backdrop I was presented with as I wandered the wrong way down London Bridge. Well, one bus down, another to go! Thus begins a long, long trek.

The first photo intended for the Wikimedia Commons last month, Go-Ahead London General's SEe27, a 2016 BYD ADL Enviro200EV based at Waterloo garage (RA), is seen here on London Bridge on it's penultimate day of operations on route 521

A trip to the City of London wouldn’t be complete without a trip to see some Red Arrow buses. However, the news that ex-Red Arrow route 521 would be withdrawn on Saturday further motivated me to get to London Bridge and get as many of these E200EVs as possible! That I sure did... maybe a little too much as I moved down Cannon Street, as you'll soon find out. Route 521 has come a long way since it's Red Arrow days in the 90s, utilising, Leyland Nationals, articulated and rigid Citaros, and of course, these E200EVs, making route 521 the first electric bus route in London all the way back in 2016. Now, of course, its gone. But in the process of ticking off one critical job from your list, what better way to show off your Northern indifference than to walk the wrong side down London Bridge and not even notice that’s what you’re doing. Well, I didn't get collared for it, at least, but I was wondering why I kept getting shots blown out by cyclists!

One of the 28th of April's many 'missions', Go-Ahead London General's SEe25, a 2016 BYD ADL Enviro200EV based at Waterloo garage (RA), is seen crossing London Bridge on it's penultimate day of service on route 521 to London Bridge.

360 Elephant & Castle to Royal Albert Hall

A Paramedic of Springburn Ambulance Station, Glasgow, exits his car (Paramedic Response Unit, PRU) outside the Emergency Department of Mossend District General Hospital, Belshotmuir. Having been sent as a first response to a patient in Immediately Life Threatening (ILT) condition, he has worked to stabilise them, then assisted his Double Crewed Ambulance (DCA) colleagues to extricate the patient, subsequently he has followed as they travelled to Hospital under emergency driving conditions. Should the patient have deteriorated further en-route, both would stop at the roadside and leave the PRU behind.

I was based at Springburn Ambulance Station and so was thrilled to learn that a model was being released of Springburn’s (Glasgow Central Ambulance Station) fully electric powered BMW i3. This car was used as a Paramedic Response Unit across the city, as well as being used in the Mental Health car trial, in which it was crewed by a Paramedic and Police Officer. It is pictured here on my diorama of “Mossend District General Hospital” alongside a mix of Code 1 & 3 models. This diorama uses Kingsway Models kit - “Holby City A&E” depicting the Emergency Department from the BBC’s Casualty & Holby City programmes.

*The Health Service are matched only by the military in their love of acronyms and initialisms

LJ66 FNM British Transport Police T41 Armed Response Vehicle Mercedes Vito London

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Go-Ahead London SEe1, a 2016 BYD D9UR Electric Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV MMC, was seen in London Victoria, whilst operating a service 507 to London Victoria. New to Go-Ahead London in 2016.

LJ66 CGF is a BYD D9UR/Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV new to London General in September 2016 as their SEe23.