London OmniBus isn't that big, nowhere as big as L1/Group but we are fairly substancial in and around west London with commercial operations and routes operated on contract for Transport for London.
In Summer 2012, I took up the collection of older buses for preservation in the form of 2 M-Class Metrobuses and one LX-Class Leyland Lynx. Both Metrobuses originated from Carousel: M524 and M1386, and LX212 came from Regal Busways.
These accompanied the Citaro which I had obtained from Carousel in January 2012 (MB52).
In February 2013, I was made aware that London United and L1/Group were selling their different Hayes bases, the LU one near Bulls Bridge and the L1 one at the end of Rigby Lane beside the Great Western Main Line. This was meeting Au, the great head manager of L1/Group, and starting a partnership with him that has been strong ever since.
Both garages became my property at the beginning of the 2013/14 financial year, April 1st, with routes 112, 195 and U9.
On April 3rd, we had the arrival of another Citaro, but this time it was a new one. To match CB52BUS, the new Citaro had been registered MB62BUS, and numbered MB62. It was also painted in red with an orange-style interior to match, contrary to our usual red and black interior design. The same day, 10 Enviro200 buses from Greenford garage which had been refurbished through L1/Group entered service on route 421 with our contract commencing that day. To complement the used Enviros, 5 brand new Optare Tempo buses also entered service, which have a Mercedes engine and a ZF gearbox. Also on that day, new route 111H was started up with LX212 (now numbered LX3), M524 and M1386 from Cranford to Hampton Court, with most fares costing £1.11.
Throughout the rest of April, services ran smoothly under the new operation. At the end of April, the fleet was renumbered into a three-figure number system to differentiate from other London companies, in preparation for the arrival of the buses for the new commercial services. 4 new Wright Meridian buses were ordered for new route 49 running every hour between Staines and High Wycombe. L1/Group also announced their acquisition of Abellio Surrey, and we were given routes 218 and 218A, which we planned to replace with 4 used buses: 3 more Meridians and 1 used MCV Stirling. An East Lancs Kinetic was also found for sale, which we purchased for the commercial services.
An agreement has also been signed with L1/Group for us to put 1 bus on route 74 on weekends, and to half-operate route X74 on Sundays.
All the Meridians, the Kinetic and the Stirling for use on all the commercial services (49, 74, 218, 218A, X74) entered service on the 11th May.
Also arrived is a 52-reg VA which used to be London United, it has now been branded for the 111H for a frequency increase to every 30 minutes.
Following an increase in passenger numbers on the 111H lead to 4 more buses being bought for the service to increase the frequency again to every 20 minutes. Two Plaxton Presidents, one East Lancs Myllennium Vyking and one new Enviro400 have arrived for this increase.
We have recently won contracts for routes 114/N114 (commencing June 1st), 398 (commencing September 2nd) and 640 (commencing September 2nd). Route 421 will have a new double decker supplement from Hayes East garage running between South Ruislip Station and Kenton in busy times, along with being extended on September 2nd to Heathrow Terminal 6, via Hayes & Harlington and Sipson.
And finally, the proposal of two new commercial routes running from Heathrow Terminal 6 to Britwell and Beaconsfield is currently being run through and the result announced soon!
The current fleet list follows:
Commercial: LX3 - Leyland Lynx - G7UYV - DP45F - HS
M524 - MCW Metrobus - GYE524W - H43/28D - HS
M1386 - MCW Metrobus - C386BUV - H43/28D - HS
ADE11 - Alexander Dennis Enviro400 - YX13FNS - H41/24D - HS
VLE27 - Volvo B7TL / ELC Myllennium Vyking - PA04CYK - H47/22D - HS
VLP37 - Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President - X637LLX - H43/25D - HS
VP101 - Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President - W444BCW - H41/21D - HS
VA295 - Volvo B7TL / Alexander ALX400 - SK52MPU - H45/20D - HS
105 - MAN 12.220 / MCV Stirling - CU04AMK - B39F - HS
106 - MAN 18.240 / East Lancs Kinetic - CU56AVP - B43F - HS
107 - MAN NL273F / Wright Meridian - SF08ROU - B44F - HS
108 - MAN NL273F / Wright Meridian - SF08RNZ - B44F - HS
109 - MAN NL273F / Wright Meridian - SF58OHO - B44F - HS
111 - MAN A69 / Wright Meridian - OM61BUS - B42F - HS
112 - MAN A69 / Wright Meridian - RL13NTF - B42F - HS
113 - MAN A69 / Wright Meridian - RL13NTJ - B42F - HS
114 - MAN A69 / Wright Meridian - RL13NTK - B42F - HS
152 - Mercedes-Benz Citaro - CB52BUS - B42F - HS
153 - Mercedes-Benz Citaro - MB62BUS - B42F - HS
Transport for London:
311 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX09FMA - B26F - WS
312 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX09FMC - B26F - WS
313 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX09FMD - B26F - WS
314 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX09 FME - B26F - WS
331 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX09FKS - B29D - HS
332 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX09FKT - B29D - HS
333 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX09FKU - B29D - HS
334 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX09FKV - B29D - HS
335 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX09FKW - B29D - HS
336 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX09FKY - B29D - HS
337 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX09FLL - B29D - HS
338 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX09FLM - B29D - HS
339 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX09FNJ - B29D - HS
340 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX09FNK - B29D - HS
341 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BCU - B29D - HS
342 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BCV - B29D - HS
343 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BCY - B29D - HS
344 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BCZ - B29D - HS
345 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BDE - B29D - HS
346 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BDF - B29D - HS
347 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BDO - B29D - HS
348 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BDU - B29D - HS
349 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BDV - B29D - HS
350 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BDY - B29D - HS
351 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BDZ - B29D - HS
352 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BEJ - B29D - HS
353 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BEO - B29D - HS
354 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BEU - B29D - HS
355 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX10BEY - B29D - HS
356 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX62DAU - B29D - WS
357 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX62DBU - B29D - WS
358 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX62DDE - B29D - WS
359 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX62DDO - B29D - WS
360 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX62DFE - B29D - WS
361 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX62DFO - B29D - WS
362 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX62DVA - B29D - WS
363 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX62DVC - B29D - WS
364 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - YX62DVG - B29D - WS
801 - Optare Tempo - YJ13AYX - B34D - HS
802 - Optare Tempo - YJ13AYZ - B34D - HS
803 - Optare Tempo - YJ13AZN - B34D - HS
804 - Optare Tempo - YJ13AZP - B34D - HS
805 - Optare Tempo - YJ13AZR - B34D - HS
931 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RTX - H41/22D - HS
932 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RTZ - H41/22D - HS
933 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RUA - H41/22D - HS
934 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RUC - H41/22D - HS
935 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RUH - H41/22D - HS
936 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RUJ - H41/22D - HS
937 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RUO - H41/22D - HS
938 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RUU - H41/22D - HS
939 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RUV - H41/22D - HS
940 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RUW - H41/22D - HS
941 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RUY - H41/22D - HS
942 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RVA - H41/22D - HS
943 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RVC - H41/22D - HS
944 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RVE - H41/22D - HS
945 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RVF - H41/22D - HS
946 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RVJ - H41/22D - HS
947 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RVK - H41/22D - HS
948 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RVL - H41/22D - HS
949 - Scania CN230UD / Scania OmniCity - YR61RVM - H41/22D - HS
Soon to be in the fleet:
391 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - SN13RXC - B29D - WS (for route 398)
392 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - SN13RXK - B29D - WS (for route 398)
393 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - SN13RXP - B29D - WS (for route 398)
394 - Alexander Dennis Enviro200 - SN13RXY - B29D - WS (for route 398)
806 - Optare Tempo - YJ13HNS - B34D - HS (for route 421 extension)
807 - Optare Tempo - YJ13HNT - B34D - HS (for route 421 extension)
808 - Optare Tempo - YJ13HNW - B34D - HS (for route 421 extension)
809 - Optare Tempo - YJ13HNX - B34D - HS (for route 421 extension)
810 - Optare Tempo - YJ13HNZ - B34D - HS (for route 421 extension)
961 - Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 HEV - BV13ZDF - H39/21D - WS (for routes 421, 640)
962 - Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 HEV - BV13ZDL - H39/21D - WS (for routes 421, 640)
963 - Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 HEV - BV13ZDN - H39/21D - WS (for routes 421, 640)
964 - Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 HEV - BV13ZDR - H39/21D - WS (for routes 421, 640)
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