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Post by cl54 on Apr 23, 2024 18:26:06 GMT
From what I have seen looking at pictures, was just the rear end rebuilt. No full repaint and seat retrim. I travelled on the bus today and the interior looked immaculate. I accept that there may not have been an exterior repaint. You can see the join. View AttachmentThe join visible but the "old" paint looks in good condition.
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Post by VWH1413 on Apr 23, 2024 18:49:10 GMT
I travelled on the bus today and the interior looked immaculate. I accept that there may not have been an exterior repaint. You can see the join. View AttachmentThe join visible but the "old" paint looks in good condition. View AttachmentLooks like was somehow well looked and as a result seats aren’t too bad .Paint doesn’t look job too ghastly either considering its age(join pictures show a nice job hiding rebuild at rear). The front of the bus makes it more obvious not a repaint as looks dull/bleached (but not awful). The pictures I refer to was in the Metroline FB group. Annoyingly I can’t link the post in question here as it’s a closed off group unless approved. Happy to post if ok with pictures not my own?
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Post by cl54 on Apr 23, 2024 19:36:08 GMT
The join visible but the "old" paint looks in good condition. View AttachmentLooks like was somehow well looked and as a result seats aren’t too bad .Paint doesn’t look job too ghastly either considering its age(join pictures show a nice job hiding rebuild at rear). The front of the bus makes it more obvious not a repaint as looks dull/bleached (but not awful). The pictures I refer to was in the Metroline FB group. Annoyingly I can’t link the post in question here as it’s a closed off group unless approved. Happy to post if ok with pictures not my own? The front today.
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Post by paulo on Apr 23, 2024 22:00:45 GMT
Looks like was somehow well looked and as a result seats aren’t too bad .Paint doesn’t look job too ghastly either considering its age(join pictures show a nice job hiding rebuild at rear). The front of the bus makes it more obvious not a repaint as looks dull/bleached (but not awful). The pictures I refer to was in the Metroline FB group. Annoyingly I can’t link the post in question here as it’s a closed off group unless approved. Happy to post if ok with pictures not my own? The front today. Please remind me. What was different about ST812? View Attachment
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Post by paulo on Apr 23, 2024 22:01:31 GMT
The front today. Please remind me. What was different about ST812? View AttachmentPlease remind me. What was different about ST812?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2024 22:01:52 GMT
The front today. Please remind me. What was different about ST812? View AttachmentIt's a short version of a normal LT hence the S being substituted in for the L
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Post by astock5000 on Apr 24, 2024 0:07:44 GMT
My list now has 556/999 confirmed, three of those still in progress. The rate has slowed recently since Go-Ahead's refurbs have stopped for now.
Arriva - Total: 193/324 Complete: LT1-7 / 88-94 / 136-142 / 176-185 / 187-188 / 191-217 / 219 / 221-230 / 238 / 299-305 / 317-320 / 322-328 / 334-335 / 337 / 339 / 341 / 347-348 / 351-353 / 355-356 / 428-442 / 464-477 / 488-497 / 499-500 / 513-517 / 520 / 522 / 526-527 / 533-535 / 540 / 542 / 564 / 566-567 / 569-575 / 577-587 / 589-592 / 595-602 In progress: LT336 / 340 / 538
Possible but not confirmed: LT218 / 220 / 321 / 329 / 331 / 333 / 346 / 354 / 521 / 525 / 529 / 532 / 536 / 539 / 541 / 565 / 568 / 576 / 588 / 594
More of CT's and SF's buses in the 3xx - 5xx ranges have been completed, while a couple of others are also confirmed. Arriva and Go-Ahead totals have been updated following the transfer of route 76's allocation of 22 LTs.
Go-Ahead - Total: 142/258 Complete: LT41-44 / 46-68 / 118-119 / 172-173 / 186 / 189 / 231-236 / 273-298 / 306 / 308-311 / 391-396 / 398 / 400-427 / 443-458 / 478-487 / 501-511 In progress: LT453 / 458
Possible but not confirmed: LT307 / 397 / 399 / 459 / 512 / 687
LT306-309 did indeed follow as the last Go-Ahead refurbs before a pause (LT307 still TBC as above, though likely), and returned to River Road where they - along with the other four ex-refurb float buses - have now increased the available fleet of LTs there.
Metroline- Total: 68/128 Complete: LT8-18 / 95-117 / 175 / 190 / 460 / 543-545 / 547-548 / 550 / 552 / 554 / 556 / 558-563 / 641 / 643-651 / 653-658
Possible but not confirmed: LT661 / 746 / 753
Refurbs of Cricklewood LTs have continued slowly, while LT101 has finally returned to service (one of three long-term VOR New Routemasters to return in the past few days, along with ST812 and Transport UK's LT700). LT101 was already reported as done back in late 2022 and a photo online confirms it as refurbished. As others have mentioned and shown above, ST812 was not refurbished during its repair.
RATP - Total: 19/40 Complete: LT69-87
Stagecoach - Total: 84/89 Complete: LT120-135 / 239-240 / 242 / 244-270 / 312-316 / 357-389
Possible but not confirmed: LT243
Unrefurbished, long-term VOR: LT241 Unrefurbished, active: LT271-272 / 390 (all at Leyton, with LT390 last used 28th March)
Transport UK - Total: 46 (+4)/160 Complete: LT19-40 / 143-155 / 157 / 159-162 / 164-166 / 168-170 Internal refurb only: LT156 / 158 / 163 / 167
Possible but not confirmed: LT171
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