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A Second New Bus for London is Spotted

Tonight I spotted a second New Bus for London in the Balls Pond Road.

A Second New Bus for London

It appears to be numbered as LT6.

They all appear to have registration numbers starting with LT

April 23, 2012 - Posted by | Transport/Travel | , ,

8 Comments »

  1. I am obsessed with the London double Decker bus. I hope i could ride one that is actually in London.

    Comment by Lagos | April 23, 2012 | Reply

    • It’s not difficult to ride one, as there are nearly 8,000 buses in London of which upwards of 80% are double-deckers.

      The bus shown is one of only two prototypes for the new ones. They are technologically advanced and very comfortable.

      I get to ride the prototypes quite often, as they are on a route past my house, that goes to the centre.

      Comment by AnonW | April 23, 2012 | Reply

      • I dont know why but the only time ive ridden a double decker was in New York and in San Francisco but never in London. I would absolutely die to ride one. Please try to get in one of them because Ive heard their interiors are amazing.

        Comment by Lagos | April 23, 2012

  2. There’s some interior pictures here.

    https://anonw.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/riding-the-new-bus-for-london/

    You can find more in this blog, by searching for “New Bus for London”

    Comment by AnonW | April 23, 2012 | Reply

  3. I was under the impression that LT6 was the third of the new fleet now in service!

    Comment by Mark Johnson | April 24, 2012 | Reply

    • It might be. But I’d only ever seen LT2 before. This morning though, I did see two within seconds, as I walked back home after buyng my paper. One went towards Dalston and then another went towards Islington. They were too far away to identify.

      Comment by AnonW | April 24, 2012 | Reply

  4. I am also a massive fan of the NBFL and I hope to travel on one by mid June (by which stage all eight should be in service) on Route 38. I just love the NBFL, I think the combination of Hybrid propulsion, plus the old style interior is a winner, and its totally unique to London! The back end is just so “21st century Routemaster” and the front is soo different and so distinctive from anything else, there are pictures on the web showing the NBFL alongside generic London Double deckers and the NBFL just looks so much better, and less boxy & less bulky in shape thanks to its rounded edges. I just hope that they prove to be relyable (after the teething troubles have died down), and I also hope that Boris gets back in as Mayor so that we can have at least six hunderd of these super Hybrids on the streets of London in the coming years.

    Comment by Mark Johnson | April 24, 2012 | Reply

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