On the 128 seen at rest in the bus stand at Romford Station.
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Arriva London is a division of Arriva. It operates bus services in London, UK. It is made up of many previous bus operators, the main operator being Grey Green from North-West London. Operations are split between two registered companies, Arriva London North and Arriva London South.
Arriva London was previously the operator with the largest number of London Buses route contracts, however Go-Ahead London has now gained more contracts.
In 2005, TfL reported that Arriva London had the most complaints a year than any other bus operator in London.
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Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double-decker bus which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian (its 3-axle version was replaced by Volvo Super Olympian). It was built as the British bus operators seemed hesitant to purchase the B7L double decker with a long rear overhang (although some have since entered service in Glasgow, Scotland as 12m long double deckers).
The B7TL chassis was initially built in Irvine, Scotland. In 2000, production was gradually transferred to Sweden. In mid-2004, production of MkII version of B7TL was started.
Like the Olympian, the B7TL features a transversely-mounted rear engine and a shorter rear overhang, but the radiator was mounted on the right side of the engine compartment. It was equipped with Volvo D7C engine and ZF or Voith gearbox. The B7TL was initially available with Alexander ALX400 and Plaxton President bodywork, later followed by East Lancs Vyking and Myllennium Vyking bodies, and also the Wright Eclipse Gemini.
Volvo B7TL was very popular in the United Kingdom, with a large number being purchased by most of the major bus groups such as FirstGroup plc and Arriva. Also Travel West Midlands purchased over 320 B7TLs with Plaxton President, Alexander ALX400 or Wright Eclipse Gemini bodywork. Translink of Northern Ireland also purchased over 150 B7TLs.
It was also popular in Republic of Ireland, Dublin Bus acquired 648 B7TLs between 2000 and 2007, all with Alexander/TransBus/Alexander Dennis ALX400 bodywork. Bus
31 Май 2010, 20:46 Obladonk Great photo!I'm an admin for a group called London's Transport, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
01 Июнь 2010, 07:28 jasonjerbil more badly placed passenger grab rails
01 Июнь 2010, 23:54 esjrosie (Ed) Nice "head on" shot!
02 Июнь 2010, 21:54 LEDLON 89 Nice shot, reminded me of a 1/24th scale front I have have of one of these, came as a calendar, a front and rear end of an ALX400. There is a shot of it on my stream.
03 Июнь 2010, 13:55 thurrockdave A belated thanks for the great comments guys!
04 Июнь 2010, 03:48 GBNLTransportPics Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Arriva London, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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