| Oh crumbs! It's another 'grey-area' service vehicle. Let me explain... In 1996, a 99-year contract to build, operate and maintain a tram network centred on Croydon was awarded to Tramtrack Croydon, a consortium of companies which included FirstGroup-owned London bus operator Centrewest. There were very few reports of service vehicles used during this early period, just a couple of white vans, and a silver Ford Ranger acquired in 2007. In 2008 TfL bought out the consortium, becoming the owner of the network while granting FirstGroup a franchise to continue to operate the tram services until the year 2030. Central fleet service vehicles started to be allocated to support the network, initially in plain white but later in Tramlink-branded white/blue/green. The Ranger was retained as well but was eventually replaced in 2017 by the Ford Transit van shown here. BN67FBG is a Mk8 crew van, unmarked but with 'Tramlink Incident Vehicle' on a notice on the dashboard. I added it to the LTSV database as a central fleet vehicle, though I now believe it is a 'grey', perhaps being operated by FirstGroup. It could be that work on the infrastructure is handled by the TfL vehicles, while this van deals with operational matters. |
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24/08/2019 |
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