LTSV Vehicle Detail

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Main vehicle details

Number	Registration	Type	Class	Chassis No.	Body No. ? If the vehicle had two or more bodies (i.e. if it was rebodied), the body numbers (where known) are shown in chronological order. Refer to the history records for more details.
5494F *	KJ53UNW	Ford Transit Mk6 125 T350 ECF LWB Exhibition Unit Van	Medium Van

Licence on:	20/10/2003
Into stock:	17/10/2003
From:
Out of stock:	29/01/2025 (Life: 21.29 years)
Disposal:	Auctioned by Wilsons, Newcastle
Licence off:	30/09/2021 ?This is the last recorded licence expiry date. Previous expiry dates will be shown in the Licensing History section below.

Livery:	Blue
Operator:	LTM
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	06/02/2025 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

9 photos of this vehicle have been published, shown below in order of date taken (oldest first).

There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.

Sightings
20 sightings of this vehicle have been reported. Shown below with the most recent at the top.

Date	Place	Comments	Posted by ?If the name is in brackets, the vehicle was not seen by the person, but the sighting was added by the person.
21/04/2018	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	Open Day	Bob Milner
13/09/2014	Acton (LT Museum Depot)		Ray
15/03/2014	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	-	Thomas Young
02/11/2013	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	-	Thomas Young
04/08/2013	Buckinghamshire Railway Centre	LTM event	Damon
25/02/2012	Acton Works	lorry yard	Ray
21/01/2012	Acton Works	Lorry yard	Steve Howard
08/10/2011	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	-	Ray
13/03/2011	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	-	Thomas Young
12/03/2011	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	has had a repaint!	Damon
08/12/2009	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	in its allocated parking space (not disposed of)	rtwbus
19/09/2009	Acton Works	Lorry yard. Dumped with Metronet Optare Solo. No positive ID but a fairly unique vehicle....	Thomas Young
18/04/2009	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	Yard	London spotter
08/03/2009	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	parked in front of possible replacement?..maybe.	Damon
02/11/2008	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	back yard on open day	Damon
01/09/2008	Acton Works	-	Steve Howard
03/11/2006	Acton Works	lorry park	Damon
27/05/2006	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	at rear	John Lloyd-Martin
16/08/2005	Acton		Steve Howard
04/08/2004	Covent Garden		Thomas Young

History ?This section contains details of events during the lifetime of this vehicle. These can be drawn from official documents or from observations, and will eventually cover the whole career of each vehicle.
1 history entry has been added.

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
c.11/2003	Allocated to	LTM	n/a	Acton (LT Museum Depot)			Observations

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
4 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.

Note	Posted by	On
Auctioned at Wilsons, Newcastle 29/1/2025	Ray	24/01/2025
MOT expired 18/9/2020. SORN in place (@ 25/12/2024 from 21/9/2021)	Ray	09/08/2021
This van was noted back at the Museum Depot on 24th March 2018 so was evidently not withdrawn 'by01/2016'.	Thomas Young	28/03/2018
Underground School Liaison	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
No documents relating to this vehicle have been published.

Licensing History ?The licence expiry dates are regularly updated, with all records shown here (most recent first).

Date checked	Expiry date	Notes	Added by
01/01/2022	30/09/2021		Ray

Edits ?This section shows a description of each change that has been applied to the database entry for this vehicle.
This record has been edited 22 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
06/02/2025	Withdrawn	Thomas Young	Y
27/08/2023	Operator clarified (LTM, not TfL)	Thomas Young	Y
20/09/2020	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
08/10/2019	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
22/09/2018	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
28/03/2018	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
28/03/2018	Not withdrawn	Thomas Young	Y
22/10/2016	Withdrawn	Thomas Young	Y
30/09/2016	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
17/09/2015	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
16/09/2014	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
19/09/2013	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
28/09/2012	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
31/10/2011	Improved details (LWB)	Thomas Young	Y
31/10/2011	Asterisk added (fleetnumbers not carried)	Thomas Young	Y
22/09/2011	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
05/09/2011	Improved description	Thomas Young	Y
18/04/2011	Not withdrawn!	Thomas Young	Y
13/03/2011	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
21/02/2011	Presumed withdrawn	Thomas Young	Y
26/09/2009	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
25/03/2009	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y