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Details: I didn't expect that this delve into the archives would turn up any new information but I was wrong. This photo shows Ford Transit van 4780F, which I had assumed was in LUL white/blue livery (seemingly on the rather dubious basis that 12 other Transits with P2xxUTM registrations were all in white/blue). However, as seen in this photo of the van at Parliament Square on 17th June 1998 shows, it was in fact plain white. I noticed that I had logged a sighting of this van when it was just a couple of months old and I managed to dig out my notebook of the time. Although I had not recorded the location or the lettering, I had noted that the livery was white, suggesting that it carried this from new. Another oddity is the lettering being just 'London Transport'. This title was not in general use at the time, most vehicles either being London Underground or London Buses. Some clues come from the facts that this van was officially allocated to Broadway (Westminster) and it was withdrawn in October 2001. This was shortly after the arrival of newer Transit Mk6 van 5213F, which was also plain white, had Transport for London lettering (being one of the first vehicles to carry this) and was used by the archive department. It is assumed that Mk5 Transit 4780F was used for the same function and I will update the database accordingly.

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