| As has been seen before, most new vehicles are delivered in unmarked white/blue to Acton Works, where the livery and lettering is applied by a contractor (one of their vans can be seen on the left in this photo). However, I suspect they will not have dealt with this vehicle, photographed in the front car park on 15th August 2019. RY19LFP is a short-wheelbase Volkswagen Transporter minibus to the higher 'SE' specification. Compared to the basic 'S' model this has air-conditioning, body-coloured bumpers and mirrors and extra chrome strips across the front grille. Earlier 'SE' minibuses were given TfL PCO livery but these were long-wheelbase versions. A fleetlist received a few weeks later showed that RY19LFP had been assigned fleetnumber 8932VW, along with similar RY19LFR becoming 8933VW. This is interesting as the numbers adjoin those allocated to a pair of VW Caddy Maxi crew vans that were delivered in plain white and appear to have entered service still in that state (8930VW and 8931VW). Reports of these minibuses in service would be welcomed, bearing in mind that if they are anonymous they will be easy to miss. I suspect that all four vehicles are operated from Stratford Market Depot, although why they would need a few 'secret' vehicles is not clear. |
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15/08/2019 |
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11/09/2019 |
