| A photo of this Freight Rover Sherpa truck in KentishBus cream/maroon livery was added to LTSV many years ago. However, this view taken at Catford Garage on 19th June 1986 shows that it had started out in white livery with National London fleetnames. National London was a fleetname of National Travel (London) Ltd, a National Bus Company subsidiary that only ran coaches and control of which passed to London Country Bus Services (LCBS) in 1984. The company had a garage in Catford, which proved to be useful when LCBS bid for some of the early LRT route tenders. A couple of fairly local routes (the 42 and P4) were awarded to LCBS and operated from Catford using Leyland National buses, some of which gained National London fleetnames. The National London coach fleet was gradually dispersed around LCBS (which was split into four regional companies in September 1986), with the last vestiges becoming part of London Country South East (later KentishBus) in February 1987. The Catford base, which has not yet been added to LTSV as a location, is believed to have closed at the same time. |
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19/06/1986 |
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11/12/2021 |
