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Ford Transit van 3446F was photographed at Kingston Bus Station on 18th August 1987. I presume this is the 'old' bus station in front of the railway station, this later being moved to the current Cromwell Road site. 3446F had been new that Spring and was allocated to Cardinal district, whose operations covered a large part of South West, West and North West London. The 'General Manager Buses' side lettering was common on inspector's cars and vans, but I don't recall seeing it on a Transit-sized vehicle before. As was mentioned recently, LT's early Mk3 Ford Transits were in a slightly orange shade of red. In this photo the van does look red, but not quite as red as the buses in the background. The buses by the way include a Leyland National of London Country (by then either with London Country South West or London Country North West) and two Norbiton-based double deckers. On the right is an MCW Metrobus, while just visible behind is one of 35 elderly Daimler Fleetline (DMS class) buses recently returned to passenger service after having been used as training vehicles for many years. These formed the low-cost basis by which London Buses retained some tendered routes in the area.
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Photo date: 18/08/1987 Size: Regular
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Date added: 25/08/2022
Note added Fri 26/08/2022 by Ray

I would have guessed that this is the bus station in front of the old garage (K) which closed in 1984 but continued as a bus station until Cromwell Road opened in 1995. It is however the station stand comparing other photographs.