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Date:	On 13/08/1973
Category:	London Buses
Title:	MS class Metro-Scania buses entered service on route S2, including one that went in the pond
Details:	Following the hiring of a demonstrator (used at Plumstead on the 99), a batch of six Metro-Scania single-decker buses was bought in 1973 and entered service on this day on route S2 between Bromley-by-Bow and Clapton Pond. Numbered as MS1-6, MS4 famously crashed into the pond at Clapton on its first day, though the damage was surprisingly minimal. The type was joined a few months later by six Leyland National buses (LS1-6) for a comparative trial.
Source:	LOTS TLB109 (September 1973)
Added:	19/09/2022 by Thomas Young

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