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| Still on hire YH05 VDZ still at Aldgate on 20/1/2006 and 10/02/2006 Note: Reply edited by Ray, 10/02/06, 14:12. | Fri 20/01/2006, 16:53 |
| Still around The vehicle was in Lewisham Bus Station on 12/1/06. | Fri 20/01/2006, 16:51 |
| 5425V John, By coincidence, the white/blue Vauxhall Combo van registered LK52KAO passed me at some speed at about 1.30am this morning in Bollo Lane, Acton. I believe this to be 5425V. I do not recall seeing LK52KAU but will look out for this whenever I'm around Griffith House and will post any details if I see it. Regards Steve | Thu 19/01/2006, 18:18 |
| L100JMH Steve, Many thanks for that. I am now virtually certain this was the vehicle I saw. It certainly seems to be a regular visitor to the Hyde Park area. Cheers again. John Note: Reply edited by John Lloyd-Martin, 14/01/06, 11:51. | Sat 14/01/2006, 11:50 |
| L100JMH John, In case it helps, the truck was parked on that stand today. I also saw it on 10th December when it passed me at Hyde Park Corner but I'm not sure whether it went on the stand that day. Regards Steve | Thu 12/01/2006, 20:45 |
| This may help when navigating around the site I know it can be frustrating when you navigate to a set of data or pictures and then click on a link for details, only to not be able to go back to the same set afterwards. Well, there is an easy way around this. Right-click on the link and select Open in New Window. When you are done looking at the details, picture or whatever, close the new window and you will be back at the first one. Brilliant! I chose not to make the links open new windows by default when designing the site as this may have caused problems with pop-up blockers. | Thu 12/01/2006, 10:15 |
| KG05YUL added. But is it an Estate or a minibus? The Transit Connect is a big small van, but also a small big van, if you see what I mean. So, when it comes in windowed versions (as the Ford Transit Tourneo Connect!), is it an Estate Car or a Minibus? Does anyone know how many seats they have? | Thu 05/01/2006, 17:51 |
| YH05VDZ still at Aldgate These hire vehicles are lasting a couple of months or more. | Thu 05/01/2006, 17:43 |
| KG05YUL This vehicle, which I saw first in October, continues to work hard for Metronet and should perhaps be added to the unnumbered vehicles list. It is a silver Ford Transit Tourneo Connect estate with white Metronet BCV logos. After a couple of appearances in the Baker Street area in November/Decmber it was today ferrying people in and out of Acton Works. | Wed 04/01/2006, 18:59 |
| RA54VWD This van was at KCB today. Although I was not very close to it, it appeared to carry number 5672VW. I have not seen the other vehicle claiming that number, RA54VWM, so cannot shed any further light on the issue. Movano 5210V was also still at KCB. | Wed 04/01/2006, 18:51 |
| New Kangoos now in the database So that sightings etc can be logged, I have added the three recent Kangoos as un-numbered vehicles. At present, the database cannot handle more than one CDS vehicle with the same fleetnumber, something I will consider revising at the next upgrade! To find the Kangoos quickly, I suggest you enter Kangoo in the Search for Text box on the Fleet Data Options page. The trio appear to be allocated to the Central Line, most likely replacing Ford Focus Estates 5255-5257F. | Thu 29/12/2005, 11:32 |
| 5796M is BN55DXK This van was at Eltham yesterday (pictures to follow) so it could be presumed that BN55DXH is indeed 5798M. We shall see! A visit to Kingston today failed to locate Transporter RA54VWD, although Movano 5210V (Y441SLD) was there. Reports of other surviving Movanos would be appreciated. | Sun 18/12/2005, 21:53 |
| And then there were 12 It now turns out that 5670VW is RE05DUA, so there are at least 12 in this batch of 11! Presumably a separate number has been allocated to one of the three regs mentioned. | Sun 11/12/2005, 12:10 |
| RE05DTZ This one was seen in Bollo Lane Acton today and certainly had no number on the nearside. It did however carry some reference to Infrastructure which I have not seen on others... | Tue 06/12/2005, 23:15 |
| Passenger Data 5769F I appreciate that the weather is poor for photos at present, but should anyone be interested then 5769F should be at Tottenham Court Road Bus Stand tomorrow morning until 0730 approx, in connection with a passenger survey on route 1. Other Passenger Data vehicles will be at Canada Water throughout the day, but not 5769F. | Wed 16/11/2005, 18:44 |
| 5691F is not with Passenger Data Their Connect is Transit Tourneo Connect (ie with windows) 5769F KF05MHN. | Tue 15/11/2005, 12:50 |
| One new Kangoo in use ''5715'' viz. YG55NXR was noted parked outside Shepherds Bush Central Line station on 9/11/05. It was carrying a Metronet logo - and its incorrect number - on the offside at least. Note: Reply edited by Steve Howard, 10/11/05, 18:20. | Thu 10/11/2005, 18:19 |
| Guesswork and assumptions Hopefully this forum will encourage people to report sightings even if there is uncertainty. There is no such thing as wrong! I figured LN05XTT would be an SV as it was in the same livery as LN05XRK, which did carry LBSL labels. However, it could equally have been a contractors vehicle, several of which were also present. Also there were a pair of silver Y-reg Ford Galaxies. Who knows.... | Wed 09/11/2005, 09:41 |
| Reporting vehicles of unconfirmed ownership I would suggest that you post a comment on the forum in the first place. Somebody may have more info. The way I distinguish between hired and un-numbered vehicles is whether they have any permanent livery or lettering applied. Most of the hired Transits have either Ford lettering, or London Buses magnetic stickers. Having said that, Y285EOB is an example of a hired-looking vehicle that official info reports as being leased. I may in the near future start adding hired vehicles to the main vehicle data. | Wed 09/11/2005, 09:32 |
| Hired Vehicles at Aldgate In view of Tom's post I can now add that LN05XTT was also at Aldgate on 6th October. Nothing at that time, other than its presence, confirmed it was a Hired SV. Shows how wrong one can be ! | Tue 08/11/2005, 22:16 |
| More Hired Transits at Aldgate LN05XRK was at Aldgate again today, along with high-roof van YH05VDZ (plain white) and mid-height minibus LN05XTT (Ford Rentals & Dagenham Motors on white). | Tue 08/11/2005, 13:21 |
| Future Developments & Useful Ideas Tom, I agree with your idea of pageable options, & also as one living well away from London, & not visiting too often, I would welcome location notes. I am well aware that things can change almost instantly, but general notes on a location(s) would be useful. I enjoy the site ! Thanks | Tue 08/11/2005, 09:22 |
| Another case of window retro-fitting Just found another one. High-roof 5382F has gained an offside window after entering service. Seems quite a major job, or are identities being swapped?? | Sun 30/10/2005, 12:26 |
| 1014MY The last I heard of this was in May 1983, I took a photo of it at Battersea Park in a maroon and red livery with and lettered for Maldon Transport. I think it was entered by the 5th wheel lorry club, who I think came from Chelmsford or Hanningfield in Essex. I've not seen it since. Note: Reply edited by Steve, 28/10/05, 17:43. | Wed 26/10/2005, 18:07 |
| ET05GXG. Is it an SV? Seen again at London Bridge today, still unmarked. | Wed 26/10/2005, 15:52 |
| A further idea that might be useful Several pages on this site use buttons to allow you to view the next and previous batch of information or pictures. From tedious experience, it might be useful to provide clickable page numbers so that you can jump to the approximate section you want. I shall add this to the list of things to do as item 1 and a half! | Sun 16/10/2005, 15:51 |
| Second hand acquisitions methinks! I reckon it's related to SM03ZGF (which I thought was hired) also seen at Victoria, and EF03EAE seen at Vauxhall. Looks like they've been down to the used van dealers. | Sun 25/09/2005, 10:43 |
| All vehicles - slow link Hi Tom. Just tried it and have exactly the same problem. Takes ages and PC seems to be doing nothing. Damon. | Sun 25/09/2005, 02:22 |
| I thought it was a hire van! Thanks for the update. I have a picture of this white van and the red roundel on the front was similar to some of the hire vans used by LBSL. Anyway, I will add the record. By the way, would it not be better if you could see the post when you are writing a reply? Time for a bit more programming! | Sat 24/09/2005, 18:09 |
| Testing again 5678 | Sun 11/09/2005, 20:27 |
| Testing 1234 | Sun 11/09/2005, 10:48 |
| Hey! The site is up. I have registered as Tester. | Sun 11/09/2005, 00:26 |
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