Changes in Kingston

29th July saw a few changes happen around the Kingston area. The details follow:

K1 - New Malden to Kingston - Contract awarded to Abellio London with new buses
K2 - Kingston Hospital to Hook - Contract retained by London United with existing buses
K3 - Roehampton Vale to Esher - Contract awarded to Abellio London with new buses
K4 - Kingston Hospital to Mansfield Park - Contract retained by London United


I went to Kingston with Au and Josh (from WLTM) to see what went on!

Route K1:
The K1 was awarded to Abellio with 10 new 8.9m Enviro200 buses:
8118 - YX13EHE

Abellio 8120 - YX13EHG - Route K1 - New Malden

8119 - YX13EHF
8120 - YX13EHG
8121 - YX13EHH
8122 - YX13EHJ
8123 - YX13EHK
8124 - YX13EHL
8125 - YX13EHM
8126 - YX13EHN
8127 - YX13EHO

Abellio 8120 - Interior

Abellio 8120 - Side Blind - K1 Kingston

Abellio 8120 - Side Blind - K1 New Malden

Abellio 8120 - YX13EHG - Route K1 - Kingston

Abellio 8123 - YX13EHK - Route K1 - Kingston

Abellio 8126 - YX13EHN - Route K1 - Kingston

Route K2:
The K2 was retained by London United with existing 10.2m Plaxton Pointer and Enviro200 buses.

London United DPS652 - LG02FFW - Route K2 - Kingston Hospital

London United DPS649 - LG02FFT - Route K2 - Kingston

Route K3:
The K3 was awarded to Abellio with 12 new 10.8m Enviro200 buses:
8806 - YX13EFM

Abellio 8807 - YX13EFN - Route K3 - Kingston

8807 - YX13EFN
8808 - YX13EFO
8809 - YX13EFP
8810 - YX13EFR
8811 - YX13EFS
8812 - YX13EFT
8813 - YX13EFU
8814 - YX13EFV
8815 - YX13EFW
8816 - YX13EFY
8817 - YX13EFZ

Abellio 8811 - YX13EFS - Route K3 - Kingston

Route K4:
The K4 was retained by London United using 8.9m Enviro200 buses from route K1.
Unfortunately this route does not run on a Sunday, so I was unable to capture this route.

Thanks for reading this post!