New Streetlites for the 219!
On the first day of June, London General retained the contract for route 219 with new buses to replace the old LDPs. Instead of ordering Enviro200s, London General decided to place an order for the new Wright Streetlite for route 219 (along with newly-gained route 491), this time in the door-forward variant unlike those on the 462.
Route 219 starts at Clapham Junction and heads across and down to Tooting Bec Station, where it follows the Northern Line past Tooting Broadway, Colliers Wood and South Wimbledon (Merton) before making the short leg up to Wimbledon Station in Wimbledon.
The new buses are different to the normal Enviro200 buses we are used to seeing on the City's Streets, but they are a welcome change. They do of course have the same Cummins engine, but hooked up to a Voith gearbox rather than an Allison.
Pictures follow, although with these buses I recommend you going to see them yourself - they look a lot better in real life than they do in a lot of pictures for some weird reason:
Other pictures from the day:
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Route 219 starts at Clapham Junction and heads across and down to Tooting Bec Station, where it follows the Northern Line past Tooting Broadway, Colliers Wood and South Wimbledon (Merton) before making the short leg up to Wimbledon Station in Wimbledon.
The new buses are different to the normal Enviro200 buses we are used to seeing on the City's Streets, but they are a welcome change. They do of course have the same Cummins engine, but hooked up to a Voith gearbox rather than an Allison.
Pictures follow, although with these buses I recommend you going to see them yourself - they look a lot better in real life than they do in a lot of pictures for some weird reason:
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| WS18 - LJ13GKE - Clapham Junction |
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| WS18 - LJ13GKE - Clapham Junction |
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| WS18 - LJ13GKE - Wimbledon |
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| WS11 - LJ13GJV - Wimbledon |
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| WS12 - LJ13GJX - Wimbledon |
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| WS15 - LJ13GKA - Wimbledon |
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| WS10 - LJ13GJU - Wimbledon |
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| WS18 - Interior View |
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| WS18 - Cab View |
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| Side Blind: 219 Wimbledon |
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| Side Blind: 219 Merton Bus Garage (taken during blind roll) |
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| Side Blind: 219 Clapham Junction |
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| SLE44 - YN55NKO - Route 49 - Clapham Junction |
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| E100 - LX09EZU - Route 345 - Clapham Junction |
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| 2435 - SN61CYV - Route 156 - Clapham Junction |
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| VNW32369 - LK04HYU - Route 295 - Clapham Junction |
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| SE9 - LX07BXR - Route 200 - Wimbledon |
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| SE176 - SN12AVO - Route 493 - Wimbledon |
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| PVL415 - LX54GZU - Route 219 - Wimbledon |
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| LDP294 - LX06EZK - Route 493 - Wimbledon |
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| 2428 - SN61CYK - Route 156 - Wimbledon |
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| TA204 - SN51SYA - Route 131 - Wimbledon |
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