What?! 25 Post! Start The Celebrations!

25th Post, 1200 views and a party! What could be better?! It's our 25th post, so we should get going! It's a mix of everything!

LondonBuses72's personal thanks!

First of all, I (LondonBuses72) would like to start off with a personal message. Thank you to all the readers who tune into our blog daily, giving good comments and no problems on the blog.
I would like to thank the Circle Of London blog for starting their blog which gave me inspiration to start this blog. I would also like to thank Lewis for being such a help, giving me photos to use for my posts and for being such a good help! I really hope we can keep this strong spirit up! I would also like to give personal thanks to: 

Au (WLTM) 
Tom (Tom London Bus Blog) 
Jay (COLB) 
MetrolineJack (MetrolineJack's London Bus Enthusiast Blog) 
and Jack (COLB) 

This is for leaving such positive comments and encouraging me to keep writing these brilliant posts! I know there are more people and that you are thanked as well! Without you all, this blog wouldn't exist!

LondonBuses72's Post Of The Day: The Green, Clean, Hybrid Machines: Route 94

ADH12 approaches Esmond Road, 2 stops before the Acton Green terminus.

Today's post brings me to my second favourite route in London, the mighty 94, with the 140 being my first. The route runs between Acton Green, a small park in Chiswick, via Turnham Green Station, Shepherd's Bush, Holland Park, Notting Hill, Queensway, Marble Arch, Oxford Circus and terminates at Piccadilly Circus.

The route is operated by London United from their Shepherd's Bush (S) garage. The route currently uses Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 Hybrid's numbered ADH3-22. Prior to this, the route still used Alexander Dennis buses, but the buses were ALX400's on the Trident 2 chassis which were 10.6m long. Although, the TLA classed vehicles can still be seen on the route today. 

An unidentified ADH leaves "The Orchard" starting the journey back to Piccadilly.

The route is allocated a few TLA's although the ADH's take up about 75% of 94's allocation. These buses were introduced in November 2010 when London United retained their contract. As the bus get's stuck in traffic commonly, TfL thought that London United should order Hybrid buses to reduce pollution.

Here's the fleetlist:

ADH3 - SN60 BXX

ADH4 - SN60 BXY

ADH5 - SN60 BXZ

ADH6 - SN60 BYA

ADH7 - SN60 BYB

ADH8 - SN60 BYC

ADH9 - SN60 BYD

ADH10 - SN60 BYF

ADH11 - SN60 BYG

ADH12 - SN60 BYH

ADH13 - SN60 BYJ

ADH14 - SN60 BYK

ADH15 - SN60 BYL

ADH16 - SN60 BYM

ADH17 - SN60 BYO

ADH18 - SN60 BYP

ADH19 - SN60 BYR

ADH20 - SN60 BYS

ADH21 - SN60 BYT

ADH22 - SN60 BYU

SN60 BYT approaches Esmond Road.

Front of ADH6. This bus was in Vodafone livery.

Rear of ADH6. This bus was in Vodafone livery.

Upper Deck interior facing rear.

Upper Deck Interior facing front.

ADH6 iBus

CCTV screen on ADH6.

That's the end of this part of our 25th Post!

Lewis's Post Of The Day: Old Photos of New Buses!

For those of you who check my Flickr regularly, you will notice I have uploaded some old photos of the new DMVs on route 206. These were taken on their first day in passenger service, and I thought I would share them with you here!

First DMV44307 YX12AFO on route 206 at Wembley Park, The Paddocks

First DMV44304 YX12AFU on route 206 at Wembley Park, The Paddocks

First DMV44311 YX12ATF on route 206 at Wembley Park, The Paddocks

First DMV44305 YX12AFK Out of Service at Wembley Park, The Paddocks

First DMV44307 interior

First DMV44311 cab

First DMV44304 light cluster

First DMV44307 rear

First DMV44304 rear

Our 25 Best Pictures:

From the West London Bus Blog team, we would all like to thank you for a wonderful experience and time! We all hope you enjoyed the post, and thank you deeply for joining us for our 25th post!

LondonBuses72 - Hope you've enjoyed this post - Stay safe!

Lewis - Thanks for coming by!