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| LK03 UFW out of service, but shows blinds for route U4. |
To celebrate our 100th post on the blog, I did a massive observation. The observations were held in Hayes, Hillingdon and Uxbridge. First up, Hayes.
Hayes is home to a few number of routes. I was at "The Grapes" not Hayes & Harlington Station. Here you can find two Bus Termini's, Hayes By-Pass and Hayes, Sainsbury's. In this area, local routes you can find are the:
90: Feltham - Northolt
140: Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 and 3 - Harrow Weald
207: Hayes By-Pass - White City
427: Uxbridge - Acton, High Street
607: Uxbridge - White City, Limited Stop
E6: Bull's Bridge, Tesco - Greenford Station
U7: Hayes, Sainsbury's - Uxbridge
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| BF10 LSO on route 427 to Uxbridge. |
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| I know it isn't Hayes, but was captured the same day. |
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| LK57 EHW MM786 on route E6 to Greenford Station. |
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| LR52 BNF VP331 on route 140 to Harrow Weald, Bus Garage. |
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| KX03 HZR 8469 on route U7 at Hayes, Sainsbury's. |
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| RL51 DNU on route 90 to Northolt. |
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| LK57 AYF MM812 on route E6 to Greenford Station. |
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| LR52 BNV/ VP338 on route 140 to Heathrow. As part of 140's PVR rise - some may be able to see the running number - HD #125. |
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| LK04 UWV/ VP613 on route 140 to Heathrow. |
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| RL51 DOH DP1012 on route 90 to Northolt. There were quite a lot of Darts on the 90 this day. |
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| BV10 WVR on route 427 curtailed to Hayes By-Pass. |
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| LK04 UWM/ VP606 on route 140 to Harrow Weald, Bus Garage. |
Now, here's the big bit - full of odd workings and other type of buses - Uxbridge.
Uxbridge is home to several routes, most of them being operated by First, some by Abellio and one by London United. Uxbridge is also unique for having a number of Non-TfL routes, some being operated by Carousel Buses. Some of you may already know that our staff worker, Lewis - he does have a blog based on Carousel Buses, check out his awesome blog:
Unofficial Carousel Information.
Sadly, I couldn't get pictures for all of the Non-TfL routes as they are extremely infrequent - some only run at certain hours of the day. However, I did get pictures of the 740, A30, 7 and A40.
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| CB53 BUS on route A30 to Heathrow. |
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| AE61 EWO on route A30 to Chesham. |
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| DMA42344 on route 7 at Uxbridge. Here shows First's outer London livery. |
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| 922 - PN02 XCT on route 740. |
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| 875 - AE61 EWR on route A40. |
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| 922 - PN02 XCT again on route 740. |
TfL operations include all the "U-Line" routes at Uxbridge along with routes A10, 331, 427, 607 and 222.
222: Uxbridge - Hounslow, Bus Station
331: Uxbridge - Ruislip
427: Uxbridge - Acton, High Street
607: Uxbridge - White City, Limited stop.
A10: Uxbridge - Heathrow Central
U1: West Drayton - Ruislip
U2: Uxbridge - Hillingdon Brunel University
U3: Uxbridge - Heathrow Central
U4: Uxbridge - Hayes, Prologis Park
U5: Uxbridge - Hayes & Harlington Station
U7: Uxbridge - Hayes, Sainsbury's
U9: Uxbridge - Harefield Hospital
U10: Uxbridge - Ruislip, Heathfield Rise
Here are the photos:
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| LK08 FLF DML44017 on route A10 to Uxbridge. |
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| YX10 BFV on route U1 to Ruislip. |
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| KX03 HZR, again - I did catch up with bus at Uxbridge - I took a 427 from The Grapes, not U7. |
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| KX56 HCZ on route U9 starting the trip to Harefield Hospital. |
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| LK03 UFS/ TN33337 on route U4 to Hayes, Prologis Park. |
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| LK03 UFR/ TN33336 on route U4 turning into Bakers Road having dropped off the last passengers. |
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| An out of service YX10 BGU. Note the different bumpers on this bus. |
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| LK08 FLV on route A10 to Heathrow Central. |
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| YX10 BFN on route U1 to West Drayton. |
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| LK53 FDN on route U10 to Ruislip, Heathfield Rise. |
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| LK03 NLM/ DMC41508 on route U2 to Brunel University. |
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| An odd working. DN33512 runs the U4 to Hayes, Prologis Park. |
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| YX10 BGF runs the 331 to Ruislip. |
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| LK08 FMO on route 607 to White City. |
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| LK53 FDF on route U3 to Heathrow Central. |
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| LK53 FDP on route U3 to Heathrow Central. |
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| RX51 FGO on route U7 to Hayes, Sainsbury's. This is one of the spares at WS. |
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| YX12 FOF on route 222 to Hounslow, Bus Station |
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| LK08 FLD on route 331 to Ruislip. |
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| YX62 BXF ADE36 on route 222 to Hounslow, Bus Station. |
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| YX10 BFV DML44155 on route U1 to Ruislip. |
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| LK53 FDJ on route U2 to Brunel University. |
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| LK03 UFW off route U4. |
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| LK55 AAX off route 607. The side blinds were blinded for U4 but I couldn't get a snapshot. |
After, I took a short trip to Hillingdon Hill/ Brunel University via the U2 (I do like this bus route) to do a bit more observations.
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| YX10 BFP on route U5 to Hayes & Harlington Station. |
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| LK03 NFY on route U3 to Uxbridge. |
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| LK03 NGF on route U2 to Brunel Uniersity. Still carries the Red and Yellow livery. |
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| LK03 UFU TN33340 on route U3 to Heathrow Central. |
Other observations from the day below:
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| ADE24 on route 697 to Hayes End, Lansbury Drive. |
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| SP191 on route 698 to West Drayton. |
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| LK08 FNG on route U2 to Brunel University. It's an odd working. |
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| Focus was bad here - But it's a 62reg on 120 displaying the wrong blinds. It should say "Northolt StatioN" but says "Hounslow Bus Station" instead. |
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| LK57 AYN MM818 on route 90 to Feltham. |
Well, we are extremely happy we got so far in the blog. We hope you've enjoyed it and from the team, all do remember to stay safe!
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