Mandela Way - West .28MA.29 East Thames Buses



east lancs myllennium bodied scania n94ub on route 42 in june 2009



plaxton president bodied volvo b7tl on route 185 in december 2006


mandela way opened in late 2005 following relocation existing base @ ash grove. had peak vehicle requirement of 53 buses , operated london bus routes 1, 42 , 185. when ma (mandela way - west) closed on 30 april 2010 operated following types of buses:



volvo b7tl 10m/plaxton president (vp - route 185, used on route 1)
volvo b7tl 10.6m/wright eclipse gemini (vwl - route 1)
scania n94ub 10.7m/east lancs myllennium (els - route 42)
dennis dart/plaxton pointers (on loan london general)

following on ash grove s role, mandela way serviced east thames buses fleet. in last few months of east thames operation, route 1 moved next door mandela way - east (mw) (the original london general depot) still maintained east thames engineers.


most of routes once operated mandela way - west reallocated london central s & london general s other garages. exception route 393 has put out tender shortly after east thames buses took on running of route 201 , moved mandela way.







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