Two special "one off" services will be operating over two days to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the withdrawal of RT buses from passenger services in London. There will be a 175A Romford Station to Ongar Station service operating on Sunday 12th and Monday 13th April. The route will go via South Street, Mercury Gardens, Havering Road and Orange Tree Hill towards Ongar.
The service will pick up and set down passengers at existing bus stops along the route. The vehicles used will be double deck buses. The service will be hourly from Romford Station with the first service departing at 09:18 and the last departing at 16:18. The first service from Ongar Station will depart at 10:24 and the last service will depart at 17:24.
The service will pick up and set down passengers at existing bus stops along the route. The vehicles used will be double deck buses. The service will be hourly from Romford Station with the first service departing at 09:18 and the last departing at 16:18. The first service from Ongar Station will depart at 10:24 and the last service will depart at 17:24.
There will be a 247 Romford St Edwards Way to Brentwood service operating on Sunday 12th and Monday 13th April only. The route will operate via Mercury Gardens, Balgores Lane and Shepherds Hill towards Brentwood.
The service will pick up and set down passengers at existing bus stops along the route. The service will operate every 30 minutes during most of the day with the first service departing Romford at 09:08 and the last departing as 17:08. The first service departs Brentwood at 10:08 and the last service departs at 18:08.
The service will pick up and set down passengers at existing bus stops along the route. The service will operate every 30 minutes during most of the day with the first service departing Romford at 09:08 and the last departing as 17:08. The first service departs Brentwood at 10:08 and the last service departs at 18:08.
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Out and about on Easter Day and Monday I saw a number of the RTs.
On Sunday there was a convoy of four leaving Barkingside on route 62. The route number no longer operates, in fact, between Barkingside and Marks Gate.
On Monday, leaving Bournebridge Lane towards Havering, I saw one operating as 175A to Chipping Ongar. The vehicle appeared to be an RTW (the 8-foot wide bodied Leyland version). At Havering Green was another 175A going to Romford Station. It had made a stop for the couple of dozen or so photographers.
Later, in Brentwood, I saw not only a red RT 247 going to Romford, but also a green one on country route 339 to Brentwood Station. The green one was unusual in that it had a Cravens body. This paticular bodywork differed from the standard Park Royal or Weymann bodies by having an additional window bay within the 56-seat body (five windows each side on the lower deck rather than the usual four).
Unfortunately I did not have my camera with me on either day!
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