‘Scene’ in North London, Finsbury Park Interchange again on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter Rose has once more been exploring the delights that the capital has to offer.

 

This time he and his trusty camera have brought us the transport highlights of the area surrounding what was Finsbury Park railway station and has now been elevated to the level of an Interchange.

 

All the images reproduced here do so with Peter’s permission and my thanks.

 

The station dates back to the 1850s when the ‘Great Northern Railway’s line from Kings Cross arrived at what was then known as Seven Sisters Road  (Holloway) station.

 

Becoming Finsbury Park station in July 1861

 

This was gradually extended North to York by the GNR and eventually to  Edinburgh by the ‘North Eastern’ and ‘North British Railways’ so creating what is now known as The East Coast Main Line.

 

Underground trains arrived in the form of the ‘Great Northern & City Railway’ in 1904.

 

Trams and buses have been around since the early days when I suspect that they would have been powered by horses.

 

Today, such is the volume of traffic that two bus stations are required to service their needs.

 

LTZ 1472 ‘ARRIVA London’ No. LT 472.

Wrightbus NBFL (New Bus For London) New Routemaster

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

LK15 CWW ‘Metroline’ No. VWH 2098.

Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

LX20 FLK ‘Go-Ahead London General’ No. Ee9.

BYD DD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400 EV City

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

LTZ 1471 ‘ARRIVA London’ No. LT 471.

Wrightbus NBFL (New Bus For London) New Routemaster

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

With LTZ 1575 in the background, two for the price of one. What a bargain!

 

New to ‘Arriva London North’.

 

 

 

 

LJ13 FBC ‘arriva London’ No. HV127

Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Note the lower case fleetname.

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ in North London, Finsbury Park Interchange again on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Friend Peter Rose has once more been exploring the delights that the capital has to offer.

 

This time he and his trusty camera have brought us the transport highlights of the area surrounding what was Finsbury Park railway station and has now been elevated to the level of an Interchange.

 

All the images reproduced here do so with Peter’s permission and my thanks.

 

The station dates back to the 1850s when the ‘Great Northern Railway’s line from Kings Cross arrived at what was then known as Seven Sisters Road  (Holloway) station.

 

Becoming Finsbury Park station in July 1861

 

This was gradually extended North to York by the GNR and eventually to  Edinburgh by the ‘North Eastern’ and ‘North British Railways’ so creating what is now known as The East Coast Main Line.

 

Underground trains arrived in the form of the ‘Great Northern & City Railway’ in 1904.

 

Trams and buses have been around since the early days when I suspect that they would have been powered by horses.

 

Today, such is the volume of traffic that two bus stations are required to service their needs.

 

LTZ 1325 ‘ARRIVA London’ LT 325.

Wrightbus NBFL (New Bus For London) New Routemaster

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Pictured under the station canopy.

 

I wonder how the graffiti ‘artist’ managed to access the roof support??

 

 

 

 

LF20 XLS ‘Go-Ahead London General’ No. Ee16.

BYD DD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400 EV City

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

LK14 FBF ‘Metroline’ VWH 2012.

Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

LF20 XLK ‘Metroline’ No. Ee9.

BYD DD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400 EV City

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

The bus is coming straight across the junction to enter the interchange.

 

 

 

 

LTZ 1341 ‘ARRIVA London’ No. LT 341.

Wrightbus NBFL (New Bus For London) New Routemaster

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

LK17 DBX ‘Metroline’ No.VWH 12342.

Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Scene’ in London. A few New Routemaster’s on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

REGULAR READERS/VIEWERS WILL BE AWARE THAT FROM TIME TO TIME, I PUBLISH BLOGS ON A DAILY BASIS USUALLY TO TIE IN WITH A HOLIDAY PERIOD.

 

SO FOR THE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY, THE 23rd, 24th, 25th AND 26th. IT WILL BE A BLOG A DAY!

I am not really a London fan, either the City or its buses but you cannot ignore what’s there before you.

 

There has been too much politicking around London’s buses and the ‘LT’ is no different. Created at the behest of one Mayor and then dumped by another.

 

Still, I don’t expect them to fade away. If they are preserved at anything like the rate the ‘RT’ and the ‘RM’ have been we could eventually see 50 or 60 or so preserved out of the 1000 or so built.

 

This selection were all taken around Trafalgar Square just after a torrential downpour.

 

LTZ 1417 ‘Go-Ahead London’ No. LT417 ‘Fender’. Wright New Routemaster

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LTZ 1435 ‘London General’ No. LT417 ‘Ralph Lauren’. Wright New Routemaster

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

 

LTZ 1504 ‘London General’ No. LT504 ‘Experia XZ3’. Wright New Routemaster

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

 

LTZ 1050 ‘London General’ No. LT50. Wright New Routemaster

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

The livery is a ‘London General’ retro scheme.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LTZ 2139 ‘Go-Ahead London’ No. LT939 ‘East London Transit’. Wright New Routemaster

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Scene’ in Euston Square

I recently spent some time in Euston Square taking a look at the bus operations that come and go in the small bus station adjacent to the railway station.

 

I was surprised at the number of older buses in service with 52 plate vehicles still in use. I would have expected by now that buses of that age would have been long gone.

 

Although ‘Transport for London’ specify that London buses should be primarily red, it is interesting how the operators get their bit of individuality into the liveries used. Black or blue skirts for instance.

 

BF60 UVH

A Volvo B9TL with Wright Gemini 2 bodywork working for ‘Metroline’ a member of the ‘Comfort DelGro’ (CDG) group. Classified as ‘VW’ in London terminology.

 

PJ52 LVT

 

A Volvo B7TL with Plaxton President bodywork. Working for ‘Go-Ahead London’. Classified ‘PVL’.

 

SN13 CGZ

 

An Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D /ADL Enviro 400 of ‘Tower Transit’ which was once part of the ‘First London’ fleet. Classified as ‘DN’.

 

LK58 KFZ

A Dennis Trident with ‘ADL’ Enviro 400 bodywork in the livery of ‘Metroline’ ‘CDG’ Classified as ‘TE’.

 

LX09 FBO

Another Dennis Trident with ‘ADL’ Enviro 400 bodywork in the employ of ‘Go-Ahead London General’.

 

LX06 EBC

 

A Volvo B7TL with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodywork working for ‘London General’ who are part of the ‘Go-Ahead’ group.

 

 

LX09 FBE

 

Another ‘Go-Ahead London General’ bus. Another Dennis Trident with an Alexander ‘Enviro 400’ body based at Camberwell.

 

 

The Wright New RouteMaster is appearing in ever increasing numbers as production ramps up. Classified as LT in London speak.

 

LTZ 1170 working for ‘London United’.

 

LTZ 1175

Another of the same again from ‘London United’.

 

LTZ 1111

 

This one is with ‘Metroline’.