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Two Scania Omnicity N230 double deckers are on order and are due to arrive in June 2008 for routes 409/411 at Crawley. These will be the first double deckers to carry the latest blue livery. The remaining two Dennis Tridents (427/428) will be withdrawn once the new buses are in service.
Three new MAN 14.240/Enviro 200 single deck vehicles are also due to arrive in June, for route T32 from Croydon depot. They will be numbered 706-708.
Metrobus has been successful in gaining the contracts to operate London Buses routes 293 & 612 (from 30th August) and route 202 (from 13th September). 7 12m Scania Omnicity single decks, 3 Scania Omnicity double decks and 16 10.3m MAN single decks with MCV bodywork have been ordered for the new routes.
Ten 10.9m Scania Omnicity vehicles with part-leather seating entered service at Crawley on 10th May on route 100, which is now converted to Fastway status. Details of these buses can be found in the fleet list. A couple of photos taken before the vehicles entered service can be found below (click for larger image).
The operations of First Orpington were taken over from 8th December. This included a fleet of 35 Marshall bodied Dart SLFs. A couple of pictures from the first weekend can be found below (click for larger image).
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