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Colin Rosenstiel · January 1st 06, 10:29 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Chris Read) wrote:

"Colin McKenzie" wrote:

Which means that London Buses has virtually replaced its entire
fleet in 8 years, something that has only happened once before, in
1947-54 with RTs and RFs. The average age of the fleet may now be
lower than it was in 1954; if so, it's the lowest it has ever been.

It's even more dramatic than that.

I remember the first low-floor Tridents arriving at Barking Garage
(Stagecoach East London), in the T xxx KPU registration series.
Within three or four years, they were displaced away from London by
newer Tridents, and I now see T xxx KPU buses down on the south coast,
and also in Cambridge, with other parts of the Stagecoach empire.

Stagecoach has a Cambridge Park and Ride fleet comprising those Tridents and some S-registration examples. I gather they are expecting to replace it fairly soon.

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Colin Rosenstiel