FRV. Arriva Route 229 Queen Mary’s Hospital - Thamesmead Town Centre.Enviro400 Trident T38(LJ08 CUH)

Todays video is an FRV on route 229 from Queen Mary’s Hospital to Thamesmead Town Centre filmed on a trident :) The route was pretty mid tbh, only good sections was Bexleyheath, Erith and Abbey Wood other than that it’s pretty dull. The visual also came out looking a bit dull aswell coz of the amazing UK weather saying it’ll be sunny but turns out to rain. Tbh I don’t recommend this route, it’s very long and boring. I’d rate it a 4/10

Route 229 travels through:
Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup Stn, Bexley Stn, Bexleyheath Clock Tower, Bexleyheath Bus Garage, Barnehurst Stn, Erith Town Centre, Belvedere Stn, Abbey Wood Stn, Harrow Manorway, Thamesmead Town Centre

Operated by: Arriva London
Garage: Dartford (DT)
Allocation: Enviro400s
PVR: 20
Length: 13 miles (21km)
Journey Time: 1hr 18mins
Frequency: 10-15 mins
Runs from 04:44 to 01:05

Route 229 commenced operation on 21st February 1951 between Sidcup Garage and Sidcup Wren Road operated by London Transport from Sidcup (SP) using SRTs. On 2nd May 1951 RTLs were introduced. On 17th October 1951 the route was to run from Orpington Stn and Sidcup. It also got a Sunday service and was converted to full RTL service. On 22nd October 1952 the route extended to Bexleyheath Bus Garage. On 4th March 1959 the route extended to Woolwich. On 21st May 1977 the route was withdrawn between Woolwich and Bexleyheath (peak journeys to Erith) but it was extended from Orpington to Farnborough. At the same time AEC Routemasters was the new allocation. On 4th September 1982 the route was withdrawn between Green Street Green and Farnborough and was allocated to Daimler Fleetlines (which were replaced by Leyland Titans in November). On 4th May 1986 Leyland Olympians replace the Titans. On 16th August 1986 the sections between Green Street Green and Sidcup garage, and Bexleyheath garage and Bexleyheath Market Place were withdrawn. The route was also won by Bexleybus using Daimler Fleetlines. On 16th January 1988 the route was to terminate at Foots Cray and the route transferred to Bexleyheath (BX). On 19th Jan 1991 the route was extended to Queen Mary’s Hospital. On 8th October 1994 the route extended to Thamesmead. On 1st April 2000 the route converted to using B7TL Plaxton Presidents. On 22nd January 2011 the route was converted to Wright Gemini 2 B9TLs introduced. On 23rd January 2016 the route passed to Arriva from Dartford (DT) using Enviro400s. On 26th October 2019 the route transferred to Manor Road (MR) but transferred back to Dartford (DT) on 23rd Jan 2021


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