As promised earlier, here are the highlights from the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Rail Replacement on 24 August at Canary Wharf. The services were operated by Metroline and Ensignbus using a mixed fleet of Plaxton Pointer & Marshall Capital bodied Darts, Alexander RH bodied Olympians and Optare Spectra bodied DAF DB250LF’s.
Part four of my [...]

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Stop Number 3 on this weeks trip is a new location for me, Canary Wharf.
Canary Wharf is arguably the centre of the regeneration of London’s Docklands, also being the home of several large financial institutions.
As befits a large commercial area, the transport links provided at Canary Wharf enable workers to be ferried into Central London, [...]

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[Source: Barking & Dagenham Recorder]
BARKING and Dagenham buses are now a little safer, according to new statistics from Transport for London.
Figures for the first six months of 2007/8 reveal that the number of people being robbed on buses has fallen by 19 per cent, while criminal damage has gone down by more than half.
The amount [...]

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[Source: Croydon Today]
A bus driver was savagely beaten after refusing to allow three youths to take a free ride in the heart of Croydon.
The thugs launched their vicious attack after boarding the 119 bus in Katharine Street last Friday.
The driver, who was punched in the face, is now still at his Sutton home recovering from [...]

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[Source: Tottenham, Wood Green & Edmonton Journal]
A MIDDLE-aged man died after being hit by a bus in Tottenham High Road on Thursday.
The man, clutching a bag of prescription medication, died beneath the 259 bus outside Aldi supermarket, just after midday.
Eyewitnesses said the man appeared to jump in front of the bus. Other witnesses said they [...]

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