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To some extent these reductions
reflect changes in demand,
though in some cases Transport
for London had made changes
to adjacent routes in order to
provide extra capacity.
As an example, when changes
were made to the long route
25 from Oxford Street to Ilford
(covered in 2013), frequency
changes were made at the same
time to route 425 between
Stratford and Lower Clapton.
As it happens, the future of
the central London section of
the 25, in common with that of
other routes on the same axis,
hangs in the balance pending
the opening of the east-west
Elizabeth Line railway in 2019.
If substantial numbers of users
switch from bus to rail, that
section could be reduced or
simply discontinued. ● PRLondon by Bus
LEFT & BOTTOM
P126: Optare
Olympus-bodied
Enviro400s like
DOE20 have had
their engines
cleaned up so
they can return to
route 93, changing
places once again
with MCV EvoSeti-
bodied Volvo
B5LHs like MHV41.LEFT: While they
were away from
route 93, the DOE-
class Enviro400s
were loaned to
Peckham garage
and used on route- This was DOE17
at St Pancras
station.
LEFT & BELOW:
The sale of First’s
London business
to Tower Transit
saw new company
names appear on
Wright Eclipse
Gemini 2-bodied
Volvo B9TLs on
route 25 like
VN36155 and
VN36125.