London Buses 1985-Barking Garage, Titans & Routemasters

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London Buses 1985-Barking Garage, Titans & Routemasters

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Another one of my earliest videos now, this time it's Barking Garage. Seen on a Saturday in September when the Barking Carnival was on, it split the bus services through the town. On a Saturday the 5's were worked totally from Upton Park (rather than only 5 U buses with 15 from West Ham which was the weekday allocation) which meant every bus was an RML rather than crew Titans. So we see a lot of 5's running Becontree Heath-Barking Garage shorts plus various Titans on other routes running in & out of the garage. Routes seen are 5, 62, 87, 148, 169 & 179. If you liked the video please subscribe to my channel, there are lots more transport & quirky vids to upload!

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@StooCambridgeArtist Жыл бұрын

Your videos are a real treasure! They bring back so many memories. Thanks for sharing them with the world.

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Жыл бұрын

My pleasure..... I worked at this garage way back in 1983 although all we had were Titans back then.....

@mikefreeman3641 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks Soi. I lived about 5 minutes' walk from BK. I was lucky enough to remember riding on RTs for a few years before they went. At the time of this video I was at the school opposite and spent far too much time staring out to see what was passing by. In the following Spring T1 operated the South Park Drive shuttle for one day in midweek, that was my rarest "School Spot".

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up with RTs as there was loads at Ilford and the east end in general. I was 13 when the last ones ran at BK. T1 must have been on loan as it was the garage 'pet' at Hornchurch. I used to go to school at Canning Town and spend my time staring out the window at the Routemasters passing by on the 5, 15 & 23!

@user-pl8rl5lr3i 4 ай бұрын

I remember routemasters and titans at barking bus garage

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 4 ай бұрын

They were only allocated there together for a short period of time.... brand new crew Titan's arrived to replace Routemasters on routes 62 & 87, the 62's only having RM's for less than 2 years, being the last RT operated route in 1979.....

@jamesfrench7299 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to see clean looking Titans with the roundel in place. Some dated from the 70s (hard to believe) and others were only a year old. Some Metrobuses were from the disco era as well and others brand new our being delivered. Cars are interesting too.

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 4 жыл бұрын

Barking's Titans were all the Park Royal built ones in these days, nothing numbered above 250. No Metros in this upload but i do have more of those in other parts of London....

@jamesfrench7299 4 жыл бұрын

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus a 1979 one made it to Sydney from Perth recently, still in red. I went and had a look in person parked up in a street near Sydney Airport. Last I heard , the owner intended to turn out into a street food stall!!

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesfrench7299 I asume you mean a Metro? They were good solid plodders, go on for ever. It was just hills, you were stuck with whatever the auto box wanted to do unlike a Titan or RM where you manually select a lower gear and hold it in that. A lot of old buses get converted to food outlets, you already have a set of seats ready for use!

@jamesfrench7299 4 жыл бұрын

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus was the gear selector just D, N and R without 1 and 2? The MANs I drove let you hold gears. No it was one of the Park Royal Titans, the only one in Australia.

@djpeekay25 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Soi. So nostalgic for me.

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 4 жыл бұрын

I aim to please......These were just local shots for me. I was chasing Routemasters on the 5s as the route was due to go OPO in the November. And i had worked at Barking on the insie staff when i first joined LT!

@djpeekay25 4 жыл бұрын

Soi Buakhao what year did you join? Do your remember the 87 when operating RMs?

@cannadineboxill-harris2983 5 ай бұрын

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@trainandbusfan5706 4 жыл бұрын

I was waiting to see a ghost of a RT.

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 4 жыл бұрын

One did live there after April 1979, RT 4190 if i remember correctly. I think one of the bus conductors was involved with owning it. After Barking went OPO i think it moved out with him.....

@johnmichaeldorienjohn467 4 жыл бұрын

Simply Brilliant!

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It was just some of my local bus scene at the time. The 5's were down to be converted to OPO so i wanted to capture some Routemasters at workbefore they went.

@mabelreversetunes 4 жыл бұрын

Nice👍

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, i do have more.......

@mabelreversetunes 4 жыл бұрын

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus cool

@mikefreeman3641 4 жыл бұрын

By the way, the chippy at Faircross (where Barking Garage is located) was the best in the world.

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 4 жыл бұрын

I don't think i ever used that. There was a general provision store there that i usedto get meat for my morning rolls when i worked at BK as a trainee mechanic.

@tx41979 3 жыл бұрын

Chippy still there used to get chips when was at barking abbey lower. Think were 10p. If same one im thinking past bank on corner

@TheRagBag Жыл бұрын

Agree,I still go in there occasionally 😂

@amsams6098 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this Sol and for other films. Do you or anyone remember around 1987? some ugly twin rear axle busses used somewhere in UK? Vague i know but just have this memory from being on holiday when in a town centre somewhere?

@trainandbusfan5706 4 жыл бұрын

It is highly possible you mean a Talbot Pullman which was a three axle minibus around that time.

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 4 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling some MCW Metrobuses were built that way. I can't remember if the UK used them new or secondhand after use abroad...

@trainandbusfan5706 4 жыл бұрын

I am almost certain that no new three axle Metrobuses operated with UK operators only second hand examples coming mainly from Hong Kong.However there was some three axle vehicles bodied as coaches under the Metroliner name mainly on National Express workings.

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 4 жыл бұрын

@@trainandbusfan5706 Ah! Then i probably wouldn't have noticed it if it was a Nat Exp coach!

@dayojokomba822 3 жыл бұрын

5 62 and 169 are the only buses that go to barking now

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, the whole area has changed a lot since those days....i drove the 368s for a while in the early 2000s, rattling around on a Cataneo Dart!

@markcf83 2 жыл бұрын

RML 2647 looks like it was not long repainted.

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 2 жыл бұрын

I think it may well have been one of the last Routemasters to be dealt with at Aldenham Works.......

@londoncabby 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video!! Do you know why so many RMs from U were terminating at BK coming from Becontree Heath? Those Titans looked great. Thank you for posting.

@djpeekay25 4 жыл бұрын

londoncabby and the 2nd half of the video, running a short route from Barking Garage to Becontree Heath. That was the route i took with my Gran.

@mikefreeman3641 4 жыл бұрын

It was carnival time. It used to run all around Barking back in the day. The fairground in Barking Park would have also been on, it used to be huge, taking up half the park.

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 4 жыл бұрын

Correct! It spilt the 5's, 162 & 238 in half. Normally the 5's might turn at BK but from the City direction so this day was more unusual.

@londoncabby 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info 👍

@johneisen6341 3 жыл бұрын

You can hear birds 🦅

@HaiderHaider-kk1dz 3 жыл бұрын

اشوكت ترجع باصات لايلند البريطاني لاعاده إنتاجها وتصنيفها بعدما تحرربريطانيه من اوروبا وطرد فولفو السويديه

@tx41979 3 жыл бұрын

Use no5 regularly

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus 3 жыл бұрын

When i first rode on them to school in Canning Town it was DMS worked. Then around 1980 time it was converted back to crew! And lasted so until November 1985 when it went back to OPO.....