Stagecoach loses out to Go-Ahead

Route 15 NRMs to change hands, 222 returns to Uxbridge, 188 switches yet again

LOOK IN ON LONDON

The Stagecoach-operated New Routemasters on the 15 include LT267 (LTZ 1267), photographed in Fleet Street.
MARK LYONS

Every once in a while, the tendering process delivers a real surprise and the recent announcement that Stagecoach East London will lose the contract to run double-deck routes 5 (Romford-Canning Town), 15 (Blackwall-Trafalgar Square), 115 (East Ham-Aldgate) and N15 (Romford- Trafalgar Square) to Go-Ahead London’s Blue Triangle operation is one.

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