Vehicles and Garaging
Before it was operated by London General, it was operated from Putney Bridge (F), using AEC Regent III RT's. Allocation was transferred to Chelverton Road (AF) and Riverside (R) and RT's were replaced by Routemasters in 1965. Chelverton Road (AF) gained the whole allocation and 30-foot Routemasters replaced RM's in 1967.
Holloway (HT) gained part of the allocation in 1981. MCW Metrobuses replaced RML's in 1987. Chelverton Road (now Putney) (AF) gained the whole allocation in 1991. Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine replaced the Metrobuses in 1998 and Volvo B7TL 10m / Wright Eclipse Gemini were bought to convert the route into low-floor in 2002.
On 20 October 2013, Volvo B5L Hybrid 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 and Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 were introduced.
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