Regent Street Bus Cavalcade

The Regent Street Bus Cavalcade or Year of the Bus Cavalcade was a bus rally in central London on 22 June 2014. Organised by Transport for London as part of the Year of the Bus celebrations, it showcased the history and evolution of London buses. The main feature was a static display along Regent Street, from Piccadilly Circus to Oxford Circus. Beforehand, most of the buses made their way to the street under their own power - escorted in batches from a mustering point in Lambeth Palace Road, over Westminster Bridge, through Parliament Square and along Whitehall.

The official visitor pamphlet (www.ltmuseum.co.uk/assets/downloads/pdfs/YOTB_Cavalcade.pdf) specified the description and location of 48 buses (numbered 1 to 48), plus the position of other attractions given letters A to M (these included another bus, the mobile exhibition designated C). The numbering loosely corresponded to their respective age - No. 1 being the oldest. In practice, this scheme was followed, although the precise positions were different for several buses and attractions, and there were some changes to the bus display, as follows:

• There were two un-numbered late entries, positioned between Exhibits 5 & 6, - 935 (XL 1204) and S454 (XL 8962)
• Exhibit 17 (the trolleybus) was positioned out of order - which became: 13, 14, 17, 15, 16, 18, 19
• Exhibit 39 was not present - it was meant to be the preserved 1985 Optare City Pacer minibus OV2 (C526 DYT) (named "Hurricane"), ex-London Buses (Roundabout)
• Exhibit C, the mobile exhibition bus (R197 DDX) was positioned between No. 38 and 40, in the gap where 39 should have been

Signage

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Bus identification table / details

Each bus present is listed below in their Regent Street display order, with the following details:

• exhibit number (if used)
• year built
• operator livery
• branding (if different from operator)
• fleetnumber (registration)
• chassis make & model / body make & model
• origin

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  No. 1 (horse bus)
  c1890
  Star Omnibus Company London
  Three Light Garden-Seat
  London Bus Museum
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  No. 2
  1908
  London Central Motor Omnibus
  14 (LN 7270)
  Leyland X2 / Thomas Tilling
  Mike Sutcliffe collection
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  No. 3
  1914
  London General Omnibus Company
  B2737 (LH 8186)
  AEC B-type
  London Transport Museum
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  No. 4
  1920
  London General Omnibus Company
  K424 (XC 8059)
  AEC K-type / LGOC
  London Transport Museum
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  No. 5
  1922
  London General Omnibus Company
  S433 (XL 8940)
  AEC S-type / LGOC
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  XL 1204 (petrol electric)
  1922
  Thomas Tilling
  935 (XL 1204)
  Tilling-Stevens TS3A / Thomas Tilling
  London Bus Museum
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  XL 8962
  1922
  London General Omnibus Company
  S454 (XL 8962)
  AEC S-type / Dodson, Willesden
  London Bus Museum
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  No. 6
  1924
  Chocolate Express Omnibus Company
  (XU 7498)
  Leyland LB5 / Dodson, Willesden
  Mike Sutcliffe collection
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  No. 7
  1926
  London Transport
  NS1995 (YR 3844)
  AEC NS-type / LGOC
  London Transport Museum
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  No. 8
  1931
  London Transport
  LT165 (GK 5323)
  AEC Renown / Park Royal
  London Transport Museum
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  No. 9
  1931
  London Transport
  LT1076 (GO 5198)
  AEC Renown / LT, Chiswick
  London Transport Museum
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  No. 10
  1935
  London Transport
  (Country Area)
  C4 (BXD 628)
  Leyland Cub / Short Bros.
  Ensignbus
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  No. 11 (open top tree lopper)
  1936
  London Transport
  (departmental khaki green)
  971J (CXX 457)
  AEC Regent / Weymann (ex-STL1470, converted 1953)
  Ensignbus
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  No. 12
  1937
  London Transport
  STL2377 (EGO 426)
  AEC Regent / LT, Chiswick
  London Bus Museum
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  No. 13 (coach)
  1938
  London Transport
  Green Line
  T499 (ELP 223)
  AEC Regal / LT, Chiswick
  Ensignbus
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  No. 14
  1940
  London Transport
  RT8 (FXT 183)
  AEC Regent III / LT, Chiswick
  Ensignbus
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  No. 17 (trolleybus)
  1948
  London Transport
  1768 (HYM 768)
  British United Traction 9641T / Metro Cammell
  London Transport Museum
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  No. 15
  1946
  London Transport
  (Country Area)
  STL2692 (HGC 225)
  AEC Regent II / Weymann standard
  London Bus Museum
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  No. 16
  1946
  London Transport
  G351 (HGC 130)
  Guy Arab II / Park Royal
  London Bus Museum
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  No. 18
  1949
  London Transport
  RTL453 (KLB 648)
  Leyland PD2 / Park Royal
  Ensignbus
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  No. 19
  1950
  London Transport
  Green Line
  RT3232 (KYY 961)
  AEC Regent III / Weymann
  Ensignbus
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  No. 20
  1952
  London Transport
  RT2775 (LYR 826)
  AEC Regent III / Park Royal
  London Bus Museum
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  No. 21
  1950
  London Transport
  RTW467 (LLU 957)
  Leyland PD2 / Leyland
  RTW467 Group
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  No. 22
  1952
  Ensignbus
  RLH61 (MXX 261)
  AEC Regent III / Weymann lowbridge
  Ensignbus
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  No. 23 (coach)
  1953
  British European Airways
  (London Transport)
  (MLL 740)
  AEC Regal IV / Park Royal deck-and-a-half
  London Bus Museum
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  No. 24
  1953
  London Transport
  (Country Area)
  GS13 (MXX 313)
  Guy Special / ECW
  private
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  No. 25
  1955
  London Transport
  (Country Area)
  RM2 (SLT 57)
  AEC Routemaster / Park Royal
  London Transport Museum
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  No. 26
  1957
  London Transport
  RML3 (SLT 58)
  Leyland Routemaster / Weymann
  London Bus Museum
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  No. 27
  1959
  London Transport
  RM5 (VLT 5)
  AEC Routemaster / Park Royal
  private
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  No. 28
  1961
  London Transport
  RM613 (WLT 613)
  AEC Routemaster / Park Royal
  RM613 Preservation Group
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  No. 29
  1962
  London Transport
  RM1005 (5 CLT)
  AEC Routemaster / Park Royal
  TfL Commissioner Peter Hendy (c/o) Tower Transit
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  No. 30 (coach)
  1965
  London Transport
  Green Line
  RCL2229 (CUV 229C)
  AEC Routemaster / Park Royal
  London Transport Museum
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  No. 31
  1965
  London Country Bus Services
  XF1 (CUV 51C)
  Daimler Fleetline / Park Royal
  London Bus Company
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  No. 32
  1966
  London Transport
  FRM1 (KGY 4D)
  AEC Routemaster / Park Royal
  London Transport Museum
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  No. 33
  1969
  London Transport
  Red Arrow
  MBA582 (AML 582H)
  AEC Merlin / Metro Cammell
  London Transport Museum
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  No. 34
  1970
  London Transport
  DMS1 (EGP 1J)
  Daimler Fleetline / Park Royal
  London Transport Museum
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  No. 35
  1969
  London Transport
  SM1 (AML 1H)
  AEC Swift / Marshalls
  London Bus Company
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  No. 36
  1978
  Ensignbus
  George Shillibeer Omnibus 150th anniversary
  DM2646 (THX 646S)
  Daimler Fleetline / Park Royal
  Ensignbus
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  No. 37
  1978
  London Transport
  M1 (THX 101S)
  MCW Metrobus / Metro Cammell
  Ensignbus
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  No. 38
  1978
  London Transport
  T1 (THX 401S)
  Leyland Titan / Park Royal
  London Bus Company
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  C. (R197 DDX)
  (Year of the Bus exhibition bus - see below)
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  No. 40
  1988
  Grey-Green
  115 (F115 PHM)
  Volvo Citybus (B10M-50) / Alexander RV
  London Transport Museum
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  No. 41 (hybrid)
  2009
  Metroline
  TE920 (LK58 KFW)
  Alexander Dennis Enviro400H integral
  in service
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  No. 42 (hybrid)
  2013
  Abellio London
  8813 (YX13 EFU)
  Alexander Dennis Enviro200H integral
  in service
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  No. 43 (fuel cell)
  2011
  Tower Transit
  TfL Hydrogen Bus
  WSH62994 (LK60 HPL)
  VDL SB200 / Wrightbus Pulsar
  in service
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  2014
  London United
  TfL Electric
  OCE3 (LJ14 SZR)
  Optare MetroCity
  in service
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  No. 46 (hybrid)
  2014
  London United
  Year of the Bus
  LT150 (LTZ 1150)
  Wrightbus New Routemaster
  in service
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  No. 47 (hybrid)
  2014
  Stagecoach London
  LT239 (LTZ 1239)
  Wrightbus New Routemaster
  in service
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  2012
  Arriva London
  LT6 (LTZ 1006)
  Wrightbus New Routemaster
  in service

Buses in Regent Street

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R197 DDX

• exhibition bus (see below)

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Before/after images

Departing buses in Piccadilly Circus

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  No. 6 (18:25)
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Stands 45-48 when empty

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Bus stops in Regent Street on the day

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Stop ? (behind BEA coach No. 23)

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Other attractions in Regent Street

London Transport Museum inflatable marquee (between No. 3 & 4)

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TfL Safety & Citizenship education vehicle (between No. 12 & 13)

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London Transport Museum shop trailer (between No. 14 & 17)

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Don't Let the Pidgeon Drive the Bus theatre production (stage next to No. 30)

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Year of the Bus mobile exhibition bus (between 38 and 40)

• Exhibit C (R197 DDX) is the Year of the Bus mobile exhibition bus (it was given a letter, not a number, as it's not a former London bus)

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London Transport Canteen (between No. 40 & 41)

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Misc. images

Chelsea pensioners

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