London Buses-Romford 1998 

Can't believe this is 20 years ago. A couple of great cars in the background too. Thanks for the upload.

Epic video and well taken for time! I remember Capital Citybus routes 348 & 349, both went to Lakeside but the 348 went via Hornchurch, while the 349 went via Harold Wood. Only the 348 was the only one out of the two routes to survive after being sold off to Eastern National on 07/2/99, but then was withdrawn the same day before coming back by May and replacing the withdrawn 351 between Romford and Lakeside, and continued to operate until I believe December 2001. I also remember the 351, 370, 373, 251, and even the 324 for a while as well between 1999-2000 and 2001-2002

My hometown! I remember the yellow buses!

I still remember the 86 garage at Goodmayes and Hornchurch Road garage 😍😍😍

So many memories taking the 365 or 294 to the last stop in Collier Row on my way home from school

RIP the 87 and the Dolphin

I remember Romford my nan used to live in collier Row

Brilliant video! I was 8 when this was taken, and I remember all those buses well!

Superb, some years after I left the area but good to see the Titan is still clinging on. Matthew Wharmby has a book coming out in the summer about the last years of the Titan.

Very good video!👍👍 lots of memories there. That cortina bear the beginning must’ve been old then, gives the impression of the 80s! 😂😂

Nice video demonstrating how buses were in Romford back in 1998 fast forward 21 years later to 2019 and Romford has changed alot (the town centre not largely) but the buses definitely have changed alot like eg no alx400s and all step entrance buses but one thing that hasn't changed is stagecoach Londons dominance over Romford they have lost a few routes in that area in recent years but stagecoach still operate a majority of services there and gaining another route the 128 currently owned by arriva London

In my childhood days in the area it was mainly RT and RM buses. My favourite was green RT's on route 370 to Tilbury as Romford was the only place apart from Green Line services l saw them. Saturday's always meant a ride to the town on an RT on route 87.

great video of the buses😀😁👍

I moved out of Romford officially the year before this. 87 and 175 were my local routes, but my bus back from college was 248. I could have taken the 252 but it used to go “round the houses”! There was on RM that ran on the 252 for about a month in the early 90s by Ensign. Managed to catch it once!

oh i remember these buses. must have been in my 40s?

Used all those buses. The best

Absolutely love this video....this is the Romford that I knew a proper mix match of liveries and bus types yet still dominated by the Leyland Titan. Shame you didn't concentrate on the Thamesway National a little longer but still excellent work. Believe it or not but I spotted at least 3 buses that are in preservation T4,T6 and CCB National 2 750.

That was definitely the most interesting time, London bus wise, up to the end of the 90s. First and Arriva branding was just beginning to appear, but plenty of old liveries still around. I'd forgotten all about that shortlived Arriva (or was it Cowie?) livery on that Metrobus at 5:55. And Grey-Green Volvo Citybus 131? Must have been a refugee from the 24

87 in barking you know 😂 I love how things were soooo different back in the day

Looks like '98 to me. I did a short-ish stint at Gallows Corner (Thamesway) on the 193s. Lots of Ts and VNs and Ms around.

strange to think that all those buses are scrap now

Romford has changed over the years

- I spotted that green and blue Harris bus there, shame they went under

I remember those Grey Green buses.

My favourite memories of romford are when it was a green bus "mecca" with such services from all over essex, and a green bus ",mecca" probably just as much as what Croydon and Kingston was, but with both eastern national and London country running in, being especially busy on market days From memory, I can remember the services as:- Bishops stortford/harlow/epping (339 "express"/500 "Express"/501 "express"/712 green line)- various service changes in the 1980s saw route numbers change Chelmsford/basildon/southend>brentwood 2/251/351/400/403(?)/451/511/551 I think the 403 was an eastern national to basildon Grays/tilbury 370/371/373(?) And the 2/251/400/551 onward runs to walthamstow and London Not to forget the independents thames weald from various destinations in Kent, and boardabus 8 from waltham cross And then, with deregulation, it seemed that anything could turn up, I seem to recall capital citybus even had ex-west Midlands metrobuses running with (whoever they were beforehand) Now, there are just red buses, and very little variety Even the market, which passengers primarily came for, has been decimated, but that's another story

Again wooow Can't Believe 86 and 174 Still with Stagecoach Until now 2019. The 87 Running Aldwych Wandsworth

I think this video was done in 1998 as by 99 most if not all the CCB buses had First names added and one or two even ended up in the 80% red livery also the Alexander bodied Olympians I think had moved on by then to Eastern Counties.

typical of Capital Citybus at the time - a 165 and 365 both together and too many buses on the 248.

Only bus I remember being yellow like that was the 123

Glad that TfL have all buses in red with the white roundel again. Yellow buses look dreadful and not part of the London fleet.

- you wouldn’t happen to have any footage of ripple land diesel depot would you or could you direct me to a video if you have made one - thanks again for the footage

Woooow Remember 87. We're was 5 247 499 498 193 We're did 374 near the end Video 86 Saw About Three 86 Coming Same time.

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