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For many years the route
with the most buses allocated to it, today the
253 was split in two, formalising the
long-established running of the route in two
overlapping sections. When Stamford Hill
garage reopened last year, its second route to be
reallocated in was the eastern half of the 253
(Holloway-Aldgate) and today this section was
given its own number, the helpfully associated
254.
Already
the 253 and 254 are growing apart, as Clapton is
taking new DLAs for the 253 (which continues to
run between Euston and Hackney Central Station),
while Stamford Hill's 254 is receiving new VLWs
like VLW 140 (LJ03 MFU, above)
seen from the upper deck of a fellow VLW in
Cambridge Heath Road. The outgoing
Alexander-bodied Leyland Olympians continue on
both routes for a while until all the new buses
are fitted with their radios.
Not all of
Stamford Hill's remaining Ls had route 254 blind
inserts fitted so had to continue as 253s,
confusing the passengers. However L 320 (J320 BSH, below)
is properly turned out as it passes through Mare
Street's one-way system.
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