by Matthew Wharmby
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383 Taken Up By Sullivan Buses
Saturday 26th July 2003

Sullivan Buses Dennis Dart SLF DN 5 (DN03 SUL) at High Barnet, 26/07/03 Having been a fixture for some years on the rail replacement circuit, Sullivan Buses are now running their first TfL contract in the shape of route 383. Three more of their favoured Mini Dart SLFs with Caetano Nimbus bodywork are the 383's staple, personified at High Barnet this afternoon by DN 5 (DN03 SUL). The buses carry no logos or identifying information until it is made clear just what sort of image (or lack thereof) the increasingly imagination-less TfL management expects its contractors' vehicles to carry.

The 383 has now unfortunately lost its most important section, stripping the picturesque Kitts End region of buses completely and retrenching to Woodside Park Station - Barnet Spires only, most of which can be accomplished by the 263's direct routeing. Anybody needing to cross the border north of Barnet and not holding a pass will now have to board an 84 and pay the exorbitant extra-London fares.

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