by Matthew Wharmby
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Buses To The Rescue
Saturday 9th July 2005

Sullivan Buses Leyland Titan T 830 (A830 SUL) at Arnos Grove, 09/07/05 I can say no more about Thursday's atrocities other than that Londoners don't stand for things like that, and it's the response to things like that that prove we do have a soul and a backbone. Accordingly, it was astonishing how quickly the Tube and buses were put back into operation, and for the sections of the Underground that will need to be repaired, buses are filling the gap.

The Piccadilly Line is the most severely affected, with trains unable to operate between Arnos Grove and Hyde Park Corner. One replacement bus service links stations between Bounds Green and Turnpike Lane with the Victoria Line at Seven Sisters, ingeniously using Olympians plucked from Ensignbus's sales stock, while Sullivan Buses is part of a group taking people in the other direction to link up with the Northern Line at Finchley Central. On the latter service is one of their more recently acquired Titans, T 830 (A830 SUL), seen this afternoon at Arnos Grove.

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