Metrobus (England)

Metrobus is an operator in England serving Greater London, Surrey, Kent, and East & West Essex. It is part of the Go-Ahead Group plc and has been in operation since 1981.

Current fleet

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Length	Manufacturer	Model	Body	Engine	Transmission	Destination sign	Notes
101-102		2006		Optare	Solo SE	Optare Solo
133-147		2002	8.8m	TransBus	Dart SLF	Marshall Capital				Ex-First London; bought in 2007
148-162		2010-2011	8.8m	ADL	Enviro200Dart	ADL Enviro200Dart				First 6 delivered January 2011; remainder in March
201-219		2003	10.7m	TransBus	Dart SLF	TransBus Pointer 2				208 and 209 used for driver training (renumbered 7208 and 7209)
220-225		2007		ADL	Enviro200Dart	ADL Enviro200Dart				Ex-Arriva London; bought in 2009
228-236		2006	8.8m	ADL	Dart SLF	East Lancs Esteem
241-247		1998	10.2m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer				242 retired
251-256		2004	8.8m	ADL	Dart SLF	ADL Pointer
257-268		2006	8.8m	ADL	Dart SLF	East Lancs Esteem
271-289		2003	8.8m	TransBus	Dart SLF	TransBus Pointer 2
309-311		1999	10.2m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Alexander ALX200
320-321		2003	10.7m	TransBus	Dart SLF	TransBus Pointer 2
322-331		1999	10.7m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer 2
332, 334		2000	10.7m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer 2
344		2000	8.8m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer 2
348, 351, 352, 356		2001	8.8m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer 2				349-350, 353-355, 357, 358 retired
359, 361-369, 371-374, 376-379		2001	10.7m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Caetano Nimbus
390, 393-396, 398		1997	10.7m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer				Ex-Arriva London; bought in Oct. 2009 391, 392, 397, 399 retired
431-447, 451, 455-462, 465-497		2003-2004		Scania	K94UD	East Lancs Omnidekka				494-497 are 2004
513		2002		Scania	CN94UB	Scania OmniCity
514-540		2003		Scania	CN94UB	Scania OmniCity
541-558		2005		Scania	CN94UB	Scania OmniCity
559-581		2007-2009		Scania	CN230UB4x2	Scania OmniCity				561-567 are 2008 568-581 are 2009
601-623		2006		Scania	N94UB OmniTown	East Lancs Esteem
624-633		2008		Scania	CN230UB4x2	Scania OmniCity
701-705		2007		MAN	12.240	East Lancs Esteem
706-708		2008		MAN	14.240	ADL Enviro200Dart
709-723		2009		MAN	14.240	MCV Evolution
731-733		2011	10.2m	ADL	Enviro200Dart	ADL Enviro200Dart
734-739		2012	10.8m	ADL	Enviro200Dart	ADL Enviro200Dart
7764-7769		1995	9.8m	Dennis	Dart	Marshall			Ex-Oxford Bus Company; acquired 2001 7769 retired in 2011	Used for driver training
870-899		2009		Scania	N230UD4x2	Optare Olympus
901-946		2006		Scania	N94UD	East Lancs Omnidekka
947-952		2007		Scania	N230UD4x2	East Lancs Omnidekka
953-957		2008		Scania	CN230UD4x2	Scania OmniCity Double Deck
958-973		2009		Scania	CN230UD4x2	Scania OmniCity Double Deck
974-978		2010		Scania	CN230UD4x2	Scania OmniCity Double Deck

Previous fleet on hire

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Length	Manufacturer	Model	Body	Engine	Transmission	Destination sign	Notes
17480, 17481, 17484, 17485		2001	9.9m	Dennis	Trident	Alexander ALX400				On hire from ELBG from May to end of summer 2009 to cover for service expansions and delivery of 870-899 17480, 17484, 17485 returned in August 2009 Remainder returned by end of summer 2009
17562, 17567, 17568, 17569, 17571, 17574, 17577-17579, 17581, 17582, 17584, 17585, 17587, 17588-17591		2002	9.9m	TransBus	Trident	Alexander ALX400				On hire from ELBG from May to end of summer 2009 to cover for service expansions and delivery of 870-899 17562, 17567, 17568, 17569, 17577-17579, 17581, 17584, 17588-17591 returned August 2009 Remainder returned by end of summer 2009

Retired fleet

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Length	Manufacturer	Model	Body	Engine	Transmission	Destination sign	Notes
117		1995	Dennis	Lance	Optare Sigma
124-132		2002	8.8m	TransBus	Dart SLF	Marshall Capital				Ex-First London 124-131 retired prior to September 2009 132 retired September 2009
226-227		1997	10.2m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer
293-295		2000	8.8m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer 2
302		1997	10.2m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer 2				Ex-Limebourne; bought in 1999
350		2001	8.8m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer 2				Retired around September 2009
380-386		2001	10.2m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Marshall Capital				Ex-First London 380 renumbered 7380, used for training
448-450, 452-454, 464-463		2003		Scania	K94UD	East Lancs Omnidekka				452-454, 463 retired Oct. 2009
501-502		2003	12m	Mercedes-Benz	O530	Mercedes-Benz Citaro
503-504		2003	12m	Mercedes-Benz	O530	Mercedes-Benz Citaro
817-829		1996		Volvo	Olympian	Northern Counties Palatine				820, 827 retired around September 2009 817-819, 821, 822, 826, 829 retired later in year and possibly early 2010 823-825 retired later in 2010
830-845		1997		Volvo	Olympian	East Lancs Pyoneer				All retired by 2010

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