LTSV Vehicle Detail

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Main vehicle details

Number	Registration	Type	Class	Chassis No.	Body No. ? If the vehicle had two or more bodies (i.e. if it was rebodied), the body numbers (where known) are shown in chronological order. Refer to the history records for more details.
RCL2221	CUV221C	AEC Routemaster Mobile Exhibition Bus	Other

Licence on:	01/06/1965
Into stock:	12/04/1979
From:	Ex RCL2221
Out of stock:	04/06/2008 (Life: 29.15 years)
Disposal:	Timebus, St Albans
Licence off:	30/11/2024 ?This is the last recorded licence expiry date. Previous expiry dates will be shown in the Licensing History section below.

Livery:	Red
Operator:	LUL
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	10/09/2024 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

3 photos of this vehicle have been published, shown below in order of date taken (oldest first).

There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.

Sightings
11 sightings of this vehicle have been reported. Shown below with the most recent at the top.

Date	Place	Comments	Posted by ?If the name is in brackets, the vehicle was not seen by the person, but the sighting was added by the person.
05/07/2009	North Weald	Bus Rally	Damon
06/03/2007	Acton Works		Damon
06/03/2007	Acton Works		John Lloyd-Martin
22/02/2006	Acton Works	-	Thomas Young
22/02/2006	Acton Works	-	John Lloyd-Martin
17/10/1999	Eltham	Riefield Road. Crown Woods Car Show (as organiser)	Ray
24/09/1992	Tottenham Garage	Public Open Day	Damon
16/05/1981	Fulwell Garage	FW '50'	Ray
24/02/1980	Riverside (Hammersmith) Garage		Malcolm Conway
14/07/1979	West Ham Garage	Public Open Day - Shillibeer livery	Damon
08/07/1979	Hyde Park	150th anniversary bus rally	Damon

History ?This section contains details of events during the lifetime of this vehicle. These can be drawn from official documents or from observations, and will eventually cover the whole career of each vehicle.
20 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
05/1965	New into stock	LT	?	Aldenham Works		ex AEC (as RCL-type coach)	Estimate
01/06/1965	Licensed	LT	?	Grays Garage			Ian's Bus Stop
02/06/1965	Allocated to	LT	?	Romford (London Road) Garage		ex Grays	Observations
01/01/1970	Transferred to L.C.B.S.	LCBS	?	Romford (London Road) Garage			Ian's Bus Stop
03/1978	sold to London Transport	LT	?	Unknown		ex Chelsham	Ian's Bus Stop
12/04/1979	Converted	LT	Publicity Department	Clapham Garage		ex Cricklewood	LT Variation Sheets
by03/1982	Allocated to	LT	Advertising and Publicity Officer (Gp.1)	Unknown			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
11/05/1982	Transferred	LT	n/a	Riverside (Hammersmith) Garage		ex Cricklewood	LT Variation Sheets
25/06/1983	Transferred	LT	n/a	Shepherds Bush Garage		ex Riverside	LT Variation Sheets
07/12/1983	Relicensed	LT	n/a	Shepherds Bush Garage			LT Variation Sheets
14/03/1984	Transferred	LT	n/a	Hanwell Garage		ex Shepherds Bush	LT Variation Sheets
by01/04/1984	Allocated to	LT	Advertising and Publicity Officer (Gp.1)	Hanwell Garage			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by02/01/1985	Allocated to	unknown	Public Relations Officer (Gp.1)	Hanwell Garage			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by30/01/1986	Allocated to	unknown	Tours and Charters Operations (Gp.1)	Hanwell Garage			LT Misc Veh Register 30/01/1986
by01/03/1986	Allocated to	unknown	n/a	Hanwell Garage			LOTS SUP17L
13/06/1988	Servicing/Repairs	unknown	?	Unknown		To B.E.L. for accident repairs. Out-shopped 17/6/1988	BEL Advice
by28/06/1990	Allocated to	unknown	n/a	Chiswick Works		Listed as Chiswick but presumably moved to Acton by then	CDS Fleetlist June 1990
by05/12/1994	Allocated to	LUL	LTDS - Haulage & Dist	Acton Works			CDS Fleetlist
by30/01/1996	Allocated to	unknown	n/a	Acton Works			CDS Fleetlist
by17/11/1997	Allocated to	unknown	n/a	Acton Works			CDS Fleetlist

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
6 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.

Note	Posted by	On
Photographs at https://timebus.co.uk/en-o/static-space-bus-hire/exhibition-bus/gallery.htm Available to hire still for its original purpose as an exhibition bus	E.Pring	31/08/2020
Photograph in 'Roving Round London's Buses - Vol.1' (Ravensbrook)	Ray	30/07/2009
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport)	Ray	27/02/2009
Photograph in 'Bus Portfolio 1 - Routemaster' (DPR)	Ray	24/02/2009
Photograph in LBM29.	Ray	24/02/2009
Photograph in London Buses 1980 (Ian Allan)	Ray	23/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
6 documents relating to this vehicle have been published. Shown below in date order (oldest first). Hover over a document to see more details.

Licensing History ?The licence expiry dates are regularly updated, with all records shown here (most recent first).

Date checked	Expiry date	Notes	Added by
10/09/2024	30/11/2024		Ray
01/01/2022	30/06/2022		Ray

Edits ?This section shows a description of each change that has been applied to the database entry for this vehicle.
This record has been edited 13 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
10/09/2024	Licensing date updated.	Ray	Y
29/07/2021	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
31/08/2020	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
19/08/2019	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
04/06/2019	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
13/02/2014	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
10/02/2014	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y
11/10/2012	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
07/02/2012	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
07/10/2010	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
19/09/2009	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
16/04/2009	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
06/06/2008	Disposal added	Thomas Young	Y