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Details: River Road Garage near Barking is one of the newest bus garages in London, having been opened in May 2016. It has recently become the largest, following several bus route tendering gains and an extension. According to information from LOTS, 285 buses are now based there, just edging out Lea Interchange with its 284. By the way, Camberwell has 295 buses 'on paper', but 42 of these are trainers which are often based elsewhere. Anyway, back to the plot. Ray visited on 16th October 2017 and photographed three newly delivered service vehicles. RX67OLM/N/O were all Merecedes-Benz Vito minibuses in unmarked red livery, as shown by RX67OLO departing. Several of the earlier Vito minibuses, most of which were transferred from former Metrobus garages, were also still working. I have kept this photo wide as it shows two interesting buses. On the left is DMN8, still also carrying its First London fleetnumber of DMS41476. This has Marshall Capital bodywork which was once common in London but now down to just a handful. Among the buses on the right is one of the 'New Routemasters' recently given East London Transit livery.

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