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After the 109/N109 and 415 which gained MMCs, we have more routes that have received Enviro400MMCs and 499 with expected Enviro200MMCs..

ADL E20D 10.4m Enviro200MMC:

Stagecoach East London, London Bus Route 499:

The batch numbers are 36601-8. There are also no public photos I can find of them online. These buses are delayed and yet to be in service for route 499, the route will temporarily be using a mix of 62 and 296's Enviro200s for the time being.

Metroline West, London Bus Routes 331 and U10:

There are no news of the buses for 331 and U10 except their numbers will be DEL2122-2132.

Yet again, there are no publich photos I can find of them online.

ADL E40D 10.3m Enviro400 MMC [Diesel]:

Stagecoach East London, London Bus Route 498:

Even though 10301-7 were ordered for Stagecoach East London route 498, they are late for service and Tridents from 175 fitted with white-on-black-blinds had a rush in. They have still not entered service yet.

The only registrations that are found on London Vehicle Finder (LVF) are:

10301 YY15OYS

10302 YY15OYT

10303 YY15OYU

10304 YY15OYW

These buses are inside of North Street, Romford (NS) and are yet to begin service. Whereabouts of the rest are not known for the time being.

Abellio London, London Bus Route 415:

However, we have Abellio London 2400 (YY64GXG), a Enviro400 MMC bodied Euro6 E40D 10.3m demonstrator with only red paint, no garage code, no operator logo and is assumed it will be with 415 until the end of the contract since the speculated two extra E40H MMCs that were supposed to be ordered did not arrive, so 2400 and 2515 (YY64TZO), a 407 bus for the SDO journey on weekdays are the cover for the extension of 415 to Old Kent Road Tesco.

These diesel versions of the E400MMC look like the hybrid version (E40H chassis of course), but the vents for the rear are ontop of the blinds, or in other words the blindbox is on the bottom of the vents.

ADL E40H 10.3m Enviro400 MMC [Hybrid]:
After 109/N109 and 415, the 350 being the third route with MMCs, and the third Abellio route with MMCs as well as the third batch to have entered service as opposed to Metroline's ones being in the garage and late to be out in service.

Abellio London, London Bus Route 350:
Previously allocated Euro4 Enviro200 Darts, then converted to Euro3 Trident 9.9m Alexander ALX400 spared from the 3, which converted to Euro5 ADL E40H 10.2m Enviro400 hybrid (standard model) in 2012.

Before receiving MMCs:

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One of the ex-3 Tridents which were ex-60 Tridents.
Abellio London 9768 (YN51KWC) by Hayes & Harlington Station

And when it received MMCs:

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One of the batch of MMCs (2523-2531) for 350
Abellio London 2527 (YX15OWV) by Stockley Business Park

Fleetlist of the ALX400s and E400MMCs:

9763 YN51KVW - 2523 YX15OWO

9764 YN51KVX - 2524 YX15OWP

9765 YN51KVZ - 2525 YX15OWR

9767 YN51KWB - 2526 YX15OWU

9768 YN51KWC - 2527 YX15OWV

9769 YN51KWD - 2528 YX15OWW

9770 YN51KWE - 2529 YX15OWY

9771 YN51KWF - 2530 YX15OWZ

9772 YN51KWG - 2531 YX15OXA

Metroline Travel, London Bus Route 332:
Now we move onto a delayed MMC route that Metroline has retained which runs from Brent Park Superstores to Paddington to replace the 316 between Cricklewood and Brent Park due to a single decker conversion which is most likely because of the PM that lives nearby the route 316. And Brent Park to Cricklewood needed double decks, but these are only my speculations so if you know the actual answer to this thought, please respond in the comments below!

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Route 332's old allocation of Euro5 10/60-plate Enviro400s
Metroline Travel TE1097 (LK60AHE) by the Paddington stand.

Route 332 was contracted with E40H Enviro400 MMC hybrid TEH2072-2087 back in 2014, it was thought it would receive existing hybrids from 189 with the 189 going LT operation, but Metroline surprised every enthusiast with Major Model Change variants, however the surprise's reputation went a bit down due to the commisioning which took almost forever to put them out on service.

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Metroline Travel TEH2076 (LK15CSO) also by Paddington

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Metroline Travel TEH2082 (LK15CTE) also by the Paddington terminus

Fleetlist of old and new buses:
Note: I'm not sure if all of the TEs were allocated to 332 so I'm just adding the whole batch in

TE1073 LK10BZV - TEH2072 LK15CWA
TE1074 LK10BZX - TEH2073 LK15CWC
TE1075 LK10BZY - TEH2074 LK15CRZ
TE1076 LK60AEX - TEH2075 LK15CSF
TE1077 LK60AEY - TEH2076 LK15CSO
TE1078 LK60AEZ - TEH2077 LK15CSU
TE1079 LK60AFA - TEH2078 LK15CSV
TE1080 LK60AFE - TEH2079 LK15CSX
TE1081 LK60AFF - TEH2080 LK15CSY
TE1082 LK60AFN - TEH2081 LK15CSZ
TE1083 LK60AFO - TEH2082 LK15CTE
TE1084 LK60AFU - TEH2083 LK15CTF
TE1085 LK60AFV - TEH2084 LK15CUA
TE1086 LK60AFX - TEH2085 LK15CUC
TE1087 LK60AFY - TEH2086 LK15CUG
TE1088 LK60AFZ - TEH2087 LK15CUH
TE1089 LK60AGO
TE1090 LK60AGU
TE1091 LK60AGV
TE1092 LK60AGY
TE1093 LK60AGZ
TE1094 LK60AHA
TE1095 LK60AHC
TE1096 LK60AHD
TE1097 LK60AHE
TE1098 LK60AHG
TE1099 LK60AHJ
TE1100 LK60AHL
TE1101 LK60AHN
TE1102 LK60AHO
TE1103 LK60AHP
TE1104 LK60AHU

Then onto the last topic of the day...

Volvo B5LH 10.5m Enviro400 MMC [Hybrid]:

We have two batches of Volvo MMCs.

Go-Ahead London Docklands Buses, London Bus Route 135:

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The first of EHV1-16 to appear on route 135
Docklands Buses EHV3 (BJ15TWL) by Aldgate East Station

Arriva London successfully lost the 135 from their Barking (BK) base to Docklands Buses' base in Silvertown (SI). This featured an order of Volvo B5LH 10.5m with a Enviro400 MMC body, numbered EHV1-16. By now most of 135's MMCs have entered service.

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Rear of EHV3 (BJ15TWL).

By the way, there were rumours of another 54 MMCs ordered by Go-Ahead! It may be for the non-London operations like Brighton & Hove, or the commercial Go-Ahead London.

Arriva's E400 fleetlist now at Thornton Heath <-> GAL MMC fleetlist

T12 LJ08CVG - EHV1 BK15AZR

T13 LJ08CVG - EHV2 BK15AZT

T14 LJ08CVK - EHV3 BJ15TWL

T15 LJ08CVL - EHV4 BL15HBK

T16 LJ08CVM - EHV5 BJ15TWP

T17 217CLT - EHV6 BL15HBJ

T18 LJ08CVP - EHV7 BL15HBO

T19 519CLT - EHV8 BL15HBP

T20 LJ08CVR - EHV9 BL15HBU

T21 LJ08CUU - EHV10 BL15HBX

T22 LJ08CUV - EHV11 BL15HBY

T23 LJ08CUW - EHV12 BL15HBZ

T24 324CLT - EHV13 BL15HCA

T25 LJ08CUY - EHV14 BL15HCC

T26 LJ08CVA  - EHV15 BL15HCD

 EHV16 BL15HBN

We move onto Stagecoach's ones...

Stagecoach Selkent, London Bus Routes 122 and 177:

Let's start with the basics, 122 had another PVR increase due to reliability issues, however it's 10-12 minute headway will not improve the route. One Volvo B5LH 10.5m Enviro400 MMC was ordered for the route alongside 177's batch, and make whole as 13061-79:

13061 BF15KGK - 13062 BF15KGN - 13063 BF15KGP - 13064 BF15KGU

13065 BF15KGV - 13066 BF15KGX - 13067 BF15KGY - 13068 BF15KGZ

13069 BF15KHB - 13070 BF15KHC - 13071 BF15KHD - 13072 BF15KHG

13073 BF15KHH - 13074 BF15KHJ - 13075 BJ15TVZ - 13066 BF15KGX

13077 BF15KHA - 13078 BJ15TWC - 13079 BF15KGJ

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Stagecoach London Selkent 13066 (BF15KGX) at Greenwich Cutty Sark

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Stagecoach London Selkent 13069 (BF15KHB)

Stagecoach London Selkent 13064 (BF15KGU) on stand at Crystal Palace Bus Station.

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