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The Friern Barnet Photo Archive
No: 6537 Contributor: Friern Barnet & District Local History Society Year: 1960 District: New Southgate
Buses
TD 81 photographed at Arnos Grove Station in 1960. This bus, which will depart for Burnt Oak, operated out of Muswell Hill Garage and came into service on 1 August 1959
Picture added on 03 September 2013 at 17:37
The TD type were replaced by RF type on route 251 in 1956. This photo could not have been taken in 1960
Added by Norman Wain on 09 April 2019
You are right - the bus was actually finally withdrawn in 1959 and sold to Ceylon
Anonymous comment added on 09 April 2019
The service history of this bus
TD 81 JXC 274 which is a Leyland Tiger PS1 with Mann Egerton body. It entered service at Muswell Hill garage in Mar 1949 from new on 251 (and 210, 212). It was transferred to Leyton garage in June 1954 and then to Kingston in 1957 and in June 1959 withdrawn from service and then exported to Ceylon (Ceylon Transport Board) later that year. So this photo is dated between 1949 and 1954.
TD 81 JXC 274 which is a Leyland Tiger PS1 with Mann Egerton body. It entered service at Muswell Hill garage in Mar 1949 from new on 251 (and 210, 212). It was transferred to Leyton garage in June 1954 and then to Kingston in 1957 and in June 1959 withdrawn from service and then exported to Ceylon (Ceylon Transport Board) later that year. So this photo is dated between 1949 and 1954.
Added by Tony on 11 April 2019
New Southgate
