Go-Ahead | LK59FDP WVN22 | G2 on the 432 | 01/04/22

            On the 432s last day at Stockwell, the weather was very odd, as per. It kept switching between snow, sun and clouds all within about 10 minutes. hence why when you look at the sky, it looks like we've gone through war, but when you look anywhere else in the picture, it's sunny. 

Anyways, let's move onto the bus shall we. 

This vehicle was new to First London in February 2010 at their Northumberland Park (NP) garage for the 476 as their VN37825, although they didn't stay with First for too long, as by April 2012 Northumberland Park was sold to The Go-Ahead Group under the London General subsidiary, and they eventually recoded it as their WVN22. 

In 2017, Go-Ahead successfully retained the 476 from NP and the WVNs were refurbished for the new contract. 

On the 15th of June 2019, Transport for London killed off most of the Central London Network woops, I meant made a lot of changes around the Central London network, with the 476 being one of the routes included.

It was cut from Euston to King's Cross and got a hefty pvr cut from 22 to just 15, which made WVN18-22 redundant, and with a whole load of new EVCities on order for NP, they had quite the clear out. 

WVN19 made its way to Bexleyheath (BX)
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WVL204, WVN20/50-52 mainly from the 357 headed Metrobus bound to Croydon (C)
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WVN53 went to Merton (AL) 
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WVN18 + 22 went to Stockwell (SW)
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The SN58 ENs went to Go-Ahead London Commercial
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With the LX56s Es being withdrawn and sent to other Go-Ahead subsidiaries

Go-Ahead unfortunately lost the 432 in 2022 and all of the Gemini 2s were withdrawn - WVN18 to Thames Travel and the WVLs to Go-North East - but one Gemini 2 stayed, and it is WVN22 itself! it's clinging onto SW for dear life, shuttling up and down on the 118. (update: the 337 has since transferred into SW, and WVN22 has started straying onto that now also). 

So here's what is now a memory of WVN22 on the 432. It's here unloading at Central Hill just over halfway through its trip to Anerley Station.
   

Taken in: UK / England / Lambeth / Gipsy Hill (show map)

Taken on: April 1, 2022

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