New Routemaster: Pre-production bus LT4

Images of New Routemaster LT4 (reg. LTZ 1004, ex- LT12 DHT).

This bus was one of the batch of eight pre-production prototypes, designated as fleet number LT4, i.e. the fourth in the class specific LT series. As such it was finished with the operator markings of an Arriva allocated Routemaster and given a standard GB plate registration LT12 DHT, and entered service in trial operation on route 38. This was the intended use for all 8 prototypes, although only LT1 and LT2 were complete by the first day's operation (LT2 starting the first journey, at lunchtime), entering service on 27 February 2012. The remainder entered service over the following months, but not in fleet number order. LT3 was later re-registered as LTZ 1004, retrospectively aligning it with the class specific LTZ series, which was adopted just before the first batch of production buses entered service in June 2013.

LT12 DHT

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  10 June 2012
  route 38
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  23 October 2013
  route 38

LTZ 1004

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  4 January 2014
  route 38
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  7 June 2014
  route 38
  behind a DW class bus also on route 38 and a DP class on route 308
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  13 June 2014
  route 38