Mixture of buses at Lakeside station (3rd June 2015)

On 3^rd June 2015, I visited Lakeside bus station which is on the outskirts of Lakeside Shopping Centre (branded as Intu Lakeside). The location is in West Thurrock, in the borough of Thurrock, Essex.

Ensignbus is the majority bus operating company which serves Lakeside Shopping Centre. They even have their own office which provides travel information to passengers.

It's been a year now that London Bus services have been cash free. I think there are no top up facilities for Oyster card users, so the passengers can make use of a‘One more journey’ feature which will give the passenger a negative balance. They can also use the contactless payment card issued by their banks. But overall, the rest of the operators still use the old style system of cash. I don't know when they will be using the smartcard system like London Bus services provide.

Bus routes that serve Lakeside Bus station are 22, 22A, 25, 33, 44, 66, 73, 73A, 83, 88, 100, 201, 370, 372, X80 & X81

Below is the list of buses that are shown on the video in order of appearance

Operator	Bus type	Number plate	Fleet number
Arriva Southern Counties	Volvo B7TL ALX400	LJ05BKK	6117/VLA117
Stagecoach London	Alexander Dennis Enviro400	LX11BBE	19739
Ensignbus	Volvo B9TL OptareOlympus	PL08YLZ	121
First Essex	Dennis Dart SLF Caetano	LK03UFB	(DMC) 41524
Ensignbus	Alexander Dennis Enviro200	SN11FFM	709
Ensignbus	Alexander Dennis Enviro200	YX10ECA	705
Ensignbus	Volvo B5LH Wright Gemini hybrid	EU62BTF	503
Arriva Southern Counties	Alexander Dennis Enviro200	GN10KWG	4070
Arriva Southern Counties	Volvo B7TL ALX400	LJ05BKN	6119/VLA119
First Essex	Volvo 7900H hybrid	BV13ZCA	69918
Ensignbus	Volvo B5LH Wright Gemini hybrid	EU62BSV	501
Ensignbus	Dennis Dart SLF Caetano	MA02BLU	783
Ensignbus	Volvo B9TL OptareOlympus	PO58NPV	117
Ensignbus	Volvo B9TL OptareOlympus	PO58KPP	124
Stagecoach London	Alexander Dennis Enviro400	LX11AYY	19716
Arriva Southern Counties	Volvo B7TL ALX400	LJ05BLX	6110/VLA110
Ensignbus	Volvo B9TL OptareOlympus	PO58KPN	123
Stagecoach London	Alexander Dennis Enviro400	LX11AZT	19730

The bus operating companies that have a red background are London Bus operators, which London Buses tendered out routes 370 and 372 to Stagecoach and Arriva. The rest of the bus services are deregulated, as the private bus companies organise their routes and deal with their fares.

Anyway you can see the video below

Buses at Lakeside Bus Station 3rd June 2015 by clondoner92

Last year, back on the 16^th July 2014, I had filmed buses from Lakeside Bus station, so there haven’t been many changes as of today.

Buses at Lakeside Bus Station 16th July 2014 by clondoner92

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Also see:

My trip to Lakeside and back (on London Buses routes 370 and 372)

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