File:Red Arrow bus bus in Oxford Street, route 500, 1976.jpg

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English: London Transport Red Arrow bus in Oxford Street, London. Original description:Red Arrow, near to Marylebone, Westminster, Great Britain.

MBA504 (VLW 504G) passes Debenhams on route to Oxford Circus from Victoria on the 500 route. The Red Arrow's were limited stop, flat-fare, routes designed to get passengers from the stations to their work, or the shops in central London quickly. This is Oxford Street early on a Saturday morning in the 1970's, look how quiet it is and compare with today.

MBA504 is an AEC Merlin and this type were the mainstay of the Red Arrow routes in the 1970's In other areas the type was not very successful and most had a very short working life with London Transport, entering service in 1969 and retired to store, for onward sale, at Radlett by 1975. MBA504 entered service in June 1969 as MBS504 working on the H1 in Harrow. Converted to MBA status in January 1976, the vehicle was withdrawn in March 1981. The full story of the AEC Merlins can be found at <a title="http://www.countrybus.org/merlswft/merlin.html#top" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.countrybus.org/merlswft/merlin.html#top">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> on the Ian's Bus Stop website.
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Camera location51° 30′ 52.69″ N, 0° 08′ 51.07″ W  Heading=315° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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