Entries are in reverse date order.
RLH 23 has now been lovingly preserved for longer than its service career with London Transport.
RLH 23 was the first RLH in the UK to be re-licensed for commercial passenger carrying service including private hires. It has a fully refurbished interior with all original features retained, including the extensive used of wooden trimming.
View RLH 23's private hire page on the commercial Timebus web site.
2001: RLH 23 was repainted red, but the colour of the central horizontal band changed from cream to flake grey.
13th April 1996 - took part in a route 178 recreation on the occasion of 25 years since the last London lowbridge service
July 1987: RLH 23 was fully PCV certified with Timebus Travel (later called just Timebus), the first RLH in the UK to be re-licensed for commercial passenger carrying service including private hires.
1967: Purchased for preservation by David Pring and D James
June 1966: withdrawn
1964: Final garage allocation to Dalston in 1964, where it ran on the 178 route.
1959: Went back to Hornchurch, for route 248
November 1955: Repainted red during an overhaul and moved to another Central garage, Harrow Weald. Only 8 RLHs changed colour (all from green to red) during their London careers.
February 1955: Transferred to the Central area at Hornchurch, the first time this garage had been allocated RLHs. 3 other RLHs also moved there at this time. It was still painted green
1952: RLH 23 began its career in Country area green colours, at Addlestone garage.
UK registration number: MXX 223. For other identifying numbers (chassis, body etc) please see this table.
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