London General reached the end with Metrobuses in normal service in February 2003, when Stockwell Garage's last were withdrawn. Some were retained through 2003 to deputise on AEC Routemaster routes, but operation on TfL services ceased in July 2004, the final three examples based at Potters Bar garage being the last Metrobuses in regular London service at the time. Metroline Northern operations in London dwindled during 2002, with Ms replaced by low-floor buses on most routes. Garages were at North Acton, Holloway and Potters Bar. : 183 It acquired more when it took over London Suburban Buses, and including some ex-London examples from its Merseyside operation. MTL bought the London Northern company, with a host of 179 Metrobuses. : 53–57 London Transport's Metrobuses were the mainstay of the double decker fleet between 1987 and privatisation in 1994, when most of them passed to seven of the new operators.
London Transport's low-cost subsidiary Harrow Buses leased 29 new MkII Metrobuses in 1987, but returned them to their lessor three years later. : 32 In 1987/88, due to a vehicle shortage, 14 were purchased secondhand from the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive, West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive and Busways Travel and allocated to Potters Bar garage. : 179 Two MkII prototypes were delivered to London Transport for the Alternative Vehicle Evaluation (AVE) programme in 1984, M1441 with a Gardner engine and Voith transmission and M1442 with a Cummins engine and Maxwell transmission, but no orders resulted. London Transport purchased 1,440 MkI examples between 19, numbering them M1 to M1440. In the United Kingdom, the Metrobus was mainly used in the metropolitan areas, especially London, West Midlands and Greater Manchester. MCW planned to produce a single-decker version but this was not to come into production.Īrriva Buses Wales Metrobus lower saloon interior The Metrobus was conceived as an integral product manufactured completely by MCW, but Alexander and Northern Counties also bodied some examples. The original MkI was superseded by the MkII which had a symmetrical windscreen with an arched top in 1981, although production of the original MkI continued for the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive and London Regional Transport until 19 respectively. The MCW Metrobus is a two and three-axle double-decker bus manufactured by Metro Cammell Weymann (MCW) between 19, with over 4,000 built. A preserved Travel West Midlands MCW Metrobus Mk2
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