The low-floor bus was first introduced to the streets of London in 1994
with a fleet of sixty single-decks entering services with London Buses
Limited, passing quickly to the new privatised operators. These vehicles
were not that popular, and no further examples arrived into London until
1996 in the form of the Dennis Dart SLF. It was almost another two years
before the first low-floor double-deckers entered service in the
capital. The early 2000s saw low-floor buses flood the capital, mainly
of the DAF and Dennis variety, with a smaller number of Volvos entering
service. The second generation of low-floor vehicles were introduced to
the capital in 2006 in the form of the Enviro range produced by
Alexander Dennis Limited. The Enviro200 and Enviro400 models were taken
into stock by many London operators, but some chose other models. With
180 wonderful photographs, David Beddall has produced a fascinating
tribute to this part of London's bus history.