Upon being re-tendered and retained by First London from 5 June 2004, the route was converted to double deck operation with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TLs.[1]
Early enthusiasm for hybrid vehicle technology, in which all or part of the motive power is provided by electricity rather than directly by the engine, saw a number of small batches of experimental vehicles ordered. One of the routes selected for trials was route 328,[2] and it gained five Wright Gemini 2 HEVs. Plaxton President bodied Dennis Trident 2s formed part of the official allocation to route 328.
When next re-tendered, the route was retained by First London with a new contract commencing on 30 April 2011.[3]
On 22 June 2013, route 328 was included in the sale of First London's Atlas Road garage to Tower Transit.[4][5][6]
Incidents
On 21 June 2004, a black woman bus driver on route 328 was shot in the stomach with nail gun on Great Western Road.[7]
On 27 February 2008, a young woman was hit by a northbound 328 near St Mary Abbots on Kensington Church Street.[8]
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