period during 1997-98 before being acquired by MTL in 1998. Other users of ex-London Titans around this time included Oxford Bus Company and Kinchbus. Further buses remained on London work under the ownership of independent contractors such as London Suburban Buses, London & Country, BTS and London Coaches (later Atlas Bus). One of the final Titan deliveries, fleet T990, was destroyed in the Aldwych bus bombing in 1996. Upon the privatisation of the London Buses subsidiaries, the remaining Titans were distributed between London Central, Stagecoach East London and Stagecoach Selkent. The latter pair began cascading their Titans away almost immediately, spreading them throughout the country. Stagecoach East London's last Titans were withdrawn in September 2001 and Selkent's in November 2001, leaving London Central with a small number of spare buses which were eventually whittled down. Amid a small ceremony, the last one, T1018 was retired from route 40 on 19 June 2003. Titans today In London, the low emission zone saw the last Blue Triangle and Sullivan Buses Titans withdrawn; the Big Bus Company had completely replaced all its Titans by June 2009. Outside London, they have all been withdrawn since due to them not being DDA Compliant. Stagecoach, who acquired a large number of the type by buying East London and Selkent in 1994, now only have preserved examples of the type. Some of the Titans went abroad, such as New York City, Las Vegas or Florida in the US, Melbourne, Australia and a couple went to New Zealand. They also function as open-top sightseeing buses. References External links Double-decker buses Titan Vehicles introduced in 1978