Issue nr. 240
Wednesday, February 15th 2023
Bus revenue funding crisis deepens as TCs enter fray
Growing uncertainty and angst around future revenue funding for bus services in England and Wales has drawn the Traffic Commissioners (TCs) into the fray.
They published issue-specific guidance on 9 February concerning service registration notice periods ahead of potential resulting changes or withdrawals. It takes the current lack of funding clarity as a justifiable reason for acceptance of a short-notice registrations, albeit with caveats, in those two countries.
That development came as the crisis born of a chronic lack of direction from Westminster and Cardiff on support beyond the end of Bus Recovery Grant (BRG) and the Bus Emergency Scheme (BES), respectively, deepened during week commencing 6 February.
In England, suggestions have been made that no certainty on the matter may arrive until Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers his Budget on 15 March. BRG is scheduled to end after 31 March; BES is planned to terminate a few days later at the end of the current financial year.
For operators in Scotland, Network Support Grant Plus – resuscitated by the Scottish Government in late 2022 – is also slated to end on 31 March, with payments reverting to the lower Network Support Grant rate. Scotland is not in scope of the TCs’ statement of 9 February.
‘Very difficult’ landscape for bus revenue funding in Wales…In Wales, growing concern has been raised that BES will cease without replacement. Deputy Minister for Climate Change Lee Waters told the Senedd on 8 February that the Welsh Government wants to end BES via a taper mechanism, “not face a cliff edge.” However, Mr Waters adds that the support must end “sooner rather than later.” The Welsh Government continues to attempt to find a solution, but its budget situation is “very, very challenging,” he continues.Those words have been seen by some in the Welsh bus industry as laying the ground for a hard end to support after BES. In the same address, Mr Waters claimed that the sector in Wales agrees with him that work to “rationalise” networks should take place, in stark contrast to previous political messaging that has promoted more services in the long term.
Meetings with the Welsh bus industry and its representatives to find a funding solution continue.
It has been suggested that news could be forthcoming shortly, but one member of the sector in Wales says that a hard end to funding imminently would have a hugely damaging impact on the country’s bus market
Many operators, they add “are ready to simply shut up shop and walk away.”
In England, no public messaging around the likelihood of funding continuing beyond the current end date for BRG has been forthcoming for over two months. That is despite heavy lobbying by operators and representative bodies in the meantime.
Two insiders have suggested that since Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper’s appearance in front of the Transport Select Committee on 7 December 2022, the ‘mood music’ around further support has changed. Mr Harper’s words gave hope that more money would be made available, but those sources suggest that a less positive approach has since developed.Answering a Parliamentary question about the matter on 8 February, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that the government will “always continue to see how we can support bus services in the long term,” but he gave no further information. Mr Sunak instead pointed to the claimed £3 billion investment in bus during the current parliament.
In their statement on 9 February, the TCs acknowledge that considerations of future funding packages in England and Wales “remain ongoing” and that operators may as a result decide to cancel or amend services before final decisions are made by ministers.
TCs are thus seeking “to continue supporting bus operators while ensuring that the users of local bus services are provided with sufficient notice of any changes to a registration.”
They view the current position as passing the test set out in Regulation 7(2)(h) of the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) Regulations 1986 as circumstances that could not reasonably have been foreseen.
As a result, the TCs will consider a request for short-notice dispensation for that reason. They will adopt a starting position that the 42-day notice period in England, and the 56-day notice period in Wales, will be reduced to 28 days. In England, the requirement to inform local authorities of registration changes with 28 days’ notice does not change.
Where an operator submits an application to vary or cancel a service but later wishes to reverse that decision if further revenue funding is forthcoming, a new application under the short notice dispensation will be needed.
Once any decision is made by ministers on future financial support, the above provisions will be reviewed, the TCs say, although “additional time will be allowed for operators to submit applications to take into account the level of funding available.” The approach outlined by the TCs applies only where they handle service registrations.
Read the TCs’ statement in full here.
We were delighted to present
the amazing SHOWBUS50 in September, the last SHOWBUS display. The pandemic
in 2020 forced SHOWBUS on to the road and a very successful day was created
running around 70 buses through the Chiltern Hills along the A40. Sadly
the SHOWBUSflyby
scheduled for the week before SHOWBUS50 had to be postponed, as it fell on the
eve of Her Majesty’s funeral.
We hope you will join us on
June 18th for
SHOWBUSflyby,
the eastern end of the route will be SHOWBUS’ first
home at Brunel University in January 1973, but we have secured a different
western turn around making the route shorter and more attractive. Buses will
turn at RAF High Wycombe, where entrants can pose for “selfies” with the
Hurricane and Spitfire outside the site entrance.
From now on we plan to run a
SHOWBUSflyby
every year centred on High Wycombe in co-operation with Buckinghamshire County
Council. The route will vary from year to year to cover different parts of
the county, but the SHOWBUS TRADERS VILLAGE will regularly feature in the
historic Wycombe Market Place in the High Street.
You
will find entry forms and initial details at
showbus.com/display
Whether you have a bus to
bring or not I hope you will join us for this second 50th anniversary
event. There will be static displays in High Wycombe and at Brunel
University if you do not want to drive the route.
A Book to add to your collection
Published by Amberley
Berks, Bucks Buses and Beyond - Amberley Publishing (amberley-books.com)
This is a very interesting record of our buses & coaches between 1986 and 2010;. Matt has a significant collection of photographs from the area and thi.s book reveals many.
I can recommend the boo.k to. readers of this web page and am sure you will enjoy the read.
There is something a little exclusive in the post to you! It's another Amberley
Publishing book which I put together some time ago (before the Oxford and South
Midlands book in fact) and is launched 15th March.
Berks, Bucks Buses and Beyond looks at the operating area of what was The Bee
Line in the late 80s, 90s and up to 2010. It covers a number of operators and to
be honest looking back I should probably have made a book per county as I had a
fair amount of material. My 'chatty' but I'd like to think detailed captions are
to the cost of some of the pictures but I hope you enjoy it.
250 ends and 24 and 25 emerge for the
Heyfords
by Graham Mildenhall
Readers will already know
that the 250 Diamond operated Bicester to Oxford via the villages service ended
on Saturday, February 11th 2023 leaving the Heyfords without a direct bus to
Oxford for the first time for many years (possibly ever?). It was therefore
appropriate for me to ride it for one last time and get a few pictures on
Saturday, regrettably the bus (single vehicle operation on Saturdays) was filthy
due to the weather and road conditions but for the record I’ve attached a couple
of shots taken in Oxford.
Today, Monday 13 February 2023, sees the start of two new “replacement” services, the 25 operated by Red Rose between Bicester – Heyford Park – Upper Heyford and Lower Heyford.
My picture of the 25 at Heyford Park on the first day
and have attached one – not a brilliant shot but again, for the record.
The 24 operated by Grayline
between Bicester – Wendlebury – Weston on the Green – Kirtlington – Bletchingdon
and Oxford.
Gavin enjoys afternoon tea on a Routemaster
BRIGITS AFTERNOON TEA BUS
About 6 years
ago I noticed a new service starting in London called Brigits Afternoon Tea Bus.
Basically it was a tour of London during which tea, coffee and cakes were served
whilst riding on a Routemaster bus. In the coming years the service expanded in
that it now has a small fleet of Routemasters and in addition operates
specialist services for both Paddington Bear and Harry Potter.
My wife and I were lucky
enough to be gifted tickets on the tour so on Thursday 9th February
we arrived outside The Grand Hotel in Northumberland Avenue for the 12.30
departure. Our bus for the day was to be RM 1735.
We left promptly on time and left Trafalgar Square along Whitehall to Parliament
Square. Throughout the whole tour there was a good commentary and when this was
not playing there was a good selection of popular music.
On board were 2 members of staff serving a wide variety of tea and coffee and
the selection of cakes, sandwiches and scones was excellent. You could also
preorder a bottle of wine up to a value of £68 a bottle or even champagne at up
to £315 a bottle but I did not see any takers for the champagne.
Then it was on past Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park Corner and Knightsbridge and
past Harrods. Next it went past The Victoria and Albert Museum and also The
Natural History and Science Museums to take us to High Street Kensington and up
the winding Kensington Church Street to Notting Hill.
The Bayswater Road took us back to Marble Arch and Park Lane to Hyde Park Corner
and a left turn into Piccadilly. The bus does not go as far as Piccadilly Circus
but turns right at The Ritz to go along Pall Mall to Trafalgar Square. We then
repeated the Whitehall section and round Parliament Square but then returned
along Whitehall making a right turn to The Embankment and then into
Northumberland Avenue to finish.
The whole trip took about 90mins with the top deck full of passengers. The food
was of an excellent quality and far too much to eat so we were given a box to
take home the balance which we enjoyed later.
Just as interesting to me as the tour was the history of RM 1735.
It had entered service in November 1963 from Putney Garage on Route 14 and then
spent the next 22 years operating all over London from Fulwell, Victoria,
Camberwell, Walworth, Stockwell, New Cross, Merton and West Ham garages. By 1985
RMs were being withdrawn in large numbers and it was the end for 1735 and in
1986 it was sold to Blackpool Transport where it spent the next 10 years before
moving on again in 1996 to join Reading Mainline.
It was at this time London was buying back as many Routemasters as it could to
come back into service and RM 1735 was one of them. It was given a major
mechanical and body overhaul before being sent to London Sovereign to operate on
Route 13.
2005 saw the end of normal Routemaster operation in
London but it had been agreed that 2 heritage routes would be operated and RM
1735 moved to First at Westbourne Park Garage to operate Route 9 between The
Albert Hall and Aldwych.
This service was to last 9 years but came to an end in 2014 but again it was not
the end for 1735 as it was sold to Henry Cooper Coaches in Northumberland who
kept it for a further 2 years.
Now aged 53 years it was still not ready for the end of the road and it came
back to London again in 2017 to join the Afternoon Tea Bus fleet where it still
runs to this day, still out on the street every day operating the service at the
age of 60.
Afternoon Tea brand their buses for special occasions
particularly where royalty is involved.
The has proved to be a very popular service and every time I have seen it the
loadings have been very good. Other operators have copied the idea but none have
been as successful.
For more information go to:
https://b-bakery.com/london/brigits-bakery/afternoon-tea-london
Gavin Francis visits Uxbridge A
few pictures taken in Uxbridge this morning, February 11th, including new
Electroliners.
An interesting selection from Gavin.
Adam Green reports
from Hemel
National Express Transport Solutions on Driver Training for 707 with coaches
Three Star Coaches Visit Wednesday 1st February 2023
Bedford, Luton, St. Albans and Hemel by Gary Seamarks
Route and Buses
10/02/2023 07.15
Bedford Park and Ride to Luton Interchange
08.30
MK1
Stagecoach Bedford 08.50
Luton Park Street to Hemel Town Centre
09.45
46
Centrebus South
584
YY15GEJ
AD E200 11.17
Hemel Town Centre to Watford Junction
11.54
508
Arriva Hemel
3550 KX09GXZ
AD E300 14.03
Watford Junction to St Albans
14.45
321
Arriva Luton
3654
LK14FTD
Wright Streetlite DF 16.41
St
Albans to Luton Interchange
17.24
321
Arriva Luton
3894 KX11OSF
Volvo
B7RLE Wright 18.04
Luton Interchange to Bedford Park and Ride
18.55
MK1
Stagecoach Bedford
19888
AE11FUD
AD E400 Without going into
too much detail, both the two MK1 runs were late running, I would assume the AM
journey would have been delayed in Bedford by the amount of passengers on board,
with about 45 when I joined it. The return run had suffered delays on its
outward run due to traffic on the M1 and delays in Luton round the Airport,
which can easily spring up at any time, The Centrebus run
was delayed in Luton by ticket machine issues, and through Markyate by bad
parking and motorists not giving the driver space to get through, I was
surprised that about 40 passengers were carried on the journey with about 20 of
us going from Luton to Hemel. The 300 took a short
diversion missing out Apsley as the road through was closed by a building fire,
this was the lightest load, perhaps due to time, with only about a dozen
carried. The 321 runs at a 20
minute frequency, with an hourly 724 Limted Stop shadowing between Maple Cross
and St Albans, a round trip on the 321 is approaching 4 ½ hours, both runs were
very busy, with the Streetlite encountering traffic most of the way and losing
15 minutes, where as the run from St Albans to Luton was a few minutes down
leaving buy reached Luton on time.
One thing that
I have noticed since lockdown is that many more drivers are actually smiling and
waving
even when the camera is not being aimed at them, both
this and the Swindon visit last week I have had drivers slow down or stop for
photos, if any of them were you, thanks. Notes KN04XCU was new
to Guide Friday before passing to Stagecoach Midlands ATS 3115 didn’t
move the whole time I was at SA, just looked as if it had broken down and left. MX58 AAJ was ex
Carousel and still visible BP17URM was ex
Arriva TS 7004 A great selectio n of pictures showing the variety to be
seen. Ed.
Links from Readers James Freeman This is my flickr album of the London bus routes I saw
on February 11th.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/d1661trains/albums/72177720305973191
Fleet
News and
developments
Jack Cooper
Malcolm Crowe
A new coach is due and is recorded on OCBP as the first
23 plate.
Malcolm Crowe
856 and 859 are said to be at Carousel for M O T as seen below.
Gavin Francís with uses for Brookes open day on
February 11th at Thornhill
Jack Cooper
310 has returned from conversation to
diesel last week
Lewis Hawkins
Oxford Bus Company Wright
Streetdeck 662 Working The City 11 On The 12th
February. This Route is usually done with Mercedes Benz Citaros but occasionally
like on the 12th
which is a Sunday one double decker does the City 11 duties. pignbob
Gavin Francis
Jack Cooper
Jack Cooper Oxford Citaro 846 has been at Thames Travel last week.
Lewis Hawkins
READING BUSES HOSPITAL PARK & RIDE OPENS TO THE
PUBLIC Good news for members of the public visiting the Royal
Berkshire Hospital. From Monday February 20 a brand-new park & ride service
will be available – the Hospital park & ride 300.
This replaces the closed-door H3 service for hospital
staff and University of Reading staff and students and is being renamed and
renumbered to reflect that anyone can now use the service.
The Hospital park & ride 300 will run directly from
Thames Valley Park & Ride to the Royal Berkshire Hospital then Christchurch
Green and finally Mereoak Park & Ride, connecting the hospital and university
area to park and rides in the south and east of the town.
The service will run up to every 20 minutes in the
morning and afternoon peaks and every 30 minutes during the day. The first buses from each site are timed to arrive at
the hospital’s main entrance on Craven Road at 6.45 am and leave at 7.15 pm.
Fares on the bus will be part of the simplyReading zone
allowing travel on all Reading Buses services. Customers can choose great value
options for travel from tickets for occasional travel like easysaver10 and
daysaver5 or tickets for regular commuters such as the weekly ticket, all priced
at £17 on the Reading Buses app – with other fares available to also save
customers money. Parking will be charged separately and can be bought on bus. Reading Buses Chief Executive Officer Robert Williams
said today: “I am very pleased that we have been able to continue developing
services in the area to support the Royal Berkshire Hospital, and to help
encourage a switch to more sustainable transport options. “Free travel will continue to be available for Royal
Berkshire Hospital and University employees, and now the public can also use the
service so that they don’t have to worry about finding a parking space at the
hospital.” Janet Lippett, Acting Chief Executive Officer for Royal
Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, said; “We know the experience patients and
visitors have travelling to hospital can make a huge difference to their health
and wellbeing. We are really excited to be opening this park and ride service to
the public – providing them with an easy and sustainable way to get to Royal
Berkshire Hospital without having to drive.”
See he item from Adam Green in his article above.
I was delighted to hear from Taj Khan who advised
that the 40 is now showing on
www.bustimes.org
Gavin Francis
Dave & Deric Period 10 Stagecoach West changes as at 03/02/2023. There
isn’t much to record this time! Transfers 34817 North Bristol (Driver Trainer) To Swindon (Driver Trainer) To Reserve 37624 Cheltenham To Reserve (RTA) Sold/Gone 59222/24/25 Reserve To Stagecoach South Wales 59223/26-28 Reserve To Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancs These are the other changes we
have found relating to the Stagecoach Oxford
Fleet For Disposal 50267-69 Oxford To For Disposal
Jack Cooper
Gavin Francis
Jack Cooper With regards to the Van Hool
coaches on the Oxford Tube, 50271 seems to be out regularly, however it doesn't
appear to track on
www.bustimes.org.
London operations
Lewis Hawkins
Grahame Wareham 1822 D822UTF Leyland Olympian ONLXB/1RH ON10126 ECW CH39/21F 26414 1622, was the first of three rare normal wheelbase coach
spec Olympians, originally intended for Southern Vectis as their 703-5. 1622 D822UTF was delivered to Alder Valley North for use
on Bracknell based Londonlink commuter services. It feature a redesigned body
profile first shown at the 1984 Bus & Coach show on a vehicle originally ordered
and specified for Ebdon of Sidcup. Ebdon's refused to take delivery of their
vehicle in the end over concerns with the overall weight which were at the limit
of a two axle coach. The vehicle was sold to South Yorkshire PTE, numbered100,
and used on their Sheffield Fastlink service in 1989. 1622 was renumbered 822 and painted into Berks Bucks Bus
Company 'Beeline' yellow and grey livery and continued to be allocated to
Bracknell until transferred to Reading for use on the X6. Just prior to the
transfer of High Wycombe depot to Oxford Bus it was reallocated to High Wycombe,
with the Bracknell branding removed, for use on the X15 service between Reading
and Milton Keynes' Just three other 'long wheelbase' versions of this body
design were delivered to the UK, for Eastern National as their 4510-4512
D510-512 PPU. There were however some three-axle Olympians with this style of
body built for Grayline New York and Citybus Hong Kong. 1822 was painted into Wycombe Coaches livery of
Blue/White/Yellow, in Oxford Coaches style, in 1991 In 1994 1822 had its front dome
rebuilt with ECW bus style units, as per 1823, at Bristol Bus & Coach service
centre at Lawrence Hill. The main reason for this was continual striking by
trees and the boded glass not having much left to bond to!....................I
wasn't very popular at Wycombe for getting these buses altered but there were no
suitable parts available at Bristol Bus and coach in which to repair 1823's
accident damage so a new moulding had to be made to accommodate the destination
box and grp domes! In 1995 1822 was renumbered 240 and later received
overall advertising for Eleven Seventy 1170FM radio station, white green livery
WBC red front retained In 1997 240 was upseated to CH39/25F by the addition of
two seats over the lower deck wheel arches. In 9/99 240 swapped rear axles with OBC Titan 950 in
order that the former could negotiate the more difficult inclines in High
Wycombe, their intended work having now been reduced to working much within the
High Wycombe operating area. 240 was transferred to Arriva The Shires, and renumbered
5822 with the sale of Wycombe Bus on 13/12/2000. 5822 was withdrawn and eventually sold to Fairbrother,
Warrington along with 5823 in October 2002. Fifteen years later it was sold for
preservation in October 2017 and will be the only survivor of these three
standard wheelbase coach Olympians with the 'Ebdon', as it was nicknamed, style
body.
NEWLANDS BUS STATION (ex Wycombe Bus Company
- 14/12/00)
Comments
Paul Bateson LOOKING BACK THIRTY YEARS
I am continuing with my Looking Back series of
photographs for this edition of the Briefing with a day tour in Lincolnshire on
6th. May 1993.
I was staying with my parents in March, Cambs so this was ideal for a family day
out in an area that I had not previously covered. Very conveniently the
country drive took us through Folkingham to the garage and head office for
Kime's.
I was readily given permission to take pictures in the yard.
We continued north to Lincoln where I photographed buses departing the bus
station.
These buses were operated by Lincoln City Transport and
Lincolnshire Road Car operating as Road Car with Bristol VR, Leyland National.
and Mercedes minibuses plus with Enterprise - Silver Dawn an ex-Grimsby - Cleethorpes Fleetline that was new to London Transport as DMS 2082 (KJD 82P).
The route back to March took us to Skegness where I was rather pleased to find
an ex-Cumberland Bristol VR with independent Hunt's (NHH 406P) following a Road
Car VR. Trying to photograph it was not so easy and I had to get ahead of
the bus and do my best as the driver was determined that the bus would not be
photographed. So many pictures have a story to tell. BTW, I never
did find the sea at Skegness!
All photographs by Paul A. Bateson.
Nick Ross from north of the border
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The exterior
is well branded leaving you in no doubt what service it is.
The interior
is arranged with a series of tables each seating 4
RM 1735 on
Blackpool seafront and then in Reading on the last day of Reading Mainline
service on which it performed the final journey in July 2000.
RM 1735 stands at Golders Green Station on 9th June 2005.
RM 1735 stands in Prince Consort Road on 24th November 2005 the first day of
operation of the heritage service.
RML 2404
stands in Victoria Coach Station commemorating the wedding of Harry and Meghan
in 2018 and RM 1913
in Elizabeth Street, Victoria commemorating The Queens Platinum Jubilee in 2022
333-BF21DBU From Walsall garage on the 707 to Heathrow
BV19XPX Chalfont Coaches on the 707 to Birmingham
Magdalen Street West from the Church Yard
Recent weather and country roads, 5462 is looking
grubby on February 10th in St Aldates.
Citaro 3027 is seen working service 30 on February 11th.
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Johnsons, Henley-in-Arden
SAturday is a good time to see the Sprinter fleet and I notice 956 is still in
the yard on February 11th.
The day turned out to be very busy for the U1B.
205 in a wartery winter sunshine on February 11th.
This seems to be the only Oxford Bus without fleet
names. Scania 220.
Services seen in St Aldates during the past week.
The 14th saw 682 work the X3, here it is seen at St
Aldates
Passing through Thornhill on February 11th.
Variety for Airline services in early February.
Citaro 867 working the X32 seen in St Aldates on February 10th.
A nice clear picture of the Levante III in Uber
overall on November 13th.
including Courtney, Newbury & District &
Thames Valley
Hospital park & ride 300 - Reading Buses (reading-buses.co.uk)
Red Rose E200 OU08EHO seen on February 12th and when
almost new on April 9th 2008.
GW16BUS often to be seen working the 40 as on February
11th.
Variety in Magdalen Street on February 11th.
Gavin had hoped to catch 50446 in ervice but without success.
50430 seen in St Aldates on February 10th.
Go Ahead LT444 is seen working the 12 on February
13th.
The renumbering of this fleet will be posted when it is
finalised.
Certain numbers are already included in parenthesis.
Fleet nr.
Registration
Chassis
Body
Seats
Year New
Year to Wyc. Bus
225-229
(5825-29)
E225-229EFC
Leyland Olympian
ONLXB/1RH
Alexander RL
H47/30F
1988
1999
Ex Oxford Bus
converted from dual door.
230-235
(5830-35)
G 230-5 VWL
Leyland Olympian
ON2R50G16Z4
Alexander RL
H47/30F
1990
1996
Ex Oxford Bus
converted from dual door.
240-242
(5822-24)
D 822-24 UTF
Leyland Olympian
ONLXB/1RH
Eastern Coach
Works
CH39/25F
1986
1990
ex BeeLine
301-305
(3806-10)
F 556-60 NJM
Leyland Lynx
LX112L10ZR1S
Leyland
B49F
1988
1990
ex BeeLine
421-424
(3821-24)
Dennis Dart SLF
SFD212
Plaxton Pointer
10.2m
N36F
1996
1996
Super Low Floor
425-427
(3825-27)
Dennis Dart SLF
SFD212
Plaxton Pointer
10.2m
N36F
1996
1996
Super Low Floor
(3811-14)
G554/552/560/570SGT
Dennis Dart 8.5SDL3003
Wright Handybus
B30F
1990
1999
ex London Central
(3815)
JDZ2353
Dennis Dart 8.5SDL3003
Wright Handybus
B30F
1990
1999
ex London Central
(3816-20)
H881BGN/H367-370XGC
Dennis Dart 8.5SDL3003
Wright Handybus
B30F
1990
1999
ex London Central
(3841,2,54,5)
N621-624FJO
Volvo B10B
Plaxton Verde
B51F
1996
2000
ex Oxford Bus
(3843,4,53)
N413-415NRG
Volvo B10B
Plaxton Verde
B51F
1996
2000
ex Oxford Bus
703-704
(2829,31)
Mercedes 811D
Reeve Burgess Beaver
B29F
1990
1995
ex London Central
711
(2821)
Mercedes 811D
Alexander AM
B28F
1990
1996
ex London
General
716
(2826)
Mercedes 811D
Alexander AM
B28F
1990
1996
ex London
General
720/4/7
(2820,4,7)
Mercedes 811D
Alexander AM
B28F
1990
1996
ex London
General
City of Oxford (Wycombe Bus)
1822 (D822 UTF) at High Wycombe on 11/5/91 still in Berks Bucks livery.
City of Oxford (Wycombe Bus) 1822 (D822 UTF)
at Bletchley on route X15 on 1/8/92 in Wycombe Coach livery.
City of Oxford (Wycombe Bus) 1822 (D822 UTF) at High
Wycombe on 13/8/94,
having had its front dome rebuilt and a repaint into
Wycombe Bus livery.
City of Oxford (Wycombe Bus)
240 (D822 UTF) at High Wycombe on 28/2/96 having been repainted into the later
version of Wycombe Bus livery.
City of Oxford (Wycombe Bus)
240 (D822 UTF) at High Wycombe on 10/9/99 having been repainted into an
advertising livery for elevenSEVENTY fm radio.
Arriva The Shires 5822
(D822 UTF) at High Wycombe on 22/5/01 still in the advertising livery for
elevenSEVENTY fm radio.
Arriva The Shires 5822
(D822 UTF) at High Wycombe on 28/3/02 having been repainted into an advertising
livery for swanfm radio.
D822 UTF with an unknown preservation owner
at Llandudno on 30/4/06.
The nicely presented buses included THX 524S ex-London DMS 2524; JKW 299W,
an Atlantean new to South Yorkshire PTE 1799; YVN 518T new to Cleveland
Transit H118
and a rear view of former London DMS 1530 (THM 530M).
The final photograph of the day was a Road Car VR in Boston Bus Station.
Shiny Macleans Mercedes between school turns at Plockton, 060223.
Two of the 25 strong Yutong electric bus fleet on the Ness Bridge, Inverness,
060223.
The following morning Yutong 30121 in Inverness resting