Issue nr 317
Thursday September 26th, 2024
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From the Editor
Back from my break with recent local news ........ I do feel refreshed
Thank you to those who provided contribution for use in this issue
Bromley saw some of the oldest London buses to the very newest EV
I look forward to your continuing support which is most valued
In this issue
Serious flooding hits Oxfordshire from Richard Sharman
Daventry vintage day by Tony Bungay
Bromley bus garage open day
Grahame Wareham for Issue 317
Wandering with Adrian Small
Looking at the A34 in September with Derek Dawson
A Day out with Thomas Walker-Werth
SHOWBUS 2024 reminder
Oxford Bus Museum provides transport
Readers Write
Buses in the Landscape
Fleet News & Developments
A PRESTIGIOUS WIN OF A NATIONAL AWARD FOR READING BUSES
SC Oxford EV full listing
London wraps by Andrew Webb
Lichfield and Edinburgh visits
Serious flooding hits Oxfordshire from Richard Sharman
The serious flooding in Oxfordshire on Monday
the 24th saw many bus routes diverted in the county.
For a good few hours the A40 to and from Oxford was closed due to fast running, deep water covering the road.
The Oxford Tube was thus diverted and came into Oxford via the A34,
coming off at Pear Tree roundabout-
the location for this picture of a Tube in a rare location,
captured from a flooded Pear Tree Services.
Daventry vintage day by Tony Bungay
As you know Malcolm its the part of September when all manner of places open
their doors for the general public up and down the country.
A small running day was held in Daventry on the
8/9/24, recreating services to a number of places nearby.
The immaculate United Counties Bristol VRT SL2 778 is
seen on outskirts of Daventry.
This vehicle is one of those Bristol VRT's SL1
and SL2 that were modified by the company in the mid 1980's to bring them up to
near SL3 standard
A view of the parking area in Daventry Town Centre.
Northampton Transport Daimler 267 at Braunston
Village
Midland Red 5905 at Staverton
United Counties Bristol MW 201 at picturesque Ashby St Ledgers.
The vehicle developed a gear box problem while operating this route. Not an easy vehicle to drive I was told anyway, the driver had more than his enthusiast work cut out trying to engage the right gear at every hill and junction, let alone having to stop to allow passing cars on narrow village roads.
An interesting report and much appreciated. Ed.
by
Stagecoach marked the 100th anniversary
of Bromley bus garage with a successful open day on 14 September which raised
over £17000 for cancer charity Macmillan. Complimenting the open day was
the latest London Bus Museum running day featuring heritage buses on several
routes including 61 and 261 which pass the garage.
Recent Stagecoach open days have seen a vehicle treated to a special livery and Bromley was no exception.
Enviro 400MMC
11066 has been outshopped in this attractive livery named 'Selkent Diplomat' and
took pride of place in the garage display.
One of the first London examples of the Enviro 400EV
was attracting much attention inside the garage.
The operator and identity
of this were unclear.
The parking facility opposite the garage also had a display of vehicles
including Titan T747 beautifully restored to the livery it carried for the
Golden Jubilee of London Transport in 1983. When London Buses were
privatised in the 1990s Stagecoach purchased East London and Selkent, bringing
large numbers of the model into the group's ownership.
The London Bus Museum running day bought a selection
of vehicles from the 1930s to the 1980s onto the streets of Bromley with routes
61 and 261 passing the garage. Glorious September sunshine allowed the
vehicles gleam as they threaded their way through crowds of enthusiasts during
the afternoon.
The oldest vehicle in use was RT1 from the museum,
dating from 1939.
Always immaculately presented and attracting lots of
passengers, it is seen here pausing at the garage.
15 years younger, and built in the same year that the
Routemaster made its debut,
RT4779 was also in use, seen at Bromley South
station.
The 'man on the Clapham omnibus' probably wouldn't recognise that visually
similar RTL554 is mounted on a Leyland chassis.
It is seen approaching the
garage.
A GS ran on route 471 between Orpington and Green
Street Green, a service which doesn't pass Bromley garage.
The class was
represented in the garage by GS15.
Green Street Green was also served by 'country' route
402 from Bromley North.
RF600 was in charge of an afternoon journey
approaching the garage.
A more modern (albeit nearly 50 years old) was Leyland National LS30 which
proved very popular on route 61
The Routemaster is always well represented at running
days and 14 September was no exception.
RM1005 is unique in having a Euro 6 engine which
makes it compliant with the ULEZ.
It advertises this prominently to
Saturday afternoon shoppers near Bromley South station,
an area which saw some
vociferous opposition to the zone.
RML2760 is the newest Routemaster 'only' dating from
1968. Its last London operator was Stagecoach,
albeit north of the river,
so looked very much at home crawling through the traffic outside the garage.
Designed as a replacement for the Routemaster, the
London life of the DMS did not go to plan,
with the Routemaster outliving the
class by many years. Doyen of the class DMS1 represented the type.
A rather more successful type was the Leyland Titan, although even these were
outlived by the Routemaster.
T23, in a livery used during the 1970s, is seen near the garage.
The class was delivered concurrently with the MCW
Metrobus which was represented by M6.
An interesting report and much appreciated. Ed.
Further pictures from Nigel Eadon-Clarke
Grahame Wareham for
Issue 317
H317 LWL312 was a1946 AEC Regent II with Park Royal H30/26R semi-utility body
renumbered H851 in 1952. In May 1957 H850 was withdrawn and sold to Deacon
(dealer), Dorchester and resold the same month to Smiths Coaches Reading who
fitted platform doors to it where it lasted until November 1963.
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317 317NJO was a 1962 AEC Bridgemaster 2B3RA with Park Royal H40/25F body. It
was allocated to Witney depot when new but later operated in the City. 317 was
withdrawn 1972 and sold to TPE (dealer) Macclesfield and resold to Premier
Travel Cambridge as their 229 being repainted for them by COMS prior to despatch
in July 1972. 229 was withdrawn by Premier Travel in July 1975 and scrapped
locally at Smiths of Thriplow.
107 NUD107L 1973 Bristol VRTSL2 / ECW CH41/27F dual purpose seated. After a
couple of years operating London services 107 migrated out to Witney depot for
the rest of its COMS career. 107 was renumbered 317 in July 1984 and in
September 1985 was transferred to South Midland. It was renumbered 607 in June
1986 and a bit later sold to Martins Bus & Coach (dealer), Middlewich and later
resold to G.L.Coaches of Winsford in 1987. G.L.Coaches were sold out to
Crosville in 1989 and 607 was numbered DVG545 by Crosville. It stay long being
sold back to Martins in 1990.
317 HY11OXF was the final of the batch of 2011 ADL E400H Hybrid double decks
with Alexander H47/21F body. Ir spent six year on Park & Ride services and was
then repainted red in 2017 for City services. 317 was converted to diesel
mechanical drive by EYMS in 2018 retaining its red livery and in April 2024 was
reregistered OE11YNL prior to transfer to Go-South West/Plymouth City Bus and
renumbered 5027.
Wandering with Adrian Small
Andover & Tidworth
Stagecoach South 10698 (SN66 VVJ) AD E40D MMC in Stagecoach's
version
of the Activ8 livery for the Andover to Salisbury route, leaving
Andover bus station.
Salisbury Reds 1678 (HF69 CRK) AD E40D MMC in the Go-Ahead version
of the Activ8 livery in Tidworth.
This bus was has recently been
transferred from Bluestar.
Aldermaston Coaches GO02 OMC - AD E40D MMC on a school route
in Andover.
This was originally YX66 WLJ with Go-Goodwin's, Eccles and
then M90 YEL with Yelloway, Chadderton.
Mortons P16 KGF - Volvo B9TL/OE also on a school route also in
Andover. This was originally YJ11 EMV with Imperial, Slough.
Portsmouth
Xelabus have recently taken on work in Portsmouth and have acquired
several new buses, three of which are pictured:
YX74 ORC - AD E20D MMC in all over white.
YX24 OVN - AD E20D MMC with Xelabus Portsmouth logos.
YX74 OGH - AD E40D MMC also with Xelabus Portsmouth logos.
Southampton & Eastleigh
Xelabus YX74 ONZ - AD E40D MMC in Southampton on a private service
in the traditional Xelabus green livery.
Bluestar 1655 (HW67 AHO) AD E40D MMC in Eastleigh on route 2 in the
striking pink livery advertising for more women drivers. \\\\
This bus was
originally with Morebus in Unibus green livery.
Unilink
in Southampton have had two E40D City buses painted from Bluestar into
Unilink colours:
1251 (HF68 DXV) seen at Southampton Central station.
1252 (HF68 DXW) seen near Southampton University.
Essex & Hertfordshire
12 - Vectare (Central Connect) 358 (YY24 HBB) - AD E20D MMC seen in
Epping.
Vectare (Central Connect) 502 (YX24 PLU)
- AD E40D MMC seen in Epping.
Vectare (Central Connect) 503 (YX24 PLV)
- AD E40D MMC seen in Harlow.
UNO 202 (BV24 LUO) - Volvp B8L/MCV seen in Hatfield.
UNO 205 (BU74 YRK) - Volvo B8L/MCV seen in Hatfield.
A most interesting selection of pictures from Adrian. Ed.
Looking at the A34 on September 13th and 14th with Derek Dawson
First MoD registered coach I have seen TF94AB Irizar i8 (no
expense here) Not
sure what its used for
but with the amount of stuff on the roof must be
something special Be nice to see inside it.
Nice Irish Tourismo 222DL1402 Mangan Tours Donegal livery
Two different ones
from Parks on the Glasgow Megabus service Friday
saw LSK808 whilst Saturday was
even better with Scottish Citylink LSK807
Another nice Megabus on Saturday was Orion (gm) Yutong OT71BUS
More Scottish traffic Bay Travel OY23 CYO in Glenton livery and Parks LSK481 in
Caledonian livery
Two more firsts for
me was Kim Driver Training, Reading YX58DWD & Lomas Distribution 10MAS
Always interesting to traffic watch from over-bridges. Ed.
A Day out with Thomas Walker-Werth
Thomas Walker-Werth
I visited Aylesbury and Leighton Buzzard on Saturday, September 14th, chiefly to ride the new X4
route, which changed last week. I'll give a bit of a history of the route by way
of context:
Before my time, United Counties ran a route X15 from Bedford (later Northampton)
to Reading via Milton Keynes and Aylesbury. It was gradually back to run only
between MK and Aylesbury and operation passed to Aylesbury Vale & District,
which became part of Arriva. When I started riding it in the mid-2000s, it ran
from Aylesbury via Bierton and Wing to Leighton Buzzard, then through Heath and
Reach to Fenny Stratford, Bletchley, up the V7 into CMK, and then down to the
station.
All that changed with the opening of the catchfly named A4146 Stoke Hammond and
Linslade Western Bypass in 2007. With Bucks County Council funding, Arriva
replaced the X15 with two routes: the 100, which took the X15 route as far as
the new roundabout east of Wing then ran non-stop to CMK via the A4146 and A5,
and the 150, which continued along the X15 route and terminated in Heath &
Reach. The 100 initially didn't serve MK Central station but did a one-way loop
around the city centre serving the next stop up Midsummer Boulevard, variously
known as the Abbey National, Pinnacle, or Wetherspoons stop.
Although this created a much faster MK-Aylesbury link, it removed the link
between Heath & Reach and Bletchley/CMK. So, after a few years, Arriva extended
the 150 to CMK (although not via Bletchley), creating a half-hourly service over
the whole route but with a roughly 20-minute journey time difference between the
100 and 150. This situation persisted until the 100's council funding ran out in
2012, at which point we were left with just the 150, which was subsequently
routed via the V7 once again and now served the top edge of Bletchley along
Bletcham Way.
Since then, the route has been adjusted here and there. By the time it became
the X4 under Arriva's ill-fated rebrand of its Aylesbury long-distance network,
it had changed to serve Leighton Buzzard rail station and to run via the OU and
Caldecotte to replace former MK city routes 11/12.
This month's changes substantially return the north end of the route to the
original X15 route, once again running via Bletchley bus station. South of
Leighton Buzzard things are radically different, however. The X4 now runs out of
town to the south instead of the west, using the A505/A4146 bypass to regain the
A418 towards Wing. It also now bypasses Bierton and instead takes the new A418
route through Kingsbrook before jumping down onto Tring Road to share the X5's
route into town from there.
A discussion of this route would be incomplete
without mentioning Red Rose's revived route 100, which is a little slower than
Arriva's old 100 as it diverts to serve Newton Leys and Fenny Stratford, but
still offers a much better end-to-end journey time than either the X4 or the X6
(formerly X60, an alternative MK-Aylesbury route via Buckingham created by
fusing the former routes 32 and 60 back in 2014).
Here are my photos of the new X4 route (the interior
shot is on the new A418 through Kingsbrook):
A very interesting piece. Ed.
SHOWBUS 2024 is taking place at the
Bucks Railway Centre on Sunday September 29th
https://www.showbus.com/subind1.htm
Martin Isles SHOWBUS latest
Thought you might like to use this pic in the
pre-SHOWBUS issue. There is also a better pic of the Eastbourne Aviation
bodied Leyland G7 or RAF type in Stoneham Motors livery. Expect there may
be a few more classics join them in the next few weeks.
The Red Rose East Lancs Dart SLF featured in this week’s issue should be performing the hourly shuttle from Aylesbury and its twin on display at the showground. Carousel are doing the Bicester North – Shopping Village – SHOWBUS service on a roughly hourly headway, but affording the driver a lunch break. A Carousel Country Enviro200MMC will be on Display with one of the new Flightline Enviro400MMC – and an Oxford GB Kite Electroliner will be displayed with our other two (so far) electric entries: the Stagecoach Oxford Enviro400EV and Diamond Midlands Custom Denning Element.
Click on the picture for the full size.
SHOWBUS REMINDER
Just a reminder that SHOWBUS now only seven weeks away. Entries are
not only strong, but include some impressive buses and coaches. They
are already in excess of 100, which bodes well for numbers on the day and we
hope you might be amongst them. Apologies if this email is duplicated but I
occasionally go boggle eyed cross checking the addresses!
Obviously arrangements are a little different to previous events with the
heavy organisational involvement of the Bucks Railway Centre. None
other than Mike Sutcliffe, the Leyland Bus Man, and well known author is
writing the programme this year and lead times are expected to be longer
than usual, so please try and get your entry in before the end of the month
to be sure to be included. Of course we appreciate that not everyone
can be sure that far in advance, you will be welcome to enter after that
date and whilst your vehicle will be included on our web listing, it may not
make it into print!
We will be operating various trips for visitors as usual. There will
be an hourly bus service to and from Aylesbury by Red Rose connecting to
buses and London trains, similarly an hourly service to Bicester serving the
Shopping Village and connecting with the Oxford BV1 electric shuttle to
Bicester North. Arriva will be operating an excursion from Milton
Keynes and another is available from Luton.
We also plan a shuttle, using double-deckers to Waddesdon Village for the
Manor and to Claydon House via Hogshaw Farm and Wildlife Park with single
deckers. Assuming your insurance is valid if you would like to
volunteer for one or more trips please email me at rally@showbus.com
SEE YOU AT SHOWBUS
Getting to SHOWBUS 2024
Click on the picture for the full size.
David England
Sunday 8th September the Oxford Bus Museum provided shuttle services from Oxford Parkway Station to the Model Railway Exhibition at Edward Field School, Kidlington. The service then carried on to the museum for visitors to have a look round.
A Pictureview from Thomas Walker-Werth
Seen in central Oxford on September 14th.
Bob Chalmers rides the X15
I took a ride from Abingdon to Witney (and back) on the new X15 service on the
first two Saturdays of its operation (7th &14th). Basically it went pretty well
both times - timekeeping was fairly good on all journeys but turnround time in
Witney was quite tight. I sat front seats on the top deck for all journeys and
the biggest concern was the amount of overhanging tree branches in various
locations - Millets Farm, Standlake and Ducklington being the worst. On all
occasions the drivers drove with care and slowed down when they could see they
were likely to hit the hanging branches. It's quite unnerving at the front and
it's strange how your natural reaction is to 'duck down' as you approach the
branches!! I guess this will improve in time as theses locations would of only
had single decker vehicles using the route previously. The loadings the second
Saturday seemed much greater than the first. It was interesting to watch
'locals' in the villages looking in amazement at the sight of a 'huge' double
decker going passed their gardens!! I notice timekeeping in the week is much
more chaotic mainly down to Abingdon Road in Oxford and also short notice
road works in Abingdon adding to delays - on a couple of days some buses on
X1/X15 were running up to an hour late. Another thing I noted was that the main
bus stop 'signs' in Abingdon Town centre area have not been updated with the X15
signage (timetables have been). The only other thing of slight concern was at
Southmoor where the X15 towards Witney has to cross over the A420 (dual
carriageway) to head back to Kingston Bagpuize roundabout. That is a busy and
fast stretch of road and I imagine the drivers need all their wits about them to
complete this manoeuvre safely. Anyway good to see a new regular route come into
operation and hope it gets the support it deserves - well done Oxford Bus.
Chris Huntingford commenting about Oxford Bus Electroliners
"One of the
(many) nice features of Oxford electrification is the diesel StreetDecks are
now appearing on more country routes, bringing a touch of class to the
sticks. However, a small issue I find sitting near the engine on the fast A
roads is that noise levels can be a bit high. The other evening, I used
Harwell-painted bus 623 on the X40. It felt like the gearbox was different,
preventing very high revs, and the engine itself was far quieter. Anyone out
there know the difference? I ran into a friend on the bus, and we could both
easily have a conversation at the back."
Thomas W W Knowles was at Buses Festival with a comment
I too was at Buses
festival but as I still use film(!) quick presentation of photographs is
impossible for your briefing.
Within the photographs
shown was ex Canham's of Whittlesea LMG 184. It looked splendid and I was told
that this was its first outing since refurbishment.
The reason I draw attention to this vehicle is because of its unusual history
which may be of interest to your readers. The bus is a Leyland bodied Leyland
LT8 that was new to Eastbourne the month before the Second World War broke
out as JK 8421. It was then requisitioned by the War department and according to
the PSV Circle passed to Valliant of London in February 1945 gaining a new
registration of LMG 184. Later in 1945 it went to Canham where it stayed until
1963 after which it was rescued by Colin Shears of the west of England Transport
museum Winkleigh, Devon. The PSV Circle records its current owner as
Canham, Whittlesea so presumably it has gone back to one of the family that
operated it for 18 years.
Tony Bungay
it is probably totally correct to say with the
virtual exit of Arriva from the area, and subsequent takeover of their services
by Carousel and Redline, the past couple of months have been flat out.
In Aylesbury on Friday on 6/9/24 former Golden
Tours(Harry Potter) Volvo B9/MCV
working the X20, again I have to add
first time I personally have seen one on the X20.
Arriva returns to Wendover! Well only in the form of
providing vehicles for Rail Replacement work on the Chiltern Line on 8/9/24.
Both 6524 entering the village and 4108 in the
village were caught.
Both photos were spur of the moment opportunities, so
were not in the best lighting situations,
on a day that alternated
between dark cloud and showers and brillant
sunshine.
On 10/9/24 in Exchange Street Aylesbury, a somewhat down at heel in original
Sapphire livery 3760 works an Aylesbury bound X5 journey.
The 16th of September saw a bright red sunset at 1940hrs on George Street,
as an S3 unloads.
Fleet News and developments
Malcolm Crowe
The Cressex depot was still occupied by 3580 taken on September 7th.
Mark Turner
ARRIVA HEMEL BUS DEPOT HAS PUT THREE OF THEIR BUSES INTO
CONNECT HERTS FLEET NUMBERS AS BELOW
3566 KX09 GYT
3567 KX09 GYU
3568 KX09 GYV
ALL BEEN IN CONNECT HERTS LIVERY SINCE LAST ISSUE AND ALL ON ROAD
80476 and 80477 are back from repaint. All the ex Dundee Volvos, 80281-9, are now in Carousel red.
Andrew Webb
Carousel Citaro 889 pause at
Amersham station on 7 September.
Charles Powell
406 was seen by Charles at Wrights, Bicester
on September 14th.
Malcolm Crowe
Pictures taken on September 7th.
Pictures taken on September 13th.
Picture taken on September 13th of 870 still at Wycombe but out of use.
Picture taken on September 20th.
From 1st September Carousel doubled the frequency on route 36 to Bourne End. So Flackwell Heath is now served every 30 minutes instead of 60. This is very much welcomed by the villagers.
The timetable means that they are now scheduled to
"cross" in the middle of the village.
On 10th September GWR advert 221 passes Connector liveried 230.
Lewis Anthony
An unusal working for the ST2, 735 in Magdalen
Street East on September 11th.
493 (BJ73 WXF) in Watlington yesterday (08.09.24) getting ready to go to Templar
Square on 11 route
Oxford Bus Company 720 wearing a wrap for Oxford Hospitals Charity in St
Aldate’s, Oxford.
Irregular appearance of 516 working the 11X in St Aldates on September
24th.
678 working the 15 in Park End Street on September 17th.
787 working the 8 at Brookes on September 14th.
842 is seen at Oxford Station working the X1 on September 10th.
844 with a 35 in St Aldates on September 12th.
494 seen working an X3 on
on September 23rd..
Charles Powell
Two Oxford training buses doing Module 4 training in the beautiful Bourton on
the water today 
(Pulhams
depot) September 23rd.
New coach GB74PUL having arrived at Pulhams
depot on September 10th.
New coach GB74PUL now branded for GB Tours at
Pulhams depot on September 14th.
Bob Chalmers
A new lease of life (well new livery) for ex OBC 901 in its new Thames Travel
Milton Park guise - and very smart too. Taken in the Vineyard, Abingdon this
morning (11/9) on an X2 service to Didcot. Will 902/3 go the same way - although
903 been out of service for some time?
905 on service X2 Didcot to Oxford.
901 in its fresh new livery at Thames Travel.
941 at Didcot Parkway on a very wet and soggy night! Heading towards Abingdon on service 33 from Henley on Thames.
Lewis Anthony
942 in Wallingford on the 136 today, on its last day
690 and 692 seen working an X2 in Westgate on on September 14th.
901 in its new Milton Park livery working the X2 on September 11th.
902 in its new Milton Park livery working the X2 on September 15th.
903 is currently being prepared in the same livery. Ed
Mark Doggett
Motts GT74MTT newly arrived on September 24th.
including Courtney, Newbury & District &
Thames Valley
A PRESTIGIOUS WIN OF A NATIONAL AWARD FOR
READING BUSES
September 20 2024
Reading buses have dedicated
their win of a prestigious award at a national event to their employees and
customers.
Held last night (September
19 2024) at De Vere Beaumont in Windsor, Reading buses won the Passenger
Transport Award at
the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Awards;
after facing some tough competition.
The award encompasses the
achievement of outstanding improvements in passenger service, implementing
new technology, equipment or information management, demonstrating
improvements in organisation or human resources and championing
environmental sensitivity.
Reading Buses faced tough
competitors in the category, with both Greater Anglia and Blackpool
Transport being shortlisted for the award.
The Reading Buses
nomination highlighted their work in revolutionising the way people pay for
travel in Reading; from their early adoption of mobile and contactless
ticketing to their latest step in ticketing introduced in November 2023; tap
on, tap off which automatically works out the best fare for customers as
they travel throughout the day.
The operator also
highlighted their success in recruiting new drivers, bucking a national
trend as well as the continued success of their partnerships with local
authorities including the highly successful multi-operator ticket – the
Reading All-Bus ticket and free travel weekends in Wokingham and West
Berkshire during Christmas 2023.
Reading buses also
showcased their on-going commitment and investment in improving their fleet
including the introduction of 7 new buses for the London Line 702 and
Flightline 703 routes which offer an elevated level of comfort and customer
experience.
Chief Executive Officer Robert Williams, who
received the award on the night, said:
This award is a fantastic endorsement of the work
put in by our team to provide the best possible service for the residents of
Reading and wider Thames Valley area”.
Ryan Butler
BF67GJV, one of Redline's recently acquired Gemini 3s, on
route X20 on September 6th in Aylesbury.
Redline BV73MTJ with an X20 in Westgate on
September 14th.
Redline YY64GWP with an X20 in Westgate on
September 20th.
Andrew Webb
Red Rose Enviro 200 E8RRT, (originally OU07FKH) at
Amersham station on 7 September.
Dave & Deric
Fleet Card for Stagecoach West for Period 5
(13/09/2024).
As
usual, changes affecting Stagecoach Oxford/Thames Transit
highlighted in yellow.
|
Transfers |
15369 |
Gloucester |
To |
North Bristol |
|
|
36080 |
Cheltenham |
To |
Stroud |
|
|
36111 |
Oxford |
To |
Swindon |
|
|
36932 |
Stroud |
To |
North Bristol |
|
|
37321 |
Gloucester |
To |
Stroud |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Out of Reserve |
15880 |
Reserve (RTA) |
To |
Cheltenham |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For Disposal |
12010 |
Oxford |
To |
For Disposal |
|
|
34883 |
Swindon |
To |
For Disposal |
Updated list of ADL EVs for Oxford
| SK74AYZ | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10007 | AD N453/7 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80007 | Intended as SK73CZM and SK24XRK | |
| SK74AZA | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10015 | AD N453/8 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80008 | Intended as SK73CZN and SK24XRJ | |
| SK74AZB | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10013 | AD N453/9 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80009 | Intended as SK73CZO and SK24XRL | |
| SK74AZC | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10018 | AD N453/10 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80010 | Intended as SK73CZP and SK24XRM | |
| SK74AZD | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10014 | AD P414/1 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80011 | Intended as SK24CXS | |
| SK74AZF | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10017 | AD P414/3 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80013 | Intended as SK24CXU | |
| SK74AZG | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10011 | AD P414/4 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80014 | Intended as SK24CXV | |
| SK74AZJ | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10016 | AD P414/2 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80012 | Intended as SK24CXT | |
| SK74AZL | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10012 | AD P414/5 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80015 | Intended as SK24CXW | |
| SK74AZO | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10021 | AD P414/7 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80017 | Intended as SK24CXY | |
| SK74AZP | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10020 | AD P414/8 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80018 | Intended as SK24CXZ | |
| SK74AZR | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10022 | AD P414/9 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80019 | Intended as SK24CYA | |
| SK74AZT | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10027 | AD P414/10 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80020 | Intended as SK24CYC | |
| SK74AZU | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10028 | AD P415/1 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80021 | Intended as SK24CYE | |
| SK74AZV | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10023 | AD P415/2 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80022 | Intended as SK24CYF | |
| SK74AZW | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10029 | AD P415/3 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80023 | Intended as SK24CYG | |
| SK74AZX | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10030 | AD P415/4 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80024 | Intended as SK24CYH | |
| SK74AZZ | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10032 | AD P415/5 | H46/23F | /2024 | Thames Transit | 80025 | Intended as SK24CYJ | |
| SK74BAA | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10031 | AD P415/6 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80026 | Intended as SK24CYL | |
| SK74BAO | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10033 | AD P415/7 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80027 | Intended as SK24CYO | |
| SK74BAU | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10024 | AD P415/8 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80028 | Intended as SK24CYP | |
| SK74BAV | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10026 | AD P415/10 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80030 | Intended as SK24CYT | |
| SK74BBE | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10034 | AD P415/11 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80031 | Intended as SK24CYU | |
| SK74BBF | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10035 | AD P415/12 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80032 | Intended as SK24CYV | |
| SK74BBJ | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10036 | AD P415/13 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80033 | Intended as SK24CYW | |
| SK74BBN | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10038 | AD P415/14 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80034 | Intended as SK24CYX | |
| SK74BBO | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10037 | AD P415/15 | H46/23F | /2024 | Thames Transit | 80035 | Intended as SK24CYY | |
| SK74BBU | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10039 | AD P415/16 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80036 | Intended as SK24CYZ | |
| SK74BBV | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10040 | AD P415/17 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80037 | Intended as SK24CZA | |
| SK74BBX | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10041 | AD P415/18 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80038 | Intended as SK24CZB | |
| SK74BBZ | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10042 | AD P415/19 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80039 | Intended as SK24CZC | |
| SK74BCE | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10044 | AD P415/20 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80040 | Intended as SK24CZD | |
| SK74BCF | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10043 | AD P415/21 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80041 | Intended as SK24CZE | |
| SK74BCO | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10045 | AD P415/22 | H46/23F | /2024 | Thames Transit | 80042 | Intended as SK24CZF | |
| SK74BCU | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10047 | AD P415/23 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80043 | Intended as SK24CZG | |
| SK74BCV | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10046 | AD P415/24 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80044 | Intended as SK24CZH | |
| SK74BCX | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10049 | AD P415/25 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80045 | Intended as SK24CZJ | |
| SK74BCY | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10048 | AD P415/26 | H46/23F | /2024 | Thames Transit | 80046 | Intended as SK24CZL | |
| SK74BCZ | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10052 | AD P415/27 | H46/23F | /2024 | Thames Transit | 80047 | Intended as SK24CZM | |
| SK74BDE | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10053 | AD P415/28 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80048 | Intended as SK24CZN | |
| SK74BDF | AD E40EV SFD211AR1PGD10054 | AD P415/29 | H46/23F | 9/2024 | Thames Transit | 80049 | Intended as SK24CZO |
David England
Stagecoach service 14 heading to Oxford Rail Station via
Broad Street. On division due to the annual St Giles fair.
10071 working the S3 on September 10th.
Michael Penn
Universitybus has received a batch of MCV EvoSeti bodied Volvo B8Ls for the X10 limited stop service from Luton to the University of Hertfordshire at Hatfield.
Here is a photo of one of them – 201 (BU 74 YRF) at Luton Interchange last
week.
London operations
Andrew Webb
Fashion brands dominate the latest batch of overall
wraps to take to the capital's streets.
Singer songwriter Charli XCX is the face of H&M's campaign for their new Autumn Winter 2024 range.
Metroline's LT799 shows
the offside at Warren Street station on 7 September.
The nearside is
illustrated on Arriva's LT973 as it awaits departure from Marble Arch on the
same day.
'New York Stories' is the theme of a new collection from DKNY.
Go Ahead's
LT854 at London Bridge and stablemate LT457 rounding Elephant & Castle
illustrate both aspects of the advert on 7 September.
Arriva's LT956 promotes English fashion brand Reiss
as it approaches Waterloo on 7 September.
Fashion brands continue
to provide a good source of advertising revenue for the capital's bus
operators, with four new campaigns currently running.
Cos is a regular advertiser on TfL routes, with the current campaign featuring male and female versions.
Arriva's LT210 at Angel and Go
Ahead's LT864 on Old Kent Road on 21 September illustrate both variants.
Also on Old Kent Road is LT868 carrying an advert for Dolce & Gabbana.
The nearside is seen on Transport UK's LT617 at Parliament Square.
Old Kent Road on 21 September was something of a
catwalk for the fashion buses, with Go Ahead's EH240 promoting White Fox.
Guess have turned to sightseeing operator Top View to promote their products on this Enviro 400 seen at Parliament Square on 21 September.
Whilst
other sightseeing operators regularly carry all over adverts, this is the
first time Top View's London operation has had one.
The bus started
life with First London as DN33756.
Chilly's, a reusable water bottle company, are advertising their new 'Switch' cup on London United's BCE47015.
It is seen here in a quiet Oxford Street early on
21 September.
The Switch is described as the "ultimate 2-in-1
Cup. Easily switch from straw mode to cup mode. Perfect for both hot and
cold drinks."
In the same location is Metroline's LT762
advertising the inclusion of Apple TV+ on Barclays 'Blue Rewards' loyalty
programme,
with the nearside seen on Transport UK's LT711 at Elephant and
Castle later the same day.
Elephant and Castle is also the setting for stablemate LT622 which
advertises Chocomel, a a Dutch brand of chocolate-flavoured milk.
This striking advert is for popular Channel 4 series "The Great British Bake
Off". Go Ahead's LT869 is seen on Old Kent Road on 21 September,
whilst the nearside is seen later the same day on Arriva's LT971 passing the
site of the former Chelsea Barracks.
Andy Millwood
I found these photos from a previous visit to Lichfield which you may find interesting.
Midland Classic (now
Diamond)ScaniaK230ub/Irizar 30990,
Midland classic VolvoB8RLE/MCV Evora 31003.
Chaserider Wright Streetlite 65
Chaserider Volvo bus 695.
Gordon Scott
Shots
attached taken on the Mound Edinburgh of New
707e - SF74 YME coming up the Mound.
704e - SF74 YMA coming down the Mound.
McGill's Bright
Bus Tours in Edinburgh note