Issue nr 332
 Sunday, January 26th 2025

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From the Editor

A very busy week from contributors with numerous pictures this week.

Many of the  electric buses for Oxford for SCO seem delayed in entering service

There is much to read in this issue with route and vehicle changes and Showbus 2025 revealed

In this issue

Date and entry for Showbus 25

YouTube video  reminder

Developments at Carousel

Grahame Wareham remembers COMS 332

Luke Marion advises of vehicle changes in the coming months

Bracknell by Graham Mildenhall

Jack Cooper was in Faringdon, Swindon, Salisbury, Andover & Basingstoke

The travels of Thomas Walker-Werth

Lisbon with Michael Penn

Readers Write

Fleet News & Developments

Readers Visits to South Coast and Scotland


Sunday 13th July 2025

https://www.showbus.com/subind1.htm

Following the great reception SHOWBUS 2024 received, we are pleased to announce that SHOWBUS 2025 will be held on Sunday 13th July 2025 at its new home of the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, near Aylesbury.

The choice of date is not the result of the poll undertaken after last year’s display, which was notably in favour of keeping the traditional late September date.  No sooner had we sent out those emails, events intervened. Network Rail announced a plan to reopen the line from Aylesbury, through Quainton north, to Bicester. This is with the intention of running trains from Marylebone through to the new Universal Studios theme park near Bedford.  On August 1st this year the road through to the A41 will be closed to all traffic.  That means all traffic to SHOWBUS would have to come through Quainton village, which is unfair to the residents.

We have plans to partially use Waddesdon Manor with a free shuttle service between the two venues. Work is also being done to the display area to improve hard standing and drainage.  Other plans will make the railway centre itself more available for bus parking on the day.

A special celebration for this year will commemorate the centenary of the first covered top doubledeck bus, with a parade to the Railway Centre from Aylesbury’s Chiltern View Garden Centre, as in 2024.

We hope that you can join us for SHOWBUS 2025, with or without a bus. Those of you who attended last year will know a warm welcome awaits.

To enter this year’s SHOWBUS, please click on the link below and it will take you to an online form to fill in.  If you would like us to send you a hard copy of the entry form, please email us at showbus@bucksrailcentre.org.

The link for the entry form is:

https://forms.office.com/e/CwBpBaGZbV 


Let's Ride ... The Oxford Tube

For those who may have missed this last week ! 

Adam Harber

(Thursday 9th January) we had the well know Youtuber Geoff Marshall as our guest at Horspath Road depot. He is making a short film about Oxford Tube, which should be available to watch on his channel in about a week. Expect to see a behind-the-scenes tour of the depot, and an interview with Stagecoach West MD Chris Hanson.

An update from Peter Cartwright

Pleased to learn that the network operated by Carousel is being enhanced from 23 February with more to come in April.

Having already restored the 32 and 33 routes crosstown, the 34 also becoming crosstown to serve the Hicks Farm and Olympic Way areas is most welcome as is a sensible revision of the 34 to serve the hospital both to and from the bus station and the introduction of a Sunday service to/from Cressex and Lane End.

With some minor adjustments to the 41 group , the reintroduction of a Sunday service between High Wycombr and Great Missenden is most welcome but I doubt the viability of the service over the present routeing.

Enhancements to frequencies on the 30 and 32 are to be welcomed and a great surprise is the extension of the 31 to Beaconsfield from Penn Monday to Saturday ( the 577 a Mon to Fri service will cease)

After many years the A4 between Maidenhead and Reading will have a Monday to Friday service again with Carousel operating the 127 and with the 850 between Wycombe and Reading reduced to every 30 minutes daytimes there will still be 3 buses an hour between Twyford and Reading. BUT the 850 evening and Sunday service increased to every 30 minutes from 60

An even bigger surprise is the Wycombe to Henley section increased to every 15 minutes. Will this enable the Henley town service to be operated by Carousel in the future?

The 27 route between the bus station and Pheasant Drive becomes the 29 and presumably the same bus will operate the 38 to the Poets Estate etc - a route poorly patronised as is the Totteridge Drive route currently 39A to be 27A?? The 27 would still serve Robinson Road but am unsure of its routeing. As this area is part of Loudwater, I would have hoped this area could have been linked with Loudwater, Wooburn, Bourne End.

With Carousel now to operate " shorts" on the 106 between Slough and Wexham Court in evenings and weekends these will operate off more 103 and X103 journeys.

Further expansion in April will see the reinstatement of a long lost link once provided by Thames Valley route 20 as well as some, in my view, dramatic developments.

Having had to travel to Stoke Mandeville Hospital from Wycombe over the last few months, I have been disappointed to find the non-operation of journeys on the 130/300 by Red Line.

No doubt we will hear the result of the Traffic Commissioners in the near future and I wonder whether the High Wycombe/ Aylesbury corridor will fall to Carousel and the Oxford/ Aylesbury corridor back to Oxford Bus Co.

The alterations proposed by Carousel will initially be of great benefit to residents of South Buckinghamshire including Wycombe and the changes in April will partuculatly benefit residents  the residents of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.with a revamp of services in those towns and surrounding areas. Some new links are made and many frequencies are enhanced . Will be good see the Sunday service return on the Lane End and Great Missenden corridors as well as well as the 37 projected to Windsor and an hourly weekday service 127 between Maidenhead and Reading over the long lost link once provided by Alder Valley 315 formerly Thames Valley 1. Carousel from April will be the major operator in Maidenhead with the take over of many routes formerly operated by Thames Valley Buses. And then there is the location of an outstation/garage in the Maidenhead area. 

Issue 332 

H332 MWL966  1948 AEC Regent II / Weymann H30/26R body;. In 1952 it was renumbered H866 and lasted in the Oxford fleet until January 1960 when it was withdrawn and sold to PVD (dealer) Dunchurch. In June 1960 it was resold to Simplex  Cambridge as a non-psv.

     

Oxford 1964 - 1973

   
     
Hornsby 1974 - 1982

     
Preservation  1983 - 2021

332  332RJO 1963 AEC Renown 3B3RA / Park Royal H38/26R forward entrance body. 332 was withdrawn in October 1973 and sod to W. North (dealer), Sherburn in Elmet, passing to Hornsby, Ashby in November 1973. It lasted there until August 1981 when it was sold for preservation to myself and Joe Turner becoming part of the Oxford Bus Preservation Syndicate. and after 20 years and a few ownership changes within the group it changed hands finally and is now back under the ownership of Joe Turner at Cherwell Bus Preservation Group. It is currently awaiting repaint.

A fascinating atory. Ed


Luke Marion
Managing Director

I asked Luke for an update on the fleet. Ed.

We have acquired the following MECs from Go-Ahead London, these buses were from Orpington depot where they were used on service 358, which has now been upgraded to the ieTram vehicles. 8 of these have been collected so far, the rest are awaiting release from Go Ahead London. 

None of these are in service yet, as all need to be converted to single door and refurbished before they can be used in service. If you have seen use on the system this will be a ticket machine log on error unfortunately. We expect to get the first of these away to Hants & Dorset Trim for refurbishment in the next week or so. 

Fleet No

New fleet no

Reg No

MEC52

80831

BF65HUO

MEC53

80832

BF65HUK

MEC55

80833

BF65HUU

MEC57

80834

BF65HUY

MEC58

80835

BF65HUZ

MEC59

80836

BF65HVA

MEC61

80837

BF65HVC

MEC62

80838

BF65HVD

MEC63

80839

BF65HVE

MEC64

80840

BF65HVG

MEC65

80841

BF65HVH

MEC66

80842

BF65HVJ

MEC67

80843

BF65HVK

MEC68

80844

BF65HVL

MEC69

80845

BF65HVM

 We also have 9 x new E200 MMCs on order for Carousel, for upcoming new RBWM and Buckinghamshire contracts. These will be delivered in the summer and I will provide more details once I have them.  

Before these arrive, we have 7 x E200 MMCs coming in from Nottingham City Transport which are: 

NCT Fleet

 Reg

OBG Fleet

303

YX69NRJ

80592

304

YX69NRK

80593

305

YX69NRL

80594

306

YX69NRN

80595

307

YX69NRO

80596

308

YX69NRU

80597

309

YX69NRV

80598

 We expect to collect these vehicles from NCT in the next couple of weeks.

 Interesting news indeed. Ed.

From Gavin Francis - a memory


MEC63 working route 358 on July 15th 2016 at Bromley South Station.

Bracknell with Graham Mildenhall 

A bit out of area but I made a brief visit (too cold to stay long) to Bracknell on 18 January and was pleasantly surprised by the variety of vehicles and liveries seen in my 20 minute stop. 

Have attached a few pictures that you might like to use in a future issue, conditions not perfect with grey skies and less than pristine vehicles due to road conditions but these are OK considering! 


Thames Valley 130 – Optare Solo M900


Thames Valley 662 – ADL E200


Thames Valley 192 – Optare Solo M925


Thames Valley 664 – ADL E200MMC


Thames Valley 685 – ADL E200MMC

Second installment from Bracknell 18 January 


Thames Valley 672 – ADL E200MMC


Reading Buses 241 – ADL E400 City


Reading Buses 737 – ADL E400 City


Thames Valley 667 – ADL E200


Thames Valley 142 – MB Sprinter/EVM

Jack Cooper was in Faringdon, Swindon, Salisbury, Andover & Basingstoke

Here are some pictures from my trip out yesterday, taken in Faringdon, Swindon, Salisbury, Andover & Basingstoke. I am intending on visiting some of these places again to get some more photos, particularly Andover & Basingstoke home to some ex Stagecoach Oxford buses. 

     
   

 

   

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The 2nd line the mmc & Trident are South. On the 3rd line  is all South, 1st photo on 4th line is West, the rest are South.

      

An interesting selection in the south west of our area. Ed. 

The travels of Thomas Walker-Werth

I'm not sure if I sent you a picture of the 162 since Red Rose took it over from Star Travel, so here's one I just took. This is a very infrequent Bucks contract route that connects Great Brickhill, Stewkeley and Soulbury into Leighton Buzzard and Bletchley. It was originally a Red Kite route before their demise and ran under the Country Rider band. 

I also have pictures from Luton on Sunday in my January gallery if you want them! I tried taking the 757 into London for a change. A nice ride, but the lack of seatback tables is annoying for those of us who like to work on journeys and the 50-minute journey time between Brent Cross and Victoria could probably be improved with junction priority and a few coach & bus lanes through Finchley. 

 

https://mktom.smugmug.com/2025/January-2025/UK-Bus--Other-Transport-January-2025

Also, in your last issue Tony Bungay asked whether the F77 was a new route. It isn't - it's actually the old 70. Arriva started the F70 as a faster version of the 70 using the busway and the A4146 about a decade ago now and cut the 70 back to Bletchley at the same time. They later renamed the 70 the F77, routed it via the busway as well, then extended it back to the stadium and then back up to CMK. The current F70/F77 arrangement has been in place for a number of years, with the F77 serving Stoke Hammond which the F70 bypasses. The X1 of course is the new arrival on the MK-Luton route, which once again has four buses an hour all on different routes. 

Lastly, I'll give you another overseas interlude in the form of some OCTA buses in Newport Center, Orange County during the California half of my US trip at the start of the month.

   

Lisbon with Michael Penn

I have also been writing my life story, in fits and starts over many years.  It’s not so much a life story, more a catalogue of where I have been and what buses I have seen and photographed and is not meant for publication.  It currently runs to more than 120 pages with over 100 photographs and goes up to 1965.  My earliest memory was of being a patient at Hillingdon hospital at the age of 3 in 1948 and looking out of the window at the buses going past.  These were probably AEC Regals of the “T” class which went into service in 1946, although there were still a few pre-war Regals in service.  My family moved to Chelmsford in 1952 and my second memory was of getting on a double deck bus and noticing that there was no step between the platform and the lower saloon.  This was my first ride on a Lodekka, probably in 1954.  I became interested in buses in the summer of 1956, at first just writing down fleet numbers of the buses that went past.  Later that year I started at the secondary school where we allowed to go out at lunch time to the public library.  That happened to be just past the bus station where I spent may hours at lunch time and after school watching the buses.  There I met more boys who told me a lot about the buses and also supplied me with a fleet list of Eastern National buses.  They also took me on a number of trips to various places like Maldon and Southend. 

That’s the end for now. 

On another subject you mentioned Lisbon a while ago.  I have been there four times and on three of those visits (in 1986, 2013 and 2016) I took a number of photographs of the trams, including in 1986 some very vintage looking trailer trams.  I wondered if you would be interested.

Lisbon trams 1986  - 1

     
     
     
   

I have included a couple of AEC Regents for good measure.

 

I spent may hours in Lisbon when working with TAP in the '60s and '70s.

The AEC's were CKD bodied and assembled by Carris in Lisbon. Ed. 

Paul Dudfield writes about the Guided Transit  Expressway (GTE)

You may recall that back in 1994 there was a serious proposal from OBC to build a Guided Transit  Expressway (GTE). This would have been a north-south guided busway alongside the railway in Oxford from Woodstock Road to Abingdon Road and would have given a quicker way into the city centre for buses from the Pear Tree and Redbridge Park & Ride sites as well for buses from towns like Abingdon, Witney and Bicester. It was featured in the Oxford Mail for 2 December 1994 with an artist's impressions of what the finished project could have looked like. These showed buses that appeared to be articulated Optare Deltas.  

Of course, as we now know, this exciting proposal never came to fruition but it has continued to intrigue me to the extent that I am in the process of building a model of one of the GTE buses. The pictures in the Oxford Mail are very much low resolution, as may be expected from a newspaper of that era. Indeed, one picture has been reproduced in reverse thus showing a left hand drive Delta loading for yentiW. I also have a flyer from OBC suggesting there was a brochure published about the GTE. I wonder if any readers of OCBP might have a copy of this or any higher resolution images of the buses and of the red and yellow GTE logo that they could scan and send to you for publication. I am sure other readers will find this fascinating what-might-been scheme to be of interest. I  would, of course, be very interested as it would help me finish my model. 

       

I continue to be very impressed by the time and effort you put in to producing OCBP each week and look forward to seeing each edition. However, I fully appreciate that you have a life beyond OCBP and it is only right that this has to take priority. As with all our hobbies, if choices have to be made, family must come first.  

Steve Moore asks a question

I'm a former resident of Oxfordshire, now living on Anglesey. I keep in touch with developments in Oxfordshire through your page, but I doubt I'd recognise much now!

I'm wondering if someone could answer a question for me. I lived in Letcombe Regis (near Wantage) in the days of Ford buses from Oxford South Midland. Could anyone tell me the route number(s) - in the days of the 3xx series routes?

Any help would be appreciated. 

reply from Grahame Wareham to Steve Moore's query

From my records I note that the 1974 Oxford South Midland timetable quote Letcombe Regis Service 26 Wantage-Uffington (Mondays Tuesdays Thursdays) , Service 26A (Wednesdays Fridays Saturdays) combined 5 journeys per day, prior to this it had been 3 journeys per day.

By 1975 these services had been renumbered 360 and had up to 8 journeys per day. I'm not sure what South Midland did with these services from 1984 but Letcombe Regis is now served by Pulhams Service 68 Wantage-Faringdon.

The Willowbrook Fords 641-665 had all gone by the end of 1980 and the Duple Fords 666-673 maintained these services until the end of 1984 when South Midland introduced minibuses to the area. 

My involvement with Wantage depot during this period was mostly to do with engineering and I think I only went out there a couple of times driving on service, apart from my Saturday duties on the 380 Oxford-Bristol-Weston service which served Abingdon, Marcham, Wantage, Faringdon and Swindon

Further comment from Steve Moore

My recollections were the Duple Fords (I've got a white metal kit to complete, hence the query). Somewhere I've a slide taken in Letcombe, but I can't find it at the moment.

I remember the Transits, followed by the City Pacers. Then there were Thames Transit Mercedes minibuses - but they linked the Letcombe local to the Oxford route, so when the inevitable delays in Oxford occurred the Letcombe route tended to be missed to get the bus back on schedule. The resulting unreliability all but killed it.

Thanks again for your help - the memories are coming back! 

Thomas W W Knowles re my life with buses

You invited comments on your life of buses and certainly I appreciated the war years - especially the Manchester 'deckers in streamline livery. the early post war period will also be most interesting when you have space 

Another item that caught my eye in this edition was I am sure (hope) is an optical illusion. But the photograph of the empty City Sightseeing 191 looks as though if it moved forward, there would be an almighty bang as it hit the offending large tree branch that appears to be at its level!

by your Editor

I will be including more when space and time permits.

Robert Chalmers regarding potholes

Have just been over to Bicester from Oxford on the Stagecoach S5 service - the journeys on the buses was fine - but the condition of the road surfaces along the Banbury Road to Kidlington and from Water Eaton to the A34 is nothing short of abysmal. Pot holes, collapsing drain covers and general wear & tare is disgraceful. The suspension on these Stagecoach buses must be 'shot to pieces'. These roads are used by thousands of foreign visitors every week heading for Bicester Village - what must they think?? By comparison the Abingdon Road out of Oxford is like a smooth carpet  - yet they must carry similar volumes of traffic. The council responsible should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this and not addressing the problem. 

Nick Ross and his travels

Two images for your excellent website.

 
 City Link's YT23 HYJ tops the Skye Bridge working the long distance service 916 from Glasgow to Uig pier on the West Coast of Skye on January 15th 2025

 
Former Stagecoach Lincs Dart 35146  passes Linslade on a driver training run on January 21st 2025. 

      Coach visitors to Oxfordshire     

Gavin Francis in Lewknor on the 24th.

 
Simmonds GIF4170 parked up near The Lambert Arms,

     Fleet News and developments   

Gavin Francis on January 22nd

   



Gavin Francis on January 22nd

   
     
   
 

Follow up to Gavin's article re the 275.

  
80471 working the 275 in Chinnor on January 24th.

Allan Hollis


After having been off the road since last October 24th, 766 has now moved to Grayson's in Birmingham by January 23rd.

Charles Powell visited Cowley House last week

     
   

Gavin Francis in Thame on January 20th

 
ev's working the 280.

and in Wycombe on the 22nd.


Nominally an Oxford allocation.

Sanja Baker


661 back out after a month working the 1745 400 to Wheatley on January 21st.

Charles Powell visited Cowley House last week

Charles Powell visited Cowley House last week

 

Gavin Francis visitef their depot

     
     

A very tidy fleet.

 
including Courtney, Newbury & District & Thames Valley

Reading Buses announced a huge, and record-breaking, fundraising total to end their partnership with the Royal Berks Charity last week on Monday 13 January.

At a ceremony at their depot at Great Knollys Street, Reading, the company unveiled a cheque for £20,361.68 for 2024’s fundraising effort – a new one-year record. This, when combined with the 2023 fundraising, brings the total raised for the charity to £32,101.63.

At the event, Robert Williams, Reading Buses Chief Executive Officer, outlined the company’s charity partnership and the activity that the company and its employees had done to raise such a massive amount. This ranged from cakes sales to charity walks, the main fundraiser was the company’s annual family Open Day in June.

Said Robert; “The team at the Royal Berks Charity do a fantastic job for a very worthy cause that is relevant to everybody. We are pleased that our extended two-year partnership broke so many records, including the highest amount raised at an Open Day and the most money raised overall.”

“Our Finance and IT Team walked the length of the purple 17 route, in appropriately purple costumes, raising a very impressive amount. For other fundraising, one of our finance team, Sharmila Perera and her mother created artwork to be displayed at the hospital and sold to raise funds, and driver trainer Stuart Kirby and family helped organise cake sales. There were also raffles at our annual awards night and at Christmas.”

Robert also highlighted the importance of the branded bus for the charity, “the branded bus is such a huge advert for the charity and really is a beacon around the town. It helps to raise awareness for the charity – and they helped by designing such a striking livery!”

Said Jo Warrior of The Royal Berks Charity “The incredible funds raised by the dedicated and generous team at Reading Buses are a true testament to their enthusiasm and commitment to our cause.  Thanks to last year’s fundraising we were able to buy a special piece of equipment to help young patients with their breathing. This year, we plan to purchase a new incubator for our special care baby unit. Incubators provide a safe, controlled environment for babies born too soon or who are facing serious health challenges – offering the warmth, protection and specialised care they need to survive and thrive during those critical early days.

“The impact of Reading Buses’ support will continue long after our partnership ends. On behalf of the charity, and those whose lives you’ve touched, thank you”.

Graham Mildenhall at Bracknell on January 18th.

     
     
 

 

Gavin Francis in Thame on January 20th

     
     

X20, a regular service doing well.

and in Wycombe on the 22nd.

   
another successful service - the 130 and 300.  

Gavin Francis in Thame on January 20th


Red Rose Y27RRT at the end of the 40.

and in Wycombe on the 22nd.

 


The same bus in Wycombe on the 22nd. 

See above for SC West operations in Faringdon, Swindon, Salisbury, Andover & Basingstoke by Jack Cooper

Delivery of new ev's seems very delayed with some of those previously in service being off the road weeks and even months.

Gavin Francis re the last issue

Did anyone notice Dave Beynon's Interdecker picture is former Stagecoach LHD 55027 from the European fleet. 


Did you notice Dave Beynon's Interdecker picture is former Stagecoach LHD 55027 from the European fleet.

     London operations    

Andrew Webb

The New Year health theme for overall adverts on the capital's buses continues with this new campaign for Elite Sports Nutrition.  A gentle jog would probably be quicker than Transport UK's LT617 which wears the advert as it inches along the Embankment on 18 January, diverted from Whitehall by a large pro Palestine demonstration. 

 

A potential focus of a New Year health drive for some will be to get 'beach ready' for their summer holidays.  Egyptair are targeting the sunshine holiday market with advert carried on Tootbus YXY792, seen in a gloomy Victoria on 19 January. 

The AOS Visigo is a relatively new model on the UK market and is slowly gaining orders.  This example, seen on Embankment on 18 January, is in the fleet of OMC Global at Stanton Harcourt near Witney.

BB Bakery's latest venture around the capital is branded the 'Monopoly Tea Tour'.  Suitably branded RML2531 awaits hungry passengers at Somerset House on 18 January. 

Engineering work on the main line through Wimbledon over the weekend of 18 and 19 January saw a large rail replacement bus service use vehicles from across a wide area, including these seen at Clapham Junction on 18 January 

Princes Risborough based Tudor Travel sent this Yutong coach. 

Another bus familiar with the Chilterns is First Berkshire Streetlite 47690. 

Swapping the Welsh capital for the UK capital is this Scania, complete with BR logos.  Originally with Cardiff Bus it now works for Teulu Travel an operator who also own the original 'Dave's Coaches' of Gavin & Stacey fame.


Adrian Small   090125 A Small

I've had a couple of trips recently here in the South and attached are some sightings which may be of interest. 

Details: 


1 - Xelabus 575 (YX74 ONZ) - AD E40D MMC on a private contract in Southampton. 


2 - Xelabus 574 (YX74 ONW) - AD E40D MMC on a private contract in Southampton. 


3 - Wheelers, North Baddesley UM23 WTL, originally LF23 DPY of Imperial, Colnbrook)
 - Vo B8L/MCV on a cruise shuttle service in Southampton. 


4 - Wheelers, North Baddesley (P3 WTL, originally YJ65 EPU - Optare Demonstrator)
 - Optare Metrodecker on a cruise shuttle service in Southampton. 


5 - Wheelers, North Baddesley (MO74 WTL) - Brand new AD E40D MMC on a cruise shuttle service in Southampton. 


6 - First Hants & Dorset 35620 (YJ70 BHA) - Wright StreetDeck, ex First West Yorkshire,
on the Portsmouth Park & Ride in the new P&R livery. 


7 - First Hants & Dorset 33897 (SN14 TRX) - AD E40D - Displaced by the Wright StreetDecks
on the Portsmouth Park & Ride and seen in Southampton on the X4 in the University of Portsmouth advert livery. 


8 - Swindon's Bus Company 1273 (BX09 PDY) - AD E40D, ex West Midlands in Swindon on route 25 to Mannington. 


9 - Swindon's Bus Company 1271 (BU09 JZT) - AD E40D, ex West Midlands in Swindon on route 5 to Park North. 


10 - Coachstyle (BV24 LNT) - Vo B8RLE/MCV in Swindon on route 99. 


11 - Go-Ahead (GA74 ZEB) - AD E40EV - This is Go-AHead's seed vehicle of this type
 and is seen in Bournemouth on the U3 service being used by Morebus 


12 - Laguna, Bournemouth Y12 LAG, ex Nottingham 949 - YN08 MSY) - Scania N270UD/EL,
seen in Ringwood on a private service. 

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13 - Beeline, Warminster (BP24 GWO) - Vo B8RLE/MCV, seen in Salisbury on route 24 to Warminster. 


.14 - Stagecoach South 10941 (SN18 KNE) - AD E40D MMC, seen in Worthing on route 700.
This is one of the first of the older batch of E40D's to be painted in the new Coastliner livery as per the new 23 plated examples. 

Gordon Scott

 
Stagecoach East Scotland new Volvo 7900 DD based at Glenrothes depot 50531 - SF74 YNS and 50532 - SF74 YNT
both on route X24 St Andrews to Glasgow both taken at Buchanan Bus Station Glasgow. 


Stagecoach West Scotland Volvo ELZ, 66014 - SJ23 HTX Ayr depot based on route 4 Ayr to Glasgow taken at Buchanan Bus Station.

Buchanan Bus Station Glasgow all of Stagecoach West of Scotland.


Scania ADL Enviro 300, 28664 - SF62 CDN Driver Trainer.


Van Hool Astromega, 50280 - YJ14 LFS on X77 Glasgow to Kilmarnock these fine coaches are getting rare in Scotland.
I note from my diary that I used this coach for training duties in October 2004. Ed


Volvo B13R Plaxton Elite, 54341 - X77 SCJ on route X77 arriving at Glasgow.
This was in Stagecoach X77 route branded livery but now painted into distance livery note reg, number

Shots attached taken in Glasgow. First Glasgow has found defects with some of there ALD BYD Enviro 200EV's and have been sent back to ADL Falkirk for repair. shots attached of three type on loan.


First West Yorkshire, 70101 - OIG 1791 Wright Electric Route 31.


First West Yorkshire Bradford, 69271 - YJ07 WFX Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse Route 9.


First Leicester, 33693 - SN12 AGX ALD Enviro 400 Route 31.