Issue nr 365
Wednesday, October 1st 2025
Past Issues : https://www.oxford-chiltern-bus-page.co.uk/
From the Editor
A very pleasant break from the page and now back with the next issue this week.
Contributions continued and were welcome. These form the basis of issue 365.
Local news was understandably limited but I like this Issue especially the wide variation.
In this issue
by
Bus Driver of the Year competition from Jack Cooper
Station Road in Reading was closed for the whole day for resurfacing by Martin Dowling
Oxford open doors event on October 13th with David Gray
Grahame Wareham remembers COMS 365
Midlands Interlude from Keith Briant
Local fleets update by David Bird
Aylesbury to Amersham Rail Replacement with Derek Taylor
NewPower’s Launton Road factory in Bicester by Newman Morgan
Bedfordshire Steam fair 12/9/25 at Shuttleworth with Gary Seamarks
Readers Write
Fleet News & Developments
London - new wraps by Andrew Webb
Gordon Scott from Edinburgh
Tony Bungay visited North Wales
by
Details of the launch of autonomous
vehicles being launched in Central Milton Keynes.
Autonomous Vehicles, Reg KX24DYH and KX24CKF, these
are 100 % Electric , being launched at Midsummer Place , Central Milton Keynes
on 13.09.2025. Room for about 10 people ?? , these will be used to form a
network of driver less transport around Milton Keynes Shopping Centre and the
Railway station.
These are currently on trail as the software is not yet installed that
recognizes traffic Lights. The Pink one was being driven by a joystick on board,
taking people on a demonstration trip.
Bus Driver of the Year competition from Jack Cooper
I was visiting
Blackpool for the Bus Driver of the Year competition which was taking place on
Sunday 14th September. There were 3 drivers representing the Oxford Bus Group, 1
from Thames Travel and 2 from Oxford Bus, both of which drive the Airline
service.
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A nice selection from Jack's visit to the Fylde area. In the next issue we follow Jack in Scotland. Ed.
Station Road in Reading was closed for the whole day for resurfacing by Martin Dowling
On Monday 29th September
Station Road in Reading was closed for the whole day for resurfacing. I
think every route was affected to some extent or other as they all run through
here.
For one day only the eastern
end of Friar Street, which is always a one way street, was reversed in
direction. Buses which normally start or terminate there, operated from
temporary stops in that section of Friar Street or doubled up at other stops
along the road.
This meant a lot more buses
than usual were there, not helped by cars and vans trying to go their normal way
against the flow. Oxford's X40 opted out entirely by terminating and
starting from the station north interchange.
Here are a few photos showing
the road works and buses running the wrong way along Friar
Street.
Oxford open doors event on October 13th with David Gray
Heritage buses from Oxford Bus Museum | Oxford Preservation Trust
I visited Oxford for the Oxford open doors event
yesterday and as usual Oxford Bus Museum supplied some of their vehicles for a
drive around the City Centre. All the buses were at or near full capacity and
the passengers, many tourists, enjoyed the experience.
The route taken originated from New Road and proceeded
via Queen Street (where 756 KFC was on display), High Street over Magdalen
bridge, The Plain roundabout, back over Magdalen bridge, Longwall Street, St
Cross Road, South Parks Road, Parks Road, Banbury Road, Banbury Road, George
Street and Worcester Street.
I managed to get some photos from a few different locations
A lovely recreation. Ed.
Grahame Wareham remembers COMS 365
L365 NWL713 1949 AEC Regent III with NCB L30/26R lowbridge body. L365 was renumbered L139 in the new divided series in 1952. L139 spent its life at most of the country depots to the west of the City and was withdrawn in January 1963. It was subsequently sold to Transport (Passenger Equipment) Ltd.,Macclesfield (dealer) in March 1963. It was later sold on to Bedlington & District, Ashington in November 1963 lasting there until November 1967 when it passed to W.North (dealer), Sherburn in Elmet who later sold it on to B. Johnson (dealer) of South Elmsall for scrap the same month.
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365 DFC365D 1966
AEC Renown 3B3RA with Park Royal H38/27F forward entrance low-height
body. 365 spent its early life as a Oxford Cowley Road based bus used on
City routes, mainly 1 & 2 roads. It was not selected for OMO conversion
so upon recertification due date was withdrawn as surplus.. It was sold
to Transport Passenger Equipment Co. (dealer), Macclesfield in October
1973 and sold on to Stevensons, Spath, Uttoxeter where it lasted until
June 1979 when it was sold to T.Wigley (Dealer), Carlton, Barnsley for
scrap.
365
V15OXF 2013 Volvo B5LH with Wright
Eclipse Gemini 2 low-height H45/27F body. It featured Volvo parallel
hybrid technology using battery power when available to move the bus up
until the first gear change into second gear where the engine
automatically starts and the bus proceeds as a normal diesel bus. 365
was originally delivered in red City livery and operated mostly on
service 2. In 2018 it received a colourbus In 2022 the route 2 buses
were rebranded as route 3's and 365 plied this route until February 2024
when it was despatched to Stagecoach Manchester to run the franchised
services on behalf of Transport for Greater Manchester becoming 13189 in
that fleet, It was reregistered OE62ZRY prior to departure and has since
been repainted in the TFGM canary yellow.
Ah ! What memories. Ed.
Midlands Interlude from Keith Briant
I said in the last issue
that I would focus on Arriva's X6 Leicester to Coventry service this week, but
I've held back due to having managed to obtain a few unplanned shots over the
last couple of weeks which should make an interesting up to date selection.
Over the summer, there has
been a great deal of rail replacement work on both the West Coast Main Line and
Cross Country Trains and vehicles used are often stabled in Nuneaton bus
station. Last Sunday night at 9.15pm it was a pleasant surprise to find these in
an otherwise deserted bus station.
Bus Link 64 (B24 LNK) and
63 (B22 LNK) are former Reading Buses Scania OmniDekkas (YT59 OZO/N) still
carrying Reading livery. Another of the same type is YT09 YHO formerly with
Nottingham City Transport. This had more recently been ith Ridley's of
Leamington, but I haven't been able to trace who owns it now and the Ridley's
vinyls have been removed.
Diamond Bus livery makes a
welcome change in the area. On that same night their 40850 (YY74 RRO) was seen.
This is one of just 2 Enviro400 MMCs in the fleet. Earlier in the day Wright
StreetDeck 40833 (MF21 AVF) was captured. I'll feature other vehicles used on
rail replacement on a future occasion.
Arriva Midlands North 3757
(MX59 FGF) a VDL SB200/Wright Pulsar 2 still in Sapphire livery is seen on
Nuneaton's Callendar Farm estate on the newly extended service 65 from Tamworth
to Nuneaton. This was transferred from Merseyside last year. Whilst I was
waiting for this bus, a woman who was walking her dog challenged me about what I
was doing. When I explained, she still seemed uncertain, but then launched into
a massive complaint about the size of the buses on the estate roads!
Arriva Midlands 2316 (LM64
JOJ) a Wright StreetLite WF is seen on sister service 64 heading from Callendar
Farm into Nuneaton. Here it is waiting time in leafy surroundings in St Nicolas
Park outside of my GP practice. St Nicolas Park is so called because it is named
after the parish church of Nuneaton and in days gone these were fields owned by
the church which provided a very lucrative income. It made the St Nicolas parish
one of the most prosperous in Warwickshire and was a popular location for the
clergy as a result!
Two Optare Solos have
recently been transferred from Arriva North East - 2531/2 (YJ11 OJB/OHY)
and
have taken fleetnumbers previously used by buses of the same type. They join
other Solos in the same registration series that were new to the Midlands fleet.
Both are allocated to Hinckley. The former carries a very patchwork looking
Arriva base livery and the latter retains the 'Frequenta' scheme making it
unique in the fleet. I literally realised the former was on my local service
whilst I was typing this, so rushed out for the first of these photos. These
Solos are of the rarer M880SL type and it's been a few years since similar
models were used in this area. The previous occasion is illustrated by now
withdrawn 2433 (YT09 OTZ), a slightly longer M950SL model.
Leicester Thurmaston based driver trainer T70 (LJ59 ADX) is seen at rest in Nuneaton bus station. It carried former Routemaster registration 70 CLT for a time whilst in London service. I regularly see a car in Nuneaton carrying former Routemaster registration VLT 84 from one of those lengthened by Lothian buses, but haven't managed to get a photo of it yet to accompany my photo of the actual RM taken on the Edinburgh tour many years ago.
The Mercedes-Benz Citaros
must be on borrowed time at Arriva Midlands now with only 3000-6, 3914/20
remaining at Tamworth. Here a third of them are seen. Midland Red liveried
3006
(BJ12 YPP) and standard liveried 3004 (BJ12 YPN) are
seen in Nuneaton bus station and 3001 (BJ12 YPK) is seen
eastbound on the A5 Watling Street.
Next is a trio of Yutong
E12s that need no further introduction now! 73124 (YK25 OPK) is seen displaying
Stagecoach's new strapline in its destination display, 73041 (YK74 PKY)
has just
joined the A5 heading towards Hinckley and 73040 (YK74 PKX) is seen surrounded
by car parking signs in Nuneaton town centre. Please excuse the badly framed
shot of 73041, I literally pulled onto someone's dropped kerb when I saw the bus
stopped behind me at the traffic lights. I've previously mentioned one of the
claims to fame the A5 has between Nuneaton and Hinckley as it is allegedly
haunted by the ghost of Dick Turpin. Here is it's other claim to fame. The
Longshoot pub and hotel behind the bus has a holiday camp style chalet block
behind it. This was featured in the opening credits of the earlier series of the
old ITV soap opera Crossroads which ran from 1964 to 1988 before a brief revival
in the early 2000s.
Finally, Kovacs Group, a
Nuneaton based temporary labour provider has recently taken delivery of KG02
BUS, an Enviro400 with H51/35F bodywork. It is seen here alongside their other
bus, KG03 BUS a Volvo B8L with MCV EvoSeti H60/38F bodywork new last year. These
buses are kept in a yard adjacent to the M69 at junction 2 and are visible from
the southbound slip. I parked outside and discovered there were locked
electronic gates, but as I walked away someone kindly opened them remotely for
me to take this photo. The Enviro had a launch filmed at the Alexander Dennis
factory which has been uploaded to Kovac's YouTube channel with director Robert
Kovac and was also featured in Route One recently.
https://youtu.be/CnCNmX2HxvI?si=rIiPfYlJ1tg4gRj9
https://www.route-one.net/deliveries/kovacs-group-introduces-a-new-alexander-dennis-enviro400/
Local fleets update by David Bird
Former Carousel Optare Versas 80431 / 80432 YJ65 EVM /
EVN are now at Arriva Midlands North Shrewsbury depot.
They entered service in early September on Interurban
Services X5,
63 and 64 and have been repainted in standard Arriva Journey Mark
livery with fleet numbers 2988 / 2989
Carousel have another former Reading Buses StreetLite
RE63 EOJ with fleet number 80445 it has been repainted in plain red
and has no
branding but interestingly still has a Courtney Buses silver bird logo above the
drivers window.
along with 80444 RE63 EOH the other
former Reading StreetLite.
Just branded on September 30th.
Aylesbury to Amersham Rail Replacement with Derek Taylor
Stagecoach are coming a great distance for this work ! Ed
NewPower’s Launton Road factory in Bicester by Newman Morgan
I enclose a photo taken
yesterday afternoon (Saturday) at NewPower’s Launton Road factory in Bicester. I
prefer to take photos at this site at a further distance otherwise photos are
dominated by the steel fencing.
The other six buses are First
Bus conversions from diesel to electric. As is customary for these conversions
each bus is re-registered and given a new fleet number in the 71xxx series. It’s
usually the case that the finished product is returned to a different First
subsidiary to the one it was previously with. A significant number have come
from First West of England’s Bristol Hengrove and Weston-super-Mare depots which
have been converted to electric buses following receipt of over 74 Yutong double
deckers.
The six First vehicles in the photo have yet to receive
their new fleet numbers or fleet names and from left to right are now registered
CSU932, WLT770, DMZ5714, MIG9615, HVJ716 and MIG8433. Registration numbers
CSU932 and WLT770 have a long association with First Glasgow both having been
used on previous buses. HVJ716 has previously been used on an Alexander Royale
bodied Olympian and an earlier coach both of which were in First South West’s
Cornwall fleet (First Kernow).
The second photo was taken
this morning (Sunday) at NewPower’s Empire Road factory in Bicester. The two
vehicles on the right are First West of England Streetdeck Ultroliners from
Weston-super-Mare depot, 35148 and 35157, the latter one being only partially
visible. On the left side of the photo are two more from First West of England
in Badgerline livery. These were devoid of fleet numbers and I could not read
their registration numbers. These two would be from either Bristol Hengrove
depot or Weston-super-Mare.
Behind these in the parking area was a 3rd one in
Badgerline and 4 or 5 more similar buses from First waiting workshop attention.
There was one in a blue livery which may not be from First. The Diamond Bus
livery is predominantly blue and a few months ago their StreetDeck 40725 was
converted to Electric at NewPower and placed in service at the company’s
Tividale depot in the West Midlands. The company wanted to trial it before
having any more converted. My thought was that perhaps the blue liveried bus at
Empire Way had come from this operator following a successful trial.
Bedfordshire Steam fair 12/9/25 at Shuttleworth with Gary Seamarks
A few taken at Bedfordshire Steam fair 12/9/25 at
Shuttleworth, sadly no planes were outside on the day.
These were all the buses and coaches that were in the event, some more detailed than others, from info off PSVC preserved buses and DVLA website, along with own records.
Its also worth noting that many vehicles arrive on
the back of low-loaders or in some cases flatbeds. Captions on attachment.
The event is massive and over 960 items were
entered from full fairground rides down to 1 stroke stationary engines. after 7
hours still hadn't covered all the exhibits.
1
LF9967
Leyland S3
Birch
O20/16R0
new 1912 petrol engine
2
DM2583
Leyland SG7
Leyland FB40D new 5/23
Both above owned by Shuttleworth Collection
3
25 TKR
AEC Reliance/Harrington new to Maidstone &
District
4
LJH665
Dennis Lancet lll / Duple C35F
new 11/50 to Lee of Barnet
5
TM9347
Bedford WHB Waveney B14F
new
8/31
4195cc petrol engine
The above are owned by a person nearby
6
TR6128
Dennis new 12/28
??cc petrol engine untaxed since 1990 !
7
DS7422
Morris 1 Ton
Harris B10D new 11/26 to unknown
1080cc
petrol engine
Believed to have had body rebuilt in the
1980’s
8
??
believe a modern replica, built and owner
locally by Maskells of Wilstead Bedford.
9
NEG863
Shows as a Bristol HL6A new to British Road
Services with 11 litre engine.
10
FJS3
dvla shows no details found
11
??
unsure of anything on this one except it did
have a engine fitted, never saw it moving
Other news heard that SCiBedford 10877 is now in the new all-over blue livery but not yet out and about..
Nice to be able to record this event. Ed.
Alexander asks about the 1B
It was nice to see that Richard Sharman referred to the recently introduced 800 service as the modern version of the old 1B, I do indeed remember that! The 1B ran between Gloucester Green and Horspath Rd, just like the 800 does although it followed part of the same route as the 1 unlike the 800 which runs via Redbridge before it ceased operation back in 2002/2003 when Stagecoach started using vans to cover crew changes. There certainly have been alot of old bus routes re-introduced over the past few years, do you know why that's
Why is that so few busses use GG these days? It seems A waste of A bus station
in my opinion, especially since they'd problems with lack of space in the past
when now they've got plenty of space but hardly any busses.
David Newman on X34 but not as we know it -
Hello Malcolm, have just seen the above article which bought back a few
memories.
I drove this for Alder Valley, 40 years ago.I well remember 1189 being the most
regular on this route. NOT my favourite coach as it had a droning noise and
vibration which was tiring as you had the coach on the am shift from 7am to 3pm.
To make matters worse a new garage manager cut the fuel pump down which made it
quite slow.A funny story was another regular driver Smudger Smith decided to
tinker with the fuel pump in Southampton bus station during our break there, un
fortunately he dropped a piece of the pump down a drain which resulted in 1189
being stranded down there for 3 days.
Other coaches we used were 1191 and my favourite 1127, a Leopard with ECW
coachwork if i remember correctly, this coach really flew.
Occasionally 245 was used a National with coach seats.
I tended to move around between various bus/coach companies and later on 1990
worked for Bennetts of Chieveley and drove the B34 service Newbury to West
Ilsley mainly using Bedford coaches with a walking stick to hook on the door
handle.
Long days 12 hours, not such good pay, three pound an hour if i remember correctly, but Dick Bennett best boss i ever worked for and in 52 years i have worked for quite a few.
Anyway thats enough rubbish from me, thanks for the newsletter and all the best.
Neil Gow has a question PPH of Iver ?
I’m wondering if any of your readers have recently seen any vehicles belonging to PPH of Iver (not the same as the one in St Albans). They used to have a school contract to one of the Marlow Hill schools.
Fleet News and developments
New buses for Carousel
| YX75KWP | AD E0D SFDDWCFRBSGY293202 | AD R213/2 | B??F | 9/2025 | Carousel | 80456 | |
| YX75KWR | AD E20D SFDDWCFRBSGY29321 | AD R213/3 | B??F | 9/2025 | Carousel | 80457 | |
| YX75KWS | AD E20D SFD9TAFRBSGYA9282 | AD R215/1 | B30F | 9/2025 | Carousel | 80525 | |
| YX75KWT | AD E20D SFD9TAFRBSGYA9283 | AD R215/2 | B30F | 9/2025 | Carousel | 80526 | |
| YX75KWU | AD E20D SFD9TAFRBSGYA9284 | AD R215/3 | B30F | 9/2025 | Carousel | 80527 | |
| YX75KWV | AD E20D SFD9TAFRBSGYA9285 | AD R215/4 | B30F | 9/2025 | Carousel | 80528 | |
| YX75KWW | AD E20D SFD9TAFRBSGYA9322 | AD R217/1 | B30F | 9/2025 | Carousel | 80529 | |
| YX75KWY | AD E20D SFD9TAFRBSGYA9323 | AD R217/2 | B30F | 9/2025 | Carousel | 80530 |
Thornton Brothers
This link will take you to a contractor who is preparing ex London HEV's for TT.
including Courtney, Newbury & District &
Thames Valley
Reading
Reading Buses were shocked to
hear that they had achieved an historic ‘threepeat’ at the Chartered Institute
for Logistics and Transport (CILT) Awards last night, Thursday 25 September. The
bus company retaining their Passenger Transport Award for a second time and
completing the so-called ‘threepeat’ – winning the same award three times in a
row.
The awards were held at the
world-famous Silverstone racetrack, the scene of many famous triumphs which now
includes Reading Buses’ win.
The company were up against
stiff competition once more – with the Rail Delivery Group and the The Intalink
Enhanced Partnership, Hertfordshire County Council also shortlisted. However,
once again, the local, municipal bus company came out on top.
The judges felt there was a
great deal of good practice that deserves to be replicated elsewhere. It was an
industry leading example of local stakeholder engagement in terms of marketing,
community initiatives, service provision and innovation launch events.
Said Robert Williams, Reading
Buses’ Chief Executive Officer; “We are honoured, as well as shocked, to win for
a third time in a row and complete the threepeat. This is something we didn’t
expect, but it proves that what we are doing matters not only to our customers,
but also to the industry.”
“Our motto is that we want to connect people and places with an amazing team - and we certainly do that. We have the best people giving the best service – both on the road and behind the scenes. We really couldn’t deliver for our customers without our amazing team.”
Martin Dowling
Several Enviro 400s from
Newbury are now back in Reading. They were formerly used on school
contracts which RB no longer operates.
790 to 794 inclusive are
already here and it is thought that 789 will be joining them soon. They
are still in Newbury colours and being used as generic buses, but are often on
route 20 which is a term-time limited stop service to and from the university.
This photo taken on Thursday 25th shows 791 at the station.
It is thought that three of
them will be repainted for this route in due course.
The electric bus saga goes on. 1 and 2 are out driver training and being charged with a temporary set up. Apparently the chargers are all in place, but waiting for the electricity board to provide a suitable connection. Meanwhile the bulk of the buses are still waiting in Scotland ..
Tom Farooqui
V119LGC
PL08 YLZ
PL08 YMA
LK06 FLB
Are the above withdrawn?
I think they have also relocated there double decker yard. Not sure as to where.
Can anyone answer this question ? Ed.
Brian Butler
Since 7th July Red Rose have been providing a service (K1) from Aylesbury town
centre to the new Kingsbrook development. Hitherto this had been a corridor that
Z & S had exclusively served with their K1. Red Rose times are 5 minutes before
Z & S.
From 15th September Z & S have been providing a service (SR1) from Aylesbury
town centre to the Fairford Leys area - there is a 4 hour gap in service between
0955 and 1355. Hitherto this had been a corridor that Red Rose had exclusively
served with their SR1. Z & S times are 5 minutes before Red Rose.
Could this be the beginning of some competition in and around Aylesbury?
Mark Turner
I thought you might like to know that I’ve seen at least 3 maybe 4 of the new buses for Croxley Park in and Watford few been on W30 and others on covers drivers break on 329 & 1 on 336 since last page you put online only BU25 YLH to see yet on road all other in service
Dave & Deric
Here are details of the Stagecoach West Fleet Card for
Period 5 dated 12/09/2025. There are a lot of changes to record this time. This
follows on from service changes throughout the Company’s area on 31/08/2025. The
changes affecting Oxfordshire depots are shown in yellow. Hopefully we have
recorded them all correctly!
|
Transfers |
10070/1 |
Oxford |
To |
Banbury |
|
|
10686/7 |
Swindon |
To |
Bristol |
|
|
15769 |
Bristol |
To |
Swindon |
|
|
15967/9/70 |
Swindon |
To |
Gloucester |
|
|
15976/86 |
Swindon |
To |
Banbury |
|
|
15988/9 |
Swindon |
To |
Gloucester |
|
|
15991/2 |
Swindon |
To |
Oxford |
|
|
15993 |
Swindon |
To |
Stroud |
|
|
27712-4/9 |
Banbury |
To |
Gloucester |
|
|
28681-5 |
Gloucester |
To |
Swindon |
|
|
36080, 36109 |
Stroud |
To |
Cheltenham |
|
|
36111/33 |
Swindon |
To |
Cheltenham |
|
|
36259 |
Stroud |
To |
Cheltenham |
|
|
36385/91 |
Stroud |
To |
Cheltenham |
|
|
36982 |
Bristol |
To |
Cheltenham |
|
|
37006/7 |
Bristol |
To |
Stroud |
|
|
37237 |
Stroud |
To |
Cheltenham |
|
|
47834 |
Witney |
To |
Cheltenham |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
To Reserve |
18088 |
Gloucester |
To |
Reserve (In Service) |
|
|
18200, 18313 |
Gloucester |
To |
Reserve |
|
|
36098 |
Bristol |
To |
Reserve |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For Disposal |
18180 |
Reserve |
To |
For Disposal |
|
|
18413/37/44 |
Reserve |
To |
For Disposal (To be
sold for Preservation) |
|
|
36330 |
Swindon |
To |
For Disposal |
|
|
36376 |
Cheltenham |
To |
For Disposal |
|
|
34461 |
Banbury (Driver Trainer) |
To |
For Disposal |
|
|
34839/42 |
Reserve |
To |
For Disposal |
|
|
35114 |
Reserve |
To |
For Disposal |
|
|
36079 |
Swindon |
To |
For Disposal |
|
|
36096 |
Banbury |
To |
For Disposal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sold |
18192 |
Gloucester |
To |
Private buyer for
Preservation |
|
|
36095, 47553 |
Cheltenham |
To |
Stagecoach South West |
|
|
|
|
|
|
It should be noted that all Tridents are now in Reserve or For Disposal. Only 18088 and 18315 remain in service at Gloucester temporarily for the time being. 18192 has been sold to a private buyer for preservation and 18413/37/44 have also been approved for sale to private buyers.
Jack Cooper
No, the 94 doesn't run to Oxford but 10753 was helpig out in Oxford on
September 8th.
Richard Sharman
Tuesday the 16th of September 2025 saw Stagecoach East debut the new 'Steel Blue' livery on the first vehicle in the fleet to gain it, ADL Enviro400MMC 10877, YX67 VDO. It is seen on its first day in service, and it's very first trip into Oxford on the X5. Although it then seemingly left towards Horspath Road depot to have an issue sorted and then appeared in service later in the evening.
Taken on
September 16th.
London operations
Andrew Webb
Fashion continues to be a theme on the latest overall
wraps appearing on buses in the capital.
DKNY has this bold scheme seen on Stagecoach's LT387
brightening a gloomy Oxford Street on 14 September.
Contrasts in both weather and budget the previous day
as Transport UK's LT618 turns onto the Euston Road at Warren Street
carrying an
advert for 'fast fashion' retailer Primark. The offside is seen on
Arriva's LT500 at nearby Euston
Wayfair targets those who want to give their homes a
makeover.
Arriva's LT738 is one of several to carry this purple based
advert, captured here heading away from Sloane Square on 14 September.
Metroline's LT791 is seen at Archway on the same day picking up at the start of
route 390 to Victoria. It advertises Ecover dishwasher detergent.
The latest addition to the Superloop network started on 27 September with the launch of BL1 linking Waterloo with Lewisham. Intended as an interim until the Bakerloo line is extended from Elephant and Castle to Lewisham, the route is branded 'Bakerloop' and uses the familiar brown of the Bakerloo line. Operated by Go Ahead London from Waterloo garage, the route uses a batch of 5 year old 'Ee' class electrics which started life working from Northumberland Park garage in north east London.
Ee38 is a typical example seen rounding
St George's Circus on the route's inaugral day.
This Top View Enviro 400 carries an advert featuring the Union Standard advertising Anduril, an American defense technology company that specializes in advanced autonomous systems.
Quite how many of the tourists crossing
London Bridge on 20 September will want to buy the company's products is
debatable.
Barbour is another US company which has found favour in the UK.
Stagecoach's LT389 advertises the brand in New Oxford Street on 20 September.
After
starring at the Catford garage open day Stagecoach's 11011 has re-entered
service resplendent in its Selkent Envoy livery.
On 20 September it
approaches Lewisham whilst working on route 136.
Skincare cream Medic8 is advertised on First London's BCE47011in Regent Street
on 27 September.
Gordon Scott
Please find attached three
shots taken in the last three weeks all of Stagecoach East Scotland Buses and
Coaches.
Volvo B8RL Plaxton Panther LE,
54517 - YX18 LLC in new livery
Volvo B11R Plaxton Elite i,
54276 - YY65 VXT on JET 787 to
Volvo
B11R Plaxton Elite i, 54284 - YJU 694 ex YX66 WOJ on
Tony Bungay
Have just been to Wales, where
the weather was perhaps predictably wet for most of the time I was there!
While my holiday involved very little Bus usage, while
in Porthmadog managed to get a photo of one of the new Yutong Electrics used
there on one of the Traws Cymru services.
The vehicles appear to be
charged in a compound adjacent to Transport for Wales Railway Station.
Andy Millwood
This bus was spotted at West Bromwich on route 3 to
Merry Hill.