The first Scania / Irizar Centurys, 210-1 arrived in November 2003, introducing a new green goGOLDLINE.com livery for the fleet. Four more are on order, with 212-3 expected in March 2004, and 214-5 (which are additions to an initial order for four) sometime after that. Below is 210 at Reading Station on 8th March 2004.
The front profile of 211, seen at the depot whilst taking a day off on 1st January 2004:
Below is 213 leaving Broad Street on 11th March 2006 having spent the day outside the Oracle advertising the company's 2006 excursion brochure.
By 7th December 2005, and probably earlier, 215 had back-to-back seating and tables fitted, reducing the seating capacity to 41. It is primarily for the use of Henley Hawks Rugby Club as an executive vehicle.
A demonstrator with an earlier version of the Century body was operated between August and December 2002. The demonstrator, numbered 230 was powered by liquefied natural gas and operated in a bright yellow livery as seen below on 6th August 2002. It was first seen in the depot the previous week.
230 had lettering on the rear to advertise the fact that it was powered by Liquefied Natural Gas, the same fuel used by MetroRiders 614/24 whilst they were operating from Reading. A week later the coach received a paper in the front and side windows saying "This coach is on hire to Goldline, powered by Liquefied Natural Gas, a fuel that does not cost the earth." By the fourth week it had also received Goldline fleetnames on the front and side, along with extra liquefied natural gas lettering. It is seen below with these on 23rd August 2002. Interestingly Reading chose to use the alternative spelling for the word liquefied on all of their lettering - "liquified" when Scania use "liquefied" on the rear! Both appear to be equally valid alternatives according to the dictionary (but not my computer's spell checker)!
