Vehicle Types

Types of vehicle operated by the company

Photo Gallery

Photographs from my collection

Fleet List

Details of the current fleet

(MS Excel format)

Former Vehicle List

Details of every vehicle operated since 1901

(MS Excel format)

Company History

Some history of the company

Reading Mainline

Details about former Routemaster operations

Depots

Pictures of the company's bus depots

Service 17

A look at the company's trunk route

Service 21

A look at a route which saw a number of interesting changes

Route Allocations

Which kind of bus can usually be found on each route

Bus Fares

Information about Reading & Newbury Buses' fares

"ColourBuses"

Details and photographs of ColourBus adverts

"MegaPanels"

Details and photographs of MegaPanel adverts

"MegaRears"

Details and photographs of MegaRear adverts

RTL Changing

Some of the changes made to buses in the fleet

AEC

About this former bus manufacturer and Reading supplier

Optare

About a supplier prominent in the Reading fleet

Fun Stuff

Sounds, icons and bus nets to download!

 

 

Enthusiast pages about Reading Transport, the principal bus company in both the towns of Reading and Newbury.

Reading Buses, Newbury Buses, Goldline Travel

Reading Transport and its predecessors has been wholly owned by Reading Borough Council since 1901.

Part of a batch of ten Scania L94UB / Wright Solars that entered service in May 2006, 1025 is one of four branded in light blue for route 37. It is seen at Reading Station early on 16th May 2006 after operating one of its first few trips in service.

A batch of sixteen Scania OmniDekkas started to enter service in April 2006, half light pink for routes 25/26 and half dark pink for routes 23/24. 820 on route 26 opposite the Station on 4th April 2006.

Twelve Scania L94UB / Wright Solars entered service at the start of March 2005, eleven featuring green route branding for routes 4, 5 and 6. 1009 above is an example, seen on 7th March 2005.

Seventeen Scania OmniDekkas entered service at the end of October 2004 wearing a new livery for operations in Reading. Thirteen of these feature purple route branding for service 17, of which 814, seen above on 28th December 2004, is an example.

Two Scania / Irizar Centurys entered service in December 2003, bringing a new Goldline livery to the fleet. 210 is seen here at Reading Station on 8th March 2004.