Reading Transport MegaRears

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A MegaRear is an advertising livery that covers the whole of the back of a bus, often with contravision parts over the windows. In the past these adverts have also been called SuperRears.

Current MegaRears: All

Previous MegaRears: | Excels 917-24 | Excels 925-31 | Excels 932-45 |

By contrast to a MegaRear:

  • A MegaPanel is a large square advertisement roughly the same size as a MegaRear, but applied to the side of a bus. Conventionally the advert is placed centrally, covers the whole height of the bus and contravision is used at window height to allow passengers to see out.
  • A MegaSide is an advertisement that covers one whole side of the bus including contravision parts for the windows
  • A ColourBus is a whole advertisement livery that covers most of the bus, it is often painted on, and may or may not involve putting contravision over the windows.

[The definitions of a MegaSide and MegaPanel above are not definitive, but have been adopted by this site until a specific definition becomes widely used by everyone.]


Current MegaRears

Optare Solo 104: Reading Buses "Put yourself in the driving seat"
Applied October 2002

104 on 30 December 2002 (32798 bytes)

Optare Solo 107: Ascot Races
Applied 1st June 2007

107 on 11 June 2007 (27129 bytes)

Optare Solo 108: West Berkshire Everyone's Going Green
Applied 25th January 2007

108 on 11 June 2007 (29918 bytes)

Optare Solo 113: Reading Buses "Put yourself in the driving seat"
Applied October 2002

113 on 20 March 2003 (29392 bytes)

Dennis Trident 471: Fiat Punto
Applied April 2008

471 on 17 May 2008

Dennis Trident 472: Fiat Punto
Applied April 2008

472 on 27 May 2008

Dennis Trident 473: Fiat Punto
Applied April 2008

473 on 27 May 2008

Dennis Trident 474: Pizza Hut Light Lunch
Applied July 2008

474 on 26 July 2008

Optare Spectra 713: Chatham Place (purple flippers)
Applied September 2007

713 on 15 September 2007

Optare Spectra 723: Kenmore Homes
Applied September 2007

723 on 9 September 2007

Thanks to James Cusworth for this photo.

Optare Spectra 731 (formerly 739): Chatham Place (cross dressing purple shoes)
Applied September 2007

739 on 27 October 2007

Optare Excel 925: Thames Valley University
Applied January 2008

925 18 February 2008

Optare Excel 926: Thames Valley University
Applied January 2008

926 on 26 January 2008

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