Reading Transport Vehicle Types

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This page is a kind of generalised fleet list showing the different types of bus operating in the fleet as at August 2017, excluding sister companies Newbury & District and Courtney Buses. Click on a type of bus to get more information about them and a few pictures.

Current Fleet
  Optare Solo (17711 bytes)
3 Mercedes-Benz Sprinters 6+2 Optare Solos
Wright Streetlite Enviro 200
5 Wright Streetlites 8 Alexander Dennis Enviro 200s
Enviro 200 MMC 9 on 23 October 2006 (92106 bytes)
0 Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 MMCs 1 Scania OmniCity
Scania Irizar i3 Enviro 300SG
6 Scania Irizar i3s 34 Scania KUB270 / ADL Enviro 300SGs
Dennis Trident / Plaxton President Scania OmniDekka (72581 bytes)
7 Dennis Trident 11 Scania OmniDekkas
Scania OmniCity Double Deck Alexander Dennis Enviro 400
10 Scania OmniCity Double Decks 5 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400s
Alexander Dennis Enviro 400H 758_031114_6.jpg
30 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400Hs 33 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMCs
Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 CBG Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 CBG
6 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 CBGs 17 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 City CBGs
901 on 10 June 2017  
6 Wright Streetdecks 1 Optare Metrodecker
   
4 Coaches 13 Ancillary Vehicles
Total: 195 vehicles (176 Reading, 6 Newbury, 13 Contracts)
The next table has information about most of the types of bus that have been operated since the use of the Reading Buses trading name, but can no-longer be seen on the streets:
Former Vehicles
Optare City Pacer (28774 bytes) Mercedes-Benz 0609D / Robin Hood (36225 bytes)
10 Optare City Pacers 3 Mercedes-Benz 609D / Robin Hoods
Optare StarRider (12987 bytes) MCW Metrorider (17770 bytes)
12 Optare StarRiders 10 MCW Metroriders

Optare MetroRider (18517 bytes)

Autobus Nouvelle 2 (33343 bytes)

37 Optare MetroRiders

(Mks 1, 2 & 4)

1 Autobus Nouvelle 2

Optare Solo (17711 bytes)

Wright Streetlite
27 Optare Solos 8 Wright Streetlites
Optare Vecta (19403 bytes) 603 on 21 July 2007 (107973 bytes)
14 Optare Vectas 10 Dennis Dart SLFs

Leyland National (14185 bytes)

Optare Delta (18953 bytes)

25 Leyland Nationals

(Mk 1)

20 Optare Deltas
Optare Excel (23726 bytes) Transbus Enviro 300 (49326 bytes)

64 Optare Excels

(Mk 1 & 2)

5 Transbus Enviro 300s
Scania L94UB / Wright Solar (46197 bytes) 9 on 23 October 2006 (92106 bytes)
37 Scania L94UB / Wright Solars 11 Scania OmniCitys
Enviro 300SG 52 on 30 May 2008
1 Scania KUB270 / ADL Enviro 300SGs 2 MAN A22 / Wright Meridians
AEC Routemaster (15871 bytes) 101^rt.jpg (21641 bytes)
44 AEC Routemasters 61 MCW Metropolitans
MCW Metrobus (24412 bytes) Leyland Titan (20490 bytes)

66 MCW Metrobuses

(Mks 1 & 2)

12 Leyland Titans
Leyland Olympian (22664 bytes) Optare Spectra (14411 bytes)
15 Leyland Olympians 32 Optare Spectras
DAF DB250 / Wright Pular Gemini Dennis Trident / Plaxton President
7 DAF DB250 / Wright Pulsar Gemini 15 Dennis Tridents
Scania OmniDekka (72581 bytes) Scania OmniCity Double Deck
25 Scania OmniDekkas 5 Scania OmniCity Double Deck
Scania N230UD / East Lancs Olympus MAN / East Lancs Kinetec+
 27 Scania N230UD / East Lancs Olympuses 1 MAN ND243F / East Lancs Kinetec+
Alexander Dennis Enviro 400  
8 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400s  
Alexander Dennis Enviro 400H Plaxton Paramount (14912 bytes)
2 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400Hs 10 Plaxton Paramounts
Hestair Duple 425 VanHool Alizee (17747 bytes)
11 Hestair Duple 425s 9 VanHool Alizees
Jonkheere Jubilee (14420 bytes) Bova Futura (16816 bytes)
3 Jonckheere Jubilees 4 Bova Futuras
Scania Irizar (83647 bytes)  
4 Scania / Irizar Centurys Various Ancillary Vehicles

If you think that there is anything about the company that has been missed, please feel free to email. All contributions for the site are welcome.