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 April 2008. Click on a type of bus to get more information about them and a few pictures.

Current Fleet

Optare MetroRider (17845 bytes)

Optare Solo (17711 bytes)

3 Optare MetroRiders

(Mk 4)

 24 Optare Solos
603 on 21 July 2007 (107973 bytes) Optare Excel (23726 bytes)
10 Dennis Dart SLFs

17 Optare Excels

(Mks 1 & 2)
974 on 23 February 2008 Scania L94UB / Wright Solar (46197 bytes)
1 Transbus Enviro 300 36 Scania L94UB / Wright Solars
52 on 30 May 2008 9 on 23 October 2006 (92106 bytes)
2 MAN A22 / Wright Meridians 12 Scania OmniCitys
Optare Spectra Dennis Trident / Plaxton President
17 Optare Spectras 6 Dennis Tridents
Scania OmniDekka (72581 bytes) Scania OmniCity Double Deck
34 Scania OmniDekkas
14 Scania OmniCity Double Decks
(on order)
Scania N230UD / East Lancs Olympus 501 on 16 August 2007
 27 Scania N230UDs 1 East Lancs Kinetec+
Scania Irizar (83647 bytes)  
6 Scania / Irizar Centurys 9 Ancillary Vehicles
VanHool Alizee (15512 bytes)  
1 VanHool Alizée  
Total: 198 vehicles (136 Reading, 37 Newbury, 24 Goldline)

(plus 14 on order)
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)

34 Optare MetroRiders

(Mks 1, 2 & 4)

 1 Autobus Nouvelle 2

Optare Solo (17711 bytes)

 Optare Vecta (19403 bytes)
1 Optare Solo 14 Optare Vectas

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)

51 Optare Excels

(Mk 1)

 4 Transbus Enviro 300s
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 9 Optare Spectras
Plaxton Paramount (14912 bytes) VanHool Alizee (17747 bytes)
10 Plaxton Paramounts 8 VanHool Alizees
Jonkheere Jubilee (14420 bytes) Bova Futura (16816 bytes)
3 Jonckheere Jubilees 4 Bova Futuras
   
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.