News Page: Wheel Forward
Streetlites In Service with photos of 162, 163 and 165. Thanks to
Stuart Curwen, James Cusworth, and Graham Low for these photos.
News Page: New Greenwave Route
with photo of 411. Thanks to James Cusworth for this.
Reading Transport Fleet List:
421-34 will be registered
YN14 MXP/MXR-Z/MYA-D. 422 is to be in generic silver as well as 421,
with both expected in March. 423-29 are in build, whilst 430-4 have been
delivered ready for 10th. 151, 152, 154, 155 and 156
have all now departed for Wrightbus (dealer) along with 153, although
153 and possibly others have since passed to Ventura sales (dealer). Thanks to Brian Coney for this.
Reading Transport Fleet List:
Scania / Alexander Enviro 300SG demonstrator 400 returned to Scania on
25th, but was replaced by an unidentified Scania OmniCity double
deck which will continue to cover for ongoing warranty work on the gas
buses. It will use temporary fleet number 1100 and is in London red. It
has yet to be decided which routes it will be used on.
Carousel Buses Fleet List:
116 has arrived from Oxford Bus Company and gained The Blue Bus
lettering. 931 has recently been withdrawn and sold for scrap. Thanks to
Malcolm Crowe for this.
First Berkshire Fleet List: The
Wright Streetlite Max are on order for Slough for delivery in April.
Thanks to Brian Coney for this. 65863
returned to Southampton on 10th. 69931/2 entered service by 12th. Thanks
to Mat Wooll for this.
Fleet Buzz Fleet List: 16261 is
now in use with 16588/90 out of use, with the allocation of Olympians
appearing fairly fluid with Basingstoke. Thanks to Paul Blackman for
this.
Thames Travel Fleet List: 480 is in
use as a mobile office at Hogwood. Thanks to Malcolm Crowe for this.
451-4 are thought to have all arrived with Plymouth Citybus now. At
least 101 and 109 remain in service.
White Bus Services Fleet List: The
two new Optare Solo SRs are to be registered YJ14 BBN/O. Thanks to Glenn
De Sousa for this.
Oxford Bus Company Fleet List: 114
has been returned to service as a spare for the Chiltern Railways
contract. Thanks to Ralph Adams and David Harper for this.
Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List:
36168 has returned to service at Nuneaton from reserve. 34644 has
transferred from Northampton to Rugby. Thanks to Keith Wood for this.
15-02-14:
Reading Transport Fleet List: 163
entered service on 4th, 164 on 7th, 165 on 8th, 161 on 12th and 162 on
13th, 161's first duty being an unusual working on route 2 due to road
closures. 153
left on 3rd heading for Lingfield. Last observations in service for the
others so far were 151 - 4th, 152 - 12th, 154 - 11th, 155 - 5th, 156 -
12th. 312/3 are confirmed as Apple and Blackberry, 313 being in use by
10th and 312 still away for repaint. Thanks to James Cusworth, Brian Coney,
Davie G and Martin for this. 1114 has gained a new ColourBus livery for
Launch Pad, Reading Buses' charity of the year 2014, and was launched on
28th January following application on 27th.
Carousel Buses Fleet List:
Volvo B7TLs 918-22, Leyland Olympians 923-25/27 and Volvo Olympians
928-31 are to be withdrawn and replaced by 10 Dennis Tridents recently
withdrawn by Oxford Bus Company, with 3 more likely to follow later. 102
transferred in February running in partially debranded Oxford livery,
which is very similar to Carousel livery. Thanks to Ralph Adams.
Courtney Buses Fleet List: YJ62 FYH
has been repainted into purple livery. Thanks to David Stewart for this.
First Berkshire Fleet List: 65624
was withdrawn on 21 January having been replaced by the new Volvos
7900Hs. 44560 transferred from Slough to Bracknell in early February.
69934 went to Volvo for warranty work in early February. Thanks to Mat Wooll for this.
BMC 68563 arrived on loan from First Southampton on 23rd January,
returning on approx 28th. 33141/42/45/53 have had their wheelchair bays
relocated to match the others from the batch, altering their seating
capacity from H39/25F to H39/23F. Seating capacities in 33180-83
corrected to H39/24F whilst 33179 is H33/22F. Thanks to Brian Coney for
this.
Weavaway Travel Fleet List: MAC 96P
has been reregistered 461 XPB. YX63 ZVJ-P have received South Midland
lettering, and ZVR/S for Newbury & District. R831 OVN and S918 ANH have been
repainted into the NBC inspired “Noah
Vale” poppy red and white livery. Thanks to Dave Wilder for this.
White Bus Services Fleet List: Plaxton Primos KX57 FKW/OVC are on short term loan from Dawson Rental spending delivery
of the new Optares
Oxford Bus Company Fleet List:
Five new Volvo B11R / Plaxton Panther 2s are expected shortly for the
Airline, thought to be 21-5 and registered AF-EF14 OXF. 84 and one other
have gone on loan to Plymouth Citycoach for emergency rail replacement
work.
Oxford Bus Company Fleet List:
1581-4 have had 8 seats removed to become H47/24F with room for 6
bicycles for use on Chiltern Railways replacement services between
Oxford and Bicester starting today. No vehicles appear to have been
added to the fleet as replacements. Airline 12-16 are being repainted
into white for use on Airline and X90 joining recently treated 17-18
with 12-18 also being renumbered 41-7. 12-14 have been completed and
renumbered along with 17/18. Thanks to Ralph Adams for this.
Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List:
33650 went on loan from Banbury to Witney on 1st. Thanks to Martin
Townsend for this. Loaned 22936/41 now appear to be considered as
transfers to Stagecoach West, with 22768-71 only in reserve pending
service changes.
Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List:
16729 has transferred from reserve at Rugby to Stratford. Leamington
reserves 33460 and 33911 and Leamington 34121 have been withdrawn for
disposal. Rugby 34398 has been withdrawn for return to Warwickshire
County Council. Rugby 34491-3 have gone into reserve, being replaced by
34591/2, 34625 and 35218 transferred from Northampton. Megabus reserve
53028 has transferred to South Wales. Leamington reserve 47032 is to
transfer to Northampton from 17 February.