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June 2004
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30-06-04
- Reading Area Bus Routes: Further details about changes to Newbury service 9 from 04-07-04 added
29-06-04
- Reading Transport Fleet List: 476 and one other Trident (not 473/4) have new MegaRears bearing the text "Not Food Scientists"
- Reading Transport: Menu altered, newspaper links removed, and links to various photo galleries containing Reading Buses past and present added
- Reading Transport MCW Metrobuses: Status of Mk2s updated, and new photo of 456 added
- Reading Transport Optare Spectras: 704 has received LED displays
- Reading Transport Optare Vectas: 807 is with Chester, Walkden, Herts. Thanks to Andy Crump for this.
- Reading Transport Optare Excels: 944 had its LED display by 5th April, not May as shown previously
- Weavaway Travel Fleet List: Former vehicle section added and some details updated and corrected, e.g. B10 MDC has been branded Megadecker 6 since arrival
- Stagecoach South Midlands Fleet List: The Optare Solos for Nuneaton are confirmed as KN04 XKC-H/J-L. Thanks to Simon Langley for reporting this. 50101 now also has Coming Soon branding and 50040 is withdrawn with fire damage, pending repairs.
24-06-04
- Stagecoach South Midlands Fleet List: New on 16th were Vauxhall Corsas AP04 LBU and KZH. LBU is a replacement for Ford Transit recovery van 95052 which was withdrawn the same day, whilst KZH is a crew van.
21-06-04
- Stagecoach South Midlands Fleet List: New for the Oxford Tube are Neoplan Skyliners KP04 GJE/F/G/J/K which are assumed to become 50101-5. All currently on driver familiarisation duties, GJG/J/K also have COMING SOON... THE NEW OXFORD TUBE branding. 16526 is in use at Oxford depot, meanwhile 29615 has returned in unbranded training livery and is being prepared for use.
18-06-04
- First Berkshire Fleet List: 815 has a MegaRear, and 816 has First livery on the front of its ColourBus scheme
- Reading Transport MegaRears: New photo of rear on 107 added, thanks to Brian Coney for this
17-06-04
- Reading Transport Fleet List: 704 has lost its Nestle MegaRear, and 928 has lost the MegaRear bumper from 929
- Reading Transport MegaRears: New photo of rear on 942 added
- Countywide Travel Fleet List: 62 is now in fleet livery
15-06-04
- Reading Area Bus Routes: Details of the changes from 4th July added to the main route details section
14-06-04
- Stagecoach South Midlands Fleet List: 16616 still has its MegaRear for Touchwood, whilst 16614 has lost its Stagecoach UniRider (female) MegaRear following a full repaint. 20402 may have transferred back from Rugby to Leamington, having been in service from Leamington this week. Dale Tringham reports that 16525 is now also away for conversion, noting it, 16517 and one other (possibly 16518?) at Caetano, Leicester.
11-06-04
- Stagecoach South Midlands Fleet List: 20417 has been in service at Leamington for a few weeks now
10-06-04
- Stagecoach South Midlands Fleet List: 13618 is named Trinity
08-06-04
- Reading Transport Fleet List: Titan 71 is withdrawn having been under question in reserve for some months now
- Stagecoach South Midlands Fleet List: One of the new Solos for Nuneaton is registered KN04 XKD
07-06-04
- Thames Travel Fleet List: 49 has also been repainted in plain white, formerly being in Thames Trains livery. Y313 KDP is 313. Thanks to Ralph Adams for this.
05-06-04
- News Page: Visiting Routemasters
- Reading Transport Fleet List: 516 has returned to service following engine repairs.
- Reading Transport Fleet List: New Scania OmniDekkas 801-17 are to wear a completely new livery designed by Ray Stenning, 805-17 featuring purple route branding for route 17, and 801-4 having generic charcoal grey for use on any route. It is expected that a further 13 OmniDekkas are to be ordered during 2004 for services 25/44/45. Eventually there is to be a network of 12 branded route corridors, each with its own colour and low floor vehicles. Existing low floor vehicles are to be repainted into the new livery in due course. There is also the possibility of some new single deckers for the South Reading services should finances allow, the type has yet to be decided. 624 is to be converted to diesel operation, whilst 614 is likely to be scrapped.
- Thames Travel Fleet List: X49 VVY is now fleet number 49
- Stagecoach South Midlands Fleet List: The new Warwickshire County Council Enviros are fleet numbers 27502-5
03-06-04
- Reading Transport Fleet List: 456 was in service in Reading with its Newbury stripe by 2nd, and also features a tree deflector. 107 has a new MegaRear for Newbury College, previously Gurneys Vauxhall. 704 still has its Nestle MegaRear.
- Stagecoach South Midlands Fleet List: 14933 is now withdrawn and stored at Nuneaton, and Witney Olympian status updated. Thanks to Keith Wood for this.
01-06-04
- Reading Transport Fleet List: 456 is currently in the workshop receiving Newbury / Reading livery and overhaul as per 455 and 460
- Reading Transport MegaRears: New photo of rear on 929 added
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