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September 2013

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29-09-13:

  • Reading Transport Fleet List: Five Wright Streetlite Door Forwards are on order for delivery in late October. They will be numbered 161-5 and replace 151-6 which will be sold in part exchange. 161 will be in generic silver, 162 in generic silver with Community Link branding, 163 in pink for Caversham routes 27/29 and 164/5 in orange for Woodley route 19. Four from 151-6 are expected to pass from Wrightbus to Rotala for the Diamond fleet.
  • Reading Transport Fleet List: Registrations for 131-4 added. Thanks to Brian Coney for this. 801 was back in service in Reading on 23rd. Thanks to James Cusworth for this.
  • Reading Transport ColourBuses: New photo of 804 added. Thanks to James Cusworth for this.
  • Courtney Coaches Fleet List: Two further Optare Solo SRs are on order for October to replace YJ55 BLV and KX58 BGY. Thanks to Glenn De Sousa for this.
  • First Berkshire Fleet List: Further new E200s to have arrived at Slough by 23rd were YX63 LKV/Y. Thanks to David Fuller for this. 44562-5 are confirmed as YX63 LKZ/LC/LD/LE. Thanks to Luke Braham for this. 60162/4 & 60219 have transferred to First Hants & Dorset for service, storage or cascade. Loaned 44530 left on 25th. Thanks to Brian Coney for this.
  • Stewarts Coaches Fleet List: New is Irizar i6 YN63 ZHJ named Jessica Bethan. Thanks to Glenn De Sousa and Bob Stanger for this.
  • Thames Travel Fleet List: 101 has gained fleet logos on Oxford livery, suggesting that it is a transfer rather than loan from Carousel.
  • Weavaway Travel Fleet List: V111 DCF was reregistered back to V946 DCF in August prior to sale. Thanks to Brian Coney for this.
  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List: 15933/4 entered service on 22nd with generic Stagecoach Gold "Oxford" branding like 15754/838. Thanks to Ralph Adams for this. They are temporarily in use on enhanced route 700 pending delivery of five new E400s in December. 36926-29 have gained Headington Link branding for new routes 800/900 which commenced on 22nd having entered service unbranded in the previous two weeks.
  • Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List: 55002/4 were in service by 27th. Thanks to Eddie Roberts for this.

22-09-13:

  • News Page: Reading Loans to First Devon & Cornwall with photos of 1014 and 1021. Thanks to David King for these photos.
  • Reading Transport Fleet List: 9-12 have been sold to Nottingham City Transport and are to be collected tomorrow. The first Enviro 200, to be numbered 131, is expected to arrive on 26th and enter service in Newbury on 30th, followed by 132-4 every couple of days after that. In the meantime withdrawn 1032/3 were returned to service on 18th to provide cover, loosing their Fast Track lettering on 18th. 8 & 1031-3 remain for sale.
  • First Berkshire Fleet List: Enviro 200 44530 had arrived on loan from Southampton by 19th for vehicle familiarisation. Thanks to David Fuller and Stephen Le Bras for this. 64001/5 transferred from Slough to Bracknell on 7th for route X94. Thanks to Brian Coney for this. The first two new Enviro 200s for Slough to be finished at the Scarborough plant are YX63 LKV/LLF. Thanks to Glenn De Sousa for this. 33145 has a new MegaRear for A4 Metals. Thanks to John Wheeler for this.
  • Fleet Buzz Fleet List: 32461 was withdrawn for sale on 15th having been replaced on 4th by 33307 from Andover.
  • Horseman Coaches Fleet List: New is Volvo B12B / Plaxton Panther 2 RV63 NGG. Thanks to Steve Wickens for this.
  • Reading Transport MegaRears: New photo of the rear on 825 added. Thanks to James Cusworth for this.
  • Reading Transport Wright Solars: Withdrawn 1032 went on loan to Newbury from approx 9th until 13th to provide cover for 8, whilst 801 has been on loan to cover for 804. Thanks to Brian Coney for this. 801 & 804 operated the Newbury Show shuttle on 21st, at which point 801 presumably returned from loan. Thanks to James Cusworth for this.
  • Reading Transport Leyland Titans: New photo of former 74 added. Thanks to David Smith for this.
  • Reading Transport Scania OmniDekkas: New photo of former 833 recently repainted into More livery added. Thanks to David Oborn for this.
  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List: 36926-9 have entered service. Thanks to Ralph Adams for this.
  • Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List: Additions at Rugby are 47030/2 from Northampton. Thanks to Keith Wood for this. Rugby 22459 and 34133 have transferred to Northampton. Leamington Reserve 16617 has been returned to service at Stratford.

16-09-13:

  • Reading & Wokingham Coaches: LDV Convoy JIG 3722 has been sold to a private owner.
  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List: 22935, 33650/2-4 have gone on loan to Stagecoach Midlands at Northampton following replacement by E200s. 36932/3 entered service on 3rd, 36931 on 6th and 36930 on 9th.
  • Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List: Withdrawn Leamington 33459 and Rugby 33494/6 have transferred to Nuneaton. Thanks to Keith Wood for this. Registrations for the new E200s and Altanos added. Thanks to Stuart Martin for this.

08-09-13:

  • Reading Transport Fleet List: 825 has a new MegaRear for A4 Metal Recycling. Thanks to James Cusworth for this.
  • Reading Transport Wright Solars: 1006, 1014, 1021 & 1027 entered service with First on the Truro Park & Ride on 2nd and have been numbered 65759-62. Thanks to David King for this.
  • First Berkshire Fleet List: 65726 has gained FastX74 branding. Thanks to Keith Nason for this.
  • Reading & Wokingham Coaches: The second Bova that was acquired is TLZ 9417.
  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List: 36931-3 have entered service, 36932 by 4th, whilst 36926-9 are being prepared for service and 36930 has yet to be seen. Thanks to Ralph Adams for this. 36933 was in service by 3rd. Thanks to Graham Low for this. 47454 returned to Witney off loan to Banbury on 1st. Thanks to Martin Townsend for this. Reserve 22935 is in use at Northampton, presumably on loan.
  • Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List: 15 new E200s are expected at Leamington shortly, with 36940/1 having arrived on 5th. Thanks to Steve Buckley and Malcolm Jones for this. 16680/873 have returned to Rugby from loan to Northampton.

01-09-13:

  • Reading Transport Fleet List: 10-12 lost their FastTrack lettering in May, leaving them in dealer white. The new Vodafone E200s are due in the second week of September. Thanks to Brian Coney for this.
  • Reading Transport Former Vehicle Fleet List: An unregistered Wright Streetlite DF was inspected at Great Knollys Street on 20/21 August with a view to potentially swapping 151-6 for these in the future (DF being door forward rather than 151-6 which are wheel forward).
  • First Berkshire Fleet List: 65625 has been withdrawn. Withdrawn 23009/10 and active 23012 have transferred to First South West. The new E200s for Slough are due later this month, whilst the two Panthers are due in December and will be numbered 20810/11. Three Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini 2s are on order for October and will be numbered 37997-9. The order for 5 additional hybrid single deckers has been confirmed for further Volvo 7900 to become 69930-4 in 2014. Thanks to Brian Coney for this. 60162, 60164, 60219, 65602 & 65724 went on loan to First South West for the Bournemouth Airshow 29th August - 1st September. Thanks to David Oborn for this. As a possible consequence, Slough 42643/4 were in use at Bracknell on 28th. Thanks to Ricky Barnes for this. Greenline vehicles have also made sporadic appearances on route 190 during this period, and much more unusually some of the Chertsey American Blue Bird A3REs. Thanks to John Wheeler and James Cusworth for this.
  • Oxford Bus Company Fleet List: Withdrawn 38-40 were sold to BASE (dealer) in June and 42-6 to Ensign (dealer) in August.
  • Weavaway Travel Fleet List: Former Reading 109 has been sold to Whites, Culham and 111 & 115 to Plaxton, Anston (dealer). Thanks to Brian Coney for this.
  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List: The full batch of new ADL Enviro 200s is 36926-33 which are intended for routes 12, 14 and 16 to replace the remaining R-reg Dennis Dart SLF / Alexander ALX200s at Oxford. A further four E200s are expected for new Oxfordshire County Council funded routes 800 and 900, although in practise part of the first batch may go into service on these routes prior to the arrival of the second batch. Five ADL Enviro 400s are also on order for route 700 in December and replace the remaining S-registration MAN / Alexander ALX300s.
  • Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List: On delivery for Leamington is Enviro 200 36938 with others presumably to follow. Thanks to Gregg Collins for this.

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