Reading Transport Fleet List: The
first E400H arrived on 26th, whilst the batch expected to enter service
on route 26 on 13th December. Thanks to Brian Coney for this. 1001-3 and
1029 have gone on loan to Weavaway Travel. Thanks to Carl Jones for
this. New ticket machines have been fitted to 1001-6 and 1028/9 similar
to those fitted to 1031-6 last month. Further second round Green Bus
funding has been secured for 9 hybrid vehicles of an undecided type for
2012, making 10 under that round and 30 hybrids in total. Demonstrators
vehicles are likely to appear over the coming months.
First Berkshire Fleet List: Stored
41267 has been considered part of the London fleet since it went into
storage in January. 41299 returned to London off loan in October whilst
32348 has yet to enter service. Thanks to Brian Coney for this.
Weavaway Travel Fleet List: Scania
L94UB / Wright Solars YN05 GXA/B/C, YN06 NXY have arrived on loan from
Reading Transport to operate half of the revised Vitality 1 service.
Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List:
Nuneaton 34625 and 34642 have returned from repaint, loosing route 48
branding, and are at Leamington. It is not yet known whether they will
enter service there. Thanks to Keith Wood for this.
27-11-10:
Reading Transport Fleet List:
1029, 1030 and 722 have new MegaRears for the Oracle.
Thanks to James Cusworth for this. Correction to show the revised dark
green branding for routes 5/6 noted last month in place of routes 4/5/6
on 838/39/48/49.
Reading Transport Scania OmniDekkas:
823 has returned from repaint into generic silver and was in service
today, whilst 820-22 are still in pink.
Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List:
Oxford 33822 was returned to reserve on 25th, with reserve 33821 being
returned to service instead pending the arrival of 19659 next month
which will be registered OU60 CVA.
Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List:
Nuneaton 34111 has been repainted, loosing its route 48 branding. Rugby
31364 has been withdrawn and stored at Nuneaton, withdrawn 31325 has
also been moved there. Rugby 34498 remains in use at Leamington. 17054
has been damaged after hitting a bridge. Thanks to Keith Wood for this.
23-11-10:
Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List:
22947 has returned from repaint, loosing its MegaRear for the Carling
Academy. Only 22279 now remains to be treated, but 33763 is to be first
following on from 33650-5 earlier this year.
Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List:
Stratford 16079 has been withdrawn for sale. It has been replaced by
similar 16223 from Kettering. Rugby 31052, 31323-6, 31330/33/51 and
Nuneaton 31329/32/34/50/52/57, 33914 have been withdrawn for disposal,
plus 34098 has transferred from Leamington to Northampton following the
arrival of the E200s and cascade of Pointer Darts. Nuneaton 34496/7 are
due to transfer to Rugby following repaint, and 34498 should be at Rugby
rather than Leamington - only 34494 from this batch has transferred
there. Also new is car 91738.
Stewarts of Mortimer Fleet List:
The new Plaxton Elite is registered YN60 BZE, and the new Plaxton
Cheetahs YN60 FMC/D. The Cheetahs arrived last month. YN55 YRV/Y
departed for Vale (dealer) and Plaxton (dealer) respectively also last
month. YN55 YSJ is to depart in January in part exchange for the Elite.
Thanks to Derek Bradfield
for this.
Weavaway Travel Fleet List: New
from Allan's of Gorebridge are Mercedes 0816D SN09 LSE with Countywide
branding and Iveco / Plaxton Panther SN09 LSF/J with Abingdon Coaches
branding. Eight new buses are on order for March 2011 to operate Reading
Buses Vitality 1 service, with four Reading Buses Wright Solars used on
loan to run part of the service from 29 November and a further four for
the rest of the service from sometime in January. Thanks to Derek Bradfield for this.
Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List:
The new Enviro 400 is to be numbered 19659. Thanks to Douglas King for
this. 33822 has been temporarily returned to service at Oxford from
reserve from 15th, pending the Enviro's arrival. This frees up a MAN to
temporarily cover the increased requirement on route S3 from this date,
pending the imminent arrival of the Enviro 400 which will displace a
Scania / Enviro 400 from route S5.
Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List:
20224 has been reinstated at Stratford with 14025 now out of use. 34495
has been repainted and transferred to Rugby. 34493 and 34495 have
received branding for route 4. Thanks to Keith Wood for this. 54061 is
expected at Rugby from Cwmbran. Thanks to Simon Nicholas for this.
Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List:
Nuneaton 31329 is withdrawn and 31355 remains in service. 17076 is in
standard livery, not the red livery. Thanks to
Keith Wood for this. 16618 has been repainted into the red
livery. Thanks to Steve Buckley for this.
Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List:
22945 has been repainted, loosing its MegaRear for Ultimate Picture
Palace in the process. 22947 is now being prepared to complete the
batch. Thanks to Chris Maxfield for this.
Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List:
Further repaints are Nuneaton 34492/8 re-entering service at Rugby and
Leamington respectively. Thanks to Keith Wood for this.
Reading Transport Optare Spectras:
Former 751 appears to have passed to Courtesy, Chadderton in September
where it was reregistered YCZ 101. Thanks to Andrew Jarosz, Derek
Bradfield and Simon Blake for this.
Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List:
47735 was named Rosie during October. 22946 lost its MegaRear for
Bowlplex and 22948 for Templars Square following repaints in October.
22945 and 22947 remain to be done next.
07-11-10:
Reading Transport Fleet List: 109
has been repainted into quality travel generic silver livery from Kennet
Island livery, similar to the rest of the fleet as opposed to 111. 824
is now away for repaint into silver from pink.
06-11-10:
Reading Transport Fleet List:
201-6 will be registered MRD 1, SN60 ECX/Y, EDC/F/K. Operation of route
Vitality 1 is to be contracted out to Weavaway Travel as part of the
Reading Transport network in two phases from 29th November 2010 and late
January 2011. Vehicles from the batch 1001-8 will be loaned as necessary
to Weavaway for the operation pending the delivery of new vehicles, in a
Reading Transport specified livery, for the route. Thanks to Brian Coney
for this. As successful bid to the second round of the Green Bus Fund
has secured funding for a new hybrid midibus in 2012, possibly an
Alexander Dennis Enviro 200H, but no firm decision on type has been
made. This will form part of a replacement plan for the Optare Solo
fleet.
First Berkshire Fleet List: Plaxton
Excalibre 20201 arrived on loan from First Coaches on 10th October.
32348 is now H41/25F, but had not entered service as of 1st. Thanks to
Brian Coney for this. With the demise of the Volvo Olympians 37274-6 no
longer wear fleet numbers GL4-6. Thanks to Keith Nason for this.
Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List:
36153-76 were all in service by the end of October, 36153-73 with route
48 branding. Nuneaton 31334 has been withdrawn and possibly 31355 with
just 31328 and possibly 31329 remaining in service. Nuneaton 34626 has
been repainted, loosing route 48 branding, and has entered service at
Rugby. Former Rugby 14032 has moved from reserve at Leamington to
reserve at Nuneaton, whilst 14025 is in use at Stratford covering for
16079. Thanks to Keith Wood for this. Stratford 16078 is no longer in
reserve, and 16768 is now allocated to Stratford rather than Leamington.