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November 2010

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28-11-10:

  • 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.
  • Reading Transport Optare Spectras: New photo of 710 added
  • 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 Rugby 31364 has been withdrawn and stored at Nuneaton, withdrawn 31325 has also been moved there.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.

20-11-10:

  • Reading Transport Fleet List: 824 has returned to service in generic silver livery.
  • Reading Transport Leyland Olympians: Former 85 has passed from Shamrock Buses to Griffin Bus. Thanks to David Jenkins for this.
  • Reading & Wokingham Coaches Fleet List: New is Neoplan Starliner YN03 AXB. Thanks to Derek Bradfield for this.
  • 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: Nuneaton 34499 has been repainted and transferred to Rugby. Thanks to Keith Wood for this.

18-11-10:

  • 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.

11-11-10:

  • Reading Area Bus Routes: Further information about 29 November changes added
  • 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.

10-11-10:

08-11-10

  • Reading Area Bus Routes: Newbury area changes from 29th November added
  • 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.

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