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25/03/2023

https://busandtrainuser.com/2023/03/25/10-years-of-retirement-part-1/

Saturday 25th March 2023 The Mayors of Hove and Brighton launch the new look Brighton & Hove in late 1985 (they were two independent towns). I can hardly believe it’s ten years ago this weekend…

25/03/2023

This photograph was taken 86 years ago, in March 1937. It shows staff standing proudly beside the then brand new Leyland Lion LT7 saloon AMW 481. Notice the ornate bus shelter visible in the background. The location is at Tidworth.

25/03/2023

Breeze up the Downs with our Route 77 to Devil's D**e 🚍

With stunning landscapes and adventurous hang gliders, kickstart the Spring season right this weekend! ☀️

To find out more, visit https://www.buses.co.uk/breeze-downs ☀

25/03/2023

Here we see a very unusual vehicle resting between duties on the Hants & Dorset 47 route between Southampton and Wi******er (antecedent of the present Bluestar 1). AEC Regent V 975 CWL, carrying a 65 seat Park Royal highbridge body, had been new to City of Oxford Motor Services in 1958.

It passed to the Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Company (Provincial) which was by then under Hants & Dorset management, in 1970. Withdrawn at Provincial early in 1975, it was pressed into service with Hants & Dorset at Southampton depot for a few weeks during March/April 1975 to help alleviate the severe shortage of buses the Company was experiencing at that time owing to delays in the delivery of new vehicles.

25/03/2023

Throwback Thursday ⏪
Here is a ECW bodied Bristol Ks which arrived in 1947. Posing for a publicity photo for the bodymakers Eastern Coach Works. This batch of 4 double deckers was numbered 720-723. One of these can often be seen at the The Isle of Wight Bus Museum

25/03/2023

☀️ THE TENBY COASTER WILL BE BACK FOR 2023 ☀️

First Cymru Buses Ltd. are relaunching their popular Tenby Coaster, their open-top bus route between Tenby and Saundersfoot.
It will begin operating from Sunday, April 2nd and will be running all the way through the summer!
For more information, including prices, timetables and the full route, check the website ☛ https://bit.ly/TenbyCoaster

25/03/2023

Shortage of available double deck buses had resulted in Bristol LH6L XEL 829K, which had been new to Hants & Dorset in late 1971, being allocated to service 4 on the day this photograph was taken in March 1977.

The 4 ran between Poole and Bournemouth by the same route as the present m2, and in 1977 was normally operated by traditional half-cab double deck buses with a crew of driver and conductor. In this instance the scheduled two person crew would have been used on the 43 seat saloon, which is seen at Branksome while returning from Bournemouth to Poole.

Following XEL 829K we see Bristol VR NRU 311M in the Queen's Silver Jubilee livery it carried during 1977; this was on service 2 via Bournemouth Road to Poole, a route that had been fully converted to driver only operation in the mid 1970s.

25/03/2023

to 33 years this month since the Old Red Bus Station in Leeds.

The art deco-style building served as Leeds Bus Station until March 1990.

25/03/2023

'Every day for the last three weeks I've had to find out how I am getting home from work - sometimes it is dark and the weather has been bad recently'