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March 2005

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| Site Last Updated: 02-04-05 |

28-03-05

25-03-05

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23-03-05

  • Reading Area Bus Routes: Minor changes to services 106, 131, 239 in March and April
  • First Berkshire Fleet List: To confirm the current liveries, 64812 is in Beeline yellow and 64815/6 are in First Secondary livery. Thanks to Stephen Le-Bras for this.

22-03-05

  • First Berkshire Fleet List: 64812 and 64816 join 64815 in having lost their ColourBus liveries for Bracknell Library. Thanks to Stephen Le-Bras for this.

21-03-05

  • News Page: Wright Solars Launched, with photos of 1001 and Scania OmniCity demonstrator 1000
  • Reading Optare Spectras: New photo of 738 added
  • First Berkshire: New photo of BMC school bus 68512 added
  • First Berkshire Fleet List: 41267 is on loan from Uxbridge to Slough to provide a spare vehicle to allow the fleet to be repainted over the next financial year. This will mean that all traces of Beeline and Barbie 2 livery will disappear. 41267 will be confined to the RailAir Shuttle service as it retains London livery and ticket equipment. The vehicle will return home when the shuttle service finishes on 1st April. From that date 41130/3 will become the regular buses on routes 60/61/64/65, and one Plaxton Dart will be withdrawn, whilst another effectively becomes the repaint spare. Thanks to Mat Wooll and Mac Head for this.
  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire Fleet List: 20558 has returned from refurbishment. Thanks to Keith Wood for this.

18-03-05

  • Reading Transport Fleet List: Scania OmniCity YN54 OBA is on loan pending delivery of Solars 1013-20. Thanks to Derek Bradfield for this. It is reported to be fleet number 1000. 938-40, 945-47, 949-50 have now been withdrawn, probably on or before 15th March. 938-40, 946-50 all departed for Southampton yesterday.
  • Reading Transport Fleet List: 193 transferred to the Goldline fleet on 21st February to replace 79. Thanks to Mac Head for this.
  • Reading Transport Optare Excels: Text updated regarding 938-40, 945-50.
  • Reading Transport Vehicle Types: Page updated with recent fleet movements, new total of 200 vehicles (129 Reading, 39 Newbury, 32 Goldline) Plus: 8 On Order. Previous split was incorrect with 39 at Newbury and 32 Goldline.
  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire Fleet List: 22207 corrected, having lost its Route 1 branding a number of months ago

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08-03-05

  • Reading Transport Fleet List: 919-24 and 944 have also been withdrawn. 917-24, 937, 943-45, a total of twelve, all departed for Southampton Docks today.
  • Reading Transport Vehicle Types: Page updated with recent deliveries and departures. New total of 210 vehicles (138 Reading, 1 Reading Store, 40 Newbury, 31 Goldline) Plus: 8 On Order.
  • Reading Transport Optare Excels: Text updated regarding 917-24, 937, 943-45
  • Travel Coventry: New links added but Vehicle Types page discontinued
  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire Fleet List: Rugby 41505 has been withdrawn for disposal. 40150 has taken it's place from reserve at Nuneaton. By December Operations Managers cars 90957 and 90958 had been withdrawn without replacement following staff changes. New by December were 90026, an Audi A4 for the Warwickshire Engineering Director and 90742 a Ford Focus at Nuneaton for one of the Revenue Protection Inspectors.

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03-03-05

  • Reading Transport Fleet List: 738 and 739 have had their Reading Borough Council DayTrack / NightTrack lettering removed and Reading Buses logos added, having been made redundant by recent changes to the NightTrack network. Part of 738's party-goer livery was lost when 3-4 windows were broken by stone throwing vandals on 18th February. Thanks to Brian Coney for this. There have yet to be any sightings of these vehicles in service.
  • Reading Transport Wright Solars: 1008 and 1010 were delivered on 28th February. Thanks to Sam Simpson for this.
  • Reading Transport MCW Metrobuses: 469 has been repainted. 190 and 191 have passed from Mike Nash to Mann's Coaches, Gravesend.
  • News Page: Story corrected slightly - Wallenius Wilhelmsen is the shipping line being used to transport the Excels to New Zealand, the actual ships are the Tampa and Taronga (not Taranga) as per the later update. Thanks to Mac Head for this.
  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire Fleet List: 40152 is in service at Rugby. Thanks to Keith Wood for this.

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