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July 2010

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28-07-10:

  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List: 53703 entered service by 26th. Thanks to Chris Maxfield for this. 22767 lost its branding for route 7A/B "parking costs" today, whilst 12016/8 received their Stagecoach Hybrid branding.

27-07-10:

  • Oxford Bus Company Fleet List: 903 returned to the fleet today repainted into Park & Ride livery. Thanks to Ralph Adams for this.
  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List: 12001 arrived on 24th, 12018/9 arrived today and "missing" 12006/17 are expected later this week. 12007 lost it's "Coming Soon" lettering in favour of Hybrid livery on 26th and 12008 today. 22207, 22209, 22922, 22930, 22937, 33822 are the first vehicles to be withdrawn pending disposal following the arrival of the hybrids with 47315, 47316 and 31320 also going into reserve. 31320 is expected to return to Banbury for storage on 30th. 31331 returned to Banbury from loan to Oxford in mid June. 22279 has lost its branding for route 1 and 33654 its branding for route 10. 22763 has lost its route 7A/B "good night out" branding (yesterday), 22764 its route 7A/B "parking costs" branding (today) and 22765 its route 7A/B "every 5 minutes" branding (yesterday).

25-07-10:

  • Courtney Coaches Fleet List: New is Optare Solo YJ10 MBX. Thanks to Ian Mihell for this.
  • Reading & Wokingham Coaches Fleet List: XIL 7395 was reregistered J563 HGH, and RE53 JAK to XIL 7395 in September 2009. Thanks to David Sykes for this.
  • Oxford Bus Company Fleet List: 902 has unexpectedly rejoined the fleet, freshly repainted into Park & Ride livery. Thanks to Graham Low for this. It seems that 903, 908 and 909 are also to follow suit.
  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List: 12015 arrived on 22nd and 12016, 53704/5 on 23rd. 53701 entered service on 21st and 53702 on 23rd. 22761 has lost it's Route 7A/B "easy access" branding, and 22762 it's Route 7A/B "good night out" branding in favour of fleet livery.
  • Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List: 15670/1 are the other two Scanias branded for route 28. These and unbranded 15675 were in service by 23rd. Thanks to Tony Hunter for this.

20-07-10:

  • Reading Transport Optare Solos: New photo of former 108 with Clarkes Coaches added. Thanks to Andrew McKinnon for this.
  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List: 53702/3 arrived at Oxford today. 12003/4/13 entered service on 16th. 22942-6/8 had all lost their route branding for route 1 by this afternoon, each retaining their Stagecoach MegaRears without the route 1 lettering. 22209 lost its route branding and MegaRear for Oxford City Centre yesterday. Only 22279 remains to be done. 33650/2 have lost the remains of their route 10 branding, with all branding also removed from 33653 and 33763 by this afternoon leaving just 33654 to be done.
  • Stagecoach in Warwickshire Fleet List: 20224 didn't leave the fleet in April as previously reported, and has recently moved from reserve at Leamington to service at Stratford. Thanks to David Wilder for this. 15673 is KX10 KTC and 15676 is like to be KTF. 15672/3, and up to two others, have branding for route 28 and were expected to enter service yesterday.

17-07-10:

15-07-10:

  • Oxford Bus Company Fleet List: 110, 112 and 117 have MegaRears for My Ashmolian, 112 loosing its rear for Booty, St Aldates and 117 for Oxfordshire County Council. Each feature a different person. 105 has a MegaRear for The Ashmolian, and 116 has a MegaRear for The Key which replaced one for Finders Keepers. All of these rears may have been in place since other vehicles with similar rears were treated some time ago. Thanks to David Gray for this.
  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List: 12002/05/09/11/14 entered service for the first time today, with 12010 also in use for the official launch. Most of the others that have arrived will enter service tomorrow, apart from 12007/8 which will remain on training duties for the time being. The first of the five Plaxton Elites for National Express 53701 arrived at Oxford today registered OU10 GYH and is expected to enter service rapidly. 53702-5 will be registered OU10 GYJ/K/N/O. 20936 arrived from Manchester on 13th. 47363 lost its Jericho Voyager branding for route 17 a couple of weeks ago. 22947 has lost its branding for route 1 but retains its MegaRear less route 1 logos. The rest of the batch 22942-8 are in the process of being treated similarly.
  • Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Fleet List: 33651/5 have lost their branding for route 10, and 33650 some of its branding for route 10. Thanks to David Gray for this.

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02-07-10:

  • Oxford Bus Company Fleet List: 218/21 were in service by 23rd June and 223/31 by 24th June. Thanks to Ralph Adams for this. 219/22 are the only two left to be confirmed in service. 401/2/8 have transferred to Plymouth Citybus and 801-10 to Go North East.

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