Optare Delta 442 (EFT351), was photographed in the depot back in April 2008. It was originally Reading Buses 519 (N519YTF)
 
 
Delta 443 again on layover in the rain at night in the city in April 2008.
 
 
Reading's Excels were not the only vehicles to head south, Deltas 511-520 joined them. Seen in March 2013 Delta 515 (N515YTF) had become 254 (EHG70) in the PBC Party Bus fleet in Auckland and christened Dionysus. Prior to joining Party Bus in 2007 515 had spent a year with Reading's Newbury Buses subsidiary.
 
Seen on the same day was former Reading Buses Optare Delta 517 (N517YTF) with Party Bus named Pegasus, 251 (EGB613).