THE LONDON & HOME COUNTIES SHOWBUS BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Southend Transport & Arriva serving Southend
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Once typical of Southend's fleet is this Titan PD3 with Massey bodywork, built to a special height to fit under the lowbridge on Southend Sea Front - which is precisely the bridge where this photo is viewed from. The two extra high Nottingham Olympians transferred to Southend at the end of their lives hopefully never came near this obstruction during their short spell in Southend or that woud probably have been their final journey.
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Southend Transport 323 (7087HJ) was another unusual purchase - a lowheight Albion Lowlander LR7 with Alexander bodywork - again an easy fit under that bridge.
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Another Southend Lowlander, but there could be a prize for guessing where it is and what it is doing. It was 1973 and the bus was one of many from a variety of sources helping out Alder Valley. AV was having an acute vehicle shortage and the Southend Lowlanders joined London Country RTs and Royal Blue MWs amongst others. It was seen here leaving Reading Bus Station.
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 Another view showing the Lowlander following Alder Valley/Thames Valley's only Bristol MW6G with the final style of ECW body for that chassis. Hitherto in Thames Valley's maroon and cream coaching livery 860 (520ABL) had been painted in NBC dual purpose colours. |
Southend Transport had few singledeckers in its fleet, and this is one of a pair of Leyland Leopard PSU3s with Marshall bodywork - the more unusual for its dual door layout.
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