THE SHOWBUS MIDLANDS BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Notttingham City buses with new owners
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 Grant Palmer Scania 153 (BU53WAY) is seen in their new two tone red livery about to join the busway at Dunstable in October 2017. It was once Nottingham 500 (YN05GWY) but the CN230UB Omnicity joined the fleet by way of Centrebus, previously their 725, as a replacement for the previous BU53WAY, which had been rear ended by a Centrebus Scania, not necessarily this one!
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 Seen in Midland Classic's Burton depot on the occasion of the celebration of the 90th anniversary of Stevensons of Uttoxeter in September 2016 is ex-Nottingham Wright bodied Scania L94UB 528 (X94USC). Originally a demonstrator it is now numbered 86 and seen with Alexander Dennis Enviro200 3 (JB64MCL).
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 Part of a large influx of Alexander Dennis into Aylesbury's Red Group fleets former 378 (YX13BNV) was still in Nottingham colours when seen leaving High Wycombe in May 2023. It has since been repainted in Redline livery. it is on the 130 route started by the company from Wycombe to Aylesbury every fifteen minutes. The service competes with Arriva the Shires 300 but takes the direct route between Wycombe and Princes Risborough, providing passengers with a much quicker service. The innovative service has proved most successful. Arriva's attempts at retaliation proved ineffective alienating their customers on the section of the 300 via Naphill, once Thames Valley's most lucrative bus route. After some months of running virtually empty buses from Wyocmbe along the 130 only as far as Risborough and then sending one bus in four via the 130 route (leaving the 300 with a 15-15-30 frequency) they have sensibly given up and concentrated resources back of their core Naphill section.
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 At Ritchies' Swanson depot on the North Island of New Zealand in November 2017 is their Optare Versa RT154 (JBW458). The bus is one of seven acquired from Nottingham City Transport in 2013 and built in 2008. They were joined by three more purchased new acquired with the takeover of Reesby Buses in Rotorua.
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 Arriving at Donington Park for SHOWBUS international 2018 was Xelabus 549 (J19XEL), an East Lancs bodied Scania N94UD feeling very much at home near Nottingham again and - though it did not get to wear them when at Nottingham - it seems to be in traditional Nottingham livery having originally been 735 (YN04UJW).
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