THE SHOWBUS UK MIDLANDS BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Oxford Park & Ride
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Oxford's Park & Ride services are some of the best used in the country. Hence doubledeckers are the normal requirement. The operation has seen a mix of vehicles over the years, including Willowbrook Warrior rebodied Leyland Leopard singledeckers, ex London DMS and then London Titans. These ECW bodied Leyland Olympians, displaced by singledeckers from city services, support the service in a quite eye catching livery. This is 218 (BBW218Y). Brand new deckers folowed shortly afterwards.
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A newer Alexander bodied Leyland Olympian, 228 (E228CFC), was one of a number that operated the Park & Ride services alongside the older ECW Olympians illustrated above.
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 You wait ages for a bus then....... three turn up at once. An unusual delay at Oxford's Northern Pear Tree Bridge Park & ride site. Post Christmas sales caused delays on the cross - city service, by which time the queue, pre-serviced by a car park based conductor was more than one Dennis Trident could cope with. Whlst the first two buses coped with the queue, the third dropped its passengers and high tailed it out of the car park to get the service back on time. Meanwhile a fourth Trident appeared. |
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Dennis Trident 113 (T113DBW) was the first to arrive, the attractive livery suits the Alexander ALX400 bodywork well.
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 The rear end of 113 here shows the lack of window on the lower deck, which has effectively been replaced by a destination blind. It was surprising to find that car park charges had just been introduced at the Park & Ride sites - 50p for 24 hours - reasonable enough for a long stay, but when added to the £1.30 return on the bus car drivers would find it hard to justify use of Park & Ride car parks against the cost and convenience of city centre multi-storey car parks if more than one passenger was visiting the city for a couple of hours, or more than two for three hours or so. |
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