All that glitters is not Gold
First West of England relinquished the Severn Express (Newport-Chepstow-Cribbs Causeway-Bristol) to Stagecoach West in September 2019 and the latter chose to replace it was a Gold-specification service. The usual allocation from the company's Bristol depot at Patchway became Alexander Dennis Enviro300-bodied MANs and Alexander Dennis Enviro400-bodied Scania N230UDs, previously based at Stroud and Swindon, respectively.
World events in March 2020 dictated that the service was curtailed, and Stagecoach withdrew completely in the June. Adventure Travel then stepped in operating just between Chepstow and Bristol using mostly Mercedes Citaros, but that's another story.
This shot on a crisp Winter's day in January 2020 depicts Stagecoach Scania N230UD 15767 at the Old Green Roundabout when heading for Bristol.
Even the livery is now consigned to history.
All that glitters is not Gold
First West of England relinquished the Severn Express (Newport-Chepstow-Cribbs Causeway-Bristol) to Stagecoach West in September 2019 and the latter chose to replace it was a Gold-specification service. The usual allocation from the company's Bristol depot at Patchway became Alexander Dennis Enviro300-bodied MANs and Alexander Dennis Enviro400-bodied Scania N230UDs, previously based at Stroud and Swindon, respectively.
World events in March 2020 dictated that the service was curtailed, and Stagecoach withdrew completely in the June. Adventure Travel then stepped in operating just between Chepstow and Bristol using mostly Mercedes Citaros, but that's another story.
This shot on a crisp Winter's day in January 2020 depicts Stagecoach Scania N230UD 15767 at the Old Green Roundabout when heading for Bristol.
Even the livery is now consigned to history.