M40 speedster
City of Oxford Motor Services was one of several National Bus Company subsidiaries that took the MCW DR130 Metroliner double-decker coach between 1983 and 1985 for express services. Most were painted in National Express white, but COMS used this eye-catching Oxford Blue, white and yellow livery. It bears the hallmark of designer Ray Stenning.
The Oxford CityLink 190 service offered a fast and comfortable run to and from London via the M40 motorway, much superior to the life-expired and rattly DMUs that British Rail provided at the time. The weak link was chronic traffic congestion in West London, which regularly played havoc with schedules.
After being displaced from Oxford CityLink services, Metroliner B901XJO was converted to open- top by Ensign and had a lengthy afterlife as a London sightseeing bus.
May 1985
Yashica FR-1 camera
Kodak Ektachrome 100 film.
M40 speedster
City of Oxford Motor Services was one of several National Bus Company subsidiaries that took the MCW DR130 Metroliner double-decker coach between 1983 and 1985 for express services. Most were painted in National Express white, but COMS used this eye-catching Oxford Blue, white and yellow livery. It bears the hallmark of designer Ray Stenning.
The Oxford CityLink 190 service offered a fast and comfortable run to and from London via the M40 motorway, much superior to the life-expired and rattly DMUs that British Rail provided at the time. The weak link was chronic traffic congestion in West London, which regularly played havoc with schedules.
After being displaced from Oxford CityLink services, Metroliner B901XJO was converted to open- top by Ensign and had a lengthy afterlife as a London sightseeing bus.
May 1985
Yashica FR-1 camera
Kodak Ektachrome 100 film.