On Gold Line duty
Passing the 1887 Queen Victoria Jubilee Fountain in St. Mary’s Butts, Reading Transport 82 (D82UTF) takes up its next duty on the X1 Gold Line service to London Aldgate. The bus is a Leyland Olympian with Optare bodywork, new in 1986.
Initially worked as a through service to Southend in co-operation with Southend Transport, the X1 Gold Line service was a high-quality express service that used the M4 motorway for much of the route. However, chronic traffic congestion through the Central London section often threw the timetable into disarray. A much improved rail service under Network Southeast auspices eventually won back much of the commuter traffic from the X1.
January 1989
Rollei 35 camera
Kodak Ektachrome 100 film.
On Gold Line duty
Passing the 1887 Queen Victoria Jubilee Fountain in St. Mary’s Butts, Reading Transport 82 (D82UTF) takes up its next duty on the X1 Gold Line service to London Aldgate. The bus is a Leyland Olympian with Optare bodywork, new in 1986.
Initially worked as a through service to Southend in co-operation with Southend Transport, the X1 Gold Line service was a high-quality express service that used the M4 motorway for much of the route. However, chronic traffic congestion through the Central London section often threw the timetable into disarray. A much improved rail service under Network Southeast auspices eventually won back much of the commuter traffic from the X1.
January 1989
Rollei 35 camera
Kodak Ektachrome 100 film.