Southern Vectis 727 - TIL6727
An odd quirk of the allocation saw three younger Olympians (743, 748 and 751) painted in Route Rouge colours, but an older Olympian painted in Island Explorer colours. 727 was the only all-Leyland Olympian ever to receive Island Explorer colours and retained these until the network review in 2006. It is pictured at Shanklin. The blind, as was usual in Island Explorer days, shows the continual route to Ryde, before an indication that it will head forward to Newport and Yarmouth.
20th August 2004
Southern Vectis 727 - TIL6727
An odd quirk of the allocation saw three younger Olympians (743, 748 and 751) painted in Route Rouge colours, but an older Olympian painted in Island Explorer colours. 727 was the only all-Leyland Olympian ever to receive Island Explorer colours and retained these until the network review in 2006. It is pictured at Shanklin. The blind, as was usual in Island Explorer days, shows the continual route to Ryde, before an indication that it will head forward to Newport and Yarmouth.
20th August 2004