Channel Coachways (ex-WNOC) Bristol SU 275 KTA

Bristol ECW C33F 275 KTA

 

In service with Western National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (425) - Based at Plymouth in July 1962 where it was used on coach tours in the West Country and duplicating on Royal Blue routes from Plymouth to London Victoria.

Transferred to Callington in September 1962

Transferred to Plymouth in April 1963

Fleet Number changed to 1225 in June 1971

Out of service with Western National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter in August 1972

In service with Fowey Bus & Taxis, Fowey in February 1973

Out of service with Fowey Bus & Taxis, Fowey in November 1974

In service with R H Jennings & L Caten, Leigh-on-Sea (trading as Channel Coachways) in November 1974

Out of service with R H Jennings & L Caten, Leigh-on-Sea in June 1983

Jennings, Rochford in June 1983

Colin Billington, Fifield in February 1985

David Sheppard Snr, Twyford in October 1993

 

Status: Preserved as Western National 425. Of the 38 Bristol SUL coaches that were built, this is the only surviving example in its original condition.

Chassis: Bristol SUL4A No: 190.042

Body No: 12889

 

Photo taken at Southend Airport.

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