Oxford Connection
Back in the mid 1990s Reading Buses held several open days at their former Bee Line depot in Kenavon Drive, used at the time as an engineering base.
Seen at the October 1994 open day is Reading Buses MCW Metrorider DP26F 216 WOI3005. This bus had been new as an Optare demonstrator registered G683KNW in 1989. It joined the Ipswich Travel fleet in 1991 where it gained the Northern Irish registration from another member of the fleet. It arrived at Reading in 1993, initially on loan, where it was allocated to the Newbury Buses fleet for use on the Oxford Connection X34 service.
Oxford Connection
Back in the mid 1990s Reading Buses held several open days at their former Bee Line depot in Kenavon Drive, used at the time as an engineering base.
Seen at the October 1994 open day is Reading Buses MCW Metrorider DP26F 216 WOI3005. This bus had been new as an Optare demonstrator registered G683KNW in 1989. It joined the Ipswich Travel fleet in 1991 where it gained the Northern Irish registration from another member of the fleet. It arrived at Reading in 1993, initially on loan, where it was allocated to the Newbury Buses fleet for use on the Oxford Connection X34 service.