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Maidstone, Chequers Centre Bus Station.
Working the 0945 Invictaway service 981 to London Victoria sometime during the summer of 1995, shortly before the Invictaway services were re-branded as Green Line.
Rainham based General Express Services DAF XF 105 480 coupled to a three axle skelly loaded with a forty foot Geest container i am guessing the box does not contain bananas as its delivering to a chemical company
WVL339 LX59DDY seen at Hatton Cross working on route X26 towards West Croydon.
The X26 finally gets treated route branding and WVL339 is one of the vehicles that recently got the wrap. I say it looks much better than the other branding schemes such as Hayes and Barkingside.
Highland Omnibuses (and fellow SBG operator Northern Scottish) amassed a fair number of Ford chassis between them. Traditionally thought of as 'lightweights', an amazing degree of faith was invested in them. I'm not qualified to report on how either business got on with the brand, but my own experience of them as an operator was mixed. I found them better than the equivalent Bedford in terms of engines, but the air hydraulic braking system was a let down.
Flickrite 'Life Stinks' caught up with Highland's Alexander Y Type bodied Ford R226, VRG 124L looking well presented here in Kyle of Lochalsh. There's no blind display, but if the windscreen sticker says what I think it does, its operating 'UIG via Fort William' . . . so where did the route start?
There's a nice cameo appearence of a Karrier 'Bantam' mobile tea shop too.
A short while ago, over on Facebook, The Bus Archive shared this view (in Black & White) of Ribble Motor Services aDuple 'Roadmaster' bodied Leyland Royal Tiger EFV 149. Their policy is to allow sharing of donated images from the collection subject to a credit.
It was such an agreeable view to me that I felt the urge to reach for the digital paintbrush, so here it is in 'colour'. From discussions at the time, I believe the original to have been taken in Barnard Castle.
Has this woman chosen the slower mode of transport to get to Dublin Airport? We had no idea where in Dublin this photo was taken, but knew it must have been fairly central because of the style of lamp post in the background. Slow Loose Chippings, billh35, and especially mogey put in the legwork to prove that this photo was taken in Store Street, Dublin (near Busáras) - thanks one and all!
Delighted also with this fantastic technical information on the bus from billh35:
"Delivered in 1953 to CIE were six of these double deck coaches, numbered R541 to R546. They were Leyland OPD2/1's with bodies built by CIE. These were very stylishly finished vehicles, for the express service to Dublin Airport. They had centre entrance and staircase, seating for 50 and a large walk in luggage compartment behind the back axle. After 11 years on the airport service, they were converted to half cab rear platform buses. An example R541 (ZO 6960) is preserved."
Date: September 1961
NLI Ref.: TIL560
Ok, I know I've shared this one before too, but as we're in Premier Reliance mode, lets go for a hat trick.
This dates back to my earliest years of bus photography and would have been most likely have been 1977. It was taken at the Oxford end of what I believe was Premier Travel's first express service, that from Cambridge. The exact location is Gloucester Green Bus station which appeared to have shrunk considerably when I last visted it three or four years ago.
Alexander 'Y Type' bodied AEC Reliance VER 262L has a Worths of Enstone Bedford (?) Duple Dominant and an Austin 1800 'Land Crab' for company.
W.C. Standerwick ECW (CH42/18Ct) Bristol VRL/LH6L LRN 58J fleet number 58, taking a refreshment break at the Four in Hand café which was next to the PMT bus depot on the A34 Liverpool Road Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, August 1971. The Four in Hand was a popular place for express coaches to use, and was also used by Smith Happiways Spencer's as an interchange during the summer months. The Four in Hand café closed by 1977. The VRL coaches were used on the Standerwick Birmingham and London express services with the exception of the Keswick and later Whitehaven services to London. Standerwick had tried the VRL coaches on the Keswick service but with the reliability problems with the VRL avoided sending them through the Lake District. I won this slide on eBay with full copyright, the photographer is Mr Cliff Essex.
Image scanned from a slide/negative purchased on Ebay with copyright included.
Bressenden Place, Victoria.
Following the success of the introduction of the LNER's first streamlined service, the Silver Jubilee in 1935, the company decided to celebrate the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 with the introduction of another service "The Coronation". This first ran between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley on 5 July 1937 - this booklet is the version issued for the following year and dated 2 May 1938.
In common with The Silver Jubilee, and the West Riding Limited that was introduced in 1938, the service was an high speed express with a wide range of premium services that attracted an additional surcharge. Again, specially constructed train sets were introduced including a beaver-tailed observation coach, and the units were hauled by the company's A4 locomotives - trains ets and locomotives in the then special 'garter blue' livery seen in this publicity booklet.
The booklet is printed by the Baynard Press and exceeds even the usually high standards of the LNER with careful attention paid to the graphic design, typography and layout with the use of metallic inks. The artwork is by one of the LNER's best known poster artists, Frank Parkinson Newbould.
Preserved 1969 Bristol RELH6G with Eastern Coachworks body at Hooton Park Wirral on Merseyside during an annual running day event. New to Southern National.
In the mid-1930s, like many other railway companies, the LNER introduced the concept of streamlined locomotives and train sets to form prestige services that appealed to the travelling public in terms of speed and comfort as well as showing the railways as 'modern' and 'up to date'. The Silver Jubilee, using the new A4 steam locomotives and new train sets, first ran between London Kings Cross and Newcastle on 30 September 1935 and set a new standard for speed at that time.
The quality of the advertising and publicity was, to reflect the intended market, very high although it is fair to say that in many ways the LNER's general approach to marketing was equally as high. The booklet was printed at the Baynard Press in London and features the use of blue and silver metallic inks, matching the train's livery. The artwork is by one of the LNER's regular poster artists, Frank Parkinson Newbould (1887 - 1951) and the booklet makes extensive use of the recently adopted 'standard' Gill Sans typeface. This is the version of the booklet issued for the second year of operation in 1936 with slight amendments to certain timings and connections.
Following the success of the introduction of the LNER's first streamlined service, the Silver Jubilee in 1935, the company decided to celebrate the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 with the introduction of another service "The Coronation". This first ran between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley on 5 July 1937 - this booklet is the version issued for the following year and dated 2 May 1938.
In common with The Silver Jubilee, and the West Riding Limited that was introduced in 1938, the service was an high speed express with a wide range of premium services that attracted an additional surcharge. Again, specially constructed train sets were introduced including a beaver-tailed observation coach, and the units were hauled by the company's A4 locomotives - trains ets and locomotives in the then special 'garter blue' livery seen in this publicity booklet.
The booklet is printed by the Baynard Press and exceeds even the usually high standards of the LNER with careful attention paid to the graphic design, typography and layout with the use of metallic inks. The artwork is by one of the LNER's best known poster artists, Frank Parkinson Newbould.
Image scanned from a slide/negative purchased on Ebay with copyright included.
Bulleid Way (Colonnades Coach Station), Victoria.
Monday 12th February, 1996.
Crosville Motor Services Duple Laser (C49F) Leyland Tiger TRCTL/2R A42 SMA (fleet number CTL42) wearing the second version of the Town Lynx livery which was applied to coaches operating Crosville's short distance express services in North Wales, Cheshire and Merseyside. The Tiger is seen heading down Buckingham Palace Road in London on a very hot August day in 1984, I would have a guess this might be a Runcorn based coach, as Runcorn depot operated a lot of National Express dupes. This Tiger was rebodied in 1992 by East Lancs (B55F) and passed to Midland Red North.
Of interest, to the right of the front of the Tiger is a Volvo 240, behind the Tiger is a Mk4 Ford Cortina, in the Driver's cab window can be seen a Top Cat sticker, this was Leyland's roadside assistance.
Technical details:-
Chassis: Leyland Tiger TRCTL11/2R
Engine: Six-cylinder turbocharged Leyland TL11H
Power output: 245bhp
Gearbox: Five-speed Leyland Hydracyclic with fully-automatic control via the LVA45 system
Body: Duple Laser C49F
W.C. Standerwick Plaxton Panorama Elite (C43F) Leyland Leopard PSU4B/4R NCK 103J fleet number 118. These short Leopards owned by Ribble Motor Services really could fly, this example had worked the daily Keswick London express service departing Keswick at 8:00am arriving in Victoria Coach Station, London at 17:35pm. The service went through the Lake District into Morecambe and Lancaster, then down the M6 motorway into Preston, onto Wigan down the A49 stopping at the towns of Ashton in Makerfield and Newton le Willows on the route into Warrington, then out on the A50 and back onto via the M6 leaving at Junction 16 onto the A500 onto the A34, stopping for lunch at the Four in Hand café next to the PMT bus depot on Liverpool Road. Then into Newcastle under Lyme, School Street, back onto the M6, leaving to go into Bloxwich and Walsall, then into Birmingham and Digbeth Coach Station, out on the A45 to Coventry Pool Meadow, out on the A46, M45 join the M1 leaving towards the end to call into Hendon and into London via the A41. This view was taken in October 1971, when the coach was four months old, note the Black & White Plaxton Panorama Daimler Roadliner behind. NCK 103J would work the overnight London Blackpool service, that is how Ribble got the coach back to its home depot for any checks or maintenance to be carried out. One year after this photograph was taken NCK 103J would be wearing the bland NATIONAL white coach livery. I won this slide on eBay with full copyright, photographer Mr Cliff Essex.
Technical details:-
Chassis: Leyland Leopard PSU4B/4R
Engine: horizontal 11.1-litre six-cylinder Leyland 0.680 diesel engine.
Gearbox: five-speed semi-automatic Pneumocyclic
Body: Plaxton Panorama Elite C43F
Image scanned from a slide/negative purchased on Ebay with copyright included.
Bressenden Place, Victoria.
In the mid-1930s, like many other railway companies, the LNER introduced the concept of streamlined locomotives and train sets to form prestige services that appealed to the travelling public in terms of speed and comfort as well as showing the railways as 'modern' and 'up to date'. The Silver Jubilee, using the new A4 steam locomotives and new train sets, first ran between London Kings Cross and Newcastle on 30 September 1935 and set a new standard for speed at that time.
The quality of the advertising and publicity was, to reflect the intended market, very high although it is fair to say that in many ways the LNER's general approach to marketing was equally as high. The booklet was printed at the Baynard Press in London and features the use of blue and silver metallic inks, matching the train's livery. The artwork is by one of the LNER's regular poster artists, Frank Parkinson Newbould (1887 - 1951) and the booklet makes extensive use of the recently adopted 'standard' Gill Sans typeface. This is the version of the booklet issued for the second year of operation in 1936 with slight amendments to certain timings and connections.
London Central Volvo B7TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini WVL254 [LX06 EBC] passes Waterloo station working Express service X68 from West Croydon to Russell Square
Following the success of the introduction of the LNER's first streamlined service, the Silver Jubilee in 1935, the company decided to celebrate the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 with the introduction of another service "The Coronation". This first ran between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley on 5 July 1937 - this booklet is the version issued for the following year and dated 2 May 1938.
In common with The Silver Jubilee, and the West Riding Limited that was introduced in 1938, the service was an high speed express with a wide range of premium services that attracted an additional surcharge. Again, specially constructed train sets were introduced including a beaver-tailed observation coach, and the units were hauled by the company's A4 locomotives - trains ets and locomotives in the then special 'garter blue' livery seen in this publicity booklet.
The booklet is printed by the Baynard Press and exceeds even the usually high standards of the LNER with careful attention paid to the graphic design, typography and layout with the use of metallic inks. The artwork is by one of the LNER's best known poster artists, Frank Parkinson Newbould.