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last updated Sunday, December 13th 1998 - 2200hrs
Only 10 shopping days to Christmas including Sunday and then we are nearly at the end of another year. Over 15,000 hits to these pages since June 1997 and over 12,000 hits since its revamp in January of this year. Thank you all for your interest. Since Summer David has been driving with The Oxford Bus Company and Malcolm passed his PCV test on Monday of last week, so both your Editors are now "Professional Drivers".
Sunday has seen me (Malcolm) in Oxford again and a few interesting pictures are included with one of the Sunday Park & Ride 300 service entering Oxford over Magdalen Bridge to avoid serious traffic delays on the Folly Bridge and the Abingdon Road.
On the Stagecoach front an additional Dart SLF seen was 821 on the X39 still at Oxford with 818, 822 and 823. As mentioned last week all the remainder have now been withdrawn are shortly to be on their way to new homes.
A further reseated Volvo B6 with red roof in service on Rose Hill is 833.
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Re-routed 300 Park&Ride service due to traffic congestion sees 228 approaching
the Magdalen Bridge en route to Redbridge. Sunday 13th December 1998.
223, an Olympian/ECW, also seen approaching Magdalen Bridge en route to take up service on
35 road.
Citylink coach 42 inbound from London on Sunday 13th December 1998.
Oxford 218 passes Stagecoach 908 on X33 service to Abingdon.
Sunday 13th December 1998.
Having worked a service 1 journey into the city on Sunday December 12th,
382 is seen heading back
empty to Cowley, passing the Oxford Bus Company Headquarters.
Unable to secure a matching registration number 911 is seen carrying
R811XFC at Horspath Depot.
Sunday 13th December 1998.
TOUR BUS BUSINESS
Last addition to the guide Friday fleet based in Oxford and still
looking smart after 4 months service.
KPJ258W an ex London Country Atlantean. Sunday 13th December 1998.
SCOTTISH INTERLUDE
Malcolm visited Glasgow on Friday and Saturday
last and we include a few interesting pictures.
For arriving passengers at Glasgow Airport requiring transport into the
City, Arriva Scotland
provides four Dennis Dart SLF/Alexander ALX200's in a dedicated livery on service 905.
This is a Citylink service and tickets are valid on the 901 as well.
As mentioned tickets are also valid on Scottish Citylink service 901 which was
operated
on the day in question
by a very nice Volvo B10M/Van Hool R reg coach
belonging to Parks of Hamilton. Saturday 12th December 1998.
The bus station in Glasgow was host to National Express coaches bound
for London (far left)
Oxford - service 739 (centre) and Stranraer (right.)
Malcolm would be back in Oxford (by air) several hours before the 739 coach.
How many of you remember the trial of an articulated Volvo coach on the
Oxford Tube.
Here two similar coaches are seen in Glasgow bus station where reversing does not seem
to be a problem. All the Stagecoach artics have now gathered north of the border !
Finally remember when, earlier in the year, we had a Stagecoach Western
Volvo in Bus Points livery
operating in Oxford for a time ? Here it is back home in Scotland. (Saturday
December 12th 1998)
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New photos were added on 16/4/98.
Take a look at our picture report from Manchester,
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THE OXFORD BUS MUSEUM
An interesting report appears in
latest issue of Preserved Bus
about the recent recreation of Route 75 Oxford-High Wycombe.
Look in our archive pages for our own pictures of the event.
Why not take time out to visit us ?
A VR meet was held on the 22nd March 1998 - and you can see photos
of each VR that attended.
1999 will see this event held once again at the Museum on 21st March.
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