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from Oxford, High Wycombe
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last updated Wednesday, September 30th 1998 - 1700hrs
Editorial
Apologies for the lack of updates but Malcolm has been away in Africa. Never far however from Stagecoach since of course they run Stagecoach Kenya Bus and Malcolm was in Nairobi.
Sunday last saw one of the biggest rallies, with Duxford hosting the usual wide variety of visitors from far and away. We took the opportunity to record some visitors from our area and bring you below an interesting selection.
Stagecoach Oxford advise that at the time of writing at least four of the new MAN saloons are en route from the Alexander factory in Falkirk. They should be here later today or early tomorrow. Details will be put on the page as soon as they are to hand. No other changes have occurred during the past week and no further ex London Darts have as yet been received. The Oxford Brookes University contract is now under way and loadings have been exceptional in the first days according to Alex Carter, Managing Director of Stagecoach Oxford. The reserve decker, 551, SCN251S, has arrived and is painted in corporate livery. We hope to have pictures this weekend.
For the record the new saloons en route and in build are :
913-941 S913-941CFC
A further Mercedes Vario 0-814 has been received numbered 372. Only 382 and 383 are now outstanding.
Oxford Bus has sold three more Titans to Kimes Coaches of Folkingham, Lincs. These are 956 on 27/9/98(rereg WAZ8278 was KYV519X) , 960 on 21/9/98 (re-reg WAZ8277 was OHV711Y) and 968 on 27/9/98 (re-reg WAZ8276 was NUW661Y) . 975 (A869SUL) has been sold to the Oxford Bus Museum at Long Hanborough. It will gain a revised livery, reverting to a black skirt and the previous to current livery.
The updated "Front Page" with a new graphic, which we hope you will like, includes Oxford Bus 11 and 401 with Stagecoach Oxford 12 and 825 in a "bursting with buses" montage !
We hope you continue to like this short section, which will give us the opportunity to comment on the local scene in an informal way. Please Email Malcolm Crowe with any comments.
NEW OLYMPIAN REPRESENTS THE SHIRES AT DUXFORD
An nearside shot of 5157, S157KNK on
display at Duxford last Sunday.
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OXFORD SELLS SOME TITANS
AND THREE ARRIVE AT DUXFORD.
Three Titans including 956, so often used at Wycombe in recent months
have been sold to Kimes. A group including 975, with the Oxford Bus Museum, are pictured
at Duxford last Sunday. An earlier sale can just be seen alongside, now converted to
single door. It is beautifully repainted and was in immaculate condition.
The Kimes Titan, TAZ 4062, meets up with 975 which has recently joined the
Oxford Bus Museum collection. Duxford, Sunday 27th September 1998.
Richard Sharman of Stagecoach Oxford took Oxford Tube nr 12 to Duxford
last Sunday.
(September 27th 1998)
More local visitors to Duxford.
A nicely turned out Leyland Tiger, E737WOC(MoD reg not known),
owned by Red Rose Travel of Aylesbury is seen at Duxford.
The bodywork is by Plaxton (a Derwent 2) with 54 coach seats.
Malcolm asked the Cambridge Coach Services crew on this new Olympian
what the chances were of a visit to the 75 route from Cambridge to Oxford.
It would certainly turn a few heads in town !
Regular Visitors to Oxford.
Our fourth offering is a Travelrich Neoplan UGV847, working for tour operator Grand European Tours and picking up its passengers during a stop in Oxford.
Photo
Miscellany contains updated photos which is being done on a regular basis,with new
photos added from time to time.
New photos were added on 16/4/98.
Take a look at our picture report from Manchester,
featuring ex-Oxford buses!
191 & 756, ex COMS, on display at Duxford. Sunday 27th September 1998
A VR meet was held on the 22nd March 1998 - and you can see photos
of each VR that attended.
Visitors to this News page since 17th March 1998.
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