THE HOME COUNTIES BUS IMAGE GALLERY
First Beeline & Berkshire Barbie singledeckers
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 Dart DMA42341 (X241AMO) is seen at Heathrow in summer 2007. The bus has an almost complete coverage advert for local electrical retailer, Lakes. With stores throughout the Thames Valley, they were a long standing customer with both Beeline and Arriva the Shires for advert buses.  |
 Going back to 2001, Dart 246 (X246AMO) is seen outside Slough Bus Station on the 58. The route used to be London Transport 458, running between Slough and Uxbridge. The service passed to London Country North West whose Slough operations were merged with Beeline's Slough routes in 1993. With Beeline being the descendant of Thames Valley, it is interesting to note that Thames Valley operated services out of Uxbridge in the 1920s, passing their operations to London General in 1929. |
 Another Lakes advert seen on ALX200 42343 (X243AMO) in July 2011 outside Slough Bus Station. |
 In June 2012 DMA40271 (T375NUA) is seen on the 58 in Uxbridge's Bus Station. The bus from First York blends with the native SLF/ALX in the Berkshire fleet. It is sporting full Overground branding with pink decals for the 58. |
 Slough's Brunel Bus Station was demolished around 2011, a new facility being built behind it nearer the railway station, which is where services used to terminate. Whilst the rail - bus link is improved, passengers are now further from their High Street destination, and buses are no longer allowed down said street. Dart 42338 (X238AMO) is seen entering the new facility in September 2011 but four years later the adjacent former Bus Station site was still an unfinished building site undermining the signs promoting the new modern facility. The facility is inadequate with two stops outside opposite the railway station and yet more the far side of the old Bus Station on the Wellington Street dual carriageway which is effectively a High Street bypass. |
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