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In June 2010 Brighton & Hove East Lancs Lolyne bodied Dennis Trident 819 (T819RFG) is seen on tour along Marine Parade in Brighton. |
Coming into Windsor alongside Home Park under the walls of the Castle is an interesting vehicle. It is the first MCV bodied doubledeck bus, built on a Volvo B9TL chassis for London. It fell slightly short of requirements and a second bus was furnished in due course, which became Go-Ahead London's VM1. The rejected bus was acquired by Rotala and put to work in Bristol. After roof damage it was made into a permanent open topper and ended up with RATP BBC in Windsor as their 360 (AE60GRU). |
Another bus with London connections on the Windsor tour was former London United SLE52 (YN55NKZ), an East Lancs bodied Scania N94UD converted to semi open top. The bus, now 361 with RATP BBC, is seen in July 2015 departing from the Castle on another loop of the historic town. Picture ref B328 |
Purchased new for the Windsor tour by RATP was this Optare bodied Volvo B9TL, 302 (PN10FNS), seen by the Castle a month earlier is going nowhere for the moment. Like the First Berkshire blue Citaro behind and all the other traffic, they are waiting for the daily changing of the guard ceremony to finish. Both buses share the same depot as RATP use First Berkshire's Slough depot to look after their small Windsor sightseeing fleet. Picture ref B49 |
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