THE SHOWBUS HOME COUNTIES BUS IMAGE GALLERY
First Berkshire | Beeline reborn
 |
 |
 In High Wycombe on the X74 from Slough is Wright bodied Volvo B7RLE 69390 (HY09AOS) in July 2021. Not long transferred from First Hampshire & Dorset it is in the orange livery for Slough route 4 from Maidenhead to Heathrow, though it is obviously going nowhere near them on this run. However the livery was the forerunner for the new Beeline brand which appeared a couple of years later. The new brand used less orange and a much darker shade of blue but the 4-branded Volvos kept their livery, but given the new Beeline branding.
Picture ref P7836 |
 |
|
|
 In 2023 several Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMC buses were sent south to Slough lifting the age profile of the doubledeck fleet considerably. They also launched the new "beeline" brand as seen on 34383 (SO68HGE) leaving Wycombe Bus Station on the X74 to Slough in May.
Picture ref P4452 |
 As the bus turned it displays one of several bee inspired adverts on the rear.
Picture ref P4453 |
 The following month 34380 (SO68HGA) heads into Wycombe along the London Road. The mid-decks branding is for route 7 (not the X74) between Britwell and Heathrow via Slough and Langley.
Picture ref P4563 |
 Also in June Volvo B7RLE 69388 (HU09AOT) arrives in Castle Street, High Wycombe on an X74 having lost its 4-branding for "beeline".
Picture ref P4634 |
|
|
|
 In August Enviro400MMC 34376 (SO68HFW) is on route 4 to Heathrow on Slough's Wellington Street.
Picture ref D3794 |
 Earlier in June 34385 (SK19EMF) is seen on Stoke Road on the 7 to Terminal 5 at Heathrow. It has just passed the Beelinw depot, over the bridge and on the right.
Picture ref D3479 |
 Seen from the top deck of a London bound Reading Buses Londonline in August 2023 at the Drake Avenue stop on the A4 at Langley is 34387 (SK19EMV) bound for Cippenham Green.
Picture ref D3800 |
 Leaving Heathrow T5 in May 2024 on a 7 to Britwell is former route 4 branded Wright bodied Volvo B7RLE 69386 (HY09AZB) in August 2023.
Picture ref D3813 |
|
|
|
 Loading at Heathrow Central Bus Station in May 2024 was 34380 (SO68HGA) on the rebranded A4 to Cippenham, approriate as the bus travels most of its route along the A4. The bus stop flag has yet to catch up with the change from 4.
Picture ref P4452 |
 Slough received an influx of Wright Streetlite DF buses from First Hampshire & Dorset either from the discontinued Southampton operation or displaced from Portsmouth by electric buses. This was one of the former that ran for sometime with "cityred" branding, 47686 (SL15RVZ) seen opposite Wycombe Rye arriving on an X74 from Slough in April 2025.
Picture ref P9739 |
 Having just emerged from the Heathrow Tunnel on an A4 to Cippenham is Enviro400MMC 34386 (SK19EMJ), followed by a Go-Ahead London Volvo B9TL, WVL341 (LX59DEU) - over fifteen years old! - on "Super"loop SL7 to Croydon in July 2025.
Picture ref D8555 |
 Arriving at Heathrow that day, and about to head into the Tunnel was 34380 seen on the X74.
Picture ref D8574 |
 The bus was seen again in August out of service and returning to Slough depot.
Picture ref D9004 |
 Here it is two minutes earlier crossing the Great Western Railway.
Picture ref D9002 |
 On layover on Wellington Street in Slough that day was Wright Streetlite DF 47691 (SL15RWN), another ex "cityred". The Tourismo behind is FCD Coaches of Cork, 242-C-790.
Picture ref D9007 |
 On the same day fellow Southampton Cityred 47689 (SL15RWJ) is seen active on route 6 on Wellington Street.
Picture ref D9010 |
A final August 2025 picture of Enviro400MMC 34831 (SO68HGC) on arrival at Heathrow Central Bus Station. Whilst some Wright Streetlites have appeared in the new corporate livery, mostly ex First Solent buses, how long will it be before this incarnation of Beeline disappears, especially as most buses on this page - with the exception of the Volvos - are recent repaints?
Picture ref D9136 |
|
|