THE SHOWBUS UK MIDLANDS BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Oxford | Electric buses
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 A surprise first sighting of Oxford's new fleet of new-look Wright Streetdeck Electroliners for city serveices was in Thame in August 2024. The bus, 790 (BN24ZYM) was on a football special and is seen after it had turned round past Thame Town Hall.
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 Here it is on the stand mystifying prospective passengers with its unusual livery and lack od destination.
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 The Oxford order also included five Kite GB singledeckers. At SHOWBUS in September 2024 492 (BJ73WXD) is seen alongside the first of Stagecoach Oxford's contribution to an all electric bus fleet 80001 (SK24XRB), an Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV. The coach, F21NCW, a Plaxton Paragon bodied Dennis R of 2002, is in the colours of Norfolk Coachways.
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 Back to Thame the following month and Streetdeck 759 (BX74ZND) is working the 280 into Oxford. Oxford revived the 280 route number when Arriva withdraw their Aylesbury-Oxford service in July 2024, which they had only recently renumbered X8! Going back a ew decades Oxford used to run the 280. The new 280 only operates between Thame and Oxford and after a few months was amalgamated with the Oxford Brookes and Park & Ride service and renumbered 400! In a slight to rival Redline the County Council electronic display only showed Oxford Bus times with no mention of the more frequent and quicker X20 service to Oxford.
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 GB Kite Electroliner 492, seen at SHOWBUS, was seen at work on Oxford High Street that day. Unlike the Streetdeck Electrliners above it has the original style front, not the London inspired low impact curved version of the doubedeckers.
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 Preceeding the bulk delivery of Electroliners, a batch of twenty in grey livery for the 400 Oxford Brookes and Park & Ride Electroliners were delivered. These too had the original non-London front ends. This is 709 (BJ73WWO) seen the same day at the Carfax on the 400.
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 Electroliner 726 (BJ73WXO) is seen on city route 3 turning from the High Street into St Aldates.
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 On the High Street and heading in the opposite direction is 773 (BN24ZXU) following 191 (BJ73WVX), a City Sightseeing open topper. This was another Electroliner with Oxford converting the hop-on-hop-off tour to electric power. Meanwhile, one of the Brookes Electroliners turns into St Aldates.
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 Also turning into St Aldates was singledeck Kite GB Electroliner 494 (BJ73WXG).
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 Heading down St Aldates on a 35 as far afield as Abingdon was Streetdeck 762 (BN24ZXG), meanwhile a Stagecoach Oxford Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV approaches in the distance.
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 On city service 5 in the High Street at the Carfax is 752 (BN24ZWW).
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 At the Carfax and back from Thame is 759 still on the 280.
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 A second view of 752 at the Carfax.
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 On route 8 at the Carfax is 757 (BN74ZXB).
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 On the 5A at the St Aldates bus stop (G5) is 746 (BJ73WYM) with an Enviro400MMC of Stagecoach Oxford in distance livery in the distance.
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 Another Brookes/Park & Ride Electroliner at the Carfax, 717 (BJ73WWY).
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 Interestingly this Electroliner, 784 (BN24ZYF), is not in grey livery but is on the 400 service and bound for Wheatley on the same day that buses - as seen earlier - were still running on the 280 to Wheatley.
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 With the Carfax Tower on the right Wheatley bound Electroliner 784, above. meets Thames Travel's Connector branded 906 (NK20EKR) diesel fuelled Streetdeck.
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 Electroliner 734 (BJ73WXX) in the High Street on city route 8 is followed by Stagecoach Oxford 15758 (OU61AVN), an Alexander Dennis Enviro400 bodied Scania N230UD which was new in Stagecoach Gold livery.
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 Being followed by an Enviro400MMC still in Stagecoach Gold colours is Brookes and P&R liveried Electroliner 712 (BJ73WWS) on the 400 only bound as far as Thornhill Park & Ride.
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 Seen later that day in Bicester operating a Park & Ride Shuttle service to the ever popular Shopping Village was Electroliner 738 (BJ73WYB).
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 The Streetdeck Electroliner was complimenting the first of the five GB Kites, 491 (BJ73WXD), which had been delivered in this special black Bicester Shopping Village livery. The bus operates a service linking Bicester North Station and Bicester Village Station with the Shopping City.
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 The picture of 491 above was as it turned into Bicester Village Station, this is a better picture of it there.
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 The rear nearside view of the bus on the Station stand.
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 A railway official opens a special gate to allow the bus to take a shortcut to the Shopping Village.
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 Here it has entered the "forbidden" area.
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 Back on Oxford High Street later that day at stop J2 were Streetdeck Electroliners 750 (BJ73WYU) on the 3A and 731 (BJ73WXU) on the 5A.
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 Grey Oxford Brookes/Park & Ride Electroliner 706 (BJ73WWL) only bound as far as Thornhill P&R picks up in the High Street.
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 SHOWBUS entry 492 is seen again towards the end of the day heading into the city.
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 Another view of Bicester Village 491 in the town in June 2025.
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