The town of Reading lies 40 miles to the West of London and in bus terms it is one of the most progressive places in the country.
It has a superb modern railway station that is the destination for virtually all the buses that operate within the town.
‘Reading buses’ and the service they provide would grace any city.
Very much commited to gas propulsion (see blogs posted 30/04/2016 and 03/02/2018)
SK66 HRR ‘Readingbuses’ No. 901 ‘Orange Woodley’. Wright Streetdeck
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
This bus was present at Showbus 2016 held at Donington Park. (see blog dated 27/09/2016).
YN66 EZP ‘Readingbuses’ No. 793 ‘Royal Blue 33’. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Enviro 400MMC
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
DU61 FVY ‘Readingbuses’ No. 1212 ‘Vamooz’. Dennis Trident / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
This image which was taken at Showbus 2017 is included for completeness sake.
New as LC61 WYN to ‘Lloyd of Machynlleth’.
Then registered GO60 ODY with ‘Go Goodwins’ of Manchester.
YY15 OYN ‘Readingbuses’ No. 771 ‘Emerald’. ‘ADL’ E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
SN61 BCV ‘Readingbuses’ No. 225 ‘skyblue’. Dennis Trident / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New as an ‘ADL’ Enviro 400H, hybrid bus in 2011, Reading have converted it from hybrid drive to conventional diesel power.
Regular readers may remember my blog published 17/06/2017 detailing where
‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ have also converted some Enviro 400H’s to diesel power.
SN11 BWE ‘Readingbuses’ No. 1205 ‘jetblack’. Dennis Trident / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
LJ53 BGU ‘Readingbuses’ No. 526 ‘silverstars’. VDL SB250 / Wright Eclipse Gemini
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
‘silverstars’ branded buses are usually reserved for schools services but when not needed for schools work they can work elsewhere in the system
New to ‘ARRIVA London South’ as its DW29.
X100 RDG ‘Readingbuses’ No. 530 VDL SB250 / Wright Eclipse Gemini
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
This particular bus is used as backup to the fleet of Wright Streetdecks used on the
‘Orange’ Woodley service. (see image 1 of this selection).
New as LJ04 LEU to ‘ARRIVA London South’ as its DW55.
HW63 FHD ‘Thames Travel’ No. 252 ‘river rapids’. ‘ADL’ E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Originally intended and liveried for ‘Southern Vectis’.
Both ‘Thames Travel’ and ‘Southern Vectis’ are ‘Go-Ahead’ group companies.
VU06 JDF ‘Stagecoach in Hants & Surrey’ No. 18443. Dennis Trident / Alexander ALX 400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
‘The ‘Stagecoach’ livery in comparison to the riot of colour that is generally seen in Reading is almost mundane.
New to ‘Stagecoach Cheltenham & Gloucester’.
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