THE SHOWBUS WEST OF ENGLAND BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Swindon's Bus Company
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 In March 2017 Go-Ahead acquired Thamedown Transport and by September when Alexander Dennis Enviro200 2768 (YX17NHY) a new livery and fleetname was projected on the new bus: Swindon's Bus Company. The bus was numbered in the Go-South Coast 2xxx series.
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 Same spot a year later and Enviro200MMC 2775 (HF67ATV) is arriving at the Donington Arena for SHOWBUS 2018. Note the bus has an H-prefixed registration, linked to Go-South Coast's Head Office rather than a W-prefix for the West of England, Thamesdown's norm. However 2768 is Y-prefixed linked to the bus being built at Scarborough. The practice of a bus being registered wnere it was built is now common place, but a meaningless exercise!
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 A nearside view of 2775 on display in the afternoon.
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 In August 2019 Enviro200MMC 2780 (HF67AUC) meets Enviro200 219 (OY16JVZ) leaving the Bus Station.
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 Enviro200 219 is followed out of Swindon Bus Station by Stagecoach West 34665 (CN64EDJ) an Alexander Dennis Pointer Dart new to Stagecoach South Wales.
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 Seen near the Bus Station that wet August day was Wright bodied Scania K230UB 515 (WX57TLN)..
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 An all Wright product is 415 (WX12GDU), showing off its rear aspect on its way to the Hospital.
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 Doubledeckers have never featured prominently in the Swindon fleet since the days of the CVG6. A handful cover busier journeys, especially around school times. This East Lancs bodied Scania N94UD, 372 (YN55NHE), was one of nine acquired from RATPdev/London United where it was SLE11 when new.
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 An offside front view of 372 moments later, followed by sister vehicle 377 (YN55NHL), former SLE17.
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 Passing the Bus Station is Alexander Dennis Enviro200MMC 2773 (HF67ATO).
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 Heading for Penhill is Wright bodied K230UB 505 (WX06JXT).
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 Departing the Bus Station is Optare Versa 406 (WX60EDP). The batch of eight has been transferred from Swindon and split between Southern Vectis and Bluestar. A variety of Stagecoach vehicles are on the bays, the facility being more used by them than Swindon.
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 In 2024 Swindon's Bus Company returned to SHOWBUS with Enviro200 2705 (YX64VOG) being displayed outside Quainton Railway Station.
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 Here is the bus earlier entering the Station grounds followed by Stagecoach Oxford's first Enviro400EV electric decker, 80001 (SK24XRB).
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 A relatively long way from Swindon, Enviro200 107 (MX13BBZ) is seen on the X76 to Calne outside Bath Bus Station in July 2025. The 29 seater bus was a secondhand acquisition in the days of Thamesdown.
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 At work in Swindon on a Sunday a few days later was Enviro20MMC 2743 (HF65CXT).
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 Enviro200 2704 (YX64VOF) was also at work that day.
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 One of the earlier Wright Solar bodied Scania K230UB was also at work on the Sabbath, 526 (WX59EJK).
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 Off to Middleleaze on the 1A was Enviro200MMC 2781 (HF67AUE).
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 In the Bus Station and heading in the opposite direction to Badbury Park was 2774 (HF67ATU).
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 Early Sunday evening finds a lot of the fleet resting at the depot. Nearest the camera is Enviro200MMC 2778 (HF67ATZ), then plain Enviro200 2720 (HF64BPX) and two along is Enviro200MMC 275 (HF20CVC). The rest are unidentified but include one of the East Lancs bodied Scania deckers and several recently acquired Enviro400 doubles. The first were internally transferred within Go-South Coast, the latest are from National Express West Midlands.
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 Two freshly prepared new Enviro400 arrivals. The one further from the camera is unidentified as registration plates are awaited as well as fleet number. Nearer the camera is 1279 (BX09PGY), one of several acquired by Go-Ahead from National Express West Midlands where it was 4823.
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 Transferred from Morebus and still with their red flashes n its blue is Scania Omnicity N94UB 2001 (YN06CGO).
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 Parked in the depot was another National Express West Midlands Enviro400, 1280 (BX09PHA), former 4825.
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 The Enviro400 on the left of this yard shot is 1276 (BX09PFY), former National Express West Midlands 4815. The two Enviro200MMC singledeckers either side of the Biffa skip are 275 again and 2734 (HF65CXG), then there is Enviro200 2720 again on the extreme right.
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 Finally, posed together are a pair of Enviro200 acquisitions. On the left 106 (MX13BBV) and on the right 105 (MX13AZV) bothe of which had seen service with the new South Wales Transport. The former had been displayed at SHOWBUS international 2015 at Woburn Abbey.
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