THE SHOWBUS LONDON & HOME COUNTIES BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Arriva the Shires | Mercedes Citaros
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 With the influx of extra Citaros from Luton into Aylesbury rebranding of services in the area took place with the 300 and the 150 to Milton Keynes and included the Buckingham Service. The 60 to Buckingham became the X60 and was extended to Milton Keynes which doubled the frequency between the two towns when combned with the 150 service. The use of the X branding was a bit misleading, both routes took well over an hour and stopped all stops! MAX across the Shires branded Citaro 3932 (BD12DHK) is seen arriving in the magnificent grounds of Woburn Abbey for SHOWBUS 2015.
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 In late April 2015 Citaro 3916 (BV58MLL) is seen at Stoke Mandeville village, heading back to Aylesbury.
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 A further revamp to the Aylesbury - Wycombe services occured in 2016. One of the four buses an hour was renumbered X30 and diverted along the Redline route via Saunderton, trimming five minutes off the jouney time, but leaving the residents of Lacey Green, Naphill and Hughenden Valley with an half hour gap in their hitherto quarter hourly service. The reason for the X30 was allegedly to ward off competition from Carousel Buses after they started competing on the Reading service. Citaro 3923 (BK58URR) is seen leaving Wycombe Bus station in September 2016 its blind still set for Wycombe on the X30 despite the fact that is Aylesbury bound as a 300!
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 In 2016 it was High Wycombe depot's turn to receive Citaros, this time cascaded from Arriva Midlands. An early arrival was 3012 (BJ12YPX) seen working new town service 34 started after Carousel took over the Park & Ride and whose location was moved to the new Wycombe Hub. The 34 continues to serve the bits of Cressex that the Park & Ride now omits, though the 34 and Park & Ride follow each other around the time for large chunks of their routes.
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 The Wycombe Citaros were to bolster the 800/850 Reading services following competition from Carousel Buses who started an X80 hourly service branded "Regatta Line" between the two towns with new wifi equipped Streetlites. Ironically the X80 takes longer to complete the journey than Arriva's 800/850. Before arrival in Wycombe the Citaros were refurbished and are to a higher specification than the Aylesbury fleet with wifi and improved seating. Complete with MAX and route branding 3007 (BJ12YPR) is seen leaving Wycombe Bus Station on the 850 to Reading in September 2016.
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