THE SHOWBUS LONDON & HOME COUNTIES BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Arriva the Shires Optare buses
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 Numbered in the same sequence as the Bucks Solos, but much newer is 0441 (YJ10LZV). The bus is dedicated to Leighton Buzzard's town service, D1, the Dash Direct. It is seen in the town in July 2014. |
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 The bus is seen again half an hour later. |
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 The special Dash Direct bus was exhibited by Arriva at SHOWBUS 2015 and is seen arriving in the grounds of Woburn Abbey. It was displayed next to another orange Arriva Solo, a new SR with Yorkshire Tiger "Cubs".
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 The Leighton Buzzard Solo was not the only orange bus in the fleet. Two brand new Optare Versas, 2401-2402 (YJ57EKF/G) were allocated to High Wycombe for the new Orange "Rainbow Route" 39 in 2007. These were the first new buses at the depot for many years, but the contract was lost to Carousel Buses and the buses moved to Watford. Versa 2401 is seen on layover in the new Bus Station in August 2008. |
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 Sister vehicle 2402 is seen on stand earlier in the day. Arriva managed to keep the orange buses on the 39 most of the time, though I did ride one back from Marlow to Wycombe once on the evening short workings to Henley on the 800 Reading service. |
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