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First Berkshire | Blue Buses
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 New in the richer Heathrow 7-series blue livery, Citaro 64039 (LK07CCX) was seen still on Slough-Heathrow duties in July 2018. It is on the 8 to Heathrow via Windsor.
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 Volvo hybrid 7900H, 69923 (BV13ZCL), is in the darker blue version of the livery for the 7 to Heathrow via Langley. However it is seen here in August 2019 approaching Frogmoor in High Wycombe on the X74 only as far as Slough.
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 Seconds later it encounters an Arriva the Shires Wright Streetlite WF on a town service whilst being followed by an ALX400 doubledecker.
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 A nearside view of 69923 as it approaches the Oxford Road stop in Frogmoor whilst a Carousel Alexander Dennis Enviro400 bodied Scania N230UD heads for the Bus Station.
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 Seen in Slough's Wellington Street in July 2019 properly on route 7 is 69929 (BV13ZCY).
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 Sister vehicle 69930 (BJ63UHZ) is in the livery for the 8 and returning to Slough from Heathrow and Windsor having just passed under the M4.
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 The bus is seen again in July 2021 having just passed under the M4 but heading in the opposite direction.
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 This July 2021 picture shows the interior of one of the hybrids. The advert panels promote Slough in various ways and this one reminds passengers that the town was home to Gerry Anderson's most famous production, Thunderbirds, but also its precessors - Stingray, Fireball XL5, Supercar - and successors - Captain Scarlet, Joe90, UFO.
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 Volvo 69924 (BV13ZCN) was doing a turn on the X74 in August 2021 and is seen having just arrived in High Wycombe's High Street. It is this bus whose interior is featured above.
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 First Berkshire tried to standardise on the livery used by First Hampshire & Dorset with whom it shares common management, with frequent interchange of vehicles. The shade of blue is midway between that used on the 7 and 8 Heathrow services. Buses carry a Berkshire fleetname as seen on this Wright bodied Volvo B7RLE 69392 (HY09AOR) in August 2021. As the registration suggests, this bus was new to First Hampshire & Dorset. It is seen arriving in Slough on the 8 from Windsor and Heathrow.
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 Heathrow bound in Wellington Street that day was Volvo 7900H 69920 (BV13ZCF).
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 In High Wycombe Bus Station that month on the X74 was 69391 (HY09AUV), still carrying vestiges of 7 branding. It too originated with First Hampshire & Dorset.
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 Retaining its blue front, but in a yellow advertisisng wrap is hybrid 69931 (BJ63UJV) in Wycombe's Frogmoor on the X74 in October 2021. Coming up behind is a former London Carousel Wright bodied Volvo B7TL.
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 Heading to Wycombe Bus Station down Castle Street on the X74 in November 2021 is Wright bodied Volvo B7RLE 69401 (HY09AZG), complete with remembrance poppy, another from First Hampshire & Dorset.
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 Heading in the opposite direction in December 2021 is hybrid Volvo 7900H 69929.
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 Volvo 69392 is seen again in March 2022 with Windsor Guild Hall behind, but more interestingly RML883 (TAS466) in front on a wedding hire.
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 In June 2023 69393 (HY09AZD) is seen climbing Windsor Castle Hill.
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 Leaving Terminal 5 at Heathrow in August 2023 is 69391 whose livery has been tidied up since last seen in Wycombe Bus Station.
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 A number of Streetlites travelled north when routes in Portsmouth were electrified. Still carrying First Solent fleetnames when seen leaving Wycombe Bus Station on the X74 in September 2023 was 63305 (SN65OLJ).
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 Sister vehicle 63301 (SN65OLC) is seen is Slough Bus Station in May 2024. "Solent" appears to have been removed from the fleetname, leaving just "First".
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