THE SHOWBUS HOME COUNTIES BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Motts Travel singledeck buses
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 After a period of decline following the Yellow Bus sale, Motts service operations were severely reduced. They even lost the Bucks contracts for the rural services around Princes Risborough which they had pioneered. Only the former Chiltern Queens Oxfordshire M1 service between Watlington and Reading remained. New Oxfordshire tenders for the route reduced that service level further, but Motts were successful in regaining the contract and bought this seat belted mini Solo to do the job. The daily run to Reading is preceeded by a school run near Stokenchurch, hence the seatbelts, and the M1 now terminates at Stokenchurch. The bus, MA07BUS, is seen here newly delivered, awaiting decals and parked in the Aylesbury depot next to former East Kent MCW Metrobus, F763EKM. |
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 The mini Solo was displayed at North Weald to promote SHOWBUS 2007. It is seen here with Timebus' RLH in the background. |
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 Partnering MA07BUS, was a second, slightly larger Solo, MB07BUS. This was primarily to operate a new Oxfordshire contract for service 108 between Oxford and Wheatley, via Stanton St John and Forest Hill. This route was previously operated by Motts' Yellow Bus as service 230. Integrated with it is the old Motts and Yellow Bus M37, as 118, between Brill and Oxford. Solo MA07BUS is seen in Princes Risborough on a Motts Travel feeder service from Hemel Hempstead, where it had connected with a coach loaded with passengers off Crusader Holidays continental tours. |
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 The Solo is seen earlier in the evening awaiting the Crusader feeder coach in Hemel Hempstead Bus Station. |
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 Optare MB07BUS again in summer 2007, pausing near the old Stoke Mandeville depot. |
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