The beginning of the end. During the summer of 2006 Stagecoach started removing its insignia from the fleet prior to the sale to Macquarie Bank. Here 17404 (Y404NHK) is seen on the 26 bereft of fleetnames.
Trident 17744 (LY52ZFC) pauses in the centre of the Marble Arch roundabout system in the buses only section. This picture is also from August 2006 with the bus, and the company, due to pass to Macquarie in only a few weeks.