THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND BUS IMAGE GALLERY
City of Portsmouth Transport Department
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Portsmouth 108, KCR108P, is now in preservation. It is seen here in the livery of Ludlows of Halesowen, an intermediate owner of this short 2-door National. The bus was parked up at the Cryers Hill yard in High Wycombe, home to several preserved buses.
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 Red Rover had three of Portsmouth's P-registered dual door Nationals, which they swapped with a scrap dealer for three of their near identical L-registered Nottingham dual door Nationals. One of the three (Portsmouth 103, 111 and 114) is seen at Aldbury Pond on the 27. |
 Red Rover's first successful Hertfordshire tender was for Tring town service, once operated by London Country's Tring depot with the green Merlin, XMB15. Normally the preserve of their Optare City Pacers ex Portsmouth 154 (KCR114P) has temporary route information in the windscreen at the launch of the service, route 27. The route has reverted to its London route number 387 with operator Red Rose. |
 Seen in its Portsmouth days 114 is in company with several Leyland Atlanteans with stylish Alexander bodies. Alongside is 304 (HCR304N). |
 Bit of an oddball history to this bus. New to London Transport as LS193 (THX193S) the bus became Chase Coaches 42, being sold to Sussex Coaches after Arriva Midlands acquited Chase Coaches in 2007. The bus was acquired for preservation in late 2011 and acquired this Portsmouth Citybus livery as used when the city's operations were controlled by nearby Southampton, though the bus was never owned by the combine. It changed hands in 2014 and his now been repainted in Bexleybus blue and whte, though it never operated that side of London, let alone in those colours. It si seen here at the Newbury Bus Show in 2012. |
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