THE SHOWBUS UK MIDLANDS BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Leicester City Transport | Preserved front entrance vehicles
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 The 2017 SHOWBUS international display at Donington featured a Leicester trio, sandwiched between East Lancs bodied AEC Renown 40 (FJF40D) and Leyland Titan PD3A 90 (90HBC) is Metropolitan 301.
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 Arriving at Donington the following year was Metro-Scania 225 to join Metropolitan 301.
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 Arriving for SHOWBUS international at Donington in 2017 was this Plaxton Supreme IV Express bodied Leyland Leopard in Western SMT livery. The coach has an interesting history, it was one of a pair new to Leicester as 1 (TBC1X). It is believed to have been sold to neighbouring City of Nottingham's coaching division who sold it to Newcastle based Blue Bus Services. From there it passed with Blue Bus to Stagecoach, gaining the famous stripey and joining Western SMT as 628. Later numbered 25728 it was transferred to the Isle of Arran in traditional Western black and white and as a member of the Stagecoach Heritage Fleet. For a while it carried former Routemaster registration WLT546 off RM546. The TBC1X registration was sold on so when the coach lost WLT546 it ended up with BAH809X.
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 The coach was in the care of Cheshire's Routemaster Buses after it left Scotland and first attended SHOWBUS at Donington in 2016 when a different entrance to the Park was used that first year.
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 By 2018 the Leopard, seen arriving at Donington, had been restored to its original Leicester coach livery.
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