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When Buses Festival started at Gaydon - a venue that SHOWBUS was planning to use after Duxford - Stagecoach Midlands provided a free shuttle to Leamington Spa Station. Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident 18189 (MX54LPU) was one of the deckers deployed in August 2015. The former Stagecoach Manchester Trident was involved in a newsworthy accident the following October.
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Two Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMC buses seen together in Coventry in June 2018. On the left is National Express West Midlands Platinum branded 6843 (SN66WFM) on the premium X1 service linking to Birmingham, whilst Stagecoach's 10729 (SN66VWV) is on the Warwick & Stratford X18.
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A July journey back from the Midlands promoting SHOWBUS international 2018 encountered traffic from the British Grand Prix, an event in where Stagecoach provides a massive Park & Ride operation using buses and drivers drawn from across the country. Here we followed Alexander Dennis Trident ALX400 18198 (KN54ZXO) south in heavy post race traffic.
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Two Grand Prix Tridents pause at traffic lights just north of Stony Stratford with Transbus Trident ALX400 18153 (PX04DPK), new to Ribble territory bringing up the rear.
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Another view behind 18198 but with Alexander Dennis Enviro300 27683 (KX60AZJ) coming in the opposite direction on the X7 to Northampton.
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