By 2005 route branding had become a little more blatant using strong colours. MK Metro 61 (YG52CMU) arrives at SHOWBUS 2005 in a new orange livery for route 5.
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. Optare Solo 28 (YN03NEF) is in
route 8 purple livery, alongside VDL SB120/Wright 61 (YG52CMU). Both buses display the appropriate destination blinds at SHOWBUS 2005.
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In 2004 MK Metro's Caetano bodied Dart won the prize for the Best New Millennium bus. This is celebrated on the blinds of the 2005 entries.
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The final 2005 pose shows the SHOWBUS 2005 destinations. Both buss were recent secondhand purchases. The Solo came from Weaverway where it had carried newbury & District fleetnames and the Wright bus, appropriately from Wrights of Millport.
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