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A number of vehicles roam The Shires fleet in advert liveries, and more than one sports this lurid
scheme for West Herts College. 5065 (BPF135Y) is a Roe bodied Olympian seen in Watford, the
bus was transferred from Sovereign, but was reunited with other London Country
original purchases at home in the North West division of London Country, now part of The Shires.
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The front of former LC LR35. Both picturess are at the Watford Junction Station.
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Seen in Thame Market Place 5101 (G651UPP), originally 651 in the fleet, before the recent renumbering
and originally delivered with Red Rover fleetnames, this Olympian/Alexander is on the recently
taken over Aylesbury-Oxford service. The route was run for many years by City of Oxford, until it
encountered opposition from the
Motts Travel Yellow Bus operation.
Rationalisation that followed the Shires' takeover of
Yellow Bus resulted in the 280 service passing to Aylesbury & the Vale Shire operations.
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Suddenly Thame Market Place comes alive with buses. The two Alexander buses are on the 280 service,
but the older ECW/Olympian is taking the slower and more undulating 260 route between Aylesbury and
Oxford. The Thame-Aylesbury section of the 260 had passed to Luton & District back in the eighties.
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Olympians from this batch - which were new in the LDT red and cream colours - also work the Luton -
Dunstable services as seen here with 5094 in Dunstable High Street.
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