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Leyland National 110 (KCG610L), when new in unrelieved NBC red. The blandness
has been pepped up by a bit of artistic licence. The vehicle is on layover at
Reading's former Alder Valley Bus Station off route 5 to Oxford. The bus is part
of the second large batch of Nationals which were rehistered from the Aldershot
office. The first five Nationals were Reading registered.
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Lined up at the back of Maidenhead depot are three of the Nationals allocated there
when new from the same batch as 110 above: 126, 107 and 115. A little tinkering with
the blinds has them all on a supposed short working of route 1 to Reading as far
as Knowl Hill. The VR has the same destination. The short working occured once
a year on the occasion of the Knowl Hill Steam Rally. |
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This picture of 127 (KCG627L) is much later in life and the bus is seen in its
final guise with Alder Valley. The venue is the 2003 Cobham Open Day.
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The change from January to August of the suffix letter on registration plates through the system into some disarray and Alder Valley was unable to obtain registrations that matched with fleet numbers, so 184 is registered GPC733N. It is seen on the High Wycombe - Aylesbury route outside Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The route has since passed to Arriva as part of the exchanges with the Go-Ahead group's Oxford and Wycombe subsidiaries at the time of the acquisition of Motts Travel's Yellow Bus operations. |
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