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 A third casualty to be absorbed into the East Thames fleet was Durham Travel Services, trading as Easylink. They bought a fleet of Volvo B7TLs with Plaxton President bodies, of which VP158 (X158FBB) was one, for route 185. Durham based drivers stayed locally to do a few days on the 185 before returning home to the north. The company's collapse left an embarassing gap in services filled by a variety of operators until East Thames was able to obtain the buses to take over the route. |
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 Another legacy from Easylink is the fleet of short Scania N94UB with East Lancs Myllennium bodies. After some delay they entered service on the 42 with East Thames, having stayed in the hands of the manufacturers for some time after the DTS collapse. ELS8 (YU02GHO) is seen peering out of Hackney depot in October 2003. |
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Also at Liverpool Street, in May 2003, is ELS9 (YR52VFJ).
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