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Liveries
New Liveries and new
brands
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2017 saw many new liveries and brands, some of which include: former Oxford Tube Van Hool double-deckers are now
branded for the X77 service from Glasgow to Ayr, First have painted
their new Dennis Enviro400's delivered to Livingston in this West Lothian
livery, Stagecoach has branded several Dennis Enviro300's in SouthDowns
livery, Arriva has introduced this new insipid corporate livery,
Ulsterbus have repainted their Stranraer based vehicles into these new
liveries for the Belfast to Edinburgh route and Transdev has introduced
RedExpress and Hotline branding to its fleets in the Blackburn area.
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Reading
Latest news from Berkshire
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The latest changes in the Reading area
include: Courtney operate a twice daily service from Reading and
Bracknell to Luton Airport, the Dennis Enviro in 1990's commemorative
livery is now based in Newbury, Reading Buses has rolled out Kennections
branding in Newbury in its battle with Weavaway, Courtney has invested
heavily in a fleet of Dennis Enviro200's for its Bracknell local
services, Reading Buses has replaced its Vodafone contract fleet with
Scania Irizar i3's, Weavaway continue to compete with Reading Buses in
Newbury using the Newbury & District identity, Go Ahead has cascaded
Dennis Enviro400's from its Oxford fleet - some are with Thames Travel
for the X38/X39/X40 RiverRapids branded service from Oxford to Reading and some are with
Carousel for the X80 Regatta service from Reading to High Wycombe that
competes with the long established Arriva route.
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Round-Up
Other new deliveries
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There were plenty of new deliveries in
2017 including: Stagecoach has a batch of stylish tri-axle Plaxton
Elites some of which operate the X76 service from Glasgow to Cumnock,
several smaller operators have bought new Dennis Enviro400's including
Wheelers of Southampton, Stagecoach recently refreshed its Park & Ride
fleet in Winchester, First started a new route from Stansted Airport to
Southend, Stagecoach also refreshed its double-deck Park & Ride fleet in
Oxford, and Stagecoach recently put new Coasthopper branded vehicles into
service on the former Norfolk Green routes, McGills of Greenock
continues to invest in new vehicles such as Mercedes Citaros, East Coast Buses has bought new vehicle for the former First routes it
inherited, Lothian has started a new route from Edinburgh Airport to
Leith avoiding the city centre, Alexanders of Falkirk are in the process
of delivering another batch of Dennis Enviro500's to Ottawa in Canada
and Arriva has re-vamped its Sapphire livery as seen in Hemel Hempstead.
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