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The red RE back in post 61, TUO262J, was operated by Somerbus. Ran on the Hartcliffe route 80, which was the 565 when it first went out to tender. Originally it was the Hartcliffe Flyer in pre deregulation days operated by the Roe bodied Olympians in blue livery.

Yes she can, if one route is significantly worse than others. Happened to First in Bath several years ago following direct (and illegal) action against Faresaver. First were banned from the route for a period. Except the action was against the First company that held the registration for that...

NX get very upset about NX liveried vehicles being used for other work, so contractors tend to have only a small float of spare branded vehicles and a few suitable coaches in white. Classic example being Bennetts of Gloucester and the all white Levantes on Mercedes OC500 chassis. Full NX spec...

A driver I know from another company said he saw two Marshall bodied Dart's and an Alexander on the 173 yesterday afternoon

The 7 year age limit only applies on the daily journies. FSuO and "dated" services, and adhoc dupes do not have to be worked by NatEx branded coaches and the age limit does not apply. There are other stipulations as well, such as floor mounted toilets.

The notices about Avon Riders in Paulton were put up by Wessex, bit blunt to say the least but since First stopped selling return tickets Wessex are not actually abliged to accept First Day tickets. All academic as First have registered the evening 178/179 journies commercially anyway...

Had my first experience of the M18 Bath-London service Saturday, although only travelled as far as Swindon. Both coaches were "Hamilton Gray" (in reality there is no such operator yet and they run on Hamilton of Bow aka Mid Devon discs) Plaxton Panthers, both ex Go Ahead Oxford X90 coaches...

Going back to DanTrainMan185 a while back, caught the 05.20 ex Cardiff between Bristol and Birmingham back in July on a Sunday morning when megabus operate many hours earlier than XC and it was a Rugby allocated B12BT/Panther. ref JulianW on Victoria-Worcester, definately "Hamilton-Gray" ex...