The Bus Station Gallery - Oxfordshire Operators
A page of photographs of local Oxfordshire buses past and not so past. I've cheated a little bit and included a couple of operators from across the borders, but which are or have been regulars in the county. Since I grew up in North Berkshire before the boundary changes made Abingdon part of Oxfordshire, I think that's entirely fair! Click the images for larger versions.
Abingdon Coaches ran a variety of Bedfords, and for many years the dominant model was the SB, but KEH133K was a YRQ with Duple body. It was parked in Wantage, alongside a Reliance/Roe which began service with Halifax but was still in West Yorkshire PTE colours. By the time of this photograph the company was operating as Abingdon and Wantage Coaches. | |
Known in the 1960 and 1970s for its fleet of Park Royal-bodied AEC Regent V staff buses, AERE Harwell modernised with Bristol VRTs, Leyland Olympians and Leyland National 2s. JTF971W is passing through Abingdon. | |
A second AERE Harwell National 2 (WBW735X) at Newbury bus station in company with GPC732N, an earlier National which gave sterling service to Alder Valley, Berks Bucks Bus and Reading Transport | |
Worths of Enstone ran WUD322X from new, a Volvo B10M with Duple |