Worthing Bus Gathering and Running Day

The only RT to appear was Country Area RT604 which is preserved in National Bus Company livery. Here it is parked alongside RM8 which ended its London days allocated to Sidcup (SP) garage.

RML2440 represented the later LT Country Area bus - parked with RM737 which was one of the earliest Routemasters to be purchased for preservation.

Several coaches were entered including Royal Blue Bristol MW 766MDV.

HRY698Y is a Bedford/Plaxton coach new to, and now preserved in the livery of King of the Road Coaches, Worthing.

News travels Coaches arrived with this rather snazzy Neoplan coach, X582JKU.

Edward Thomas Coaches turned up with this former Southdown Leyland Tiger/Plaxton C377PCD.

Another Stagecoach bus painted in an old comapny livery, East Kent's 14821 carries East Kent maroon and cream. Of particular note are the various old fleetnames carried along the side of the bus - a nice touch.

South West Trains, another Stagecoach subsidiary have a dedicated fleet of former Hong Kong Leyland Olympian six-wheelers for rail replacement work. They do however appear on other workings such as Megabus with one recent report of an appearence on the 700 (Brighton - Portsmouth) route.

Former Eastern Counties Bristol FLF JAH553D is kept in Stagecoach corporate livery for such special occasions as the Adur bus rally.

The latest kit in service with Thamesdown (Swindon) includes WX55ZZR, a Wright bodied Scania.

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