Sussex Buses

Pictures by Terry Blackman

The following pictures were contributed by Terry Blackman, who has also contributed to Southtrain.

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pvt207l.jpg (53107 bytes) Hastings Buses Bristol RE/ECW 407 crossing Linton Road Railway bridge on Hastings local route 35 in August 1992
ulster_re.jpg (41443 bytes) Rambler of Hastings Bristol RE, ex Ulsterbus, on loan from dealer Wealden PSV to cover the normal Dart which was accident damaged. Seen at Halton on 19/5/04 on Hastings local route 347. This bus was still on loan in June 2004 although out of use due to engine problems
jubilee_olympian.jpg (47293 bytes) Stagecoach Hampshire Jubilee-liveried  Olympian which spent a couple of weeks on loan to Silverhill depot of Stagecoach in East Sussex. The bus is seen in Ore on Hastings local route 32 in June 2002.
j505gcd.jpg (36049 bytes) Rambler of Hastings have acquired a Alexander 'Dash' bodied Dart J505 GCD from a dealer. It was latterly with East Kent, but spent most of its life Stagecoach life in Hastings. It is seen on 14th June 2004 in Rye Road, Hastings on East Sussex county council tendered Hastings local route 347 to Pett. Surprisingly it still wears Stagecoach livery albeit with the addition of Rambler fleetnames.
gx04asu.jpg (37334 bytes) Coastal coaches of Newick new Transbus Dart at Rye on 3rd June 2004 with a service 312 journey to Tenterden via Wittersham and Smallhythe. This route once formed part of Maidstone & District's 12 service from Maidstone to Rye.
jempsons.jpg (38522 bytes) Jempsons of Peasmarsh N429 FDW, a Dart used by this supermarket on a courtesy service to take people to and from the store from the surrounding Rother district. The bus is seen in Ore, August 2002
p39jcr.jpg (32651 bytes) West Sussex County Council Bluebird at Midhurst bus station in July 2002.
nec237k.jpg (34194 bytes) Empress Of Hastings Bedford VAL NEC 237K, since sold and was only in the fleet a short time. Seen at Festival of Transport rally at Hellingly in August 2002.
Former RT4169 at Sovereign Centre, Eastbourne on 16 July 1997. Eastbourne Buses hired this vehicle during the summer of 1997 for a Wednesdays only evening seafront service number 3. Despite being specially painted in the company's livery, it saw little use, Eastbourne's own PD3 and Regal being more commonly used.

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This page was updated on 08/05/2008