Royal Blue (WNOC) 2388 (RDV 414H) at Rochdale - Sep 1972

Friday x September 1972 – Royal Blue Express Services (Western National) 2388 (RDV 414H), an Eastern Coachworks bodied Bristol RELH6G new in March 1970, sporting the destination ‘Rochdale’ where it was seen parked overnight. It had travelled up from Bournemouth on the joint Yelloway/Associated Motorways direct express service and would return to Bournemouth on the Saturday day service. Since there was also a Yelloway coach travelling south on the Saturday day service (which would then work the Saturday night northbound service from Bournemouth to Rochdale), the Royal Blue coach would normally go empty from Rochdale to Manchester on Saturday morning to load there.