DSCF0776 Arriva 3809 (SN54 GPO) in Letchworth - 23 Feb 2018

Friday 23 February 2018 (1026) – Arriva the Shires 3809 (SN54 GPO), an Alexander (Plaxton Pointer style) bodied Dennis Dart new in October 2004 to Sovereign Bus and Coach, seen in Station Road, Letchworth when working the 1013 service 98 from Baldock to Hitchin.

Letchworth, full title Letchworth Garden City, the world’s first Garden City established in 1903 inspired town planning across the globe. Created as a solution to the squalor and poverty of urban life in Britain in the late 19th Century based on the ideas of Ebenezer Howard as published in his book of 1898 Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform.