Arriva the Shires 2162 (P669 PNM) and We Care Travel R737 DBD in Stevenage – 21 Sep 2002 (501-30)

Saturday 21 September 2002 (approx. 0810) – Stevenage bus station.

Left: Arriva the Shires 2162 (P669 PNM), a Plaxton Beaver bodied Mercedes-Benz O 709D new in November 1996 to LDT Limited. LDT later became part of Arriva.

Right: We Care Travel Limited (Allen R Brown Transport?) R737 DBD, a Ford Transit mini-bus new 1997/1998 employed on the ‘Shephall Express’ service SE1. Started around 1999 the service linked Shephall and Stevenage town centre – a distance of about two miles. As can be seen from the destination display on the Arriva vehicle Shephall was also served by their buses so I presume the ‘Shephall Express’ fulfilled a need not provided on the Arriva town network.