DSCF1140 Amersham & District Motorbus Society Running Day at Watford Junction - 8 Apr 2018

Sunday 8 April 2018 (1037) – In addition to the normal regular bus services using Watford Junction Interchange, today there was also a number of preserved vehicles taking part in the Amersham & District Motorbus Society Running Day. The event replicated former London Transport services of the past.

Arriva 2401 (YJ57 EKF), an Optare Versa new in October 2007, was parked between regular service runs. Alongside are two preserved former London Transport vehicles taking part in the Running Day event. The double decker is RT604 (HLX 421), a Weymann bodied AEC Regent III new in July 1948, which ended its working life in National Bus Company ownership when the LT country area services passed to NBC in January 1970. Preserved in NBC green livery with NBC style logo and fleetname of London Country Bus Services Limited.

The single decker is RF 226 (MLL 763), a Metro-Cammell bodied AEC Regal IV new in April 1952, one of the 263 of the RF class delivered for Green Line service work.