Cambus line up at Cowley Road, Cambridge - 17 Sep 1989

Sunday 17 September 1989 – A line up of Cambus vehicles parked on Cowley Road near the company’s Cambridge garage. Cambus Limited was created in September 1984 when the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company was split in readiness for privatisation and former ECOC vehicles made up most of the initial fleet. Privatisation took place in December 1986 following which a number of secondhand buses surplus to the requirements of the Greater Manchester PTE and West Yorkshire PTE were acquired. This line-up includes buses from those sources. Some of the GMPTE buses had been new to Lancashire United Transport which was a GMPTE subsidiary. From left to right:

801 (PRJ 493R) Northern Counties bodied Daimler Fleetline new to GMPTE (7493)
504 (UWW 4X) Roe bodied Leyland Olympian Roe new to WYPTE (5004)
505 (UWW 8X) Roe bodied Leyland Olympian Roe new to WYPTE (5008)
804 (PRJ 495R) Northern Counties bodied Daimler Fleetline new to GMPTE (7495)
805 (OBN 506R) Northern Counties bodied Leyland Fleetline new to LUT (489)
701 (MCL 942P) Eastern Coachworks bodied Bristol VR new to ECOC (VR142)
503 (UWW 3X) Roe bodied Leyland Olympian Roe new to WYPTE (5003)
807 (OBN 510R) Northern Counties bodied Leyland Fleetline new to LUT (493)
800 (OBN 511R) Northern Counties bodied Leyland Fleetline new to LUT (494)
803 (PRJ 487R) Northern Counties bodied Daimler Fleetline new to GMPTE (7487)
227 (XNG 760S) Leyland National 1 originally ECOC (LN760)
301 (PEX 612W) Leyland National 2 originally ECOC (LN612)
266 (PTD 671S) Leyland National 1 new to LUT (534)
261 (NEN 960R) Leyland National 1 new to LUT (214)