Whippet Coaches premises, Swavesey - 8 Aug 2021 (P1090334)

Sunday 8 August 2021 (0953) – A general view of the Whippet Coaches Limited premises at Swavesey, Cambridgeshire.

►WS336 (MX59 ZCL), an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro 200D new to Leven Valley Coaches on Tees-Side in October 2009 registered T12 GAJ
►WS339 (SN04 NHK), a Wright Eclipse bodied Volvo B7RLE new in July 2004 to Lothian Buses
►WS318 (MX12 CFD), an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro 200D new in March 2012 to Impact, Perivale
►WG102 (BF63 HFA), a Wright Eclipse bodied Volvo B7RLE new in September 2013
►WG111 (BT66 MVL), a Wright Eclipse bodied Volvo B8RLE new in December 2016
►In the background visible between the two vehicles parked closest to the camera is possibly WS333 (KX08 HMA), a Plaxton Primo bodied Enterprise Plasma new to Ulsterbus in April 2008
►WG108 (BT66 MVG), a Wright Eclipse bodied Volvo B8RLE new in December 2016

Whippet Coaches had been founded by Henry Lee in 1919 and was owned by the Lee family until November 2014 when the business was sold to Transit Systems, the owners of London based Tower Transit. In October 2018 ownership then passed to the Ascendal Group owned by the former CEO of Tower Transit.

The prefix letters in the bus fleet numbering system were created in Tower Transit days and signify Whippet (W) followed by a type letter (Double deck (D), Single deck (S) and Guided Busway equipped (G)). Coaches employed on contracted work for National Express work were prefixed NX and those now employed on Flixbus contracts are prefixed FX. (D and NX are no longer used as I write).