Oxford - April 2013

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1229) – Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 302 (HB11 OXF), an Alexander Dennis Trident/Enviro 400 Hybrid new April 2011, seen turning from Queen Street into St. Aldate’s in Oxford city centre. Carfax Tower dominates the background. Park and ride livery is carried by this batch of buses.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1043) – Two Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) buses seen at Redbridge Park and Ride. Left is 864 (EF11 OXF), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro new in January 2008 and right is 310 (HK11 OXF), Alexander Dennis Trident/Enviro 400 Hybrid new in May 2011.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1144) – Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 828 (X28 OXF), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, seen at the corner of Thames Street/Abingdon Road/St. Aldate’s. Rear end messages are carried by most of the OBC single deckers. Generally OBC buses also carry words ending in ‘city’ to convey marketing messages.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1211) – Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) buses in St. Aldate’s. Left is Alexander Dennis Enviro400 223 (MF10 OXF) and right is Mercedes-Benz Citaro 837 (X7 OXF). In between them is 118 (T118 DBW), an Alexander bodied Dennis Trident, in the blue Brookes bus livery, new July 1999.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1220) – Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 214 (CF10 OXF), an Alexander Dennis Enviro400 bodied Scania new in June 2009, seen in High Street, Oxford city centre. Carfax Tower stands in the background. An Alexander Dennis Trident/Enviro 400 Hybrid in green Park and Ride livery can be seen following behind.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1223) – Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 357 (R7 OXF), a Wright bodied Volvo B5LH hybrid double decker new in January 2013, seen turning from St. Aldate’s into High Street, Oxford. Most OBC buses carry carrying cherished number plates featuring ‘OXF’ and often transferred from earlier vehicles. Mercedes-Benz Citaro 836 (X6 OXF) dating from December 2003 is in the background.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1224) – Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 836 (X6 OXF), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro new in December 2003, seen turning into St. Aldate’s from Queen Street, Oxford. Most OBC buses carry carrying cherished number plates featuring ‘OXF’ and often transferred from earlier vehicles.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1226) – Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 362 (K1 OXF), a Wright bodied Volvo B5LH hybrid new in January 2013, seen in High Street, Oxford.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1228) – High Street, Oxford: Left is Stagecoach in Oxfordshire (Thames Transit Ltd) 22765 (OU58 GKF), an Alexander Dennis bodied MAN new in February 2009 and right is Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 222 (LF10 OXF), an Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 bodied Scania new in June 2009.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1402) – Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 865 (FF57 OXF), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro new in January 2008, seen in St. Aldate’s. Rear end messages, mainly environmental, are carried by most of the OBC single deckers.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1403) – Most of the vehicles in the fleet of Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) carry the letters OXF in the registration number but Alexander Dennis Trident/Enviro 400 Hybrid number 301 carries a plate which sort of spells out ‘hybrid’. HY11 BRD

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1409) – Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 225 (PF10 OXF), an Alexander Dennis Enviro400 bodied Scania new in June 2009, seen in St. Aldate’s, Oxford. Generally OBC buses carry words ending in ‘city’ to convey marketing messages and the double deckers a route diagram on the staircase panel.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1410) – Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 862 (CF57 OXF), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro new in January 2008, seen in St. Aldate’s. Rear end messages, mainly environmental, are carried by most of the OBC single deckers. In front is Stagecoach in Oxfordshire (Thames Transit Ltd) 33653 (R153 CRW), an Alexander bodied Dennis Dart new as Midland Red South 153 in June 1998 with a fostering/adoption advert.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1410) – Two Alexander Dennis Enviro400 double deckers in St. Aldate’s, Oxford. Left is Stagecoach in Oxfordshire (Thames Transit Ltd) 12016 (OU10 GHG) (ADL Trident chassis new July 2010) and right Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 225 (PF10 OXF) (Scania chassis new June 2009).

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1411) – Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 352 (R2 OXF), a Wright bodied Volvo B5LH hybrid double decker new in January 2013, in St. Aldate’s in Oxford city centre. Perhaps a similar bus going the other way? In front is Stagecoach in Oxfordshire (Thames Transit Ltd) 33653 (R153 CRW), an Alexander bodied Dennis Dart new as Midland Red South 153 in June 1998 with a fostering/adoption advert.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1412) – Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 831 (X31 OXF), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, seen in St. Aldate’s, Oxford. Most OBC buses carry words ending in ‘city’ to convey marketing messages.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1419) – Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 864 (EF57 OXF), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro new in January 2008, seen in St. Aldate’s. Rear end messages, mainly environmental, are carried by most of the OBC single deckers.

Tuesday 30 April 2013 (1427) – Oxford Bus Company (The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd) 828 (X28 OXF), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, seen in St. Aldate’s, Oxford. Rear end messages are carried by most of the OBC single deckers. Generally OBC buses also carry words ending in ‘city’ to convey marketing messages.