Buses & coaches

I did catch up with it later, in Newhaven. It was doing driver training trips in and around one of B&H's parking areas, down by the harbour.

Acton Depot houses the London Transport Museum's artifacts that are not on display in central London. Each year they have one or two open days, during which the public can wander round, see one-off displays, talk to staff, ride on buses and see the huge range of items that have been conserved by the Museum.

A birthday card for a friend who had been a LT bus depot manager.

The reg.no. has been guessed. This is the only bus, branded for this service, of which I can find photos. On that basis it was still doing this run in 2010.

Monday to Saturday this service is an East Sussex Rider service operated by Renown.

1990 - following bus privatisation London bus companies had to hire buses from other parts of the country to provide services for their new franchises - in this case a Sheffield Mainline-branded, South Yorkshire Transport bus on route 78 crosses Tower Bridge on its way from Shoreditch to Peckham and beyond.

When I Googled the reg.no. I found three photos, taken back in March, of this vehicle taken in Baloch, near Loch Lomond, in Scotland. It couldn't have travelled much further than here, on the south coast of England. Has anyone spotted it in between times & locations? Oh yes, we do have a Berwick here in East Sussex! In case the council wonder where the bus stop has gone, I have cloned it out - in both views! The bus came when I was laden with shopping and couldn't get a shot without the stop being in the way!

The 123 route is not a Seaford route, so I assume that this bus had finished another duty and was about to head to Newhaven for a run to Lewes.

If you want to see a previous incarnation of this bus try - www.flickr.com/photos/jncarter1962/3404418409/ !!!! Route 120, the Seaford and Bishopstone town service, is one of the East Sussex Rider routes Renown is relinquishing. It is now operated by CCB on Mondays to Fridays. On Saturdays from 21.5.2012 it will transfer to Compass Travel, who will also run the 119, Seaford town service, daily, except Sundays.