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number of Neoplan Cityliners were sent down by the company, with Crossways' own Sprinter minicoach BX63YTR also being used to top up the numbers. D&R coaches also organised a coach trip to the shuttles, with Crossways providing parking arrangement (see D&R coaches' report for more details).
Vehicles used from Crossways' own fleet included (GL66VFB) ADL Enviro 500 H90D; (V423DRC) Dennis Trident/ East Lancs Lolyne H68F; (GL65RTZ) Scania K410EB/ Irizar PB C61FLt; (MX04AEU) Volvo B12M/ Plaxton Panther C51Ft; (GL05BUS) Volvo B10M/ Van Hool T8 C53F; (GL66ENR) Volvo B11RT/ Plaxton Elite I CH60/4F; (MK02EGX) Dennis Trident/ Alexander ALX400 H69F; (T184UWL) Volvo B10M/ Plaxton Premiere C70F; (AG14NPR) Ford Transit M14 and (BX63YTR) Mercedes Sprinter C9F. Two maintenance vehicles were also held on standby, these being (NJ09EWF) Ford Transit Connect van and (ND09AWF) Ford Transit van.
The list of hired vehicles is as follows, listed in alphabetical order by operator name:
Allen Buses: (R100ALN) MAN 24.360/ Volgren H80F; (P251UCW, S665/7AAE) Volvo Olympian/ Northern Counties Palatine 2 H77F; (VDL141S) Bristol VRT/ ECW H74F; (AL66LED) Wright New Bus for Tewkesbury H60T; (YN60BVV) Volvo B12B/ Plaxton Panther C49Ft and (GBU9V, KJW322W) MCW Metrobus Mk1 H70F.
Ally Buses: (OCS354J) Leyland/ Alexander Y type B51F and (OIW7025, AZP773V) Leyland National B49F.
Arden Forest: (BS52NTU, BN53MPD) Dennis Trident/ ALX400 H66D; (BW54TJL) DAF DB250/ East Lancs Lowlander H74F; (BJ66FWG, FJ11MLU) Volvo B11R/ Caetano Levante C51FLt; (BY08DDS, BH59GJN) Scania N230UB/ Wright Solar B43F; and (BB07RNJ) ADL MPD B29F. This company also sent (BB64SLK) Mercedes Sprinter M11 and (BV09KRS) Ford Transit Connect van as support for their vehicles and drivers.
Barnet Bus: (LR66EDR) Wright NBfL H62T.
City Transport: (LW54EHO) ADL Trident/ ALX500 CH87D and (LV55ORV/T/U) ADL Trident/ ALX400 H69D.
C&R Buses: 5 x ADL Enviro 500 MMC H110D.
Eldorado Motor Services: (A5ELD) Scania K94UB6X2/4 / Volgren H90D; (DD54TLN) Scania N94UD/ East Lancs Omnidekka H74D; (YT08HLX) Scania N94UD/ Optare Omnidekka H77D; (J131EKN) Scania N113/ Alexander R H80F; (ALM 28) AEC Routemaster/ Park Royal H64R; (DG/H07ELD) Scania K430EB/ Van Hool T9 C49FLt; and (PH02CDV) Bova Futura C49Ft. Eldorado also
provided (DA64JDP) Scania R580/ Walling Recovery, which was on standby throughout the week just in case things went wrong.
Enjays: (190CLT) Dennis Trident/ Duple Metsec CH88D; (ALM 15B) Dennis Trident/ Duple Metsec CH82D; (LW55PTY) Scania N94UD/ East Lancs Omnidekka H74D; (271CLT) Volvo B7TL/ Plaxton President H74F; (LW53UVA) Volvo B7TL/ East Lancs Vyking H68D; (SP52MKG) DAF DB250/ Alexander ALX400 H64D; and (W165UGY) Dennis Trident/ Alexander ALX500 CH87D.
Exclusive Motor Services: (R961XMY) Volvo Olympian/ Alexander Royale DPH72F and (S856UMV) Volvo Olympian/ Northern Counties Palatine 2 CH69F.
Hants and Sussex: (SK51TSJ) DAF DB250/ Alexander ALX400 H64F; (LM02DAH) Dennis Trident/ Alexander ALX400 H69F; (W572/3PMY) Dennis Trident/ Duple Metsec CH85D; (X54PGW, X155RGX, Y456PMV) Dennis Trident/ Alexander ALX500 CH87D; and (V427DRC) Dennis Trident/ East Lancs Lolyne H71F.
Isle of Merlin Transport: (KF8 L30-4/6) Wright NBfL H80T; (KF1 8CL) Scania/ Caetano Levante C49FLt; and (KF2 16/17/19PB) Scania K410EB/ Irizar PB C57F.
KHCT: (YY16LSC) Optare Metrodecker H81F.
Padbus: (OT56HAB) Volvo B9TL/ Wright Eclipse Gemini H72F; (OV56HAD) Dennis Trident/ Plaxton President H74D; (OL56 LAK) Scania Omnidekka/ East Lancs H73F; (OE51SBF) Volvo B10BLE/ Wright Renown B46F; (OF63 SCV) Mercedes Citaro LU B58F; and (OG61SCW) DAF/ East Lancs B55F.
Red Rover Buses: (M906RFG, R601JUB) Volvo Olympian/ Alexander Royale H84F.
Riverdale Bus and Coach: (RH16ADL) ADL Enviro 400 City H69F; (RC66ACY) Scania/ Caetano Invictus CH75F; and (RA66YSZ) Scania/ Van Hool EX C53F.
Robertson Buses: (R400OLY) Volvo Olympian/ Alexander H85F; (R500ALX) Dennis Trident/ Alexander ALX500 H92F; and (W124DWX) Volvo B7LA/ Wright Eclipse Fusion AB52D.
Southwest Bus: (FDV779V, PWY45W, CJH120V) Bristol VRT/ ECW H74F; (WYW57T) MCW Metrobus H71D; (C336BUV) MCW Metrobus H65F; (E478SON) MCW Metrobus H75F; (AUP366W) Leyland Atlantean/ Roe; (A658HNB) Leyland Atlantean/ Northern Counties H75F; (A146OFR, B736GCN) Leyland Olympian/ ECW H77F; (TPD130X) Leyland Olympian/ Roe; and (F780KKP) Scania N113/ Alexander H80F.
Transmotion Group: (X130/1GAH, X110/3YBA, X146PNA, X100SEL) Neoplan Cityliner C49F.
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