DSCN1109 Wiltax C652 LFT and Burtons Coaches N540 TPF

Mon 17 Sept 2007 – At the Burtons Coaches yard in Haverhill. C652 LFT in the Wiltax livery (a company acquired by the TGM Group in June 2007). It is an Alexander R type bodied Leyland Olympian ONLXB/1R new in March 1986 to Tyne and Wear PTE (Newcastle-upon-Tyne area). Alongside is N540 TPF, an East Lancs EL2000 bodied Dennis Dart SLF. A vehicle exchange with Network Colchester brought the latter to the Burtons Coaches fleet for use on a school contract. New in 1996 to London and Country, at the time owned by Arriva’s predessor the Cowie Group. Arriva moved the bus to Colchester and then it passed to the TGM Group when Arriva sold it’s Colchester interests to the them.