Red Eagle Buses 50122 (YX08 MFO) in Marlow - 17 Apr 2024 (P1170955)

Wednesday 17 April 2024 (1009) – Red Eagle Buses 50122 (YX08 MFO), an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro200 bodied Dart new to London United (SDE1) new in July 2008, seen at the top of the High Street (Market Place) in Marlow working the 0900 Lane End to Maidenhead Wednesday only service 155.

This now small triangle where High Street, West Street and Spital Street meet was the place from where local buses departed from the 1920s. The white building directly behind the bus (2 Market Place) became the booking and enquiry office of The Thames Valley Traction Company around 1928.

Service This service is one of a set of local services worked by a single bus which provides links from various small communities into Marlow (5 days a week), High Wycombe (4 days a week) and Maidenhead (1 day a week).

The working diagram on Wednesdays is:

0745 Chinnor Hill-High Wycombe (Royal Grammar School) 0820 (654)
0900 Lane End-Marlow (Court Garden) 0915
0915 Marlow (Court Garden)-Little Marlow-Marlow Bottom-Marlow (Court Garden) 1003
1005 Marlow (Court Garden)-Maidenhead 1024
1030 Maidenhead- Marlow (Court Garden) 1049
1130 Marlow (Court Garden)-Marlow Bottom- Little Marlow-Maidenhead 1226
1230 Maidenhead- Little Marlow-Marlow Bottom-Marlow (Court Garden)-Lane End 1343
1355 Marlow (Court Garden)-Little Marlow-Marlow Bottom-Marlow (Court Garden) 1437
1555 High Wycombe (Royal Grammar School)-Chinnor Hill 1630 (654)


On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays a different route pattern operates with the bus serving the same districts but running to High Wycombe. The working diagram is:

0745 Chinnor Hill-High Wycombe (Royal Grammar School) 0820 (654)
0900 Lane End-Marlow (Court Garden) 0925 (156)
0926 Marlow (Court Garden)-Little Marlow-Marlow Bottom-Marlow (Court Garden) 1005 (160)
1010 Marlow (Court Garden)-Marlow Bottom-High Wycombe 1045 (158)
1125 High Wycombe- Marlow (Court Garden) 1143 (158)
1145 Marlow (Court Garden)-Little Marlow-Marlow Bottom-Marlow (Court Garden) 1223 (160)
1225 Marlow (Court Garden)-Lane End 1249 (156)
1315 High Wycombe-Marlow Bottom- Marlow (Court Garden) 1349 (158)
1400 Marlow (Court Garden)-Little Marlow-Marlow Bottom-Marlow (Court Garden) 1438 (160)
1555 High Wycombe (Royal Grammar School)-Chinnor Hill 1630 (654)