HFF: Transbus, South Anston - 18 Mar 2004 (522-25)

Thursday 18 March 2004 - In 2000 the Mayflower Corporation (owners of bus manufacturers Alexander, Dennis and Duple Metsec) merged with the Henleys Group (owners of coachbuilder and dealer Plaxton) to form TransBus International.

This scene shows part of the workshop premises at South Anston near Sheffield. On site there were about 18 tri-axle double decker buses which had operated in Hong Kong and possibly East Africa.

One of the buses retained the Kowloon Motor Bus livery. If the painted Hong Kong registration number DH 8990 is correct, it would imply this was fleet number 3BL125, a February 1986 Alexander bodied Leyland Olympian ONLXCT3R.