David Slater (Spoddendale)'s photos with the keyword: Metroline

Sunday 5 June 2016 (1431) – G’s Growers (G S Shropshire & Sons), a large fruit and vegetable growers based at Barway, near Ely, operate their own small fleet of buses to transport their workforce. P448 MBY, an Alexander bodied Volvo Olympian, was seen at the factory site. It was new to Metroline, London (AV4) in October 1996 and later was operated by H C Chambers of Bures.

Saturday 29 August 2015 (1148) – Shaun’s Minibuses (Shaun McGowan) of Ripon LK58 LTY gives way to a National Holidays Setra S215 GT-HD at the corner of Queens Street and Moss Arcade in Ripon city centre. Shaun’s began operating three different city services in April 2015. This Optare X1060H Hybrid was new to Metroline (London) (fleet number OTH971) in February 2009.

Saturday 29 August 2015 (1124) – Shaun’s Minibuses (Shaun McGowan) of Ripon LK58 LTY seen entering Kirkgate from Market Place East, Ripon. The company began operating three different city services in April 2015. This Optare Tempo X1060H Hybrid was new to Metroline (London) in February 2009 and still carries their fleet number OTH971.

Saturday 29 August 2015 (1124) – Shaun’s Minibuses (Shaun McGowan) of Ripon LK58 LTY seen in Market Place East, Ripon. The company began operating three different city services in April 2015. This Optare Tempo X1060H Hybrid was new to Metroline (London) (fleet number OTH971) in February 2009.

Saturday 29 August 2015 (1118) – Shaun’s Minibuses (Shaun McGowan) of Ripon LK58 LTY seen in Market Place West in Ripon. The company began operating three different city services in April 2015. This Optare Tempo X1060H Hybrid was new to Metroline (London) in February 2009 and still carries their fleet number OTH971.

Saturday 29 August 2015 (1147) – Shaun’s Minibuses (Shaun McGowan) of Ripon LK58 LTY seen travelling into Queens Street from the Old Market Place in Ripon. The company began operating three different city services in April 2015. This Optare Tempo X1060H Hybrid was new to Metroline (London) (fleet number OTH971) in February 2009.

Sunday 7 June 2015 – G’s Growers (G S Shropshire & Sons), a large fruit and vegetable growers based at Barway, near Ely, operate their own small fleet of buses to transport their labour force to outlying fields in the Fenland area of Cambridgeshire. Three Volvo Olympian double deckers seen at their processing site at Barway (from left to right): P484 MBY Alexander bodywork new to Metroline (AV4) in October 1996; GOX 78V Alexander (Belfast) bodywork new to Dublin Bus (Ireland) (RV605 (99 D 605)) in October 1999; and N415 JBV Northern Counties bodywork new to London Central (NV15) in November 1995.

Wednesday 12 September 2012 (1204) – The Go-Ahead Group acquired the business of H C Chambers and Son Limited in May 2012 and the business was then put under the management of Hedingham Buses, another Go-Ahead owned company in close geographical proximity. Alexander bodied Volvo Olympian L366 (S127 RLE) was one of the first double deckers transferred from Hedingham to Chambers. The livery is basically that of Hedingham with the Hedingham fleetnames removed but now with the large Chambers name. The bus was new to Metroline (London) as their number AV27 in September 1998.

Thursday 27 October 2011 (1225) - H C Chambers and Son Limited P475 MBY seen in St Andrews Street North, Bury St Edmunds bound for Sudbury. An Alexander RH bodied Volvo Olympian new in December 1996 to Metroline (London) as their AV22.

Thursday 27 October 2011 (1219) - H C Chambers and Son Limited P475 MBY seen in St Andrews Street North, Bury St Edmunds arriving from Sudbury. An Alexander RH bodied Volvo Olympian new in December 1996 to Metroline (London) as their AV22. Mulleys Optare Solo MX57 HDH in background on service M44.

Thursday 27 October 2011 (1218) - H C Chambers and Son Limited P475 MBY seen in St Andrews Street North, Bury St Edmunds arriving from Sudbury. An Alexander RH bodied Volvo Olympian new in December 1996 to Metroline (London) as their AV22.

Tuesday 13 May 2014 (1435) – The ‘born again’ Crosville Motor Services is based at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset – quite away from where the original CMS company operated. Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart 309 (W975 TRP) seen on the seafront at Weston-super-Mare. New in June 2000 to Thorpe of Kensington, London (fleet number DLF75). Thorpe operated a number of London bus contracts until selling the services to Metroline in the summer of 2004. This bus then operated with Metroline carrying the same fleet number. (Photo taken from inside the car)