Aylesbury Optares

I expect your immediate reaction is what has Aylesbury's buses got to do with our area? Well Mark Doggett was there yesterday and sighted a couple of buses that used to operate in the Norfolk and Suffolk area.



Volvo B9TL/Optare Olympus PL08 YLZ was purchased (along with PL08 YMA) by Sanders Coaches in August 2008. Both are now with Redline Buses and it appears from the photo that the former is due its MOT.



His second photo features Vale Travel's Optare Solo M780 AU54 EOA which was new to Anglian Bus, Beccles in September 2004 wearing fleet number 307.



Anglian was an early operator of gas powered buses and 307 had a pod fitted to the roof containing gas cylinders as part of a clean vehicle trial project. Photo above shows it in Howard Street North in Great Yarmouth in December 2010 when fitted with the pod. It was later removed with 307 transferring to Vale Travel in Spring 2014 . The bus is understood to still be in use.

My thanks to Mark for the Aylesbury photos.

Roy