JG 669

JG 669 in Maidstone

JG 669, an East Kent Thorneycroft

JG 669, an East Kent Thorneycroft

JG 6522 [Alan O. Watkins Colln]

FFN 446

FFN 446

FFN 446

FFN 446

FFN 448

FFN 448 at the Gravesend bus day

FFN 448 pictured in preservation at the Gravesend bus day. It was a Beadle-Leyland coach based on TD5 Titan chassis components

MJG 41, an AEC Reliance MU3RV with Beadle C34C bodywork on a Devon and Gloucestershire tour passes along Bideford Quay.

VKB 708 seen in Ashford as a Stagecoach East Kent trainer

WFN 829

WFN 829

WSU 450, an MCW Metroliner singledeck coach

535 FN after rebodying by Plaxton

FFN 451, a Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13 witrh Par Royal C37C bodywork

WJG 147J after sale to Welsh Dragon, Newport

NFN 78M as South Wales Transport 827

KFN 332P after sale to Relubbus in Penzance. It was one of a large batch of Ford R1014/Plaxton Derwents ordered for use by former BET companies in the National Bus Company in the early Seventies

NFN 325R after acquisition by Bristol and Weston Health Authority

298 (R298 HCD) was a Volvo Olympian/Alexander which passed to Stagecoach as its 16298.

1543 (GFN 543N) as National Welsh NS75.56 goes through the Brynmawr bus wash

1543 (GFN 543N) as National Welsh NS75.56 in Brynmawr depot

5796 (PJG 796S) as Hastings and District 196 after being re-registeredd ULJ 161

7002 (X602 XDY)

7002 (X602 XDY)

7016 (PJJ 16S) in Folkestone

7224 (OHV 724Y) and 14804 (H804 BKK) in Canterbury bus station

7665 (XJJ 665V) and 8827 (UKE 827X) pictured in Folkestone

7746, 7748 and 7653

7808 (H808 BKK) repainted into the traditional colours by its current owners, Stagecoach, and is seen outside the Herne Bay depot

7814 (J814 NKK) with Abus, Bristol

7988 (TFN 788T) at the terminus of the service to Reculver. The church ruins stand on a Roman sea fort that protected the former waterway that created the Isle of Thanet on the far side of the church.

7988 (TFN 788T) in Reculver

8202 (A202 TAR) on a National Holidays tour to the heart of Wales. It was a rebodied AEC Reliance 6U3ZR with replacement Berkhof Exprit bodywork. It was pictured at the picturesque Devil's Bridge.

8202 (A202 TAR) originally carried a Duple Dominant body and registration number HFN 60L. Here it is seen at Aberytswyth.

8798 (572 RKJ), a leyland Leopard PSU3E.4R with Duple Dominant I C47F bodywork, passes through St David's

8808 (PVB 808S), a Leyland Leopard PSU3C.4R with Duple Dominant I bodywork, pictured with own-operator speed stripes in Victoria Coach Station

8809 (H809 HKK) wearing Stagecoach East Kent livery

8809 (H809 HKK), pictured in Tenterden

8814 (J814 NKK) with Abus, Bristol, and V444 AJP, a DAF DB250/Alexander

8829 (UKE 829X)

8829 (UKE 829X)

8835 (BKR 825Y)

8845 (FKK 845Y)

8845 (FKK 845Y) and another National Holidays tour coach at the Windermere Hotel

8845 (FKK 845Y) in Windermere

8855 (E855 UKR)

8901 (S901 CCD), a Stagecoach Volvo B10M/Plaxton on the M2

8901 as Megabus.com 52621 (S901 CCD) is a Jonckheere C49FT-bodied Volvo B10M-62.

8903 (S903 CCD) as Megabus 52623

8904 (V904 DPN) as Stagecoach 52654. It is a B10M-62/Jonckheere C49FT

8907 (V907 DDY) as a Megabus coach

8913 (M913 WJK) is now Stagecoach 52273, operating in South Wales

8923 as 53005 (GU52 WTC) in Bluewater

8925 (GU52 WTE), a Volvo B12M with Plaxton bodywork, climbs away from Dover, bound for the M20. By the time the pic was taken it had been renumbered 53007.

8926 (GU52 WTF), a Volvo B12M with Plaxton bodywork, after the creation of Stagecoach East Kent by which time it became 53008

8928 (GU52 WTJ), a Volvo B12M with Plaxton bodywork, after it became Stagecoach East Kent 53010

14138 (A138 MRN), sporting Stagecoach in East Kent livery was ex-Ribble

14801 (H801 BKK)

22005 (V605 XDY) is a MAN 18.220LF with Alexander AX300 bodywork wearing the special Canterbury Park and Ride livery

7313 (VUF 313K), formerly Southdown 2113

7316 (VUF 216K), 7314 (VUF 314K) and 7315 (VUF 315K)

8206 (A206 TAR) was a rebodied AEC Reliance fitted with a Berkhof body

8908 (V908 DDY) and 8907 (V907 DDY) are currently part of the Megacoch fleet, running as 52658 and 52657

About to go on the big adventure

East Kent 8206 (A206 TAR) is a Berkhof-rebodied AEC Reliance, almost certainly the last of its chassis manufacturer to operate on National Express services. It was new as HFN 54L.

East Kent CFN 154

East Kent CFN 154 is a Dennis Lancet III/Park Royal coach

East Kent scene [Alan O. Watkins Colln]

Herne Bay bus depot: a link with its origins

J814 NKK with Abus, Bristol

JG 669

JG 669

Operating as Bristol Cityline 1475

WJG 470J, a 12 metre AEC Reliance/Plaxton Elite