THE SHOWBUS WEST OF ENGLAND BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Marchants Coaches of Cheltenham Spa
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 Volvo B10M R431FWT has the upmarket Excalibur body by Plaxton and was ex Wallace Arnold. It is believed to be on a trip to Eastbourne. |
 This Van Hool bodied Volvo B10M, L543YUS, seen in June 2003, was new to Parks of Hamilton. It was new in 2004 registered KSK954, not to be confused with another Van Hool B10M new three years later on the same plate. It is believed the coach is in an eariy Marchants livery, it did later get repainted in the current livery. |
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 The hghlight of SHOWBUS international 2003 was this German Neoplan Skyliner seen arriving at Duxford on Saturday morning in glorious sunshine. This gave us all an opportunity to meet the German party and to collect flyers for their event at Styer in April 2004, which were distributed to entrants as they arrived on the Sunday. Several operators took the opportunity to join a display of Neoplan vehicles including Marchants' LIL9843. Their Skyliner was believed to have been new to Western National for National Express work as 1400 (E213BOD). |
 At SHOWBUS international 2007 at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, two Neoplan Skyliners Marchants LIL9843 and Generation Travel's XIL8945, from the north east were displayed side by side. Generation Travel's was new to Trathens as G340KWE who also used it on National Express work in the south west. |
Another acquisition from Wallace Arnold was this Plaxton Premiere bodied Volvo B10M new as P332VWR. It is seen arriving at Duxford for SHOWBUS international 2010 with new registration P6WRS. |
At SHOWBUS international 2012 Marchants entered Skyliner BIG2704 which it had acquired from the short lived Welsh Veolia operation, the Neoplan being new as YN55NMM to Shamrock of Pontypridd, one of the constituents of Veolia in Wales. |
A nearside view of BIG2704 arriving at SHOWBUS in 2012. |
 At the Bristol Rally in August 2013 was former Wilts & Dorset Optare Spectra 3138 (M138KRU), then with Marchants. |
 Awaiting a party in Heathrow Airport's Coach Park in September 2013 is Jonckheere Mistral bodied Volvo B12B MCZ4305 which was new to Marchants as FJ54ZCV. Picture ref A0355 |
 Arriving at Duxford for the last SHOWBUS staged there in 2014 was Bova Futura YJ07DVZ acquired from Castleways of nearby Winchcombe which had ceased operations that year.
Picture ref 14-0519 |
 The coach was seen again in August the following year at the Bristol Brislington rally re-registered MCZ191.
Picture ref B829 |
 Arriving in the deligtful grounds of Woburn Abbey for SHOWBUS in 2015 was Irizar PB bodied Scania K340EB BS09JDS which had been new to Docherty of Auchterarder.
Picture ref 15-3556 |
 Seen in Cheltenham is June 2016 was Optare Solo SR YJ14BHP.
Picture ref B3851 |
 Another acquisition from Castleways was this Mercedes Citaro, BX02CME, seen the same day.
Picture ref B3858 |
 The 2016 Brislington Rally saw this Plaxton Paragon bodied Volvo B12M, MCZ7087, entered. The coach had been new to Stagecoach East Midland as 53022 (YV03TZN) and used on National Express duties.
Picture ref B4122 |
 This cute little Mercedes Tourino, MCZ4431, is seen leaving the first SHOWBUS at Donnington Park Arena in 2016. The thirty seat coach had been new to Swans of Chadderton registered BV08ZWS.
Picture ref 16-6436 |
 Arriving at Donnington for SHOWBUS 2017 was the Scania seen earlier at Woburn Abbey
now registered MCZ8178. Picture ref 17-9711 |
 A second view of the Scania as it left Donnington followed by one of Nottingham's new gas buses.
Picture ref B7996 |
 For SHOWBUS 2018, the last at Donnington, Mercedes Tourismo BU16HBN was entered.
Picture ref 18-3953 |
 Here is the coach, bought new, on display in the Arena.
Picture ref C1993 |
 Former Maltese Government 334 (BUS334) is seen in Cheltenham Bus Station in July 2021,
now KX14FJO with Marchants. Picture ref C8100 |
 Another unidentidied Solo SR is seen in Cheltenham that same day.
Picture ref C8110 |
 A new purchase in 2017 was Irizar i6 bodied Scania K410EB seen in Windsor in August 2023.
Picture ref D3544 |
 Further from home that October was Mercedes Tourismo GL05MCS new to Marchants as BT15KLK but given the registration carried by a Jonckheere bodied Volvo B12B. It is seen in Belfast city centre.
Picture ref D4596 |
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