THE SHOWBUS LONDON & HOME COUNTIES BUS IMAGE GALLERY
First Essex | Volvo singledeckers
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 Seen in the 2002 SHOWBUS First display is 631 (P189UNS) transferred from First Glasgow. The bus is a low floor Volvo B10L with Wright body and was originally Strathclyde SV554. It wears "Barbie 2" livery despite its low floor credentials as presumably the interior is not in corporate colours. The First Great Eastern railway publicity trailer is parked alongside. |
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 Earlier in the year 630 (P188UNS), which had come south with 631, was at the Southend Rally. |
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 In February 2010 in Chelmsford is Wright Eclipse Urban bodied Volvo B7RLE 66797 (MX05CBY) which also joined the fleet from "up north", but only as far away as Manchester. |
 With a near identical registration is 68827 (MX05CFD), another seen in Chelmsford Bus Station, but this time on the high profile 100 to Lakeside. |
 Another high profile service from Chelmsford is the X30 Aircoach, so successful that the inital allocation of Plaxton Cheetah bodied Mercedes Varios was upgraded to the likes of this Plaxton Panther bodied Volvo B9R, 20803 (YN08OWR), one of a batch of five, seen in Chelmsford Bus Station in February 2010. |
 The 100 from Chelmsford to Lakeside received the ultimate upgrade in 2013 with a batch of hybrid Volvo 7900H in a special version of fleet livery to reflect their environmental credentials. Volvo 69909 (BV13ZBO) is seen arriving at Duxford for SHOWBUS 2014.
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 Later in the day 69909 is seen as part of an impressive First display.
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 By July 2022 the B7RLE fleet had adopted the latest version of "Barbie" livery. Wright bodied 66817 (MX05CDZ), another Manchester refugee, is seem in Chelmsford.
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 This B7RLE has a more interesting past being new to Tyrers of Nelson, later passing to Transdev as 1852 reaching First in Ipswich with First Eastern Counties as 69533 (PL05BUS) and here it is in Chelmsford.
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 This B7RLE, 69430 (AU58FFS), came from Eastern Counties without any previous owners.
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 Later that day 69430 is seen passing "shuttles" Enviro200 44171 (YX11AFK) in Chelmsford Bus Station .
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 Definitely no doubledeckers are going to get under the 3.8m bridge at the northern entrance to Chelmsford's Bus Station. It has probably claimed some roofs over the years, indeed it may have damaged some singledeckers if they failed to take a centre path under the railway lines. Learning how to avoid that is the driver of trainer bus 66860 (MX05CHY), a Wright bodied Volvo B7RLE new to First Manchester. Heading into the tunnel is Enviro200MMC 44660 (YX66WBE).
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 Here trainer 66860 passes Enviro200 44171 (YX11AFK), First Capital DML44171.
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 In July 2022 the new Essex livery. echoing the historic Eastern National green, was starting to appear. Seen here on former Eastern Counties B7RLE 69431 (AU58FFT) in Chelsford Bus Station.
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 The bus was seen in the Station earlier in the day displaying its offside.
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