Enthusiast Update This update is designed to keep enthusiasts informed of changes to our bus and coach fleet. Information will be added when significant changes or developments take place. 21 August 2013 Vehicles sold: 35/6 Holmeswood Coaches 6/13 38-40 BASE Ltd 6/13 42-6 Ensign, dealer 8/13 101 Thames Travel 8/13 13 March 2013 Vehicle reregistered: 300 to R12 OXF (3/13) Vehicles sold: 105/6, 861 to Thames Travel (3/13) 13 February 2013 New vehicles (revised dates into service): 12/12: 351-7/9 1/13: 358/60/2/4-8 2/13: 361/3/9 Vehicles sold: 107/8/17 Hedingham Omnibuses 110/115 Tom Tappin Ltd. (for use as sightseeing buses in Oxford) 20 December 2012 New Vehicles 351-369 R1-R9 OXF, J1, R11, K1, M1 OXF V14-7, N1, Y25 OXF Volvo B5H Wrights H47/28F 351/2/4/6 are in service 12/12, the remainder will enter service 1/13. Vehicles transferred out (all to Thames Travel):
855-7 (12/12), 858-60 (1/13) 30 September 2012 Vehicles sold: 29-34 ALS Coaches, Merseyside 37 Stephensons, Essex Vehicle transferred out: 850 To Thames Travel (same fleet number) 1 September 2012 Vehicle transferred in: 900 SN60 BXW Alexander Dennis E400H Alexander Dennis H45/31F new 10/10. Ex Thames Travel (same fleet number) Vehicles transferred out: 851-854 To Thames Travel (same fleet numbers) These changes are as a result of the transfer of service X2 (Oxford to Didcot) to Thames Travel. 2 May 2012 Sold (5/12) 902/3/8 to The Green Bus, West Midlands. 31 March 2012 Renumbered (3/12): 81/82 to 51/52 Reliveried (3/12): 51 to Ashmolean Museum livery 52 to Creation Theatre livery 83-99 to X90 livery Withdrawn (3/12): 29-46 Sold (1/12): 909 to PC Coaches, Lincoln. 1 December 2011 New Vehicles: 1-18: AF-HF, JF-MF, OF, PF, RF-UF61 OXF
Scania K360EB Plaxton Panther C44Ft These vehicles will enter service during December. Vehicles renumbered: 1-5 (AF-EF53 OXF) to 42-46. 20 August 2011 Withdrawn: 795/8 The withdrawal of 795/8, the last Volvo B10BLEs means that we now have no Volvo buses in the fleet, breaking a link going back to 1995 when 601 (N601 NJO) was delivered. Both 795 and 798 are now being used as driver training vehicles. 25 July 2011 Into service: 301-4/6/7 4/11 305/8-12 5/11 313-7 6/11 Withdrawn (6/11): 902/3/8/9 withdrawn 793/4/7 returned to Brighton & Hove Withdrawn (7/11) 796/9 returned to Brighton & Hove 811/3-9 to Go North East 107/9/12 withdrawn 25 May 2011 Into service: new hybrids up to 312 Withdrawn: 792/7: returned to Brighton & Hove 812: to Go North East 909: to reserve 27 April 2011 New Vehicles: 301-307 HY11 BRD, HB, HC, HD, HE, HF, HG11 OXF ADL Enviro 400H ADL Enviro 400 H47/30F The first of these buses (301-4) entered service today. The balance will be 308-317 (HH, HJ, HK, HL, HM, HN, HO, HP, HR, HS, HY11 OXF).
Vehicles Withdrawn (4/11): 790/1 Returned to Brighton & Hove 820/1 to Go North East. 2 March 2011 900 returned to ADL ex loan (not used after 2/11) 800 was returned ex loan on 9/7/10 27 July 2010 Rebranded: 902/3/8/9 to full Park & Ride livery 111/3/6/8 to BrookesBus livery 30 June 2010 New Vehicles (updated info): 212-8/21-31 all entered service during 6/10. 219/20 will enter service in 7/10. Disposals: 401/2/8: Plymouth Citybus 6/10 801-810: Go North East 6/10 8 June 2010 Volvos 820 and 821 are now in Park & Ride livery. 28 May 2010 New Vehicles: 212-231 AF-HF10 OXF; JF-MF10 OXF; OF/PF10 OXF; RF-WF10 OXF Scania N230UD ADL Enviro 400 H51/29F These buses will enter service in 06/10 14 April 2010 Vehicles on loan: 800 YJ58 FFM DAF SB220 Plaxton Centro B45F new 09/08 900 SN59 AWV ADL Enviro 400 ADL Enviro 400 H37/27F new 10/09
These vehicles are on short-term loan to cover for the absence of Mercedes Citaro single decks and Scania/ADL double decks which are away for warranty work with their manufacturers. 26 March 2010 Vehicles Sold (3/10): 632 Harris Coaches, Blackwood 640/2 Dews Coaches, Cambridge This completes the disposal of the 600 series. 28 February 2010 Withdrawn (2/10): 640/2 20 January 2010 Vehicles Acquired: 790-1 R220/322 HCD Volvo B10BLE Wrights Renown B46F ex Brighton & Hove 220/2. Withdrawn (12/09): 641/3 Disposals: 641/3 Dews Coaches, Cambridge (01/10) Repaints: 103/4/19/20 BrookesBus livery 25 September 2009 Withdrawn (9/09): 904-7 (R4-7 OXF). Disposals: 629 Travel Master, Manchester, 9/09 904-7 Western Greyhound, Newquay, 9/09 29 July 2009 New Vehicles: note that of the new Scania double deckers, 201-207 were licensed in July, whilst 208-211 will be licensed in August. Vehicles Acquired:
792-7 R229/3-7 HCD Volvo B10BLE Wrights Renown B45F ex-brighton & Hove 229/3-7. Acquired as B46F; will be converted to B45F before entering service. Withdrawn (7/09): 629-34/8. (640-3 are still licensed but will not be used until 9/09 when they will make their final appearance for the first five weeks of the Oxford Brookes semester) Disposals: 630/3/8 Dews Coaches, Cambridge (7/09) 631/4 Grey, Ely (8/09) 26 June 2009 New Vehicles (to enter service during 07/09): 201-211 AF, BF, CF, DF, EF, FF, GF, HF, JF, KF, OS09 OXF Scania N230UD ADL Enviro400 H51/29F 201-11 are for the BrookesBus network of services and are in dedicated livery. Vehicles reinstated (06/09): 629-34/8/40-3 These are to cover for delivery of the BrookesBus Scanias and for Q-buster duties. 11 May 2009 Vehicles acquired: 798/9 R218/9HCD Volvo B10BLE Wrights Renown B45F From Brighton & Hove (218/9) on long-term loan. Reconfigured from B46F on arrival. Reliveried: During April and May, there are a number of livery changes taking place, and our fleetlist now shows these, although some remain to be completed. 640-3 will stand down from all-day service at the end of May. They will act as Q-busters during the summer months and for the start of the new term at Oxford Brookes University. They will then be withdrawn permanently, when the bus fleet will be 100% low floor. Disposals: 609, 611: Travel Master, Stretford 2/09, 3/09 respectively 610: South Gloucestershire, 3/09 635, 637: Harris Coaches, Gwent, 5/09 636, 639: Islywn Borough Transport, 2/09
9 November 2008 Vehicles renumbered and reliveried: 62, 63 to 40, 41 and to espress livery Vehicles to be withdrawn during November and sold to Crawley Luxury Coaches: 25/26 28 September 2008 Vehicles withdrawn: 638/9 Vehicle disposals: 608, 613: Harris Coaches, Gwent 615-7: Edenderry, Ireland 618: Go Travel, Swansea 25 August 2008 Vehicles withdrawn: 635-7 608-11/3/5-28/30/3/4 have now been returned from Go South Coast, leaving only 629 on loan. 22 May 2008 Vehicles on hire (from 5/08): 608-11/3/5-8/30/3/4 to Go South Coast. Vehicle disposals: (3/08): 620: Travel Master, Stretford (5/08): 18-22: Padraig Naughton & O Neachtain Tours 23-24: Mike DeCourcey, Coventry 25 April 2008 Vehicles Renumbered and Repainted (from airline to espress): (4/08): 57-61 to 35-39 Vehicles withdrawn: (3/08): 23-24 (4/08): 18-22, 634 Vehicles on hire to Enterprise (AOL) Ltd via Go South Coast: (4/08 onwards): 629, 633
14 th March 2008 New Vehicles (1/08): 860-870 AF-HF, JF-LF 57 OXF Mercedes Citaro B40F (3/08): 91-99 AA-HH, JJ 08 OXF Volvo B12B Plaxton Panther C48Ft Vehicles Withdrawn: (1/08): 67/8 (2/08): 613/5/6/7/20/9-33 Disposals: (9/07): 14/5, Ventura (dealer) (1/08): 67/8, Alliance & Leicester (dealer) (1/08): 619, Fleetlink (dealer) for scrap (2/08): 17, Brown s Executive Travel, Birmingham (2/08): 12, 71, Llew Jones, Llanwrst Liveries: the delivery of new Citaros has resulted in a rebrand of many of the older models. Check the full fleetlist for details. The delivery of the Volvo coaches will start a cascade of older models from airline to espress. These will be published when complete. 1 st August 2007 Vehicles Acquired (ex Go North East): Dennis Trident 2 Plaxton H47/28F new 2001 902 R2 OXF (ex NK51 UCH) 903 R3 OXF (ex NK51 UCJ) 905 R5 OXF (ex NK51 UCM) 906 R6 OXF (ex NK51 UCV) 907 R7 OXF (ex NK51 UCW) 908 R8 OXF (ex NK51 UCX) 909 R9 OXF (ex NK51 UCY) 905 entered service 7/07, the others in 8/07. Note that there is NO 901. Vehicles Withdrawn: 10 to Go South Coast, 7/07. 601/5/7-11/3 to Go West Midlands, same fleet numbers: 601/5 in 7/07, remainder 8/07. Vehicles Reregistered (7/07):
7/07: 81-90: AB, BB, CB, DB, EB, FB, GB, HB, JB, KB07 OXS to AB, BB, CF, DB, EB, FB, GB, HB, JB, KB07 OXF 904: NK51 UCL to R4 OXF 8/07: 402: R2 OXF to R402 FFC This means that 83 has worn three registrations since new (CB07 OXF, CB07 OXS, CF07 OXF) and it is only three months old: is this a record? The enthusiast fleetlist has been updated on our website to reflect these changes. 13 th June 2007 Vehicle Withdrawn: 825 (MD52 OXF) written off following fire damage New Service Vehicles: 986/7 (GP07 SXB/K) Vauxhall Combi Service Vehicles Withdrawn: 984/5 (RIL 4910/1) to Go West Midlands Ltd. Note that the Volvo B10M to be converted to a driver training vehicle as 961 will now be former 16 (V284 SBW) and not 17. The mix-up involving the DVLA over registrations for coaches 81-90 has been resolved, and the OXF marks will be restored shortly (although 83 will not be able to resume CB07 OXF). 8 th May 2007 Vehicles Reregistered (5/07): 8 R401 DWL; 11 R402 DWL; 14 V283 SBW; 15 V282 SBW; 16 V284 SBW; 961(ex 17) V281 SBW. 1 st April 2007 New Vehicles (4/07): 81-90 AB, BB, CB, DB, EB, FB, GB, HB, JB, KB07 OXF Volvo B12B Plaxton Panther C48Ft Note: These vehicles have been issued with the incorrect documentation and they are required to run with OXS rather than OXF registrations until this is corrected. Vehicles reliveried and renumbered (4/07): 51-56 to 29-34 and to oxford espress livery Vehicles withdrawn: 619 (1/07)
8, 11, 14-17, 69-71 (4/07) Disposals: 8, 11, 69, 70: Wilts & Dorset, Poole 9, 12: Go West Midlands, Birmingham (ex store at GWM) 17: OBC training vehicle 961 619: written off 971: Woottens Coaches, Chesham, 2/07 (corrected disposal) Note: 17 has become a training vehicle in advance of new legislation on PCV driving tests. 1 st December 2006 New Vehicles: 849-859 LF, MF, OF, PF, RF, SF, TF, UF, VF, WF, YF56 OXF Mercedes Citaro B42F Acquired Vehicle (ex Go North East): 904 NK51 UCL Dennis Trident Plaxton H47/28F new 2001 (on loan from 7/06, did not enter service until 11/06) This is the first of a batch of eight similar buses which will come from Go North East for use on service 35 and miscellaneous duties. They will be all fitted with a GPS based warning system for the low bridge at Oxford Rail Station. The whole batch will be converted to H47/30F in due course. Vehicles Out: 898-899 to Wilts & Dorset (ex long term loan) 403-7/9-11 to Go West Midlands 604 to Go West Midlands 70 awaiting sale Allocation: With the intake of these vehicles, Dennis Tridents 101-105 are generally now used as spare float vehicles, with the exception of one on service 4.
24 th August 2006 Vehicles sold: 603, 612 to Go West Midlands (new name for Birmingham Coach Co.). 612 is still at Oxford for MoT and 603 is in repaint after being on loan to Go North-East. 971 to Robin Bennett for preservation. Awaiting collection at Oxford 26 th July 2006 Vehicle sold: Vehicle withdrawn: 412 to Birmingham Coach Company 971, awaiting disposal Vehicle converted: 646 to driver training vehicle, renumbered 963 22 nd June 2006 Livery: 620 is now wearing a promotional livery for Oxford Inspires, which OBC is sponsoring in 2006/7. 8 th June 2006 Vehicle on loan: YJ55 BLX Optare Tempo on loan from Optare from 5 th to 9 th June inclusive, for inspection only, not used on service. Vehicles withdrawn: 412, 612 both awaiting disposal Allocation: Note: Following a dramatic rise in the number of passengers using service X3, two additional journeys are being introduced in the am peak, which may be operated by 600 series Volvos, until the next round of vehicle investment. 603-605 and 607 were due to be withdrawn, but are retained on fleet temporarily to cover this work and for the summer language schools duplicates. The vehicle withdrawals are the result of loss of contracted work on services 14 and 16. 1 st May 2006 Vehicles returning from loan (ex Solent Blueline): 70, 71. These vehicles are required to operate the enhanced summer timetable on X70/X80. 612 is being rebuilt after minor fire damage.
24 th March 2006 Vehicles on loan: 9, 10 and 12 to Birmingham Coach Company, a sister company within the Go-Ahead Group. These coaches will be repainted into National Express livery for use by Birmingham Coach Company. 20 th March 2006 Vehicles on loan: 898/9 HF06 FTO/Y Mercedes 0530 B39F new 3/06 These vehicles are on loan from Wilts & Dorset to cover additional activity on the Oxford- Abingdon direct service. They were delivered to Oxford direct from Mercedes and will enter service on 27 th March. Vehicles withdrawn: 612: 3/06, following a minor fire in the engine compartment. Awaiting a decision on its future. 9, 10 and 12: not used since service changes on 29.01.06. They remain licensed but are considered withdrawn. 29 th January 2006 Following service changes, Tridents 103-5 have been repainted from P&R livery to OBC red. The ideal allocation of vehicles is: Service 2 Mercedes Service 4 1 Trident, plus 600 series Volvo Service 5 800 series Volvo Service 6 Dart Service 8 600 series Volvo Service 13 2 Trident, plus Dart Service 14 600 series Volvo Service 15 800 series Volvo Service 16 Dart Service 35 600 series Volvo Service X3 Mercedes P&R 300 Trident P&R 400 Trident P&R 500 Mercedes espress espress livery Scania and Volvo coaches airline airline livery Scania and Volvo coaches
Typically, one bus will be cross allocated each day to cover for engineering and other requirements. 13 th January 2006 Volvo 801 has been refurbished and repainted into City 5 livery, in the same style as the latest Mercedes Citaros for City 2. The whole batch of 801-821 will be treated similarly, and branded either City 5, City 15 or a generic City livery. 821 is the next to be so treated; individual buses will not be reported in this update but will appear on the official fleetlist available from our website. 5 th December 2005 Reinstated: 9, to counter traffic congestion on service X90. 2 nd December 2005 New Vehicles: 839-848 AF-H/J/K 55 OXF Mercedes 0530 B37D Withdrawn: 646-655 The new Citaros (branded for city 2) entered service today following a launch by Lord Mayor Bob Price on 1 st December. For full details of chassis numbers etc. refer to the official fleet list. Disposals: 646 to be retained for conversion to driver training vehicle 647-655 to Solent Blueline. 647-50 are awaiting conversion to single door, 651-5 should be dispatched to SBL during the coming week. Reinstated: 10, to put more resource into the X90 Oxford espress service, to maintain timetable in the face of ever-worsening congestion. 11 th November 2005 Reinstated: 655 has been returned to service, to ensure that the programme of converting batch 651-4 to single door configuration is accelerated. 12 (after reregistration, see below) has been returned to service, as an additional X90 coach to cope with severe congestion in the afternoon peak.
Reregistered: 9 to R257 DWL; 10 to R259 DWL; 12 to R258 DWL; 409 to R9 OXF; 410 to R10 OXF; 983 to R12 OXF 7 th November 2005 Withdrawn: 655/6 (K129/30 BUD) Volvo B10B/NCME B43F; 959 (G781 WFC). Disposals: 655/6 Solent Blueline; 959 Wilts & Dorset (for spares) Note: 655/6 were converted from B43D to B43F at Oxford and both worked for OBC to this configuration, with no additional seats fitted in the space created by the removal of the centre exit. The seats will be fitted at Solent Blueline and be recertified as B47F. These withdrawals are the result of the completion of the final set of major roadworks in Oxford, in Abingdon Road. These works resulted in additional vehicles being required for service to maintain the registered timetable. 30 th October 2005 Mercedes Citaro 837 (X7 OXF) was loaned to sister company Solent Blueline for one day to check for clearances at their depot, pending the arrival of similar new SBL vehicles. It was not used in service. 25 th October 2005 Coaches withdrawn as a result of the introduction of winter timetables on express services are as follows: 9, 10, 12 (R9, 10, 12 OXF), 70, 71 (R809/8 NUD) 70 and 71 are on loan to Solent Blueline. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 th October 2005 With the virtual completion of roadworks on Cowley Road, we have been able to revert to our normal timetable, thus reducing our vehicle requirement. Accordingly, the following disposals have been made: 606 (N606 NJO) and 628 (N416 NRG) to Wilts and Dorset. In addition, 656 (K130 BUD) is being converted to single-door configuration in anticipation of its transfer to Solent Blueline.
Training bus 972 (C66 HOM) has been sold to Woottens, Chesham. Coach services have switched to their winter timetables which has resulted in a number of coaches being withdrawn and stored. Fleet numbers will be given shortly. 8 th August 2005 Vehicle on loan from Evobus (UK) whilst Evobus engineers conduct modifications to Mercedes Citaro buses: 800 BX05UWG Mercedes 0530 WEB62804023107054 B42F Loan began: 30/6/05, ended 5/7/05. Left Cowley House 7/7/05. We currently have no vehicles on loan. 8 th July 2005 Following service changes, two buses have been withdrawn and sold: 602 (N602 FJO) to Wilts and Dorset. Last day of use 2 nd July; left Oxford 6 th July 644 (K118 BUD) to Bicester Youth Bus Project. Last day of use 8 th July. Still on premises. Wilts & Dorset are a sister company within the Go-Ahead Group. OBC are sponsoring the Bicester Youth Bus Project by helping to convert 644 to a specification appropriate to the needs of the project.