Operator: Stagecoach in Warwickshire
Fleet Number:  13650
Registration: H627 LNA
Destination: 882 KE Five Ways / Hall Green

The model represents Stagecoach in Warwickshire 13650 (H627 LNA) in the Green Bus livery that formerly operated with Citybus in Hong Kong as its 160 (ET 1190). Although most of the former Citybus 11m coaches have served on the Megabus network, the arrival of new Neoplan coaches rendered some Olympians surplus to the requirements of the Megabus fleet, and toilets were not needed on these. 13650 initially served in Manchester on MagicBus routes before being transferred to Stagecoach in Warwickshire. 13650 is one of four that entered service on the Green Bus routes. The Green Transport Company runs bus services to schools in the UK using its Dutch-designed The Green Bus brand. Four ex-Hong Kong megadeckers are operated by Stagecoach in Warwickshire on behalf of The Green Transport Company, and are based at Leamington depot. Each carrying 94 passengers, the coach-seated, air-conditioned megadeckers have become popular with pupils. They operate throughout Birmingham and the West Midlands on services to and from King Edward VI Five Ways School, and are available for private hire.

Plaxton President bodied Dennis Trident Open-top bus finished in bright red featuring London scenes on the buses sides. reg CSL 2003, finely detailed model with finescale wipers, nicely detailed seats on the upoper and lower levels, model length approx 13.5cm.

Fleet Number: 722
Registration: YX57 BWD
Destination: 155 Hull City Centre

Operator: Stagecoach Devon
Fleet Number: 17053
Registration: T653 KPU
Destination: 12 Newton Abbot

Stagecoach Devon specially painted this bus in this traditional Devon General livery to commemorate 100 years of service in Torquay.

Fleet Number: 18023
Registration: MX53 FLC
Destination: 43 Greatfield

Operator: Plymouth Citybus
Fleet Number:  205
Registration: WA03 BJF
Destination: 25A Railway Station via City Centre

Plymouth Citybus MPD 205 was introduced into the fleet in 2003, specifically for use on the route 25A & 25B Park and Ride services that the Company provided on behalf of Plymouth City Council. These routes linked the Park and Ride site at Milehouse with the Railway Station, City Centre and the historic Barbican and Hoe areas, all of which attract large numbers of visitors from around the world. These vehicles carried route branding and were painted in a dedicated livery of green and yellow in order to emphasis their importance to the public transport scene in the City.

Operator: London United
Fleet Number:  n/a
Registration: N112 UHP
Destination: A1 Heathrow Airport

Used as the link between Heathrow and London.

Operator: South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach
Fleet Number:  139
Registration: N114 UHP
Destination: N/A

Ex-Airbus Volvo Olympian / Alexander Royale represents fleet number 139 (N114 UHP). 139 was delivered new to London United in the autumn of 1995 for London Airbus services. National Express purchased the Airbus operation from London United in1999 along with the 19 Olympians which operated it. These vehicles were unusual in having Air Conditioning, only 9 seats in the lower saloon, luggage racks and a wheelchair space & lift. Following the reduction of Airbus services, South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach acquired many Olympians from the dealer Ensignbus. The University of the West of England in conjunction with South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach Company have been providing affordable transportation for its staff and students from September 2002. The bus route provides, term time only, a direct link to the University campus at Frenchay with its city centre student halls of residence. On average, during each academic year, approximately 80,000 passengers are transported. The buses, an air-conditioned Alexander-bodied Volvo Olympian in thiscase, carry a livery designed by the University Central Graphic DesignStudio, and feature students currently studying at the University.

This Mercedes Citaro is one of eight such vehicles that were delivered to this municipal operator in autumn 2005.They adorn the revised Citybus livery and logo and have been put to work on the important City Centre Plympton Services 21 and 51 where these striking buses are helping to entice "die hard " motorists from their cars and onto public transport.The buses carry up to 66 passengers and were supplied by Evobus which is a Mercedes Benz UK Division

Operator: London Central
Fleet Number: MAL73
Registration: BX54 UCZ
Destination: 12 Oxford Circus

This replica features excellent detailing, inside and out, including an opening engine door and engine detail. It is a one-piece castings whose clean lines accentuate the gasket windows and livery application on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible.

Fleet Number: 19322
Registration: WA08 NOH
Destination: 2 Newton Abbot

Operator: Newport Transport
Fleet Number:  42
Registration: YN54 AOB
Destination: 8C Ringland

This bus represents fleet number 42 (YN54 AOB) that was new in 2004. The Scania OmniCity was first introduced to Newport Transport Limited in 2002 which now has eighteen of them in full operation. Newport Transport is owned by Newport City Council and the majority of the bus services run by the company are in and around Newport, South Wales. Part of the Omni range, the Scania OmniCity places high emphasis on driver and passenger comfort and is equipped with air suspension for superb ride comfort and effective sound insulation of the floor together with curved side windows ensure that the noise level inside the bus is kept at pleasant level. There are 42 seats plus space for wheelchairs and the flat floor is virtually free from obstructing platforms, allowing passengers to move quickly and conveniently through the entire bus. The boarding and exit heights, although already low, can be further lowered by the kneeling function.

The ZIP Bus Priority corridor is part of Hampshire County Councils Local Transport Plan 2001-2006. Bus route 41 has been branded with the logo used on bus stops and shelters on the route between Portsdown Hill, on the northern outskirts of Portsmouth and the village of Clanfield. The improvements to public transport along the A3 trunk road are intended to make an attractive alternative to the car. As part of the improvement, the bus operator First Hampshire and Dorset Ltd purchased a new fleet of buses complete with white, purple and lime green ZIP livery. Since February 2005, the branded Scania OmniCity buses have been operating a frequent daytime service between Gunwharf Quay and Clanfield. 65023 (YN54 NZX) is one of a batch of twenty with ZIP-branding. Each ZIP branded bus has been named after a wild flower which grows in the local chalk soil of Portsmouth Hill, 65023 bears the name Eyebright on a nearside window.

Fleet Number: 2063
Registration: CX05 EOY
Destination: 500 Liverpool City Centre

Operator: First PMT
Fleet Number:  65040
Registration: YN06 WMO
Destination: 101 Stafford

Operator: Stagecoach Devon
Fleet Number:  17002
Registration: S802 BWC
Destination: PR2 City Centre

This is UK1024 carrying the Park & Ride livery of Stagecoach Devon .This model represents Stagecoach Devon 17002 (S802 BWC). This bus was originally TA2 in London and is the sister to TA1, the first production Dennis Trident delivered to a UK bus operator After leaving London, 17002 was put into Stagecoach livery and entered service in Torbay for the summer season along with others from the same batch. Following refurbishment, Stagecoach 17002 was one of the 5 ex Leyton Garage London Tridents to be put onto Exeters Honiton Road Park and Ride service. Devon Design Print produced this distinctive Yellow and Blue livery which has been used to brand all three of Exeters Park and Ride services. The introduction of these low-floor, larger capacity buses enabled the Honiton Road Park & Ride become one of the fastest growing bus services in the UK in 2005.

Fleet Number: 17016
Registration: S816 BWC
Destination: 599 Bowness

Operator: First Devon & Cornwall
Fleet Number: 40002
Registration: S764 RNE
Destination: 81 Plymouth

This Plaxton Pointer-bodied Super Low Floor Dennis Dart was registered on December 1998 and was fully operational on First Torpoint service 80 March 2005. The vehicle re-branding was the result of a successful Urban Bus Challenge bid submitted by Plymouth City Council, supported by Cornwall County Council and was jointly funded by the Department for Transport and First Group plc. The bus provides an enhanced service for commuters traveling from South East Cornwall to Plymouth across the Torpoint Ferry. The striking design was the result of extensive market research carried out by First Group and has been well received by regular customers on the service.

Fleet Number: 193
Registration: CE02 UUM
Destination: 35 Sports Village

Operator: Plymouth Citybus
Fleet Number: 91
Registration: WA56 OZR
Destination: 43 City Centre

Creative Master Northcord Limited is pleased to announce the release of UK5017, in Plymouth Citybus livery, the first single-door model of the brand new Mercedes-Benz Citaro EURO 5 casting with protruding destination box above the windscreen. UK5017 represents fleet number 91 (WA56 OZR) that was new to Plymouth Citybus in 2006. This Mercedes-Benz Citaro is one of seven such vehicles manufactured to Euro 5 specifications for this municipal operator and delivered in the winter of 2006. The vehicles commenced service from January 2007 and have been used predominantly on one of the companys flagship routes the City Centre to Ernesettle service 43 where in their striking livery they are assisting in changing the perception of die hard car user that public transport is a realistic alternative mode of travel.

Fleet Number: 33421
Registration: WA08 MVF
Destination: X9 BUDE

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Fleet Number: 402
Registration: WK58 EAC
Destination: 510 Okehampton

Fleet Number: 4408
Registration: CX58 FZV
Destination: 437 Liverpool

Operator: Bullocks Coaches
Fleet Number: NIL
Registration: YN05 GZX
Destination: 147 Piccadilly Rail Station

For more than 75 years and over three generations, Stockport-based Bullocks Coaches has developed the experience and professionalism. That now drives their travel and transport services. Bullocks Coaches Scania Omni City buses are in service on route 147, which is a high frequency bus, service linking Piccadilly Rail Station with Central Hospital and Universities via Oxford Road in Manchester. The service is branded as Oxford Road Link and is supported by Manchester Metropolitan University, The University of Manchester, Royal Northern College of Music and Central Manchester and Manchester Childrens University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Fleet Number: 661
Registration: 46 EYB
Destination: 47 Willerby

Fleet Number: 17010
Registration: S710 BWC
Destination: Trumpington

The Alexander ALX400 (later known as the TransBus ALX400/Alexander Dennis ALX400) is a bus body built by Alexander Dennis; it is part of a new generation of mainly low-floor bus chassis first produced in the late 1990s by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders. It was one of the ALX-series, all except ALX100 feature the same designs on the front and rear panels.Released in 1997, the ALX400 is the 2-axle double-deck variant of series. It replaced the aging R-series bodies and was fitted to numerous chassis, including the Dennis/TransBus Trident, the DAF/VDL DB250LF and the Volvo B7TL. It proved a big success with national operators; huge numbers serve London and the rest of the United Kingdom.

Operator: Stagecoach in Cambridge
Fleet Number: 17007
Registration: S807 BWC
Destination: Stagecoach

This model bus carries the special livery of Pink and Ride, as applied by Stagecoach in Cambridge to 17007 (S807 BWC), In a campaign to fight Breast Cancer in Cambridgeshire and was jointly supported by Cambridgeshire County Council, Cancer Research UK and Stagecoach. Cancer Research UK has benefited from funds raised on the Park and Ride buses operated by Stagecoach in Cambridge during October 2006. On each Tuesday that month Stagecoach donated 50% of the Park and Ride return bus fares, to the campaign fund and to highlight the campaign even further, the company repainted one of its fleet of Park & Ride buses into a pink version of the Park and Ride livery. The chosen bus was former Stagecoach London Dennis Trident/Alexander ALX400 17007 and this carries slogans Think Pink Lets fight breast cancer in Cambridgeshire and Pink and Ride to highlight the campaign beyond the initial stages.

Operator: Stagecoach in Cheltenham
Fleet Number:  17728
Registration: MK02 EGY
Destination: U PITTVILLE CAMPUS

Operator: First Devon & Cornwall
Fleet Number:??? 34200
Registration: V00 273
Destination: X80 Plymouth

Since the operation of City Airbus routes ceased a couple years ago, the new lives of the ex-Airbus Volvo Olympian / Alexander Royales have been of interest to British enthusiasts.???This model???represents fleet number 34200 (V00 273), which???was delivered new to London United in the spring of 1996 for London Airbus services. National Express purchased the Airbus operation from London United in 1999 along with the 19 Olympians, which operated it. These vehicles were unusual in having Air Conditioning, only 9 seats in the lower saloon, luggage racks and a wheelchair space & lift. Following the reduction of Airbus services, First Bus acquired many Olympians from the dealer Ensign bus The Olympian / Royale was introduced into First Devon & Cornwall fleet October 2004 and they were dedicated vehicles on the X80 route from Plymouth to Torquay. The vehicles can seat 43 people on the top deck and 22 on the lower deck plus one wheelchair. They are still fitted with air-conditioning, which comes in very useful during the summer months for visitors and residents alike who enjoy the warm climate of the Devon Riviera.

Fleet Number: NIL
Registration: K174 EUX
Destination: 794 School Service

Mercedes-Benz Citaro carries Oxford Park & Ride colours. It represents fleet number 823 (MB52 OXF) of Oxford Bus Company. It is one of six Mercedes-Benz Citaros to enter service in December 2002, launching the Water Eaton Park & Ride, to the north of the city. This is the 5th Park & Ride facility in Oxford, the others also operated by Oxford Bus Company, but using Alexander bodied-Dennis Tridents. These buses were the first Citaros in the Oxford fleet and, following theirsuccess, were joined by 11 further vehicles a year later, these being to single door specification, and painted red.

Operator: Stagecoach London
Fleet Number: 23033
Registration: LX03 HEJ
Destination: 25 Oxford Circus

Mercedes -Benz Citaro depicts UEL's ultr-modern Docklands campus situated close to the River Thames in the East of London. The livery features UEL's student Halls of Residence, which with their colourful circular designs have quickly become a distinctive landmark in the area.The bus one of two dressed in UEL livery, went into service on the Number 25 route between Stratford, home of the 2012 Olympic Games, and Oxford Circus in the heart of London, in June 2005.The second bus features UEL's Stratford Campus.

Operator: Travel Coventry
Fleet Number:  6020
Registration: BJ03 ETK
Destination: 27 Coventry Rail Station

In the continued drive to improve the quality of bus services in the city ofCoventry, Travel Coventry introduced a fleet of 10 easy access bendi buses in 2003. The Citaros operate on one of Travel Coventrys primary bus routes, the 27 which runs between Coventry Railway Station and the citys Walsgrave Hospital. The vehicles are fitted with environmentally friendly Euro III engines and an eye-catching livery was designed to highlight the longer than average bus.

Operator: Truronian Limited
Fleet Number:  n/a
Registration: CN02 EDN
Destination: Eden Project Park & Ride

Since the Eden Project opened in 2001 it has welcomed over 8 million people and they all have to be driven around the huge site quickly, comfortably and in an environmentally friendly manner by Mercedes-Benz Citaro G buses. The Eden Project is owned by the Eden Trust. It is more than just a green theme park. Eden is about connecting plants, people and places. It is a living demonstration of regeneration and aims to reconnect people with their environments locally and globally. The bus is decorated with all icons of the park, including the Humid Tropics Biome, plants, flowers, etc. CN02 EDN is recreated as running on route 5, from the Eden Project to the Park & Ride stops in the Apple, Banana, Lime, Plum, Strawberry, Melon, Cherry, Lemon and Mango zones. The light orange and grey paint scheme is decorated with photographs from around the eden project complex and a representation of the eden projects huge and distictive environment domes which permit artificial tropical conditions to be maintained with minimal energy consumption.

Fleet Number: 19132
Registration: FJ07 OSZ
Destination: X29 Robin Hood Airport

Operator: National Express West Midlands
Fleet Number: 4766
Registration: BV57 XKK
Destination: 993 Birmingham

Creative Master Northcord Limited is pleased to announce the release of Alexander Dennis Enviro400 UK6018. Probably it will be one of the more significant models in its well known range of Enviro 400 castings in 2008 because the added value to the bus model collector will be that the replica is carrying the new National Express corporate standard West Midlands livery. UK6018 represents fleet number 4766 (BV57 XKK) that was new in January 2008.

Operator: Metrobus
Fleet Number:  543
Registration: YN05 HFG
Destination: X26 Heathrow

In October 2004, London Buses awarded Metrobus the contract to operate route X26, with effect from the following April. A limited stopping service between Croydon and Heathrow Airport, this replaced most of route 726, one of the last former Green Line services to operate across. South London, which had most recently been operated by Tellings Golden Miller. With 28 Scania OmniCities already in the Metrobus fleet for Fastway services in Crawley and also for Orpington route 358, this type of vehicle was an obvious choice. Fleet number 543 represents the batch of five purchased, which differ from the other batches in being single door and have additional luggage racks to cater for the high number of tourists / air passengers using the route. This batch of vehicles was the first to be delivered new in allover red and with the now familiar silver logos, as had already been seen on the latest repaints for TfL contracts. The batch moved from the former East Surrey depot at South Godstone, to the new depot in Croydon, in February 2006.

Fleet Number: 36019
Registration: GX07 FXG
Destination: 5 Badger Farm

Fleet Number: 15028
Registration: LX58 CFZ
Destination: 106 Whitechapel