The RMB buffet coach was one of the most successful buffet car designs from the BR era.
These coaches were based on the standard TSO open second class coach, one half of the bodyshell fitted out with a small buffet counter able to supply hot and cold drinks, sandwiches and snacks, a growing preference among travellers from the 1960s. A circulating area outside the buffet allowed passengers to pass the counter and return to eat and drink at their seats elsewhere in the train.
These coaches were used on many cross-country and medium-distance trains, providing a basic buffet service without a large kitchen using up passenger seating space. This model is finished in the Network SouthEast livery, recreating the buffet coaches used on NSE services to Oxford and the West of England.
Era 8, 1982-1994