Sunday Lost Scenes #6

This week's Sunday Lost Scene comes from Winchester bus station, taken on Sunday 30th May 2004.

Solent Blue Line 578 - SN03ECD - Winchester bus station

Several things have changed from this view, which means that you cannot recreate the view any longer:

* firstly, the Winchester bus station sign has been taken down, leaving only the red area and a slightly less-faded are where Winchester bus station can still be seen.

* Solent Blue Line MPD 578 is now with Wilts & Dorset.

* Solent Blue Line (BlueStar) no longer operate with this livery.

* Route 47 is now BlueStar 1 - it was rebranded later on this year (2004).

* The Dart in the rear is now withdrawn/moved on - Stagecoach operate the X66 with fleet livered Dart SLFs now as the 66.

In similar news, BlueStar at Eastleigh (Solent Blue Line) are soon to be taking over route 65 from Wilts & Dorset - Eastleigh to Romsey - as their new BlueStar 5 in a change that has been on the cards for a while. The route will also change over to Eastleigh depot and interwork with the E to Winchester. I reckon the route may be Trident operated to cope with Barton Peveril college demands, although as it is interworked with the E we may see Solos or Darts. Certainly will be interesting! I'll post a link to the timetable as soon as it is up and running on the BlueStar website.