On Saturday, I went out to Southsea's South Parade Pier to grab some photos of the "new" buses on route 23. Stagecoach's Portsmouth depot are temporarily losing all/most of it's Enviro300s for the Olympics, meaning a variety of older buses are taking their place on route 23...
One of a number ex-Hong Kong Darts now in service in Portsmouth, here former Stagecoach Devon 33160 (P760FOD) departs South Parade Pier on a 23. Hong Kong buses have always found a new home in Portsmouth - first it was the Stagecoach Volvo B6LEs, then First's recent Pointer Darts acquired from Plymouth, and now some more Stagecoach Darts. They certainly add interest around the city.
A Welsh bus in very Welsh weather! I had to dodge the showers on Saturday, but my new camera performed admirably. 33611 (R611SWO) pauses at South Parade Pier. This Dart is one of at least 5 SWOs in Portsmouth over the Olympic period.
Here is another Dart SLF acquired from Stagecoach Devon for the Olympic period. 33783 (T132MGB) fits in well with First's R reg Marshall Capital bodied Dart SLFs. She is pictured here heading for Leigh Park, in the middle of a downpour...
The last photo for today is one that has been in Hampshire for a while. Revived from the reserve fleet, former Stagecoach London 32310 (N310AMC) heads off for Leigh Park on Saturday. It has been a while since anything as old as this has operated route 23!
Still more to come over the next weeks... Oxford Darts, Hastings Scanias, Eastbourne Tridents Hull MANs and even more...
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