Years ago, when I first started working for Stagecoach the 12 route was covered by Alexandra B6's. Single deckers, carried 50 passengers between Newton and Brixham. Then Exeter needed the B6's to cover a route that had been running Mercs and Ivecos but passenger numbers had grown and the B6 could carry the extra numbers so Torquay lost them and got a load of not very good, quite old Tridents on the grounds that the 12 service wasn't managing with single deckers. In truth, Exeter wonted them and what ever Exeter wanted Exeter got.
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If I'd known I'd have been out with my camera seeing as you were at St Marychurch and presumably went down Babbacombe Road. Never mind I'll catch her in September.
Great photographical skills from me in the second picture there! Some other pictures on the TBR Blog:
http://torbaybusroutes.blogspot.co.uk/
Yeah he goes all over the place. Saw him at Shiphay earlier.
Given Stagecoach in New Zealand still use that livery, and that we export ALX200's, I would imagine there are still a load of those in service in the same colours over there (although I imagine they use MAN chassis).
Stagecoach sold New Zealand operations some time ago
Hello Dave,
If you go to The Steley Collection on Flicker you will find P707,P705 &P712 BTA. You might be driveing one of them.
Kind regards, Ken
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