Eastbourne and Cavendish Routemaster

29th April 2006

Many changes over the years at Eastbourne with the traditional livery going and an odd pale blue appearing. Plenty of interest still with the Renown/Cavendish operatons which are expanding. The sighting of the Lynx was a rarity and the use by the new operator, Cavendish, of a Routemaster was a surprise.

Dart in Cavendish livery, branded "Lighthouse Line" Buy Print	Routemaster RML2324 of 1965 was in use today, seen at Eastbourne Old Town Buy Print	Inside the Routemaster Buy Print	CUV324C seen at the town centre Buy Print
Among Eastbourne Buses vehicles Buy Print	Route 11, Eastbourne Old Town to Hailsham works hourly Monday to Saturday. Monday to Friday it interworks with route 10 to Asda Buy Print	A classic combination, Southdown livery and a half-cab bus, seen at Hailsham Buy Print	In Hailsham town centre ready to return Buy Print
It worked 0835, 1035, 1235 etc and this was ready for the 1235 departure Buy Print	Northern Counties Leyland Olympian, E857DPN seen earlier in the year in the old livery Buy Print	E858DPN, the other Olympian of the pair Buy Print	AE56LWG is one of 10 Man/MCW Evolution single deckers still in white Buy Print
Another of the new buses Buy Print	Wright/Volvo W672WGG has not been put into fleet livery of Eastbourne Buses and is number 515 as a "temporary bus" Buy Print	AE06XRU in the town centre Buy Print	One of the ex-Dublin Olympians with Alexander Belfast bodies, J642CEV Buy Print
One of the new Man single deckers, AE56LWF Buy Print	Dart of Cavendish, R175VLA new to Metroline in 1998 Buy Print	AE06XRT with R875MDY in all over blue behind Buy Print	Another Dart of Cavendish, P738RYL Buy Print
R117RLY ex Metrobus Dart of 1997 Buy Print	M65CYJ in service with Cavendish, new to Brighton in 1995 Buy Print	Olympian new to Kentish Bus in 1990, G525VBB Buy Print	Previously H139MOB, a much travelled Dart new to London, rebuilt before use by Stratford Blue Buy Print
Another veiw of ex Brighton M65CYJ Buy Print	G542VBB, another ex Kentish Bus Olympian Buy Print	The third Olympian seen, G541VBB Buy Print	In Cavendish Service October 2007, Brighton Lynx G994VWV, went to Ressendale before here Buy Print