1954 saw Eastern National receive its first Bristol
Lodekka, 2400 (XVX19). The bus was preserved back in the seventies and is seen at an early Hillingdon
Showbus.
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It is seen a couple of years later in Datchet
on the Road Run from Uxbridge to Windsor and back which used to form part of Showbus when staged
at Hillingdon.
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Former Eastern National 1237 looks resplendant as it sets out to do a Duxford village tour
at EFE Showbus 1999.
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Seen at Southend depot back in the early seventies is 2610, one of the extended FLF Lodekka coaches for express services to London. The final window bays are extra long which signifies the additional length. Central SMT had a large fleet of similar buses.
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2891(WNO979F) was one of Eastern National's large
fleet of FLF Lodekkas, seen here resting outside the London Road depot-cum-bus station. It has been
plying the 251, the famous route from Southend that terminated at Wood Green, in the depot which served
as the garage of fictitious Luxton & District, from the TV series 'On the Buses', starring Reg Varney.
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