THE SHOWBUS UK MIDLANDS BUS IMAGE GALLERY
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 Seen in Gloucester Green when brand new in July 2019 is Mercedes Tourismo 30 (BV19YGM). A batch of eleven entered service on airline that month, Oxford suffering the same delivery delays on Tourismos that year as other operators. This left the service in the hands of Tourismos and the Elite-i Volvos.
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 The rear view of 30 that day. The blind says "Not in Service" and the coach is thought to have been on driver famiarisation trials.
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 The front of 30 can be seen in this offside view,
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 Forward to April 2022 and 40 (BV19YGL) is on stand in Gloucester Green wrapped for Oxford's Ashmoleum Museum, probably a less effective advert not that the fleet does not regularly work into the city. Alongside is Oxford Tube Panorama 50421 (YX70LUA) whilst airline 30 arrives on the right.
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 Another seven Tourismos followed in 2023 to boost the service as far as Heathrow to every twenty minutes, hourly on to Gatwick. Seen at Wycombe Coachway in July 2023 is 24 (BF23CHO) heading to Oxford. Following the cancellation of the Carousel Wycombe - Maidenhead - Heathrow service and the curatilment of their Heathrow bus service at Uxbridge during the pandemic, the airline service was diverted via the Coachway and even with the reinstatememt of the Heathrow bus (102), the Coachway seems a popular airline stop. Together with the extended hours operation of the 102 the airline provides a late link to Wycombe from London, with the last train from Marylebone just after midnight.
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