During the Eighties and Nineties both Reading and Southend Corporation buses were a familiar sight in Central London as they took advantage of Deregulation to operate express and commuter services once largely the province of National Bus Operators and British Rail. Reading did it with some style not only adopting a smart maroon, cream and gold Gold Line livery but used modern coach seated buses and coaches like this MCW Metrobus but even ran some right across to Southend jointly with that operator.
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Reading Goldline
During the Eighties and Nineties both Reading and Southend Corporation buses were a familiar sight in Central London as they took advantage of Deregulation to operate express and commuter services once largely the province of National Bus Operators and British Rail. Reading did it with some style not only adopting a smart maroon, cream and gold Gold Line livery but used modern coach seated buses and coaches like this MCW Metrobus but even ran some right across to Southend jointly with that operator.
Thanks Christopher, for bringing back the memory of this very neat livery.
ReplyDeleteFor a while, Reading Transport used a publicity shot of a Goldline Metrobus basking in a golden sunset with the battlements of the Tower of London in the background. As Reading has traditionally had a high concentration of language schools for foreign visitors, they did a roaring trade on ferrying these into London.
Andrew