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Title: Event to mark centenary of Maidenhead - Streatley bus service - 02 Aug 15 Post by: bobm on July 25, 2015, 17:33:10 The Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust (TV&GWOT) is planning a major event to celebrate the commencement of bus services in the Thames Valley by British Automobile Traction, the forerunner of the Thames Valley Traction Co, a BAT subsidiary.
Quote TV100 will be held on Sunday 2 August and will feature:
A display of the older vehicles on the forecourt of the new Reading Station by permission of First Great Western, Network Rail and Reading Borough Council. 1913 ^British^ Leyland S3.30.T HE12 which started the service in 1915. 1914 London AEC ^ Type ^Battlebus^ LH8186 by courtesy of the London Transport Museum Thames Valley 1927 Tilling Stevens MO9324 which is on loan from the Southdown Omnibus Trust to TV&GWOT and is currently being refurbished in our workshops TV&GWOT^s 1927 GWR Guy FBB which was originally delivered to the GWR Road Motors main works at Slough Free bus services on Route 1 (Maidenhead ^ Reading ^ Streatley) Vehicles expected in service include:
Alder Valley Leyland Nationals Bee Line Volvo Royal Blue coaches which operated on hire to Alder Valley on Route 1 in 1973-5 Vehicles from neighbouring operators who interfaced with or worked into the TVT area Photographic opportunities at the former BAT premises More details here - http://www.tvagwot.org.uk/event-thamesvalley100.htm (http://www.tvagwot.org.uk/event-thamesvalley100.htm) Title: Re: Event to mark centenary of Maidenhead - Streatley bus service - 02 Aug 15 Post by: Electric train on July 25, 2015, 22:57:52 One hundred years on we are in the same position as we were 101 years ago no buss service between Maidenhead and Reading .....................
For 2 reasons the train is faster and the automobile ;D Title: Re: Event to mark centenary of Maidenhead - Streatley bus service - 02 Aug 15 Post by: Adelante_CCT on July 26, 2015, 09:33:57 127 still runs on saturdays
Title: Re: Event to mark centenary of Maidenhead - Streatley bus service - 02 Aug 15 Post by: onthecushions on July 26, 2015, 14:01:37 One hundred years on we are in the same position as we were 101 years ago no buss service between Maidenhead and Reading ..................... For 2 reasons the train is faster and the automobile ;D But the train does not stop every 500m or so (at least not in the TT!) and so cannot serve a myriad small communities. A convenient bus can still be attractive, even to car owners, facing ^1.80/hr parking. An hourly bus running even alongside a railway has only a tiny fraction of the capacity of a train. It is therefore nearly always complementary and can only hurt a poorly used train service. The A4 between Maidenhead and Reading now by-passes the larger villages and so probably doesn't merit a regular bus, just like the A33 Reading to Basingstoke. A pity if you want to use the buses as a network but there are excellent Reading bus services to other TV towns. OTC This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |