Nine Devon General buses and one Grey Cars coaches brought nostalgic travel to Tiverton on Sunday 1st September, at our ‘Devon General Remembered’ running day.
Mayor of Tiverton, Councillor Neal Davey, waves off the first bus
The following vehicles took part:
- ETT 995 AEC ‘Light Six’ rebuild, from 1937/1953
- MTT 640 Leyland Titan, from 1951
- NTT 661 AEC Regent III, from 1952
- VDV 798 AEC Reliance, from 1957
- VDV 817 AEC Regent V, from 1957
- 932 GTA Leyland Atlantean convertible open-top, from 1961
- 1 RDV AEC Reliance, from 1964
- 503 RUO AEC Regent V, from 1964
- VDV 137S Bristol VRT convertible open-top, from 1977
- A686KDV Leyland Olympian, from 1983
The buses and the coach provided free trips from the bus station on Tiverton town services, and out to Bampton, Thorverton and Tiverton Parkway, with an open topper running a local tour. In all, some 1,855 passenger journeys were made on the services. We would like to thank all the bus owners who brought their vehicles along, our enthusiastic team of volunteers that made it all happen, and our sponsors.
Here are some images from the day, provided by Chris Drew, Paul Jenkins and Stephen Wren:
MTT 640
NTT 661
932 GTA
1 RDV
503 RUO
VDV 798
VDV 817
VDV137S
A686KDV
Posted 5th September 2024
