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KINGSBRIDGE 7'6" VINTAGE BUS RUNNING DAY - 16 September 2017

We have organised vintage bus running days in Kingsbridge every year since 2008 so this will be our tenth event in the South Hams. For this special milestone event we are expecting several vehicles which have not appeared at Kingsbridge before and will introduce at least two new routes.

The Running Day, centred on Kingsbridge Bus Station on the Quay in the town centre, will be on Saturday 16th September with services running from 10.00 until 17.30. This gives the visiting public the opportunity to ride on a range of vehicles to spectacular coast and country destinations all around Kingsbridge and the South Hams. On Sunday 17th there will be a road run for visiting vehicles from Kingsbridge to Dartmouth and Buckfastleigh before they travel homeward.

The routes we plan to use are those formerly operated by the Great Western Railway Road Motors, the Western National Omnibus Company and other local operators such as Tally Ho Coaches. Services to East Portlemouth, South Pool, Goveton, Slapton, Salcombe, Hope Cove, Thurlestone, Bantham, Loddiswell, California Cross and East Allington are being scheduled, some with additional journeys and/or with changed timing due to recent timetable changes on Stagecoach services. The circular services will include Coleridge Community Bus route 1 from Kingsbridge to Slapton, East Allington, Goveton and Ledstone and ‘school’ service TNS004 through the Avon Valley coupled with pre-war rail replacement route 177 from South Brent. In addition there will be several short workings including a town service with round trip times of less than 30 minutes to enable sampling a greater number of vehicles over the course of the day. A number of routes will also have duplicates so that passengers can change vehicles at outer termini. There will also be coach excursions to Blackpool Sands.

Feeder services for the Kingsbridge Running Day will operate to and from Totnes Railway station, co-ordinated with connecting train and bus services. One service will also serve Ashburton and Buckfastleigh. Normal Tally Ho services will also serve the route.

	Earliest feeders to Kingsbridge				Latest returns from Kingsbridge
Ashburton	-	0845	-	Kingsbridge	1700	1715	1730
Buckfastleigh	-	0900	-	Totnes (Rail)	1735	1750	1805
Totnes (Coronation Rd)	0840	0920	0940	Totnes (Coronation Rd)	1740	1755	1810
Totnes (Rail)	0845	0925	0945	Buckfastleigh	1800
Kingsbridge	0920	1000	1020	Ashburton	1815

A feeder service for the Kingsbridge Running Day will operate to and from Plymouth. Stagecoach service buses to and from Plymouth will also operate through the day in the normal way.

The feeder will depart Plymouth (Royal Parade) Bus Stop A11 at 0830 with the return departing from Kingsbridge at 1700.

Most vehicles in use will be limited to those with a width not exceeding 7’6” (apart from mirrors). This is necessary because of the width of many of the roads in the area over which we are planning to operate. Full width vehicles will be able to be used on the routes to Slapton, Salcombe, Bigbury, Modbury and Totnes. Owners of other visiting vehicles are welcome to come to Kingsbridge and we expect to be able to organise additional parking by arrangement – please contact the organisers below if you wish to avail yourself of this.

Location

The event will be centred on Kingsbridge Bus Station

Entry Forms may be downloaded from here.

Programmes

To accompany this event there will be a fully illustrated colour programme and timetable which will be on sale on the day and will be available (from 4 September 2017) to purchase in advance:

BY POST for £8 including p&p by either

-	Sending a cheque payable to ‘TV&GWOT’ to the address below, or
-	Paying by Paypal (including any postal / delivery instructions in the notes)

POST EVENT PROGRAMME COPIES

Copies of the 40-page programme including a historic article, route information and photographs can now be purchased at 50% discount

BY POST for £4 including p&p by either

-	Sending a cheque payable to ‘TV&GWOT’ to the address below, or
-	Paying by Paypal (including any postal / delivery instructions in the notes)

IN PERSON from 5 September 2017 from the Kingsbridge Information Centre on the Quay for £6.

Colin Billington
Running Day Entry Co-ordinator

For more information contact: Colin Billington, by email to: colinbillington@tvagwot.org.uk or write to TV&GWOT, Ledger Farm, Forest Green Road, Fifield, Maidenhead, SL6 2NR

This 10^th anniversary running day has a record entry with 46 vehicles scheduled on 23 main routes with some new short workings giving even more variety for 2017.

Vehicles expected to operate in service (subject to availability on the day) include:

Fleet No	Reg No	Chassis	Body	Body code	Date	Operator
137	FJ8967	Bl H	BBW	B32R	1933	Western National
333	DOD518	Bl L5G	Beadle	B35R	1940	Western National
1218	JUO983	Bl LL6B	ECW	FB39F	1948	Southern National
TA5	JFM575	AEC Regal III	Strachan	B35R	1948	Crosville
	CFK340	AEC Regal III	Burlingham	C33F	1948	Burnhams of Worcester
1613	LTA772	Bl LWL	ECW	B39R	1951	Western National
GS42	MXX342	Guy Vixen	ECW	B26F	1953	London Transport
1376	OTT85	Bl LS6G	ECW	C39F	1954	Southern National
SN839	XTA839	Albion Nimbus	Willowbrook	B31F	1958	Devon General
600	672COD	Bl SUS	ECW	B30F	1960	Western National
603	675COD	Bl SUS	ECW	B30F	1960	Western National
420	270KTA	Bl SUL	ECW	C33F	1962	Western National
425	275KTA	Bl SUL	ECW	C33F	1962	Western National
1234	286KTA	Bl SUL	ECW	C37F	1962	Southern National / Guernseybus
301	862RAE	Bl SUS	ECW	B30F	1962	Bristol Omnibus Co
1420	EDV502D	Bl MW6G	ECW	C39F	1966	Western National
2150	FHW156D	Bl MW6G	ECW	C39F	1966	Bristol Omnibus Co
1255	VOD155K	Bl LHS6L	Marshall	B33F	1972	Western National
1318	BDV318L	Bl LH6L	Marshall	C39F	1973	Western National
	KJD413P	Bl LH6L	ECW	B43F	1976	Tally Ho!
1557	FDV787V	Bl LHS6L	ECW	B35F	1979	Western National
1560	FDV790V	Bl LHS6L	ECW	B35F	1979	Western National
1563	FDV793V	Bl LHS6L	ECW	B35F	1979	Western National
300	C862DYD	Fd Tt	RH/Do	B16F	1985	Southern National
526	C526FFJ	Fd Tt	Carlyle	B16F	1986	Devon General (Bayline)
401	L401VCV	Ds Dt	Pn	B40F	1994	Western National
628	L628VCV	Merc 709	Pn	B23F	1994	Western National
52529	S529RWP	Merc Vario	Pn	B27F	1998	First Devon & Cornwall
4604	W604PAF	Vo B6BLE	Wright	B37F	2000	First Western National

353	FTT704	Bl K6A	ECW	L27/28R	1945	Western National
467	JNN384	Ld PD1	Duple	L29/26F	1947	Barton
959	KUO972	Bl K6B	ECW	L27/28R	1950	Western National
RTL1163	LYF104	Ld 7RT	Park Royal	H30/26R	1951	London Transport
DL640	MTT640	Ld Titan PD2/1	Ld	L27/26R	1951	Devon General
358	MCO658	Ld Titan PD2/12	Metro-Cammell	O30/26R	1956	Plymouth City Transport
1943	VDV760	Bl LD6G	ECW	H33/27RD	1958	Western National
1969	468FTT	Bl FLF6G	ECW	H38/30F	1960	Western National
2019	824KDV	Bl FLF6G	ECW	H38/30F	1963	Western National
RM1872	ALD872B	AEC RM	Park Royal	H64R	1964	London Transport
1121	VDV121S	Bl VRT/SL3/6LXB	ECW	H43/31F	1978	Western National
1141	AFJ706T	Bl VRT/SL3/6LXB	ECW	H43/31F	1978	Western National
1157	AFJ764T	Bl VRT/SL3/6LXB	ECW	H43/31F	1979	Western National
1200	LFJ844W	Bl VRT/SL3/6LXB	ECW	H43/31F	1979	Western National
1203	LFJ847W	Bl VRT/SL3/6LXB	ECW	H43/31F	1980	Western National
1814	A686KDV	Ld ONLXB/1R	ECW	H45/32F	1983	Devon General
34137	L637SEU	Vo YN2RC16Z4	Northern Counties	O49/33F	1993	First Kernow

Entry Form

Click here for the 2016 entry form


A Bristol SUS bus of the type appearing at the 2013 running day photographed at Inner Hope in 2010 by Ken Jones		Lively activity in Kingsbridge bus station during the 2011 event with a variety of buses and destinations for the many passengers to chose from.

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