Royal Blue Run - 21-23 June 2024
The Coaches, Routes & Highlights
Read about the origins of these Royal Blue & Associated Motorways routes below
Day 1
21 June 2024
of the Royal Blue & Associated Motorways Run 2024 sets out from Oxford for Swindon following the route used as part of one of the Royal Blue / Greyhound services from London to Bristol. From there part of one of the Associated Motorways routes from Cheltenham to Bournemouth is taken through Marlborough, Pewsey, Amesbury and Salisbury as far as Christchurch which was worked by Royal Blue coaches
Lunch break will be at the Swindon & Cricklade Railway
Day 2
22 June 2024
begins with coaches completing the Associated Motorways route (that ran from Cheltenham) running in to Bournemouth from Christchurch. Departing then from Bournemouth’s Queen’s Road coach park the coaches will head eastwards along the route of the South Coast Express - in the post-war era worked jointly by Royal Blue, Southdown and East Kent, using the 'through coach' route that called at Hilsea . A short diversion east of Chichester reaches the Amberley Museum. Beyond Brighton, it is the coastal route towards Eastbourne (some stopping overnight at Newhaven).
Lunch break will be at Amberley Museum
Day 3
23 June 2024
dawns with the Newhaven based coaches completing the South Coast Express route to Eastbourne. Departing from Grand Parade the coaches return from Eastbourne to Brighton using the alternative route of the South Coast Express via Lewes, before following the Associated Motorways service (which ran from Eastbourne to Cheltenham) via Worthing, Horsham, Guildford, Farnham and Odiham to Basingstoke, to visit the Milestones Museum . Some coaches may continue along the Associated Motorways route from Basingstoke to Newbury.
Lunch break will be at Milestones Museum