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Brand new Arriva Kent Thameside (Arriva Southend) Optare Versa V1170 4255 (KX13 AVB) with new one route branding and Pride of Thundersley name
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Brand new Arriva Southend Optare Versa V1170 4259 (KX13 AVF) making its first public appearance outside the workshops after delivery on March 28 2013
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Old Southend registration mark on new Optare Versa V1170 4250 (KX13 AUT) prior to being re-registered from KX62 JHJ as delivered
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Group of brand new Arriva Kent Thameside (Southend) Optare Versas 4252 (KX13 AUV, before registration), 4250 (KX62 JHJ, before re-registration as KX13 AUT) and 4259 (KX13 AVF, before registration)
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Arriva Southend new Optare Versa 4250 (KX62 JHJ) before re-registration as KX13 AUT in group at the garage yard
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All sixteen new Arriva Southend Optare Versas 4245-60 grouped in garage yard
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A first public glimpse of the last of 16 brand new Optare Versa V1170s for Arriva Southend - just arrived several weeks after its sisters and numbered 4259 (KX13 AVF), seen here before being registered and before route branding application
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Brand new Arriva Southend Optare Versas 4252, 4250, 4259 in group at garage yard
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Brand new Optare Versa grouping at Arriva Southend with 4249 (KX62 JHA), centre, before re-registration as KX13 AUR
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First Hadleigh Dennis Dart / Plaxton Pointer 43719 (R719 DJN) in non-standard livery with white front beneath windscreen on route 2, which ends on May 4
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Stephensons pass by - Enviro200 Dart 422 (EU60 CAV) passing newly-branded MPD 417 (EU07 FRN)
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Stephensons and Arriva in central Southend, with newly-branded Dart MPD 417 (EU07 FRN) leading
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First Hadleigh Dennis Trident / Plaxton President 32905 (W905 VLN) due for transfer to Basildon
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First Hadleigh's oldest (and very smart) bus, Dennis Dart / Plaxton Pointer 42439 (P439 ORL)
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First Basildon's oldest Dennis Trident / Plaxton President 32859 (V859 HBY) visiting Southend
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Arriva Southend Optare Versa 4206 (YJ61 CJF) from above, showing unusual roofline and Ride the Wave branding still on advert frames/cards
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Three Darts, three liveries, three companies - Arriva, First Essex 41013 (R713 VLA), Regal Busways 604 (R510 SJM) - just before major Dart withdrawals of April/May 2013
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On loan to Southend - Arriva Dennis Dart / Plaxton Pointer 3209 (P209 LKJ) from Maidstone as replacement for Dart MPD 1608 (KN04 UCY)
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Arriva Southend Dennis Dart / Plaxton Pointer 3387 (P257 FPK) in new Arriva livery
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One of two - just two Arriva Southend Dennis Dart / Plaxton Pointers that wear new Arriva livery, 3387 (P257 FPK) due for withdrawal within a few weeks
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Regal Busways / Essex Pullman P03 (YJ56 WVY) at Southend on route 3B
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Helpful driver and pleasant ride - Arriva Southend 3911 (T911 KKM) with tuneful ZF gearbox
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Stephensons Scania / East Lancs OmniDekka contrast - ex London United YN55 NHP awaiting repaint and single-door conversion before use, with ex Reading 508 (YN54 AFJ)
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Stephensons of Essex Scania / East Lancs OmniDekka YN55 NHA as received from London United, prior to repainting
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Stephensons of Essex Scania / East Lancs OmniDekka YN55 NHA as-acquired from London United, before repaint into fleet livery and use
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Just-acquired - Stephensons of Essex Scania / East Lancs OmniDekka YN55 NHA ex London United awaiting single-door conversion and repaint into fleet livery
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Aboard First Essex Dennis Trident / Plaxton President 32887 (V887 HBY), a type now withdrawn from Southend area, returned on loan
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First Essex Dennis Trident / Plaxton President 32887 (V887 HBY) in old livery with 33074 (LN51 GOH) in new livery - route 26 usually single-deck operated and existing route to end on May 4 2013
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On loan back home - former First Hadleigh Dennis Trident / Plaxton President 32887 (V887 HBY) on loan back from its new depot, First Basildon
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Regal Busways / Essex Pullman Optare Tempo P03 (YJ56 WVY) with First Essex Dennis Dart / Marshall 41761 (X761 HLF)
