Private Owner (preservation)/

Bristol MW #1410

5 april 2009 - Cobham (UK). Bristol/ECW buses - Royal Blue was once the principal express coach operator in England, running scheduled coach services all over England. Bristol coaches were used, with bodywork built to their specification by Eastern Coach Works. These coaches were very distinctive, with air suspension, luxurious seats and luggage racks. Royal Blue was closely connected with the Southern National and Western National companies and vehicles often moved from one fleet to another.
Author: dvigar edytor

Bristol MW #2148

16 september 2007 - Duxford, showbus. Kolejna pięknie odremontowana staroć.
Author: kuszok edytor

5 april 2009 - Cobham (UK). Bristol/ECW buses - Bristol Greyhound was really the trading name for part of the Bristol city bus company. Together with Royal Blue, it ran coach services in the west of England. This particular bus travelled overland from England to Nepal after it was withdrawn from service.
Author: dvigar edytor

Bristol MW #2250

5 april 2009 - Cobham (UK). Bristol/ECW buses - the classic Royal Blue express coach of the late 1950s. These were ‘ king of the road’ when new and connected all parts of England with London and the south coast. This one served with Royal Blue and also with the two parent companies, Southern and Western National.
Author: dvigar edytor

Bristol MW #2278

2 august 2009 - Gosport,UK - Stokes Bay: Royal Blue was a national long distance coach company which served many areas of the UK with a distinctive fleet of Bristol vehicles, often the MW6G model as shown by this 1963 model shown here, which was #2278 in the fleet. Until car ownership became widespread from the 1960s onwards, coaches (and trains) were the main way to get around the country and long distance coaches did very good business.
Author: dvigar edytor

2 august 2009 - Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire (UK) – A nice pair of ex-Royal Blue long distance coaches. Note the two slightly different shades of blue – I think the one on the left is closer to the colour I remember.
Author: dvigar edytor

Bristol MW #331

2 august 2009 - Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire (UK) – An attractive 34-seat luxury coach of the 1950s, intended for long distance touring. You can always identify the engine type of Bristol buses by the type code – an ‘A’ signifies an Albion engine, a ‘B’ a Bristol engine, a ‘G a Gardner engine, and so on. This bus is rallied frequently in the South of England.
Author: dvigar edytor

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Bristol MW #BN480

5 april 2009 - Cobham (UK). Bristol/ECW buses - a typical Bristol MW dual purpose bus/coach of the 1960s. Eastern National was the principal operator in (guess?) eastern England. The Bristol bus manufacturing company was world famous, but doesn’t exist any more. Their buses were nearly all bodied by Eastern Coach Works, which was part of the same organisation.
Author: dvigar edytor

Bristol MW #DNU 20C

22 may 2016 - Stoke-on-Trent, Britannia Stadium parking.
Author: SebGre driver