RF633 at Brasted

Sevenoaks Running Day

Sunday May 18th 2008

Prepared by Ian Smith, 8th June 2008.


Part Four: Sevenoaks Bus Station

At Sevenoaks bus station we found one of the few service buses of the day. Arriva Kent & Sussex operate the modern 401 even on Sundays for Kent County Council, who provide Dart 3593, suitably signwritten on a white livery for the job. Now it nosed between the other buses in the bus station prior to a trip to Chartwell.

3593 at Sevenoaks on 401. 3593 at Sevenoaks on 401.

Further down in the bus station lurked RF495, masquerading as green RF592, and visiting for the day. AEC Reliance RP21, which had earlier come down as a 704 from New Cross, was now on a short-working of the same GreenLine route between Green Street Green and Tonbridge.

RF495 at Sevenoaks. RP21 at Sevenoaks on 704.

At the top of the bus station stood Maidstone and District Titan DH397, on which I hoped to travel next. Camden Coaches' 1963 AEC Reliance 590 with Harrington Grenadier, SAF900, came into the bus station past it to load up for a trip on the old West Kent Motors route to Plaxtol (M&D route 68). Further down the bus station stood RF633, resting between turns onn the 413 group of routes.

Camden Coaches 900SAF at Sevenoaks. RF633 at Sevenoaks.

RT604 was preparing for another short working on the 403 to Westerham, while RT3148 was taking a break after doing the same.

RT604 at Sevenoaks. RT3148 at Sevenoaks

It definitely seemed to be Country Bus lunch-time, AS XF3 was parked just down the hill. This shaped bus was familar in Sevenoaks, but mostly in the Maidstone & District Atlantean form. A pity that we didn't have one of those here today too.

XF3 at Sevenoaks. XF3 at Sevenoaks

Talking of lunch-time, I was hungry. So I went to visit the mobile canteen before heading back up through the bus station towards DH379.

Part Five: M&D to Borough Green and back

Photos by Ian Smith. Click on any of them for a larger picture.

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