Hertford, Stevenage & Harlow Running Day

Sunday 10th June 2007

Prepared by Ian Smith, 4th July 2007.

Part Eight: Going Home

Hertford

By the time that we reached Hertford most of the other buses had already run their last trips and gone home. But RCL2260 from Blue Triangle was still waiting in the Bus Station, along with GS62 and GS60.

BL49 was preparing for a return feeder service on the 310 to Wood Green, and RML2613 came panting in on the last 390 from Stevenage.

RF633 was being loaded with the CBR equipment ready for its long run back to Sussex, and RF627 was waiting for me, for the long trip back to the West Midlands.

Many thanks to all who participated in the event, especially the CBR team for organising it, the owners, drivers and conductors who made the buses run, the controllers, the programme team, the information stand operators, plus all those who gave the relevant permissions, including the police, the local authorities, bus companies, insurers.... - and to all those good-tempered passengers who didn't spend the entire journey grousing about this, that or the other. Especial thanks to Ken for his hospitality on RF627 - and yes, we did overtake another moving Pendolino, near Milton Keynes Station!

system map.

Buses that I saw (there may well have been others that I missed):

RT113*, RT1700, RT3148, RT3254, RT3871*
RF4, RF48, RF269, RF281, RF308, RF486*, RF600, RF627, RF633, RF679
GS60, GS62
Eastbourne 69
RM1699, RCL2260, RML2613
BL49
SNB449
United Counties 587

P.S. The film featuring Stevenage (and its RTs) was "Here we Go Round The Mulberry Bush" (1967). Thanks to Paul Heinink for the pointer.

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

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