Dennis Lance SLF, Wright Pathfinder 320

Prepared on Notepad by Ian Smith,

This page created 19th February 2008, updated 25th October 2012.

Bus histories: County Bus ELW 266-9, Arriva 3376-3379

These histories are probably incomplete. They are being assembled from bits of data from a variety of sources.

Particularly helpful have been:

• LOTs data from TLB, Annual Reviews, LBM, Fleetbooks
• VIN data from buslistsontheweb
• London Country Bus Handbook 1998
• Google searches on the internet, using registrations - but dates in particular have to be used with care.

ELW 266 M266 VPU 11/94    Dennis Lance SLF 11SDA3201/150, Wright Pathfinder 320 #T33, B40F
                 11/94 HA new to County Bus
                 11/94 HA into service on 502 (Harlow-Romford)
                       HA Arriva East Herts & Essex
 3376                  HA renumbered
                       HA repainted in turquoise/cream scoop
                  7/00 HA
                  3/02 HA
                  9/02 LD transfer to Arriva The Shires for 61 (Luton Dunstable)
                 10/02 LD used on Luton local services
                  8/03 AY transfer (Aylesbury)
                  9/04 AY fire damaged on 500: withdrawn
                  4/05    remains sold for scrap

ELW 267 M267 VPU 11/94    Dennis Lance SLF 11SDA3201/151, Wright Pathfinder 320 #T34, B40F
                 11/94 HA new to County Bus
                 11/94 HA into service on 502 (Harlow-Romford)
                  */95 HA in service on 502
                       HA Arriva East Herts & Essex
 3377                  HA renumbered
                       HA repainted in turquoise/cream scoop
                  7/00 HA
                  3/02 HA
                  9/02 LD transfer to Arriva The Shires for 61 (Luton Dunstable)
                 10/02 LD used on Luton local services
                  8/03 AY transfer (Aylesbury)
                  6/05 AY
                  7/05 AY in service on 500
                  7/06 AY in service on 61
                  6/08 AY
                  1/09    sold to Ensign Bus (Purfleet)
                  1/09    bought by Trustybus, Harlow
 267                      painted yellow/red/blue
                  8/09    taken over by Centrebus
 767              9/09    numbered
                 11/09    in service on C3
                  1/10    refurbished: B34F (no tip-ups): painted orange/white/blue
                  2/11    in service on 319 to Great Dunmow
                 12/12    sold for scrap to Hardwick (Carlton)

ELW 268 M268 VPU 11/94    Dennis Lance SLF 11SDA3201/152, Wright Pathfinder 320 #T35, B40F
                 11/94 HA new to County Bus
                 11/94 HA into service on 502 (Harlow-Romford)
                       HA Arriva East Herts & Essex
 3378                  HA renumbered
                       HA repainted in turquoise/cream scoop
                  7/00 HA
                  3/02 HA
                  9/02 LD transfer to Arriva The Shires for 61 (Luton Dunstable)
                 10/02 LD used on Luton local services
                  4/03 LD in service on 27 (Marsh Farm & Luton)
                  5/03 LD in service on 27
                 10/03 AY transfer (Aylesbury)
                  6/05 AY
                  6/08 AY
                  1/09    sold to Ensign Bus (Purfleet)
                  1/09    bought by Trustybus, Harlow
 268                      painted yellow/red/blue
                  4/09    in service on C3
                  8/09    taken over by Centrebus
 768              9/09    numbered
                  1/10    refurbished: B34F (no tip-ups): painted orange/white/blue
                  4/10    in service on C3
                  5/10    in service on C3
                  1/11    sold to Ripley (Carlton) for scrap

ELW 269 M269 VPU 11/94    Dennis Lance SLF 11SDA3201/153, Wright Pathfinder 320 #T36, B40F
                 11/94 HA new to County Bus
                 11/94 HA into service on 502 (Harlow-Romford)
                       HA Arriva East Herts & Essex
                  8/97 HA in use on 502
 3379                  HA renumbered
                  2/99 SE transfer to Arriva Southend
                  4/06    at Cobham Open Day
                  3/08    engine fire

Photographic references

For a key to the references, see the bibliography.

ELW 266 M266 VPU LBM138 p33           on 502 to Harlow, Romford, County Bus

ELW 269 M269 VPU LCBH98 p08  8/97     on 502 to Romford Station, Epping, County Bus

Ian's Bus Stop Lance intro. ELW text. ELW bus histories. ELW photo refs.