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NEWS
4 January 2012
Fleet News
Volvo B10M/Plaxton Premiere 184 has been converted to C70F in the Padbus workshops and has returned to Grey Green as a dedicated school bus. The Padbus workshops also converted withdrawn Bova Futuras 185 and 189 to C70F school buses prior to them being sold.

Website Changes
The Fleetlist and Fleet History pages have been updated to include the changes mentioned above.

1 November 2011
Fleet News
The fleet's 10th Scania Omnidekka is 619 (OH11 LAU). It has entered service on route 15 (Oxford-Woodstock-Charlbury-Witney) displacing tri-axle Olympian 285 to the spares fleet. This latest arrival means that the whole peak vehicle requirement can nominally be met by low floor or wheelchair equipped vehicles. However, a number of step entrance vehicles remain as operational spares.
Tri-axle Volvo B12/T Plaxton Excalibur 188 has moved to Grey Green at Winchcombe where it replaces B10M Plaxton Premier 184 on general coach work.

Website Changes
The Archive Gallery has been completed by the addition of five photographs of low height double deckers. These include a rare Foden.
The Fleetlist and Fleet History pages have been updated to include the changes mentioned above.
The Links page has been updated to include a link to model fleet operator southwestbus.
The picture on the Home page has been changed to Van Hool Acron 198.

28 October 2011
Website Changes
The Archive Gallery has been updated to include 10 pictures of early Padbus single deckers. The Fleet History page now includes links to the picture galleries.

8 October 2011
Website Changes
The Gallery page has been updated to include pictures of the recent new deliveries described in the news items dated 7 August 2011 and 30 September 2011.

30 September 2011
Fleet News
September 1 saw the entry into service of 101 (OG61 CAA) Scania K340EB/Caetano Levante C51FLt. This was followed on 4th September by similar 102 (OG61 CAB). Both these coaches are for MetroShuttle service X10 where they replace Volvo B12M/Plaxton Paragon 190 and Volvo B12M/Van Hool 191 in the main MetroShuttle fleet. 190 and 191 have moved to the MetroShuttle spares fleet displacing Volvo B12T/Plaxton Excalibur 188 and Bova Futura 189 to the reserve fleet.  
 
The latest arrival is 599 (SO10 ULT) Optare Solo Ultra AB57D. This unique vehicle is another special from Padbus Engineering Services Technical Solutions. It is expected to enter service in early October for a six month trial on service 3 (Oxford - Witney via Long Hanborough), hence its temporary, out of sequence fleet number.

7 August 2011
Fleet News
New arrivals are 198 (OE11 CEB) Van Hool T917 Acron C63FL and 199 (OF11 CEC) Scania K340EB/Van Hool T9 Alizee C49FLt. Coach 199 has a widened doorway incorporating a wheelchair lift in a style pioneered by Eldorado Motors.

Following recent new deliveries, various changes have been made to the existing coach fleet. Volvo B10M/Plaxton Premiere 180 and Volvo B10M/Van Hool T8 Alizee 181 have been withdrawn.
Volvo B10M/Plaxton Premiere 183 has been upseated to C70F and has been transferred from Padbus to Grey Green as a dedicated school bus. Similar coach 184 has also been transferred to Grey Green but remains C49F. Bova Futura 185 and Volvo B10MA/Plaxton Premiere 186 are currently held in reserve.

Website Changes
The Fleetlist and Fleet History pages have been updated to reflect the fleet changes described above.
 
1 June 2011
Fleet News
Further arrivals are 197 (OE11 CEA) Volvo B7R / Plaxton Profile C49FL and 554 (SE56 LRT) Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban B43F. Coach 197 is in MetroShuttle livery. Bus 554 was acquired from L.R. Travel and has entered service in its previous owner's colours which are similar to the Padbus livery. It has been allocated to Chipping Norton for service 25 (Chipping Norton - Banbury). Plaxton Premiere 184 and SLF Pointer Dart 530 are now operational spare vehicles. 

Website Changes
The Fleetlist, Fleet History and Gallery pages have all been updated to reflect the fleet changes described above.

7 April 2011
Website Changes
The Archive Pictures page has been updated to include pictures of former members of the minibus fleet.

23 April 2011
Fleet News
New arrivals are 212 (OE11 HAM) Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 for services 13, 14 & 15 and 213 (OE11 HAN) Alexander Dennis Enviro 500 for Oxford MetroShuttle service X10. Plaxton Premiere 183 and tri-axle Olympian 286 move to the reserve fleet pending decisions on their futures.

Website Changes
The Fleetlist, Fleet History and Gallery pages have all been updated to reflect the fleet changes described above.
17 April 2011
Website Changes
Links page checked and updated where necessary.

20 March 2011
Website Changes
Pictures of most of the open top double deckers that have operated for Padbus in the past have been added to the Archive Pictures page.

14 March 2011
Website Changes
Pictures of most of the full height double deckers that have operated for Padbus in the past have been added to the Archive Pictures page.

28 February 2011
Website Changes
The gallery of archive pictures has been given a page of its own. It can accessed via the existing Gallery page which now just has pictures of the current fleet. The Archive Gallery now includes past members of the coach fleet.
 
24 February 2011 
Website Changes
The Gallery has been updated to include archive pictures of the service fleet.

23 February 2011 
Website Changes
The News for 2010 has been moved to the News Archive page.

The Gallery has been revised to split pictures of the current fleet from the historic archive pictures. No new pictures have been added at this stage.

The Links page has been updated to include new model fleet operator Feline Buses.

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