Contributions of the group Buses - Malta & Gozo

Leyland Bus

nobody@ipernity.com (malona) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:25:01 +0000

malona has posted:

Malta Buses, 2005

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-033 Photo 395-20

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:17:25 +0000

FBY 033
Operator: Joe Scari, Xaghra
Chassis: Bedford YRQ
Body: Duple Dominant
New as MRB 686P to John Clarke, Newthorpe, Notts, UK

Seen on service 64 in Xaghra (pronounced Shah-ra)

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-065 Photo 395-04

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:16:51 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

FBY 065
Operator: Kelies Coaches (Michael Anglu Caruana?), Xaghra
Chassis: Possibly Bedford
Body: Caetano Algarve

Seen in the bus station at Victoria (Rabat)

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-064 Photo 395-12

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:16:11 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

FBY 064
Operator: Farrugia Brothers of Fontana
Chassis: Dennis Javelin
Body: Duple/MetSec

Seen in the bus station at Victoria (Rabat)

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-064 Photo 395-10

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:15:31 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

FBY 064
Operator: Farrugia Brothers of Fontana
Chassis: Dennis Javelin
Body: Duple/MetSec

Seen in the bus station at Victoria (Rabat)

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-064 Photo 389-04

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:15:02 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

FBY 064
Operator: Farrugia Brothers of Fontana
Chassis: Dennis Javelin
Body: Duple/MetSec

Seen passing the school in Xaghra (pronounced Shah-ra)

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-058 Photo 390-25

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:14:22 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

FBY 058
Operator: Farrugia Brothers of Fontana
Chassis: Dennis Javelin
Body: Duple 320

Seen at the coach and car park near the ‘Azure Window’ and the ‘Inland Sea’ on the west of the island.

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-058 Photo 387-15A

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:13:37 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

Operator: Farrugia Brothers of Fontana
Chassis: Dennis Javelin
Body: Duple 320

Seen at the Hotel Cornucopia, Xaghra (pronounced Shah-ra)

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-052 Photo 391-02

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:12:54 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

FBY 052
Operator: Unknown
Chassis: Hino
Body: Debono

Seen at the coach and car park near the ‘Azure Window’ and the ‘Inland Sea’ on the west of the island. Hino is a subsidiary of the Toyota Motor Corporation although the latter name is made more prominent on the windscreen of this coach. (FBY 058, a Duple 320, in background)

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-052 Photo 390-24

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:12:10 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

HBM: Gozo (John Canuana) FBY-052 - May 1998 (387-13A)

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:11:37 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

FBY 052
Operator: John Canuana
Chassis: Hino BT51
Body: Debono

A photograph taken from our balcony at the Hotel Cornucopia, Xaghra (pronounced Shah-ra). The coastal village in the distance, overlooked by a large religious statute, is Marsalforn. Hino is a subsidiary of the Toyota Motor Corporation although the latter name is made more prominent on the windscreen of this coach.

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-050 Photo 390-23

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:10:55 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

FBY 050
Operator: Unknown
Chassis: Bedford
Body: Duple Dominant
Possibly a former Reliance Motor Services of Newbury, UK coach

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-049 Photo 395-05

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:10:11 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

FBY 049
Operator: Unknown
Chassis: Bedford YNT
Body: Plaxton Supreme
New in April 1982 as VPR 864X to Phil Tedd of Thruxton, near Andover, Hampshire

Seen at Xlendi (pronounced Schelendi) on service 87 loading for Victoria (Rabat)

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-048 Photo 394-34

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:09:27 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

FBY 048
Operator: Unknown
Chassis: Bristol LH6L
Body: Plaxton Supreme
New as WJN 22S to Boons of Boreham, Essex in January 1977

Seen in the bus station at Victoria (Rabat) working service 25 to Mgarr port from where the ferry across to Malta sails. Note the horizontal window blinds all set at the same tidy level.

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-044 Photo 390-16

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:08:50 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

FBY 044
Operator: Albert and George Farrugia
Chassis: Bedford SB8
Body: Aqualina

Seen at the Galleria Kristal, Dwejra

Note Greyhound dog logo near front wheel!

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-042 Photo 388-12A

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:08:08 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

FBY 042
Operator: Unknown
Chassis: Believed to be a Reo despite the Bedford radiator grille
Body: Zammit

Seen at Marsalforn (with FBY 027 in the background)

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-039 Photo 390-20A

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:07:31 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

FBY 039
Operator: Unknown
Chassis: Bedford YNT
Body: Plaxton Paramount 3200
New to Armchair, Brentford as A838 PPP in Spring 1984 although latterly operated by Whittle Coaches, Kidderminister. (Other UK registrations include JPY 505, A468 MRW and 9258 VC)

Seen at the Basilica at Ta’ Pinu

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-039 Photo 390-18

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:06:51 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-037 Photo 392-26

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:06:17 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted:

FBY 037
Operator: Unknown
Chassis: Leyland Royal Tiger (1953)
Body: Schembri (1973)
Chassis new as Ribble Motor Services, England 902 (FCK 402), one of their 145 Leyland bodied coaches.

Seen in the bus station in Victoria (Rabat). With a childhood fondness for Ribble’s Royal Tiger coaches I waited to see which service the bus had been assigned with a most certain intention of taking a ride on it wherever it might be heading. All the other buses departed and in a deserted bus station the driver asked where I wanted to go. I replied ‘Wherever this bus is going’. He said it wasn’t going anywhere today so I never got a ride and never saw it again during my holiday. Buses magazine April 2016 carried a feature that Heritage Malta had invited bids for a number of old route buses made redundant in the sweeping changes of 2011. The list is said to include ‘a rebodied Leyland Royal Tiger with chassis new to Ribble’. I think it could only be this gem now 62 years old!

Gozo, May 1998 FBY-037 Photo 392-25

nobody@ipernity.com (David Slater (Spoddendale)) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:05:36 +0000

David Slater (Spoddendale) has posted: