For all you bus spotters out there!

 

As of February 2026 our fleet comprises four Volkswagen T5 transporters converted by 'Bluebird' into 14/15 seat minibuses.  We also have two Peugeot Boxers which are slightly newer and form the mainstay of our current operations (pictures to follow!)

 

The original 'little blue bus', Volkswagen T5 Transporter YH58 EHD purchased from GoRide CIC in January 2017, pausing at the Perch & Pike in South Stoke (on our former route 134).  This vehicle served us well for eight years but we said farewell in November 2025 when this vehicle and SF06 BLX were donated to a local Ukranian refugee who hopes to use them to support the war effort in his home country.

 

Also bought from GoRide CIC in January 2017, SF06 BLZ seen here on a trial run to Watlington while researching possible timings for the 137 service.  Sadly we had to say goodbye to this bus on 27th November 2021.

 

Twin number 1!  SF06 BLX Purchased in March 2017 from a dealer near Coventry.  By complete coincidence, she came straight off the same production line with her 'sister' SF06 BLZ, seen here posing outside Dorchester Abbey for a route 138 publicity shot.  Now somewhere between Goring and Ukraine!

 

Twin number 2!  YH58 EHC Purchased in April 2017 from a dealer near Chertsey.  Spot the difference (yes I know, one is blue, one is white....)

 

This was our final and youngest Bluebird YX61 BGY, until March 21st 2020..........

 

.........when YX61 BGO arrived!  Thanks to a grant from the South Oxfordshire District Councillors, including £2,000 from Goring's District Councillor Maggie Filipova-Rivers, BGY's 'missing' twin appeared for sale on the internet at just the right time and right price!  Both buses had previously seen service with Aberdeenshire Council.

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