908 TJO is a 12-metre Leyland Leopard with a wrongly applied National Express livery, and a history about which i have no knowledge

908 TJO is a 12-metre Leyland Leopard with a wrongly applied National Express livery, and a history about which i have no knowledge

Alder Valley 1195 (GGM 95W)

Ambassador - and a comedian must have been at work to create this wedge-shaped set of speed stripes.

Ambassador 917 (C917 BPW) demonstrates incomplete stripes after a running repair on the nearside lower panels.

Amberline, Liverpool A342 UFE presenting a sorry picture for passengers in Wigna's bus station

Amberline, Liverpool C174 KHG, one of a handful of Neoplans to be bodied with Plaxton Paramount 4000 bodies

Arriva Fox County P205 RWR is a DAF SB3000 with Van Hool C51FT bodywork

Bristol 2205 (A205 SAE) in a false version of the National Express colours

Cambus 404 (VYU 762S) may be sporting Cambridge blue, but it should be in National Express colours. It started life with the Grey Green operations of Cowie.

Cheltenham and Gloucester 2410 (C424WFH), a Leyland TRCTL11/3RZ with Plaxton Paramount C46FT bodywork., supposedly working a National Express service - but only the front has been labelled. Alongside is City of Oxford 32 (VUD 32X), a 1982 Leyland Leopard PSU3E.4R with ECW bodywork. It is seen in South Midland's Orbiter colours while duplicating the London Rapide service.

Damaged publicity in Leeds (Wellington Street) coach station

Dorset Travel Services knew what the rules were for Rapide serveries. This was a disgrace.

Double N - doubled

East Kent 1089

East Kent 8829

East Kent Leyland Leopard/ECW in East Kent colours

Eastern Counties LL 799 (OEX 799W) showing non-orthodox National Express identifiers, and two letters missing from NATIONAL

Eastern National 1404 (VHK 177L) after being rebuilt as the protoytpe ECW B51 coach, pictured outside the National Bus Company headquarters in New Street Square [Alan O. Watkins Colln]

Eastern National 1404 (VHK 177L) after being rebuilt as the protoytpe ECW B51 coach, pictured outside the National Bus Company headquarters in New Street Square [Alan O. Watkins Colln]

Ensign C112 FMJ on demonstration to National Express

Ensign C112 FMJ with Clive Myers, chairman of National Express. It was a Scania K112CRS with Berkhof CH73CT bodywork.

FHS 751X with Catterall, Southam

First Group 21150 (S116 RKG) on the 570 service from Birmingham, bound for Blackpool and sporting its school bus notices and own operator identity.

Hastings District (ex maidstone and District) 143, on a day tour in an operator-amended version of the National Express livery

Invincible UAL 272X

Invincible UAL 272X

London Country TP 1 in Green Line livery

Midland Red Express - National local coach livery

National Travel East 94 (UWA 94S) with no indication of its destination, and sporting National - not National Express - livery

NAtional Travel West 093 (ANA 93Y) with its vinyls part removed

National Welsh - the double-N has not been applied to the trade logo

National Welsh Duple Laser

National Welsh UC1198

National Welsh UC1198 (SDW 914Y)

National Welsh XC 961 (C261 GUH)

Northern 7006 in National Holidays livery and PMT 20 in ... well, PMT's version of the NX livery

PMT (Paramount) 71 (VFA 71X) sporting the PMT Paramount livery, not the National Express colour scheme

Premier Travel driver at Heathrow Airport

Premier, Cambridge 332 C332 PEW

Ribble/National Travel 13 showing dvertising for a non-National Express product - the ribble group.

The Revenue Protection Inspector's van, clamped in Digbeth coach station

Thomas of Brighton (?) B510 CCP was curiously decorated for National Express operations.. It was a DAF MB200 with Duple C51F bodywork

Trathen 05 (STT 605X) - note the rear-facing National Express logo on a highly colourised Van Hool body

Trent 52 (SCH 152X) has replaced the National Express fleetname with the Trent one.

United 6501 (NDC 501W), a Plaxton-bodied Leyland Leopard PSU3F/4R type, boasting United on the boot when the contract laid down 'National Express'

West Yorkshire 2705 (EWW 948Y) arrives in Sheffield on the 356 service to Leeds

West Yorkshire Road Car 1407 (B488 TYG)

West Yorkshire Road Car 2407 (B488 TYG) had lost all its markers by the time it was with Yorkshire Travel Services, and operating the Leeds - Chester service

Western National 1400 (E213 BOD) at St Austell was one of a handful of Neoplan Skyliners in the fleet

Western National 1410 (B258 AGL)

Yorkshire Voyager B87 SWX with blinds set to 320 - National Express. Very helpful to travellers!