Prepared on Notepad by Ian Smith,
This page created 9th July 2020.

Ensignbus DAF/Wrightbus Cadet

At the end of 2010 Ensignbus took ex-Bus Eireann Cadet DWR11 into its service fleet for use on the 81 (Brentwood - Hutton) It remained a singleton in the Ensignbus fleet, and was sold in February 2013 to Acme Transport Services, who used it on their service 7 to Stansted Airport.

Bus history

This history is incomplete. They are being assembled as I garner information from a variety of sources. Particularly useful have been:

• LOTS for accurate data, in TLB, LBM, Fleetbooks
• buslistsontheweb.co.uk for VIN data
• Internet search with Google: $

        01-D-4785    1/01 DAF DE12CSSB120 XMGDE12CS0H008838, Wrightbus Cadet D487, B39F
                     1/01 new to Bus Eireann DWR11
 706    X926 CNO    12/10 bought by Ensignbus, Purfleet: blue/silver
                     1/11 used on 81 to Hutton
                     4/11 in service on 81 to Hutton $
                     4/11 at Cobham Museum Open Day, Dunsfold $
                     4/11 in service on 81 to Brentwood Station $
                    10/11 in service on 81 to Brentwood Station $ 
                     2/13 acquired by Acme Transport Services: white/pink $
                     6/13 at Acme Transport: Braintree
                     9/14 Acme Transport, Bishops Stortford $
                     2/15 in service on 7 to Stansted Airport $
 

A key to the references is in the bibliography.

Photographic references

       X926 CNO  LBM155 p4   1/11 PT pn 81 to Hutton, Brentwood

Ian's Bus Stop Cadet index. Ensignbus Cadet. bus histories. photo refs.