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GS: The Guy Special

Prepared by Ian Smith

This page created 23rd October 2003.

308/308A map

308 HG Hertford - Horns Mill - Bayford - Cuffley Station (- Goffs Oak)
308A HG Hertford - Horns Mill - Bayford - Berkhamsted

The 308 and 308A are a pair of rural routes south-west of Hertford. They climb up away from the county market town into leafy, hilly countryside dotted with villages. At Epping Green the routes divide, the 308A heading north-west to Little Berkhampstead (Little Berkhamsted), while the 308 heads south over more rolling hills to reach Cuffley, terminating at the station. From October 1967 it was extended on to reach Goffs Oak.

The 308 was a large saloon route, operated by Hertford-based Leyland Tiger TF buses before crew-operated RFs took over in May 1953. One man operated RFs made them more economically viable from July 1956. But they were operated by GSs at times, notably while the RWs were working the 333 in 1962-3.

Hertford: GS32 on 308A

GS32 at Hertford Bus Station during the September 2000 Running Day.

Epping Green: GS62 (and GS1) Cuffley Stn: GS62
Photos taken on 1st June 2002 during the Country Bus Running Day: above right: GS62 on arrival at Cuffley Station: a pity about the modern bus stop sign!
above left: GS62 on the 308 peeps round the corner at Epping Green while GS1 on the 308A has already turned the other way.
below left: GS62 pauses at the Farmers Arms (Bayford I think). below right: GS1 on the 308A precedes GS62 on the 308 up the hills away from Hertford.
Farmers Arms: GS62 leafy hilly lanes near Brickendon: GS1

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