Prepared on Notepad by Ian Smith,

This page created 5th April 2012, updated 28th February 2015.

Optare Excels: Arriva the Shires 3002, 3003


Bus Histories

These histories are incomplete. They are being assembled as I garner information from a variety of sources. Particularly useful have been: 
 
      V392 KVY 11/99    11.5m Excel L1150 VN9432, Optare Excel 9432, B45F
               11/99    new to Claribel, Birmingham: white/blue
                */05    bought by Ogden, St Helens: white, red skirt
               11/06 MK bought by MK Metro (Milton Keynes)
                3/07 MK in service on 4
                        painted yellow, blue skirt
                5/09 MK in service on MK 4
3002                 MK taken over by Arriva the Shires
                2/10 MK painted in interurban blue/blue/cream horn, LED screen
                7/10 MK in service on MK 4
                8/10 MK in service on MK 5
                9/10 HH transfer for 280 (Hemel Hempstead)
                4/11 HH unusual on Hemel 4/5
               11/14 HH withdrawn
            by 12/15    sold

      V393 KVY 11/99    11.5m Excel L1150 VN9433, Optare Excel 9433, B45F
               11/99    new to Claribel, Birmingham: white/blue
                6/04    in service, Claribel
                */05    bought by Ogden, St Helens: white, red skirt
               11/06 MK bought by MK Metro (Milton Keynes)
                1/07 MK in service on 4
                        painted yellow, blue skirt
3003                 MK taken over by Arriva the Shires
                2/10 MK in service on 4A
                */10    painted in interurban blue/blue/cream horn, LED screen
                4/10 MK in service on MK 4, 39
                9/10 HH transfer for 280 (Hemel Hempstead)
               12/10 HH used on 300, 301
                3/11 HH repaired after accident
                4/11 HH back into service
                3/12 HH in service on 300
                5/12 HH in service on 300
               11/15    withdrawn
            by 12/15    sold

Ian's Bus Stop XL index. Arriva The Shires XLs. XL histories.