Special Reports Archive

Prepared by Ian Smith, 4th October 2000, updated 29th June 2016.

From time to time I am privileged to be able to attend a bus Running Day, when people who preserve buses take them out to run the routes that their steeds used to ply, either for their private enjoyment or inviting the public to join in.

I have archived some of the reports:

• 10/97: Cobham RF Running Day (public)
• 02/98: Dunton Green Closure (private)
• 04/98: East Grinstead Running Day (public)
• 12/98: Covent Garden: Reserve Collection
• 03/99: Dunton Green Revisited (private)
• 06/99: RT60 Aldwych - Cobham Road Run (semi-public)
• 10/99: Cobham RF Running Day (public)
• 03/00: Chart Running Day (private)
• 04/00: East Grinstead Running Day (public)
• 06/00: Eastbourne Regal Day (mixed)
• 09/00: Hertford Running Day (public)
• 04/01: East Grinstead Running Day (public)
• 06/01: RF50 at Cobham (public)
• 06/01: Hertford & Stevenage Running Day (public)
• 06/01: Kingston Bridge Opening (public)
• 09/01: Dorking Running Day (public)
• 04/02: Cobham Open Day 2002 (public)
• 04/02: East Grinstead Running Day (public)
• 06/02: Hertford & Stevenage (public)
• 06/02: Sidcup & Chislehurst (public)
• 09/02: Dorking (public)
• 04/03: East Grinstead (public)
• 06/03: Hitchin, Hertford & Stevenage (public)
• 08/03: Dorking (public)
• 09/03: Chesham Broadway (public)
• 10/03: Westerham (public)
• 03/04: Northfleet Recce (private)
• 04/04: East Grinstead (public)
• 06/04: Route 8: last crew day (public)
• 06/04: Hertford (public)
• 07/04: Knockholt Pound (public)
• 08/04: Dorking (public)
• 10/04: Gravesend & Northfleet (public)
• 01/05: Route 36: last crew day (public)
• 03/05: Swanley (public)
• 04/05: East Grinstead (public)
• 05/05: Sevenoaks (by invitation)
• 06/05: Hertford (public)
• 07/05: Knockholt Pound (public)
• 09/05: Dorking (public)
• 10/05: Route 38: last crew day (public)
• 10/05: Gravesend (public)
• 12/05: RTs on the X80 (public)
• 12/05: RTRFRegister Christmas Lights Tour (private)
• 01/06: St Albans (public)
• 03/06: Horsham (public)
• 04/06: Hackney Marshes (public)
• 04/06: East Grinstead (public)
• 05/06: Slough & Windsor (public)
• 06/06: Hertford & Stevenage (public)
• 07/06: Gravesend (public)
• 07/06: Eastbourne (public)
• 09/06: Dorking (public)
• 09/06: Tenterden (public)
• 12/06: Blue Triangle in Essex (public)
• 01/07: St Albans (public)
• 04/07: Carshalton (public)
• 04/07: East Grinstead (public)
• 05/07: Potters Bar (public)
• 06/07: Hertford, Stevenage & Harlow (public)
• 07/07: Swanley & Sidcup (public)
• 09/07: Dorking & Reigate (public)
• 09/07: Loughton & Epping (public)
• 09/07: Cobham Routemasters (public)
• 12/07: Ensignbus X80: Grays - Gravesend (public)
• 01/08: St.Albans (public)
• 05/08: Sevenoaks (public)
• 06/08: Hertford (public)
• 08/08: Worcester Park (public)
• 10/08: Amersham (public)
• 10/08: Cobham Green Day (public)
• 11/08: 227,228 Revisited (public)
• 01/09: St.Albans (public)
• 03/09: Sandown Park (public)
• 04/09: East Grinstead (public)
• 05/09: Horsham (public)
• 06/09: Hertford & Stevenage (public)
• 07/09: Sevenoaks (public)
• 08/09: Eastbourne (public)
• 09/09: Leatherhead (public)
• 09/09: Loughton & Epping (public)
• 12/09: RTRF Register Christmas Lights Tour (private)
• 12/09: Bromley mini Running Day, 13th December 2009(public)
• 04/10: Green Line 80 at Cobham Gathering, 4th April 2010 (public)
• 04/10: East Grinstead Running Day, 25th April 2010 (public)
• 05/10: Sevenoaks Running Day, 16th May 2010 (public)
• 06/10: Hertford Route Recreation Day, 5th June 2010 (club)
• 06/10: Hertford, Stevenage Running Day, 6th June 2010 (public)
• 07/10: Gravesend Running Day, 11th July 2010 (public)
• 09/10: Leatherhead Running Day, 5th September 2010 (public)
• 12/10: Bromley Running Day, 12th December 2010 (public)
• 04/11: East Grinstead Running Day, 17th April 2011 (public)
• 05/11: Sevenoaks Running Day, 15th May 2011 (public)
• 05/11: Windsor & Slough Running Day, 22nd May 2011 (public)
• 06/11: Hertford Route Recreation Day, 4th June 2011 (club)
• 06/11: Hertford & Stevenage Running Day, 5th June 2011 (public)
• 09/11: Oxted Running Day, 4th September 2011 (public)
• 09/11: Loughton Running Day, 11th September 2011 (public)
• 10/11: Brooklands Running Day, 23rd October 2011 (public)
• 12/11: Bromley Fun Running Day, 18th December 2011 (public)
• 04/12: East Grinstead Running Day, 15th April 2012 (public)
• 05/12: Sevenoaks Running Day, 13th May 2012 (public)
• 06/12: Hertford Route Recreation Day, 2nd June 2012 (club)
• 06/12: Hertford Running Day, 3rd June 2012 (public)
• 09/12: Luton Route Recreation Day, 2nd September 2012 (club)
• 09/12: Route 210, 11th September 2012 (public)
• 09/12: Epping-Ongar Railway, 23rd September 2012 (public)
• 12/12: Ensignbus Running Day, 1st December 2012 (public)
• 01/13: A Half-hour in Bromley, 10th January 2013 (public)
• 02/13: Routes 212,233, 17th February 2013 (public)
• 03/13: Routes 234, 234A, 234B, 17th March 2013 (public)
• 04/13: East Grinstead Running Day, 14th April 2013 (public)
• 05/13: Harlow Running Day, 5th May 2013 (public)
• 06/13: Stevenage Weekend, 8-9th June 2013 (club & public)
• 09/13: Horley Route Recreation Day, 1st September 2013 (club)
• 10/13: Epping-Ongar Railway, 6th October 2013 (public)
• 12/13: Ensignbus Running Day, 7th December 2013 (public)
• 12/13: Bromley Mini Running Day, 8th December 2013 (public)
• 04/14: RT75, Ash Grove & Route 22, 12th April 2014 (public)
• 04/14: RT75, Brooklands, 13th April 2014 (public)
• 05/14: Sevenoaks Running Day, 18th May 2014 (public)
• 06/14: Epping Route Recreations: 372, 381, 7th June 2014 (club)
• 06/14: Hertford & Stevenage Running Day: 372, 381, 8th June 2014 (public)
• 07/14: Routemaster 60, Finsbury Park, 6th July 2014 (public)
• 12/14: Ensignbus Running Day, 6th December 2014 (public)
• 12/14: Bromley Mini Running Day, 7th December 2014 (public)
• 04/15: East Grinstead Running Day, 12th April 2015 (public)
• 05/15: Sevenoaks Running Day, 17th May 2015 (public)
• 08/15: Wrotham to Amersham Green Line: 703,398A, 1st August 2015 (club)
• 08/15: Chesham Broadway Micro Running Day: 394, 394D, 2nd August 2015 (public)
• 12/15: Bromley Mini Running Day, 13th December 2015 (public)
• 04/16: East Grinstead Running Day, 10th April 2016 (public)
• 05/16: Sevenoaks Running Day, 22nd May 2016 (public)
• 06/16: Hitchin Route Recreation Day: 386,364,383,807,384B, 4th June 2016 (club)
• 06/16: Hertford & Stevenage Running Day: 5th June 2016 (public)
• 12/16: Bromley Mini Running Day, 11th December 2016 (public)
• 06/17: Route 303 re-creation: New Barnet to Hitchin: 3rd June 2017 (club)
• 06/17: Hertford & Stevenage Running Day: 4th June 2017 (public)
• 07/17: Sevenoaks Running Day: 16th July 2017 (public)
• 04/18: East Grinstead Running Day, 22nd April 2018 (public)
• 05/18: Sevenoaks Running Day: 13th May 2018 (public)