First Solent Streetlites (1) - 11 October 2013

It was a posting on Flickr which drew my attention to the presence at Eastleigh of more vehicles on delivery to First. I first observed similar use of space at the works on 11 March 2012 when First's Eclipses were being delivered for the Eclipse busway between Fareham and Gosport. These Wrightbus Streetlite Maxs are reported as being delivered (via Heysham) to First Hants and Dorset but carry First Solent branding on the nearside above the passenger entrance. I thought they might have been to nearby Hants & Dorset Trim for detailing but a Flickr photograph from Heysham suggests that this had already been applied. For my visit there were two rows of three buses.

The vehicles in this picture are (l-r) 66063/SK63KKD, 63060/SK63KKA and 63062/SK63KKC.

Note (added 16 October 2013): these buses will run on routes 7 & 8 from Portsmouth and, at the time of these pictures were missing their Star branding. This new branding replaces Zip.

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