John Oram's photos with the keyword: Xelabus

A very nice scheme on Xelabus ADL Enviro 200MMC 442/G15SSP at Barton Park. G15SSP

Xelabus Plaxton President bodied Dennis Trident 538/J80BPC at ASDA Fareham between turns on the free bus service. TZ70_P1020795CE

Xelabus Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 428/YY66PEO with rainbow marking at Barton Park. The rainbow became a widespread symbol of hope during the coronavirus crisis. 200_3_P1120873CE

Xelabus now has a number of East Lancs bodied Scania N94UD (OmniDekkas) in its busy fleet. Two examples, 553/J8XEL (rear) and 550/YN05WFB are seen in Market Parade, Havant in connection with Rail Replacement services. This location, used before for the same purpose, is overflow parking as the loaded buses turn in and depart from the station forecourt. I very much like Xelabus and am pleased for its evident success but I do find it difficult to follow the movement around its fleet of the distinctive number plates. 200_3_P1100727CE

Xelabus Plaxton President bodied Dennis Trident 526/J8XEL (formerly Y856GCD) at ASDA Fareham on ASDA Free Bus duty. As is the case with many Xelabus vehicles, this registration has been used before within the fleet, having previously been on Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart 404. 200_3_P1060365CE

Xelabus Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 433/YY17GRZ at stop CG in Vincents Walk, Southampton. 200_3_P1060041E

Sunday 3 December 2017 saw an extensive programme of rail replacement services, involving several operators, run from Havant station as trains did not run between Southampton and Havant or Havant and Barnham. Shortly after I photographed Xelabus Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TL 530/LX53AZU by itself, it was joined by a representative of local rival Wheelers in the form of their East Lancs Olympus bodied Scania N230UD 9423RU, the pair making a colourful sight together on a dull day. They were waiting in Market Parade outside Havant Park. 200_3_P1040050E

Sunday 3 December 2017 saw an extensive programme of rail replacement services, involving several operators, run from Havant station as trains did not run between Southampton and Havant or Havant and Barnham. Shortly after I photographed Xelabus Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TL 530/LX53AZU by itself, it was joined by a representative of local rival Wheelers in the form of their East Lancs Olympus bodied Scania N230UD 9423RU, the pair making a colourful sight together on a dull day. They were waiting in Market Parade outside Havant Park. 200_3_P1040047

Sunday 3 December 2017 saw an extensive programme of rail replacement services, involving several operators, run from Havant station as trains did not run between Southampton and Havant or Havant and Barnham. I am always pleased to see an Xelabus vehicle and the company was represented by Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TL 530/LX53AZU. Seen in here in Market Parade, outside Havant Park, it was assigned to Southampton duties (via Swanwick, Fareham and Cosham). 200_3_P1040046

The Xelabus fleet never ceases to provide interest for the enthusiast photographer. Today's vehicle on the ASDA Free Bus, seen at the Fareham store, was East Lancs Myllennium Vyking bodied Volvo B7TL PL51LGC formerly Plymouth Citybus 412 and now 537 with the Hampshire company. 200_2_P1150276

Xelabus Alexander RL bodied Volvo Olympian 535/J19XEL in Market Parade, Havant adjacent Havant Park. The vehicle was between turns on Tesco Free Bus. 200_2_P1140021C

The ever-changing Xelabus fleet sees vehicle acquisition and disposal accompanied by fleet number changes and goodness knows how many moves of premium plates. For the time being L6XEL is on the company's no. 505, a Northern Counties bodied Volvo Olympian, seen here in Pound Tree Road, Southampton. 200_2_P1110552C

I have acheived inconsistent results with my photographs of moving buses especially in the variable light conditions prevalent in the UK, so I like places like this. Pound Tree Lane in Southampton has a mixture of bus stands and stops and sees a variety of users and liveries. In this shot Xelabus Northern Counties bodied Volvo Olympian 505/L6XEL is seen with First Wright Eclipse Urban bodied Volvo B7RLE 69245/YJ07WFM behind. In the distance are two First Wrightbus StreetLite DFs with City Red branding, 47425/SK63KMV (rear) and 47424/SK63KMU. The Xelabus plate is another of those previously seen on at least one other vehicle. 200_2_P1110556C

The Xelabus fleet is difficult to follow as plates and fleet numbers change frequently. Plaxton bodied Dennis Dart SLF 402/H9XEL was pictured eastbound on Pound Tree Lane, Southampton and, a few minutes later, westbound on the same road as it ran just ahead of the Zany Zebras parade [qv]. The registration was previously seen on a Dart with fleet number 409 and the name Patricia and another with fleet number 407, so I assume this is a different vehicle. Any confirmed information would be welcome. H9XEL

My document of the Xelabus fleet grows with this picture of Scania OmniCity 421/YR10AZT at ASDA Fareham before operating an afternoon service on Asda Free Bus. Xelabus uses a wide variety of its vehicles on the service as many of my previous photographs record. 200_2_P1080820C

Xelabus Scania OmniLink 414/YT12YUK seen at ASDA Fareham between journeys on ASDA Free Bus. 200_2_P1080445

For the bus enthusiast, there is quite a lot of interest in this picture. Xelabus Plaxton President bodied Dennis Trident 528/Y852GCD is ex-Brighton & Hove 852. It is seen in Market Parade, Havant between journeys on Tesco Freebus, thus bringing yet more variety to a service on which I have photographed many vehicles, and carries Itchen Sixth Form College vinyls. 200_2_P1080289

For the bus enthusiast, there is quite a lot of interest in this picture. Xelabus Plaxton President bodied Dennis Trident 528/Y852GCD is ex-Brighton & Hove 852. It is seen in Market Parade, Havant between journeys on Tesco Freebus (see nearside windscreen), thus bringing yet more variety to a service on which I have photographed many vehicles, and carries Itchen Sixth Form College vinyls. 200_2_P1080291