RetroBus​.........buses of the 60's, 70's & 80's.
Sunday 19th March 2017


​Welcome to RetroBus, the unique event specifically for Front Entrance Buses, designed and built during the 60's, 70's & 80's.

This event was a whole new idea that sparked from the success of our previous running day in Winchester, the Rear Engine Running Day.

The idea of the Front Entrance Running Day was to provide a range of local town and country services which of course, called at a number of real ale establishments in and around the Winchester area. The services were operated by different types of vehicles of which all share something in common. They have a door at the front!

The event was based in the Bus Station in Winchester. Our first trip ran at 10am and not even one trip was missed throughout the day.

We would like to thank everyone who attended the event.

RetroBus Routes

14: Winchester - Morn Hill - Alresford - Bishops Sutton

45A: Winchester Anticlockwise City Service

45C: Winchester Clockwise City Service

46: Winchester - Hursley - Otterbourne

47: Winchester - St. Cross - Otterbourne

​48: Winchester - St. Cross - Twyford - Fishers Pond - Fair Oak

67: Winchester - Hyde - Itchen Abbas - Alresford - Cheriton

Vehicles that operated in service


Bristol RE
Registration
Company
Entered by
DAE 511K
Bristol
Denis Strange
HDL25E
Southern Vectis
​Hampshire Bus Preservation
ECG 112K
​Provincial
Terry Lawson
XLJ 726K
Hants & Dorset
Terry Hussey
KHW 309E
Cheltenham and District
Mike Ede - Stroud RE Group
Bristol FLF
Registration
​Company
​Entered by
​KRU 224F
​Hants & Dorset
​Trevor Shore
KPM 91E
Brighton & Hove
Ian Manning
Bristol VR
Registration
Company
Entered by
EAP 984V
Southdown Motor Services
Hampshire Bus Preservation
VDV 122S
Southern National
J Mann
NUD 105L
City of Oxford
D Clements
BFX 666T
Wilts & Dorset​
Adam Keen - MoreBus
OSF 307G
Southern Vectis
N Harris
NDL 637M
Solent Blue Line
Rick Jackson
SFJ 106R
Western National
Peter Nicholls

Bristol LH

Registration
Company
Entered By
FDV 793V
Devon General
Mark Webb,  Hants & Surrey Bristol RE Group
VMO 234H
Alder Valley
Hampshire Bus Preservation
ULO 524R
London Transport
Andrew Tanner

Leyland National

Registration
Company
Entered By
A301 KJT
Provincial
Darren Marshall
KPA 369P
Alder Valley
Mortons Travel

Leyland Atlantean

Registration
Company
Entered By
SCD 731N
Southdown
Phil Blair
AEL 170B
Bournemouth Corporation
Dan Shears

Leyland Olympian

Registration
Company
Entered by
A686 MWX
Hampshire Bus
Mortons Travel
F601 MSL
Hampshire Bus
Stagecoach South
G727 XDL
Damory Coaches - Southern Vectis
​The 4727 Group - Jamie Burrows
C454 GKE
Maidstone and District
​Chris Martin

Leyland Leopard

Registration
Company
Entered by
PHA 319M
Midland Red
​John Wilcox

Leyland PD3

Registration
Company
​Entered by
​SGD 407
Glasgow Corporation
Phil Blair

Volvo B10M

Registration
Company
Entered By
N405 LDF
Stagecoach
Paul Henley
L622 TDY
Stagecoach
Paul Henley

Daimler Fleetline

Registration
​Company
Entered By
TCD 374J
Southdown
​Nicholas Pope

Volvo CityBus

Registration
Company
Entered By
G611 BPH
London & Country/ Mortons Travel
Mortons Travel

Volvo Olympian

Registration
Company
Entered By​
J16 XEL
Xelabus
Xelabus of Eastleigh

Event Pictures

Terry Wightman's pictures: RetroBus Running Day 19/03/17 - Flickr Album

Jae Callow's pictures: Winchester Running Day 2017 - Flickr Album
For any enquiries, please contact us on hampshirebuses1@yahoo.co.uk