Lots of Branded buses on the GWR Rail Replacement from Bristol Temple Meads to Bath Spa today.
48/49 branded Enviro400MMC
1 branded Enviro400MMC
90 branded Streetdecker
Plain Streetdecker
U5 branded ALX400
I had a little ride round this afternoon:
13:20 Temple Meads to Bath (non-stop) - Fishponds Road E400MMC 33798
14:20 Bath to Trowbridge - Bath Route 5 branded B7RLE 66883
15:15 Trowbridge to Chippenham (train) - GWR 150002
16:05 Chippenham to Bath - Bath Uni U1 branded E400MMC 33947
16:48 Bath to Temple Meads (via Keynsham) - unbranded Streetdeck 35150
The bus journeys generally had plenty of slack time (which is why I made the 16:48 ex Bath as the 16:05 ex Chippenham got in 5 minutes early). This also gave time for photo stops at Bradford-on-Avon and Keynsham!
As well as the vehicles noted above, the non-stop journeys Temple Meads - Bath seemed a mixture of either Whiteladies Road or Fishponds Road E400MMC, Bath - Trowbridge was mostly B7RLE with the odd StreetLite and Chippenham - Bath mainly coaches from Applegates, Arleen, Barnes, Beeline and Pewsey Vale. There was an Avalon coach at Temple Meads.
There was also a Gemini (37588) parked up at Temple Meads. StreetDecks 35143/44 were also on the Keynsham route and 35142 was parked up at Temple Meads.
Rail replacement buses at Temple Meads now use The Friary instead of the station approach. They use bays 14-16 in Bath bus station, with service buses moved from those bays to Dorchester Street.