tbtc
Veteran Member
Rather than disrupt the discussion about United Coaches by going off-topic, a comment by @user1234 got me thinking...
Sheffield Omnibus (the '90s independent who eventually sold out to Yorkshire Traction) had a simple dark blue/cream livery, which was the colour scheme of Preston Bus, who most of the (initial) Sheffield Omnibus fleet came from.
IIRC there was a Birmingham independent who had an orange livery because so much of their fleet came from GM Buses in Manchester.
Are there any other examples though?
(sometimes it's just coincidence - IIRC SUT in Sheffield already had a dark red/white livery before they acquired Atlanteans from LRT in Edinburgh - though buying them from an operator with similar colours saved a few quid on painting!)
Has United Coaches ever actually had a livery? Or have they always just left their vehicles in their previous owners livery?
Sheffield Omnibus (the '90s independent who eventually sold out to Yorkshire Traction) had a simple dark blue/cream livery, which was the colour scheme of Preston Bus, who most of the (initial) Sheffield Omnibus fleet came from.
IIRC there was a Birmingham independent who had an orange livery because so much of their fleet came from GM Buses in Manchester.
Are there any other examples though?
(sometimes it's just coincidence - IIRC SUT in Sheffield already had a dark red/white livery before they acquired Atlanteans from LRT in Edinburgh - though buying them from an operator with similar colours saved a few quid on painting!)