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	KINGSBRIDGE 7’6” VINTAGE BUS RUNNING DAY – 17 September 2022
	Returning for our 15th year, the Kingsbridge Running Day on Saturday 17th September will operate a full network of passenger carrying services on authentic routes so enjoyed by enthusiasts, holidaymakers and locals over the years. The Running Day will be centred on Kingsbridge Bus Station on the Quay (TQ7 1FD), operating services from 10.00 until 17.30.  The bus station is at the heart of this vibrant market town with good public transport links from Plymouth and Totnes (for Exeter) and is a short drive south of the A38. Features of the 2022 event include:   ● Services to coast and country destinations including Slapton, Totnes, East Portlemouth, South Pool & Sherford, Goveton, Frogmore, Salcombe, Hope Cove, Soar, Thurlestone, Loddiswell (Station), Modbury, and Moreleigh   ● Circular services such as Kingsbridge to Goveton via Buckland-tout-Saints and Kingsbridge to Blackawton back through Strete and along the coast.   ● ·       A new service to coastal villages East of the Kingsbridge Estuary courtesy of the Coleridge Community Bus (and their newly acquired easy access minibus).   ● Short workings by open-top bus to enjoy the estuary views on a circular to Churchstow.   ● Coach tours to Blackpool Sands and services to Bigbury-on-Sea giving a break to enjoy the seaside.   ● ·       Refreshments and an opportunity to enjoy the grounds at Loddiswell Station courtesy of the owners with proceeds going to South Hams District Explorer Scout Unit to assist with various young people’s activities, camps and expeditions (103). A souvenir programme (52 pages in A5 format) accompanies the event detailing the vehicles in service, duties and timetables.  In 2021 a focus was the diamond anniversary of the diminutive Bristol SU buses and coaches which Western National favoured for many years in the South Hams.  In 2022 attention turns to the fleets operated by Kingsbridge’s Tally Ho and particularly those marques returning to the area for the vintage bus running day on 17 September.  Articles in the programme have extensive period photographs from the surrounding area, inviting then and now comparisons.  2022 is also the 90th Anniversary of the Grand Opening of Victoria Coach Station – although 250 miles away the coaching activity connecting the South Hams over the decades is illustrated from the local perspective within the programme.  Visitors can also purchase the new TV&GWOT book ‘VCS90 – A Celebration’ which has a section ‘Wheels to the West’ demonstrating the changing look of West Country departures from the capital over the years. BUS & COACH ENTRIES Bus and coach entries for the Kingsbridge running day are warmly invited.  Main road services (for example to Salcombe and Totnes) can accommodate full width and double deck vehicles but narrow single-decks buses have scope to venture down rural roads to coast and country villages.  Coaches can be deployed, appropriately, on Tours to the seaside.  The entry form (Word or pdf formats) should be completed as soon as possible, please, and returned to kingsbridge@tvagwot.org.uk. The deadline for entries is 21st August 2022.  Space in the town is limited so regrettably vehicles for static display cannot be accommodated. RUNNING DAY PROGRAMMES So you can plan your day, running day programmes can be purchased in advance for despatch (last orders 14th September) as follows: BY POST for £8.00 including p&p by either   -   Sending a cheque payable to ‘TV&GWOT’ to Ledger Farm, Forest Green Road, Fifield, Maidenhead SL6 2NR, or   -   Paying by Paypal (including any postal / delivery instructions in the notes)		7’6” buses like the 1933 Bristol H nestle into the rolling South Hams landscape.  © Chris Drew     Order your Kingsbridge 2022 programme now.
	IN PERSON for £6 either on the day or in advance from the Kingsbridge Information Centre on the Quay.
	These programmes have lasting interest and a description of past events and the content of programmes can be seen here.
	The 2022 programme includes a special feature on the Tally Ho fleet over the decades, focusing in on the 60 Bristols which have traversed the South Hams.
	BUSES & COACHES ATTENDING
	Bus and coach entries are still coming in but those entered to attend so far include:
	Fleet No   Reg No   Chassis   Body   Body code   Date   Operator   137 FJ8967 Bl H BBW B35R 1933 Western National 333 DOD518 Bl L5G Beadle B35R 1939 Western National SR487 HTT487 AEC Regal Weymann B35F 1946 Devon General 279 EMW284 Bl L6B Beadle C32R 1947 Wilts & Dorset 1218 JUO983 Bl LL6B ECW FB39F 1948 Southern National 2015 HOD66 Beadle-Bd Beadle B35R 1949 Western National 2800 NHU2 Bl LSX5G ECW B42D 1951 Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co. 1613 LTA772 Bl LWL ECW B39R 1951 Western National RF627 NLE627 AEC RF Metro-Cam B39F 1953 London Transport 1376 OTT85 Bl LS6G ECW C39F 1954 Southern National SN839 XTA839 Albion Nimbus Willowbrook B31F 1958 Devon General TCR890 890ADV AEC Reliance Willowbrook C41F 1959 Greycars 600 672COD Bl SUS ECW B30F 1960 Western National 603 675COD Bl SUS ECW B30F 1960 Western National 425 275KTA Bl SUL ECW C33F 1962 Western National 1234 286KTA Bl SUL ECW C37F 1962 Southern National /Guernseybus 692 EDV555D Bl SUL ECW B36F 1966 Southern National 1254 VOD124K Bl LHS6L Marshall B33F 1972 Western National 1318 BDV318L Bl LH6L Marshall C39F 1973 Royal Blue 1557 FDV787V Bl LHS6L ECW B35F 1979 Western National 1560 FDV790V Bl LHS6L ECW B35F 1979 Western National 300 C862DYD Fd Tt RH/Do B16F 1985 Southern National 401 L401VCV Ds Dt Pn B40F 1994 Western National 628 L628VCV Merc 709 Pn B23F 1994 Western National 283 N283PDV Merc 709 Pn B23F 1995 Plymouth Citybus   RX22SFK Merc Sprinter   B16F 2022 Coleridge Community Bus RTL326 KGU284 Ld PD2/1 (7RT) Park Royal H56R 1949 London Transport 358 MCO658 Ld Titan PD2/12 Metro-Cam O30/26R 1956 Plymouth City Transport 1969 468FTT Bl FLF6G ECW H38/30F 1960 Western National 2019 824KDV Bl FLF6G ECW H38/30F 1963 Western National RM1872 ALD872B AEC Routemaster Park Royal H36/28R 1964 London Transport 1056 OTA290G Bl VRT/SL6G ECW H39/31F 1969 Western National 1121 VDV121S Bl VRT/SL3/6LXB ECW H43/31F 1978 Western National 1 UWV614S Bl VRT/SL3/6LXB ECW CO43/31F 1978 Rail River Link 1157 AFJ764T Bl VRT/SL3/6LXB ECW H43/31F 1979 Western National 1203 LFJ847W Bl VRT/SL3/6LXB ECW H43/31F 1980 Western National 1814 A686KDV Ld ONLXB/1R ECW H45/32F 1983 Devon General
	We are very grateful to the vehicle owners and crews for coming to Kingsbridge and making their carefully preserved buses and coaches available for public rides.
	FEEDER SERVICES Feeder services (free) for the Kingsbridge Running Day will operate to and from Totnes.  Services may also serve Ashburton and Buckfastleigh. Although a rail strike is now planned for 17 September, the running day feeder services will still operate from Totnes as it is understood passengers will be travelling to the Totnes area on Friday and some residents are planning to take the feeder service.  TV&GWOT is grateful to Roger Burdett, Steve Morris and South Devon Railway Road Services for providing the feeders. A frequent Tally Ho service 164 will also serve the route – normal fares apply.   Earliest feeders to Kingsbridge (tbc)   Latest returns from Kingsbridge (tbc) Ashburton - 0845 - Kingsbridge 1700 1715 Buckfastleigh - 0900 - Totnes  - Rail 1735 1750 Totnes  - Coronation Road 0840 0920 0940 Totnes - Coronation Road 1740 1755 Totnes  - Rail 0845 0925 0945 Buckfastleigh 1800 - Kingsbridge 0920 1000 1020 Ashburton 1815 - A feeder service will also operate from Plymouth courtesy of the Plymouth City Transport Preservation Group – TV&GWOT is very grateful to PCTPG. Inbound times to Kingsbridge will be as follows: 0820 Plymouth Railway Station 0830 Royal Parade, Stop A11 0945 Kingsbridge Stagecoach service 3 to and from Plymouth will operate through the day to the normal Saturday timetable – normal fares apply.
	PREVIOUS EVENTS Information about previous events and programme articles can be found here.  TV&GWOT’s Blog also has an account of the  2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 Kingsbridge events. In 2021 we celebrated the Diamond Jubilee (+1) of the Bristol SU which featured large in Western National’s Kingsbridge operations.  This centred on the former depot – you can enjoy the sights and sounds of this heritage re-enactment and an SU excursion to Dartmouth here:
	Click here to view form Kingsbridge event. Take a trip with us down to the former Western National depot at Rack Park in Kingsbridge.
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