East Grinstead Rail Replacement: Kent Operators

[Chris]

Even though one bus every 5 minutes to two different destinations sounds a lot, I wasn't quite prepared for the volume of buses floating around East Grinstead on Saturday. (Albeit that I missed the opportunity for a seemingly rare photo of the Scientology buses, as I was too far away). Two services were offered, one to Three Bridges from the regular bus stops, and one to Gatwick Airport from what is usually the drop-off bay. 

East Grinstead is already pushing the Club boundaries somewhat, and with operators coming from as far afield as Birmingham and Hampshire, even I can't quite justify images from Thandi Coaches, Xelabus and Portsmouth City Coaches... but here's a small opening selection from Kent-based operators: Chalkwell's C13CWL (with a very friendly greeting from the driver) and K26CWL, Farleigh Coaches' unusual FC74FAR (which was a nightmare to get a clear image of in the low light), and from just outside of the county, but used on a service entering our boundaries, Centaur's YT70 EWG. 

Chris

[Neil Gow]

I managed to catch the Farleigh Coaches' AOS Grand Toro in better lighting at the Three Bridges end.