CHARITY RUNNING DAY
BANK HOLIDAY
MONDAY 28th AUGUST
On the above date Seaford & District will
be operating a special charity running day on their East Sussex Tourist Trail service 124 (Lewes - Polegate - Pevensey
- Eastbourne), when a special half-hourly service will run on the route. Vehicles operating on this route will
not only be from the S&D fleet, but also from other preservationists. There will also be a special service of six hourly return journeys on the 123 (Lewes - Newhaven - Seaford).
Timetables for the planned journeys on this day and vehicles booked to work them can be found
on a PDF file, downloadable from the link above.
No fares will be charged on either service this
day, but donations will be invited all of which will be passed on to Macmillan Cancer Support.
For
those that have access to Facebook, Seaford and District have a special 'Service 124 Running Day' page, where updates
and late news are posted.
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JULY JOURNAL
HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS EDITION :-
Details
of many of Stagecoach South’s September service alterations
Stagecoach South take on services
to St. Peter’s School, Merrow (near Guildford)
Stagecoach East Kent acquire an open-top Trident from Cumbria
Route branding alterations on Stagecoach East Kent buses in Eastbourne
Brighton & Hove take delivery
of four Wrightbus StreetDecks for route 7
Brighton
& Hove now have on loan a yellow Mercedes-Benz Sprinter minibus
Brighton & Hove purchase eleven new vehicles to part renew its service
fleet
Compass
Bus are running one daily duty on Brighton & Hove route 13X
Compass Bus announce bus service changes effective from 4th September
Seaford & District purchase its
first Alexander Dennis Enviro200 saloons
This edition has 40 pages with seven recent
topical colour photographs.
It
has now been printed and was put into the post on Monday 31st July.
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NEW AND RECENT SEC PUBLICATIONS
The following new publications are now available. For details of how to purchase them by post
please see our publications page.
NEW:
Sussex Independents 2017 - A guide to the fleets and services of Compass Travel
and the smaller independents who operate regular bus services, including four pages of photographs and a colour cover. SORRY
THIS PUBLICATION IS SOLD OUT.
NEW: Southdown Fleet
History Part 28 - 1963 - The First Long Leopard Buses Details of the affairs of the Company in 1963 and descriptions
of the 64 new vehicles added to the Southdown Fleet. Includes 8 colour photographs within its 64 pages.
NEW: Southdown Enthusiasts Club Fleet Book 2017 updated to April 2017 showing the current
fleets of Stagecoach South, Stagecoach South East, Brighton & Hove and First Hampshire & Dorset
NEW: Miscellany edition no. 141 (Published July 2017)
Working
Together - A detailed look at the Heathfield Pool Services 1957-1971 (published February 2017)
