Taunton Running Day & the buses of Somerset
This is the first time that the independent
transport videos cameras
have recorded the Taunton Vintage Bus Display & Running Day, now in its
second year. The event took place on
Sunday 11th May 2014 and was based at the Art
Deco style bus station in Tower Street in the centre of Taunton. This is an ideal location as some of the
buses attending had spent their working lives operating from that exact bus
station! We commence our filming at the
start of the day as a wide variety of buses and coaches arrive to take up their
duties. These range from Bristol L
types, MW coaches, RE’s, both bus and coach variety, K types, and in addition
to these, a Bristol LD and FLFs. There
is also an RTL from London Transport, AEC Regals, and a lovely selection of AECs,
Daimlers and Leylands from northern municipal fleets and
some independents, plus many more!
Companies represented include Southern and Western National, the Bristol
Omnibus group of companies, Brighton Hove & District, Crosville, Wilts & Dorset, and
representing the municipals, Blackburn, Bournemouth, Darlington, Huddersfield,
Ipswich, Stockport and of course London Transport – to name but a few!
Our filming locations include the
bus station, Tower Street, Castle Way, Castle Green, Corporation Street and
Fore Street. We take a ride to Bishops Lydeard railway station onboard former Southern National Bristol
RELL6G, 2700 (HDV 626E) which has ECW B53F bodywork, and was actually allocated
to Taunton during its working life. Back
at Taunton our filming records the almost non-stop action of these superb
vehicles running in service.
On the current bus scene in the
town, First have recently launched and rebranded their operation in the
Somerset area as “the buses of Somerset”, introducing a smart two tone green
and cream livery. We have also captured
these vehicles mingling amongst the preserved ones, and they seem to fit in
rather well!
On the second part of this
programme our cameras return to Taunton in late June 2014 to film the current
operations. Here we see a good number of
buses in the new livery as well as the “Taunton Park & Ride” fleet operated
by First using hired in Wright StreetLites, as their own were in Scotland
operating on The Commonwealth Games Shuttle services. Our filming takes place in and around the bus
station and in the busy streets of the town.
We also make a visit to Bridgwater to record the scene there. A return to Taunton sees the start of the
evening rush hour. A good variety of
buses are seen, some are former London ALX400s and Plaxton Presidents together with familiar
Wright bodied Volvo single deckers and Enviro 200s, some displaying the former
First “Barbie” colours. We are sure you
will enjoy the vast variety of vehicles shown on this programme against the
background of this picturesque Somerset town.
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Filmed
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2014 |
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Duration
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64 minutes (approx). |
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Price
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Within UK - £16 |
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Rest of world -
£18 |
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Format
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DVD -R |
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Picture Aspect 16:9 |
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Order
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D208 |