BUS 271

BUS 271

2011 Optare Solo

New to Arriva Malta, initially registered XD11 BEB in the UK for export.

Used in Gozo (first pic) and Malta (Valletta, second pic).

BUS 233

BUS 233

2005 Mercedes Benz O530G

Mercedes Benz AB49T

Former Arriva London North MA126

Seen with Arriva Malta at Cirkewwa, Malta, May 2013.

BUS 201

BUS 201

2005 Mercedes Benz O530G

Mercedes Benz AB49T

Arriva Malta

Rabat (Victoria), Gozo, 30th May 2013.

New to Arriva London North as fleet number MA94, registered BX55 FUO.

BUS 101

BUS 101

King Long 6127J

King Long B40F

Arriva Malta

May 2013

Arriva Malta BUS 227

BUS 227

2005 Mercedes Benz Citaro AB

MB AB49T

Arriva Malta BUS 227.

New to Arriva London North as BX55 FWB, fleet number MA90.

Arriva Malta BUS 276

BUS 276

Optare Solo B29F

Arriva Malta

Registered by Optare in the UK as XE11 AAZ.  The last of 10 such buses for Arriva Malta.

FBY 807

FBY 807

1975 Bedford YRQ

Marshall B46F

New to Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, Reading.

HGM 616N; Y-0807

FBY 807 was, numerically, the last bus registered on Malta.

FBY 806

FBY 806

Malta Docks Forward Control

Zammit B40F

2507; Y-1507; Y-0806

FBY 805

FBY 805 was a 1997 Optare Excel B45F bus, one of Maltas' first low floor buses.  A unique vehicle, it was the only manual gearboxed Optare Excel ever built.  Unfortunately prone to cracking the windscreen, the body flexing quite badly on the (then) not too perfect roads, although strengthened in time!!

Originally registered Y-0805 on introduction to Malta.

FBY 804

FBY 804

Bedford SB

Debono B40F

2482; A-2482; Y-1562; Y-0862; Y-0804