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Details: London Sovereign used two of these red Ford Transit minibuses as crew ferry vehicles from the late-1990s, with a third (in pale blue) being with the 'country' part of Sovereign. The curious aspect about these vehicles is that, although they had G-prefix registrations, they were first licensed as such in 1996/1997. A clue was found in looking at some other PSVs with G/FTW registrations, and it was seen that these had previously belonged to the UK armed forces. Vehicles operated by the Army, Royal Air Force or Royal Navy were given registrations in a separate series (normally either 'AB 12 CD' or '12 AB 34') and were not licensed as such. When subsequently sold to civilian operators, the vehicles would be given date-appropriate registrations. The two London Sovereign minibuses are believed to have been withdrawn by 2004, although it is notable that both were last licensed on the same date (11th December 2006). G496FTW shows its fleetnumber 896 as it leaves Edgware Bus Station.

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