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Richard Eversden
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29/08/2011

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Details: From Poole in the present to Bath in the past - splish splosh! For those that don't remember it, the curiously named Badgerline was formed in May 1985 from the rural operations of the Bristol Omnibus Company. Following privatisation they expanded by buying up other former National Bus Company subsidiaries. These operators kept their names and liveries but all vehicles were obliged to wear the badger logo, usually quite large. Ten years later, in May 1995, the now huge Badgerline group was merged with upcoming GRT group to create FirstBus (later First Group then just First). Going back to the beginning, this photo taken in Bath Bus Station in the late 1980s shows two long-wheelbase Ford Transit vans. To the fore is Mk3 D639YLT, with Mk2 NFB846Y behind. Beyond them is Ford Transit minibus C548BHY, Badgerline being one of the pioneers of this type. Several of the batch ended up in London with Capital Citybus as crew ferry vehicles.

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