Preserved Reading Bus at the Wokingham Road terminus (3)
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Preserved Reading Bus at the Wokingham Road terminus (3)
Image: © David Hillas Taken: 2 Apr 2011
This photo shows preserved Reading AEC Regent bus 47 (RD 7127) at the Wokingham Road terminus of route 17 with a service bus in the distance. Route 17 was a trolleybus route from Sunday 21st May 1939 replacing the tramcars, until Sunday 3rd November 1968 when they were replaced by motorbuses. It was the last trolleybus route to operate in Reading and now works 24 hours a day, seven days a week except for Christmas Day. A magnolia tree can be seen to the right of the photo.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.442575
Longitude
-0.93191