Stansted Transit ceased trading on 4th June. They had operated the 392 and 347 under contract to Essex County Council. Although the 392 was almost exclusively operated by Enviro200Darts, the 347 saw considerably more variety. Some examples are illustrated here.

For a brief period, immediately following the collapse of Stansted Transit, Excel stepped in to operate the 347 and 392 in Harlow, as well as many other services. Neither have been retained on re-tender, and so here are some of the varied vehicle types that appeared during this brief period

Blue Triangle served Harlow in the very early days of deregulation, when they ran the Sunday 500 under contract to Essex County Council. In 2006 they operated a small network of commercial services on a number of selected days, largely for their enthusiasm and the enjoyment of like minded individuals. Route 339 fed into the main 622 which in turn ran onto a route 363 which was outside our area. A selection of images representing the vehicles used are shown here.

For a good number of years Clintona operated a number of local authority tendered services in harlow. This has now ended, some images are represented here.

Harlow's newest operator is Centra, who took over from Locallink at short notice in April 2004. Some vehicles that were drafted in have now returned off hire or back to other parts of the organisation, and are illustrated here.

A newish operator on the Harlow scene, but even so some of the initial fleet have now passed into history.

As Olympian convert thier bus operations to Iveco/Marshall, a number of the initial vehicles have fallen by the wayside. These will gradually appear here.

TrustLine started operations in Harlow with the contract for route 392/3 in April 2002. Initially a variety of vehicles were used before the service settled down with two smart MAN/Optare Vectas, supported by other current fleet vehicles. Recent expansion has seen the arrival of the C4 into Harlow, along with once a day HCC contract route 354 and the evening service on route 500.

SM Coaches is a small local independent operator that has had a long standing assosiation with Harlow. Trading for some years was as SM Travel.

Imperial joined the Harlow scene by gaining the ECC Sunday contract for the 200 and 500 (also 201), a contract they held for just one year. This was later augmented with the introduction of commercial service H1, which continues to operate.

As successors to London Country, and through a number of previous owners, Arriva now inherit the operation that still dominates the town. As part of a large group, a good variety of vehicles have passed through. Some past images are shown here.

LocalLinks started as an off-shoot from Stort Valley Coaches, and operated for 2 years. During their time, many vehicles came and went, and hires were a daily and changing occurance. The network too, with a combination of commercial and contract work, and of a variety of types, was also quite fluid. The many colours of LocalLink are reflected on some of the following images.

Eastern National has always had a presence in Harlow, mainly through serving the neighbouring towns of Bishops Stortford and Chelmsford. It has of course always been the dominant provider in the majority of mainland Essex.

As successors to London Northern, Metroline operated commercial service 310B practically from deregulation until 31st May 2003. Metrobuses were the main stay for many years, but the last 18 months saw greater variety.

Former by a group of disillusioned London Country drivers, Buzz provided a dependable commercial local service from 1987 until March 2003. A few images to reflect the latter days of the operation are shown here.

London Transit operated route 354 on Mondays to Fridays between April 2002 and April 2003. A wide variety of vehicles were used, some are illustrated here.

This is a temporary gallery. Images will be progressively moved under operator headings.