Malta Bus + other Malta Transport Image Archives compiled by Keith Till & Marco Zammit including contributions from many friends

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Now interpolated into this folder are the temporary registered 12m KL's with DBT/U registrations. These have been placed adjacent to the image of the same vehicle with the current BUS registration. More of the 12m DBT/U registered KL's awaiting details of the new BUS registrations can be found in the 'queries and answers' folder. Any assistance with details of these would be most welcome.

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The Optare Solo diesel buses [300 to 308] have been repatriated. The ANW Wright Pulsars will be off soon. BUS 316 & Bus 318 have changed identities and images of both versions are in this folder.

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This folder contains images of used buses passed on to TM and now in use by Arriva Malta. All are former ATP route buses except BUS 400, which was imported privately.

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This folder contains images of number of BMC Falcon buses, from the former ATP fleet now with TM and in use by Arriva Malta. They comprise of driver trainers [in as acquired livery] and white 'wrapped' route buses normally employed on extra duties. This folder includes the out of sequence, BBX 571 & BXX 572.

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This folder contains the Arriva Malta vehicles currently working on Gozo. Note the garage code 'GO' [shown as 'G' on the vehicles] as well as the fleet numbers.

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The images in this folder are available to share and reuse under the terms of the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The IWM red copyright mark must not be removed.

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The query corner folder [which was on the old Fotopic site] has finally been reinstated on to this web site. You are invited to submit questions and answers here about the contents of this folder. You can either submit a reply in the comments box which appears a below the image after opening by clicking on the thumbnail, use the "Contact" link on the menu on the left or if you are a member of the Malta Buses yahoogroup by posting your answer/query via the said group.

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The first image in this folder shows FBY 737 on arrival at Siggiewi [Route 89] on its last revenue earning journey on 2nd. July 2011. Owned by Joseph Vella of Mellieha this Duple bodied Bedford YRQ was new to Reliance of Newbury in 1975 as HGM 822N and was exported to Malta in 1986 and registered Y-0737. It was purchased by Joseph to replace his existing Ford ET7/Barbara No. 3308.The original Bedford 466 engine was replaced in 1985 by a Bedford 500 and again in 1997 by a DAF 320. By this time it had been repainted from the spray green livery into the new standard mainly orange route bus livery and re-registered FBY 737. By the time of the start of this last run the bus station in Valletta had been closed down and departure was made from Sarria Street adjacent to the Maglio Gardens turning immediatly left at the traffic lights into the Great Siege Road and then left again passing the Government Offices on the right and the Police compound on the left [where the remains of confiscated DBY 342 can still be seen almost hidden in the undergrowth] We then rejoined the normal route in the vicinity of the Porte des Bombes. When passing the Kia yard it was noted that the King Long open top double deckers from China were in storage. Arrival at the Siggiewi terminus was on time. Passengers disembarked for the last time from this vehicle and it trundled off home, out of service, to Mellieha.

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15th. Sep. 2011 - Just added to this folder is the first 'non red' livery mini in this 'red' xMY series mini file. ie IMY 402. Added [18th, Jan 2012] is a further image of change of livery colour from red to silver - this time IMY 400

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This is a preliminary folder containing the first few images of 'genuine' preserved buses plus buses from Gozo now on Malta in NON Gozo liveries. It will not initially include the ex Gozo buses now on Malta in standard Gozo livery as of course they can be viewed in the 'Gozo' folder and there is no point,at this time, in duplication of these This folder will be greatly expanded as confirmation is received of what is actually preserved from the old ATP fleet as of when these are re-registered or re-liveried. In other words a bit of a 'hotch poch' of a folder for now, and obviously to be reworked as more details received, but at least it puts the 'preserved' in one place for the time being.

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Many thanks to Emanuel Galea for his help to identify many of the images in this folder.

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With the deliveries of the main tranche of low floor buses the old buses were withdrawn and stored at various locations to await scrapping. Notes made March 2004 Withdrawn at Government Transport Repair Yard - Kordin: 370/377/448/452/487/499/501/511/535/553/588/598/602/649/664/671/727/734/752/753/760/767/769/771/794 plus LH GVH 373. NB 499 had incorrect number painted on ie 342. Withdrawn at Kordin Grain Silo: 312/313/357/388/394/399/407/421/423/443/454/456/464/494/510/526/ 541/547/570/582/600/635/653/668/687/710/730/740/741/745/755/758/ 781/788/801/806 Withdrawn at Flagstone Wharf: 332/356/363/366/390/393/403/415/429/432/446/483/489/507/514/533/ 538/572/601/613/627/638/639/641/678/685/704/705/761/782/764. Withdrawn at the Kia site: 317/326/548/581/686/698/711/799

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