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The number of hits on this web site reached record levels during the 2020 pandemic. This is obviously owing to enthusiasts being unable to get to Malta in person and are viewing web sites .There has been quite a number of enquiries from site visitors that they get confused about the images of the route buses preserved in different original route liveries that still exist in running order i.e. some re-reg as Malta Co-op and some re-reg as individual private buses. For indexing purposes they are in different folders. This folder contains images in xBY reg no order of most of what can be seen by present day visitors to Malta of the route buses running in the old original route liveries. They are easily identified by their current reg no from the actual images. Not included are the still extant route buses in the course of restoration or just being stored in the condition that they were when withdrawn .

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The ‘Malta Bus Co-op’ was formed in May 2018 and the fleet comprises of 21 of the Traditional Route Buses which are/will be completely renovated. The renovations included the modification of the engines to operate on Liquid Petroleum Gases and the installation of a door where one is not already fitted. In this web site folder will be found prices and details of the seven tours operated by the Co-op at Autumn 2018. These details/prices/routes are correct at the time of posting to this site but may be changed in the future. Tickets must be booked in advance at certain hotels and agencies in many of the main tourist resorts. As soon as lists of these booking agencies are available they will be indicated on this web site. Bookings however can be made direct on the Malta Coop web site by clicking on the link at the top of the links box on the lower left. The images show the vehicles in both the normal route bus configuration prior to the mass withdrawal on 2 July 2011 and the 'new' original route bus liveries.

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