Your contributions will help to keep the list as complete and up to date as possible; please email Malcolm if you know the location of any former COMS buses or coaches, or can add to or update the information already here.
Thanks to Michael Wootten, Calum Maclennan, Gareth Perkins, Chris Bowles and the Oxford Bus Company for contributing information.
This page updated 06/08/99 by DR, with Park and Ride Olympian disposals, and a VR for sale!
If the registration number is underlined, you can click on it for a photo!
F/No. | Reg.No. | Chassis | Body | Year | Location |
39 | DU 4838 | Daimler Y | COET B32R | 1915 | Oxford Bus Museum |
45 | FC 2602 | Daimler Y | LGOC O18/16RO | 1917 | Oxford Bus Museum |
GC41 | JO 5032 | AEC Regal 4 | Chassis only | 1932 | Oxford Bus Museum |
GA16 | JO 5403 | AEC Regent | Brush O28/24R | 1932 | Oxford Bus Museum |
H892 | OFC 393 | AEC Regent III | Weymann H30/26R | 1949 | Oxford Bus Museum |
H928 | TWL 928 | AEC Regent III | Park Royal H30/26R | 1953 | Oxford Bus Museum |
H956 | 956 AJO | AEC Regent V | Park Royal H33/28R | 1957 | Oxford Bus Museum |
H975 | 975 CWL | AEC Regent V | Park Royal H37/28R | 1958 | Oxford Bus Museum |
L166 | PWL 413 | AEC Regent III | Weymann L27/26R | 1950 | Oxford Bus Museum |
L191 | 191 AWL | AEC Regent V | Weymann L30/26R | 1956 | Oxford Bus Museum |
L194 | 194 BFC | AEC Regent V | Weymann L30/28RD | 1957 | Oxford Bus Museum |
703 | NJO 703 | AEC Regal III | Willowbrook DP32F | 1949 | Oxford Bus Museum |
727 | OJO 727 | AEC Regal III | Willowbrook B32F | 1950 | Oxford Bus Museum |
756 | 756 KFC | AEC Reliance | Park Royal B44F | 1960 | Oxford Bus Museum |
609 | SFC 609 | AEC Regal IV | Willowbrook C37C | 1952 | Oxford Bus Museum |
610 | SFC 610 | AEC Regal IV | Willowbrook C37C | 1952 | Oxford Bus Museum |
304 | 304 KFC | Dennis Loline II | East Lancs H35/28F | 1961 | Oxford Bus Museum |
305 | 305 KFC | Dennis Loline II | East Lancs H35/28F | 1961 | Oxford Bus Museum |
312 | 312 MFC | AEC Bridgemaster | Park Royal H43/29F | 1961 | Oxford Bus Museum |
324 | 324 NJO | AEC Bridgemaster | Park Royal H40/25F | 1962 | Oxford Bus Museum |
332 | 332 RJO | AEC Renown | Park Royal H38/27F | 1963 | Oxford Bus Museum |
340 | 340 TJO | AEC Renown | Park Royal H38/27F | 1964 | Oxford Bus Museum |
345 | 345 TJO | AEC Renown | Park Royal H38/27F | 1964 | Oxford Bus Museum |
357 | CFC 357C | AEC Renown | Park Royal H??/??F | 1965 | McCarthy, Ormond Beach, Florida, USA |
360 | DFC 360D | AEC Renown | Chassis only | 1966 | Oxford Bus Museum |
371 | FWL 371E | AEC Renown | Northern Counties H38/27F | 1967 | Oxford Bus Museum |
901 | OFC 901H | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW H39/31F | 1970 | Oxford Bus Museum (1st NBC series 2 VR; now ABW 135H) |
902 | OFC 902H | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW H39/31F | 1970 | Oxford Bus Museum |
430 | UFC 430K | Daimler Fleetline | Northern Counties H43/27D | 1971 | Oxford Bus Museum |
56 | TJO 56K | AEC Reliance | Marshall DP49F | 1971 | Oxford Bus Museum |
78 | NUD 78M | Bristol RELH6L | ECW DP49F | 1973 | Steve Thorpe et al (preservation) - see Visitors' Book! |
87 | RBW 87M | Bristol RELH6G | ECW DP49F | 1974 | Oxford Bus Museum |
102 | NUD 102L | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW CH41/27F | 1973 | Wood, Craven Arms |
104 | NUD 104L | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW CH41/27F | 1973 | Greater Manchester Play Resources Unit (non-PCV) |
105 | NUD 105L | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW CH41/27F | 1973 | Strafford, Coedpoeth, Wrexham |
106 | NUD 106L | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW O43/31F | 1973 | Ryan, Bath |
109 | NUD 109L | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW CH41/27F | 1973 | Ashall, Levenshulme |
432 | OUD 432M | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW H43/34F | 1973 | Playbus, Bristol area (non-PCV) |
433 | OUD 433M | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW H43/34F | 1973 | Leics. Employment Training (non-PCV) |
437 | GUD 749N | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW H43/34F | 1974 | Smith, Market Harborough |
438 | GUD 750N | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW H43/34F | 1974 | Emblings, Guyhirn (now 3196 DD) |
439 | GUD 751N | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW H43/34F | 1974 | Adventure Pictures, Bethnal Green (non-PCV) |
440 | JWL 993N | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW H43/34F | 1975 | Johnson, Hodthorpe |
441 | JWL 994N | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW H43/34F | 1975 | Irvine, Law |
443 | JWL 996N | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW H43/34F | 1975 | Strathclyde Regional Council (non-PCV) |
444 | JWL 997N | Bristol VRTSL26LX | ECW H43/34F | 1975 | Johnson, Hodthorpe |
448 | PJO 448P | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/34F | 1975 | Wilson, Carnwath |
450 | TBW 450P | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/31F | 1976 | Bristol Youth Bus (non-PCV) last noted 11/91 |
451 | TBW 451P | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/31F | 1976 | Hedingham Omnibuses L159 |
456 | YBW 603R | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/31F | 1977 | Northern Bus, Anston 3??? |
461 | AUD 461R | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/31F | 1977 | Hedingham Omnibuses L204 |
465 | AUD 465R | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/31F | 1977 | Paynes, Buckingham |
466 | CJO 466R | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/31F | 1977 | Paynes, Buckingham |
470 | CJO 470R | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/31F | 1977 | Eastern Counties 313 (out of use at Ipswich) |
471 | CJO 471R | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/31F | 1977 | Eastern Counties 311 (out of use at Ipswich) |
472 | CJO 472R | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/31F | 1977 | Eastern Counties 312 (out of use at Ipswich) |
474 | HUD 474S | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/27D | 1978 | exported to USA |
475 | HUD 475S | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/27D | 1978 | Midland Red South 944 |
476 | HUD 476S | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/27D | 1978 | Oxford Bus Museum |
477 | HUD 477S | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/27D | 1978 | Royal British Legion, Tamworth (non-PCV) |
478 | HUD 478S | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/27D | 1978 | British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, Gaydon (non-PCV) |
479 | HUD 479S | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/27D | 1978 | Paul Richman (Transportation Transactions) Ltd. FOR SALE 08/99, £2995 with new MoT. Tel 0956 970762 |
480 | HUD 480S | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/27D | 1978 | Midland Red South 945 |
481 | HUD 481S | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/27D | 1978 | Homegrown, Kenya (workers' transport bus) |
489 | YBW 489V | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/31F | | PMT |
504 | KJO 504W | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/27D | 1981 | Taylor, Sutton Scotney |
507 | KJO 507W | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/27D | 1981 | Homegrown, Kenya (workers' transport bus) |
508 | KJO 508W | Bristol VRTSL36LXB | ECW H43/27D | 1981 | Happy Al's, Birkenhead |
612 | WPD 27Y | Leyland Leopard | Willowbrook (1991) | 1982 | Brighton and Hove (driver training at Brighton) |
613 | RFC 13T | Leyland Leopard | Willowbrook (1991) | 1978 | Brighton and Hove (driver training at Brighton) |
17 | YFC 17V | Leyland Leopard | Duple C49F | 1979 | Jeffs, Helmdon |
21 | BBW 21V | Leyland Leopard | Duple C49F | 1979 | Driver Training Bus T1 |
22 | BBW 22V | Leyland Leopard | Duple C49F | 1979 | Chiltern Queens |
23 | BBW 23V | Leyland Leopard | Duple C49F | 1979 | Driver Training Bus T2 |
25 | MUD 25W | Leyland Leopard | Duple C53F | 1981 | Chiltern Queens |
627 | MUD 27W | Leyland Leopard | Willowbrook (1990) B??F | 1981 | Brighton and Hove (driver training at Brighton) |
33 | VUD 33X | Leyland Leopard | Willowbrook (199?) B??F | 198? | Driver Training Bus T4 (now ABW 310X) |
105 | EBW 105Y | Leyland Tiger | Duple C50F | 1983 | Northern Bus, Anston 1305 |
106 | EBW 106Y | Leyland Tiger | Duple C50F | 1983 | Chiltern Queens |
109 | EBW 109Y | Leyland Tiger | Duple C50F | 1983 | Bennetts Silverline (rereg'd?) |
110 | EBW 110Y | Leyland Tiger | Duple C50F | 1983 | Northern Bus, Anston 1310 |
111 | A111 MUD | Leyland Tiger | Plaxton C51F | 1984 | Swanbrook, Cheltenham |
112 | A112 MUD | Leyland Tiger | Plaxton C51F | 1984 | Worths, Enstone |
113 | A113 MUD | Leyland Tiger | Plaxton C51F | 1984 | Charlton-on-Otmoor Services |
114 | A114 MUD | Leyland Tiger | Plaxton C51F | 1984 | Worths, Enstone |
115 | A115 PBW | Leyland Tiger | Plaxton C50F | 1984 | Heyfordian |
116 | A116 PBW | Leyland Tiger | Plaxton C50F | 1984 | Heyfordian |
117 | A117 PBW | Leyland Tiger | Plaxton C50F | 1984 | Heyfordian |
118 | A118 PBW | Leyland Tiger | Plaxton C50F | 1984 | Worths, Enstone |
120 | B120 UUD | Leyland Tiger | Plaxton C51F | 1984 | Swanbrook, Cheltenham |
121 | B121 UUD | Leyland Tiger | Plaxton C51F | 1984 | Swanbrook, Cheltenham |
122 | B122 UUD | Leyland Tiger | Plaxton C51F | 1984 | Swanbrook, Cheltenham |
123 | B123 UUD | Leyland Tiger | Plaxton C51F | 1984 | Worths, Enstone |
124 | B124 UUD | Leyland Tiger | Plaxton C51F | 1984 | Worths, Enstone |
964 | MPT 294P | Leyland Atlantean | ECW H45/27D | | Tourex, Oxford (for disposal 11/98) |
968 | MPT 298P | Leyland Atlantean | ECW H45/27D | | Tourex, Oxford (for disposal 11/98) |
969 | MPT 299P | Leyland Atlantean | ECW O??/??F | | Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre, Ruddington |
984 | MPT 314P | Leyland Atlantean | ECW O47/33F | | Guide Friday, Oxford |
952 | KYN 300X | Leyland Titan | Leyland H44/2?F | 1981 | Whippet, Fenstanton, Cambs |
953 | KYV 317X | Leyland Titan | Leyland H44/2?F | 1981 | Village Motors, Liverpool V7 |
957 | KYN 291X | Leyland Titan | Leyland H44/2?F | 1981 | Village Motors, Liverpool V24 |
962 | KYV 530X | Leyland Titan | Leyland H44/2?F | 1982 | Village Motors, Liverpool V5 |
963 | OHV 727Y | Leyland Titan | Leyland H44/2?F | 1983 | Village Motors, Liverpool V10 |
966 | KYV 381X | Leyland Titan | Leyland H44/2?F | 1983 | Kimes Coaches, Folkingham, Lincs (now YAZ 8774) |
970 | KYN 308X | Leyland Titan | Leyland H44/2?F | 1983 | Kimes Coaches, Folkingham, Lincs (now YAZ 8773) |
975 | A869 SUL | Leyland Titan | Leyland H44/2?F | | Oxford Bus Museum |
203 | VJO 203X | Leyland Olympian | Leyland H45/28D | | Whippet, Fenstanton, Cambs |
209 | WWL 209X | Leyland Olympian | Leyland H45/28D | | Jeffs, Helmdon, Brackley |
210 | WWL 210X | Leyland Olympian | Leyland H45/28D | | Jeffs, Helmdon, Brackley |
211 | WWL 211X | Leyland Olympian | Leyland H45/28D | | Jeffs, Helmdon, Brackley |
212 | WWL 212X | Leyland Olympian | Leyland H45/28D | | Whippet, Fenstanton, Cambs |
213 | BBW 213Y | Leyland Olympian | Leyland H45/28D | | Hedingham Omnibuses, Sible Hedingham |
215 | BBW 215Y | Leyland Olympian | Leyland H45/28D | | Straffords Coaches, Minera, Wrexham |
216 | BBW 216Y | Leyland Olympian | Leyland H45/28D | | Worths, Enstone |
217 | BBW 217Y | Leyland Olympian | Leyland H45/25D | | Charlton-on-Otmoor Services |
218 | BBW 218Y | Leyland Olympian | Leyland H45/28D | | Hedingham Omnibuses, Sible Hedingham |
219 | CUD 219Y | Leyland Olympian | Leyland H45/28D | | Straffords Coaches, Minera, Wrexham |
726 | C726 JJO | Ford Transit 190D | Carlyle B16F | | Arriva Midlands North 206 (withdrawn by 09/98) |
72? | C72? JJO | Ford Transit 190D | Carlyle B16F | | Oxford Bus Museum (identity to be confirmed!) |
732 | B732 YUD | Ford Transit 190D | Carlyle B16F | | Arriva Midlands North 201 (withdrawn by 09/98) |
733 | B733 YUD | Ford Transit 190D | Carlyle B16F | | Arriva Midlands North 203 (withdrawn by 09/98) |
734 | B734 YUD | Ford Transit 190D | Carlyle B16F | | Arriva Midlands North 204 (withdrawn by 09/98) |
777 | G777 WFC | Optare Metrorider | Optare B25F | | Roy Brown Coaches, Builth Wells |
779 | G779 WFC | Optare Metrorider | Optare B25F | | Emsworth and District, Hants |