Johnsons of Hodthorpe

HTU159N, ODL663R, UDL668S, OWE854R and ODL66(1?)R - copyright of Neil C

Current Fleet at a glance, May 2009

NGM168G, OSF305G, PKE810M, HTU155N, HTU159N, HWE826N, KKY835P, ODL661R, ODL662R, ODL663R, ODL664R, OWE854R, OWE857R, OWE858R, PTT98R, RWT544R, TDT864S, UDL668S, MIW2422, YDL676T, FDL677V, FDL679V, FDL680V, PFE541V, LVL804V, LVL807V, HWJ925W, SVL177W, SVL178W, SVL179W, SVL180W, MWG940X.

Key to the above colours -

blue=usual school bus/private hire fleet - Johnsons livery (underlined vehicles are in the new all over blue)
green=usual school bus/private hire fleet - Redfern livery (underlined vehicles are in the new all over green)
orange=off road - all of these are in old blue livery
white=livery unknown...

Still on company premises may be old blue coloured LVL809V which was used for spares.

Fleet since 2001 and Photographic Studies

Photographs to illustrate this interesting fleet would be welcome to the usual email address: (2007/8 mentioned to confirm vehicles still there in that year - clickable registration numbers link to photographs)

Series 1 VRT:
NGM168G 2007 2008 2009 Old Johnsons Blue
OSF305G 2007 2008 2009 Old Johnsons Blue
OSF307G sold for preservation

Series 2 VRT:
PKE810M 2007 2008 2009 New Johnsons Blue
HTU155N 2007 2008 2009 Old Johnsons Blue
HTU159N 2007 2008 2009 Old Johnsons Blue
HWE826N 2007 2008 2009

Series 3 VRT:
JWL993N sold
JWL997N sold
KYY833P scrapped
KKY835P 2007 2008 2009
ODL661R 2007 2008 2009 New Johnsons Blue
ODL662R 2007 2008 2009 Old Johnsons Blue
ODL663R 2007 2008 2009 Old Johnsons Blue
ODL664R 2007 2008 2009 New Redfern Green
OWE853R sold many years ago
OWE854R 2007 2008 2009
OWE857R 2007 2008 2009 Old Johnsons Blue
OWE858R 2007 2008 Old Johnsons Blue off road in 05/09
PTT98R 2007 2008 2009 Old Johnsons Blue
RWA859R sold many many years ago
RWT544R 2007 2008 2009 New Redfern Green
RWT546R sold many years ago
TDT864S 2007 2008 2009 Old Redfern Green
UDL668S 2007 2008 2009
MIW2422 2007 2008 2009 New Redfern Green (VHB679S)
PFE541V 2007 2008 2009 Old Johnsons Blue
PFE544V sold
KTL24V unused, sold
KTL27V unused, sold
LVL804V 2007 2008 Old Johnsons Blue off road in 05/09
LVL809V off road in 05/09, since 2006? used for spares
SVL177W 2007 2008 2009 Old Redfern Green
SVL178W 2007 2008 2009 Old Redfern Green
SVL179W 2007 2008 2009 Old Redfern Green
SVL180W 2007 2008 2009 Old Redfern Green

Added to the fleet since 2001:
FDL677V 2007 2008 2009 Old Johnsons Blue
FDL679V 2008 2009 Old Johnsons Blue
FDL680V 2008 2009 Old Redfern Green
HWJ925W 2008 2009 Old Redfern Green
LVL807V 2008 2009 Old Redfern Green
MWG940X 2008 2009 Old Johnsons Blue
YDL676T 2008 2009 Old Redfern Green