Corgi July-December 2015 new Original Omnibus Company model announcements

OM46507A (B)
Wright Eclipse Gemini 2, Delaine, 101 Bourne (102 The Deepings)
1/76
£29.99
Due December 2015
Back in 1890 the Delaine family introduced horse-drawn vehicles to Bourne, Lincolnshire, for people who wished to travel to markets throughout the surrounding areas. In 1919 the first Delaine motor bus was introduced and in 1923 services from Bourne to Peterborough, Stamford, Spalding and Grantham were established. Today, with a careful blend of tradition and understanding of current market demands, Delaine Buses are operated by the fifth and sixth generation of the family, with a fleet of twenty four buses – including the Wright Eclipse Geminis seen here, and the core business is still based around some of the original services.



OM46508A (B)
Wright Eclipse Gemini 2, Tower Transit, 25 Ilford (25 Oxford Circus)
1/76
£29.99
Due December 2015
Established in 2013 and employing 1500 staff, Tower Transit operates 500 single and double deck buses from its three garages and provides sustainable transport solutions for the people of London. Of its fleet, 65 Wright Eclipse Gemini 2s run on route 25, which can boast as being the largest bus allocation of any bus route in London. This particular Wright Eclipse was introduced from 2010 and has the later version of the Wright body with the B9TL chassis with Tower Transit operating 129 of these particular vehicles across all of its depots in London.



OM46612
New Routemaster, London Poppy Day
1/76
£29.99
Due September 2015
Inspired by a line in the famous First World War poem by John McCrae, Poppy Day and the centenary of the First World War was marked in London in 2014 with the wrapping of Tube and London Overground trains, Tube stations and ten London buses - including the New Routemaster seen here. The design uses the organic shape of actual poppies, combined with the harshness of barbed wire and a line from McCrae’s poem, ‘In Flanders fields the poppies blow’.



OM46710A (B)
Wright Eclipse 2, First Hampshire, E2 Gosport Ferry (E2 Fareham Bus Station)
1/76
£29.99
Due October 2015
With a fleet of 290 buses and with over 600 drivers and engineers, First Hampshire is the major provider of local bus services in Southampton, Portsmouth, Fareham and Gosport. With the distinctive First livery and a range of vehicles, their buses can be seen all around the Hampshire area. The popular Wright Eclipse 2 modelled can be seen running to Gosport Ferry and Fareham Bus Station with the service offering a whole new way of travelling, with leather seats, on board Wi-Fi and live travel updates.



OM46309A (B)
Routemaster, East Midland, 16 Clipstone (15A Mansfield)
1/76
£29.99
Due September 2015
From 1948 onwards, Trent Motor Traction Company and East Midland formed part of the then privately owned British Electric Traction group and in 1969 all four of Mansfield’s bus operators became part of the National Bus Company. Before this time Mansfield was unique in that it had four major bus operators in the town. A short time after, East Midland was sold by the NBC to Stagecoach where they continued to operate several Routemasters after the take-over – all in different liveries including the one seen here heading to Mansfield and Clipstone.