A new Seddon T type livery

Having adorned a black, white and three toned grey stripe livery since January 1981, Western decided to upgrade its entire Seddon T type fleet starting in January 1988.

The upgrade was intended to bring the vehicles up to a more “Dual Purpose” standard and included repaint into a new, and very attractive, black, white, grey and red livery with the interiors being provided with an all new dark grey soft trim. To complete the refurbishment the coach seating was also re-covered in a two tone grey moquette with a red stripe and the end result was both complimentary and striking to these already 10 year old vehicles.

The first T type to receive this new refit was Kilmarnock depot’s KS478 (DSD978V) and was, ironically, the Seddon T Type which adorned a unique version of the earlier dual purpose livery which retained the gold ‘Western’ script fleet name.

The second bus to receive the refit was Stranraer depot’s SS434 (DSD934V) with this bus being depicted in the image above collecting passengers in Kircudbright whilst working the 76 service between Stranraer and Dumfries.

The refit dates for the Seddon T type fleet was:

DSD933V	07/89	DSD950V	11/89	DSD965V	11/89
DSD934V	02/88	DSD951V	04/89	DSD967V	Not converted
DSD935V	05/89	DSD952V	12/88	DSD968V	Not converted
DSD936V	06/89	DSD953V	05/88	DSD969V	Not converted
DSD937V	08/89	DSD954V	12/88	DSD970V	07/89
DSD938V	03/88	DSD955V	12/88	DSD971V	06/90
DSD939V	05/89	DSD956V	04/88	DSD972V	06/89
DSD940V	04/89	DSD957V	07/89	DSD973V	06/89
DSD942V	06/88	DSD958V	Not converted	DSD974V	04/88
DSD943V	06/88	DSD959V	Not converted	DSD975V	03/88
DSD944V	12/88	DSD960V	09/89	DSD976V	03/88
DSD945V	06/88	DSD961V	Not converted	DSD977V	07/88
DSD946V	Not converted	DSD962V	07/89	DSD978V	01/88
DSD947V	04/88	DSD963V	09/89	DSD979V	09/89
DSD948V	04/89	DSD964V	09/89	DSD980V	03/88
DSD949V	12/88	DSD965V	Not converted	DSD981V	06/88
				DSD982V	12/88