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- ↑ Blackpool North West Buses
- ↑ Annual Report 2012 Lothian Buses
- ↑ Three new Solos for DGC Buses Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine busandcoach.com 15 February 2010
- ↑ Ipswich Buses Fleetlist Ipswich Bus Page
- ↑ Our Fleet Nottingham City Transport Fleet Page
- ↑ Final Statement of Accounts 2012/13 Nottingham City Council 2 October 2013
- ↑ Fleet List Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine Reading Transport May 2013
- ↑ Network Warrington Fleet List Network Warrington 10 March 2017
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