{"id":183,"date":"2020-04-12T15:21:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T15:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/?page_id=183"},"modified":"2020-04-12T15:21:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T15:21:50","slug":"western-national","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/?page_id=183","title":{"rendered":"Western National"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-182 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-182 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-182\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2xxKTA_fns.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bristol MW 2xxKTA at Southampton\" data-caption-desc=\"One of Royal Blue&#039;s first batch of 1962 style Bristol MW coaches, in Southampton Coach station, wearing the NBC South West area coach livery.\" data-attachment-id=\"203\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bristol MW 2xxKTA at Southampton\" title=\"One of Royal Blue&#039;s first batch of 1962 style Bristol MW coaches, in Southampton Coach station, wearing the NBC South West area coach livery.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/2xxKTA_fns\/948148149.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bristol MW 2xxKTA at Southampton<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">One of Royal Blue's first batch of 1962 style Bristol MW coaches, in Southampton Coach station, wearing the NBC South West area coach livery.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/761MDV_fns.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bristol MW 761MDV at Southampton\" data-caption-desc=\"One of the 1963 batch of MW coaches in Southampton Coach Station, in the traditional Royal Blue livery. Unlike the RELHs, the MWs did not have the window surrounds picked out in blue.\" data-attachment-id=\"204\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bristol MW 761MDV at Southampton\" title=\"One of the 1963 batch of MW coaches in Southampton Coach Station, in the traditional Royal Blue livery. Unlike the RELHs, the MWs did not have the window surrounds picked out in blue.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/761MDV_fns\/29568910.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bristol MW 761MDV at Southampton<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">One of the 1963 batch of MW coaches in Southampton Coach Station, in the traditional Royal Blue livery. Unlike the RELHs, the MWs did not have the window surrounds picked out in blue.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hdv645e_fos_soton.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bristol RELH HDV645E at Southampton\" data-caption-desc=\"Royal Blue&#039;s last Series 1 RELH is seen at Southampton Bedford Place coach station, working to London.\" data-attachment-id=\"117\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bristol RELH HDV645E at Southampton\" title=\"Royal Blue&#039;s last Series 1 RELH is seen at Southampton Bedford Place coach station, working to London.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/hdv645e_fos_soton\/1707551038.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bristol RELH HDV645E at Southampton<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Royal Blue's last Series 1 RELH is seen at Southampton Bedford Place coach station, working to London.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ota644g_ns_soton_cs.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bristol RELH OTA644G at Southampton\" data-caption-desc=\"Royal Blue used (briefly) a white livery with a single (royal) blue waistband. The depth of the waistband was variable, to suit the design of the vehicle. The style was standardised for NBC&#039;s coaching operations in the south west, with individual operators using their own colours for the relief. White tends to give a rather bland appearance, but this was considerably better than the overall white that was to come shortly after. OTA644G is leaving Southampton Coach Station, bound for Northampton.\" data-attachment-id=\"116\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bristol RELH OTA644G at Southampton\" title=\"Royal Blue used (briefly) a white livery with a single (royal) blue waistband. The depth of the waistband was variable, to suit the design of the vehicle. The style was standardised for NBC&#039;s coaching operations in the south west, with individual operators using their own colours for the relief. White tends to give a rather bland appearance, but this was considerably better than the overall white that was to come shortly after. OTA644G is leaving Southampton Coach Station, bound for Northampton.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/ota644g_ns_soton_cs\/3616140877.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bristol RELH OTA644G at Southampton<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Royal Blue used (briefly) a white livery with a single (royal) blue waistband. The depth of the waistband was variable, to suit the design of the vehicle. The style was standardised for NBC's coaching operations in the south west, with individual operators using their own colours for the relief. White tends to give a rather bland appearance, but this was considerably better than the overall white that was to come shortly after. OTA644G is leaving Southampton Coach Station, bound for Northampton.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6950-POD826H.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bristol RELL POD826H at Exeter bus station\" data-caption-desc=\"This deep, flat windscreen RELL is seen in Exeter Bus Station.\" data-attachment-id=\"118\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bristol RELL POD826H at Exeter bus station\" title=\"This deep, flat windscreen RELL is seen in Exeter Bus Station.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/6950-POD826H\/2809893512.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bristol RELL POD826H at Exeter bus station<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">This deep, flat windscreen RELL is seen in Exeter Bus Station.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time I had started taking photographs, the original Southern National had been absorbed into Western National. Royal Blue, which provided most of the express services passing through Southampton, was also part of the WN empire, so is included here for simplicity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the time I had started taking photographs, the original Southern National had been absorbed into Western National. Royal Blue, which provided most of the express services passing through Southampton, was also part of the WN empire, so is included here for simplicity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-183","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}