Pointer on the outside, but a Mercedes within

摘要

Today's bus tickets are seldom as colourful as Ultimates and Setrights of old, but one thing they do offer that didn't come before is the fleetnumber of the bus on which they are issued. Or do they? When Cliff Davis boarded a Stagecoach West route 64 from Stonehouse to Stroud in October, he was convinced it was TransBus Pointer Dart 34617, but it seemed to turn into Mercedes-Benz 709D 40347 by the time he paid his fare, which is pretty good going as that was last reported in Stagecoach ownership in 2012.