I heard this before I saw it. Unfortunately, I didn't manage a front shot with its Van Hool esque style front. Apparently, it dates from 1980! The Rodoeste fleet is quite eclectic with a mix of old and nearly new. This B58 is seen here on Avenida Do Mar, on 19/11/2023, thus making this B58 some 43 years old!
Rodoeste – Transportadora Rodoviária da Madeira was founded in 03/1967 by the joining of Empresa Automobilística da Ribeira Brava,Lda. with Sociedade Automobilística de Câmara de Lobos, Lda and the Sociedade de Automóveis do Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, Lda. After the fusion, all bus services operated by those companies started being operated under one single name, Rodoeste.
Rodoeste holds a public license for road transport and operates regular services between Funchal and Câmara de Lobos, Ribeira Brava, Ponta do Sol, Calheta, Porto Moniz, São Vicente and Santana; and also circuit services in Câmara de Lobos, Ponta do Sol, Calheta and São Vicente.
The company offers public bus transport services in interurban routes as well as bus and coach hire services for tourism. © Peter Steel 2023.
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New to Skill's(10), Nottingham in 06/1973, this smart early Volvo is now preserved in it's previous operators livery. It is seen here on display on Millennium Quayside, Whitehaven, during the excellent 'Leyland National 51' event, organised by the Workington Transport Heritage Trust that commemorated fifty-one years since the entry into service of the first National to be constructed at the Lillyhall plant that is situated near Workington. This event was organised due to the success of the 'Leyland National 50' event. This nice B58 was one of several non-Leyland National vehicles to attend. © Peter Steel 2023.
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New to Sworder, in 01/1981, this Volvo B58 is seen here at the premises of the Merseyside Transport Trust, Burscough, Lancashire, on display for their excellent Open & Running Day, on 14/07/2013. (See comment below). © Peter Steel 2013.
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This icon of it's time in coaching was new to Johnson Bros. in 05/1981. Restored by the company, it is seen here making a pleasant appearance here on display at the Meadowhall Rally, Sheffield, on 19/09/2010. © Peter Steel 2010.
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New to the well respected Cottrell's, Mitcheldean, in 08/1979, this late model Volvo B58 is seen here on display at The Bus & Coach Show, British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland, on 18/03/2012. Still in Cottrell's livery, I think this was the sole coach of Michael Hughes and was mainly used on local schools work. Thankfully, this sole B58 acquired new by Cottrell's has since been preserved and is now back in Cottrell's livery. © Peter Steel 2012.
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