Barton Transport was one of the major “non municipal” bus operators in the East Midlands. The company was based at Chilwell on the outskirts of Nottingham and gained a reputation for having a fascinating and varied fleet of vehicles during the 1950s and 1960s, many of which I would have had a ride on as I was a frequent traveller on Barton buses as a young lad. However that was to all change with the aid of government grants in the early 1970’s. This allowed Barton’s to disposal of the fascinating and varied fleet and standardize on new coaches. The first were a batch of Leyland Leopard chassis fitted with Plaxton 53 seat coach bodies which arrived in 1973 and this set the standard for most of the subsequent purchase although some Bedford chassis with Duple bodywork were also purchased. 480 (RCH 480R) is a 1977 Leyland Leopard PSU3C/4R chassis fitted with a Plaxton 53 seat Supreme Express coach body and is seen here at Broad Marsh bus station, Nottingham, 30th April 1979
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