The single decker bus achieved a top speed of 80.73 miles per hour Credit: Reading Buses
A big cheer went up when a service bus from the fleet of Reading Buses made its own piece of history and proved itself to be the fastest bus in the world.
The Reading Buses single deck vehicle achieved a top speed of 80.73 miles per hour and an average speed over a full lap of 76.785 mph.
In yesterday’s land speed record attempt on a banked circular track at Millbrook, just outside Bedford, the service bus reached the top speed of 80.73 mph running on Biomethane Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).
The Reading Buses single deck bus, in its new and distinctive ‘cow’ livery, has proved the value of ‘cow poo power.’
The bus has no major modifications and is back in service in Reading this morning.
With help from their ticket machine supplier, Ticketer, Reading Buses issued the world’s fastest bus tickets, remotely sold while the bus was in motion.
Over 80 tickets were issued, some when the bus was travelling at well over 70 miles an hour. Reading Buses say they will sell them as souvenirs at their Open Day on June 14 when the fastest bus will be on display.
