EAST Grinstead Bus Day proved a huge hit with passengers nostalgic for the good old days of the Routemaster.

Alan Charman who organised the event again this year estimated attendance was up by 15% on last time, with the 28 vintage buses making more than 3,000 passenger journeys on routes around the town to Forest Row, Newchapel and the Bluebell Railway.

The 494 was full on every journey out to Oxted but it was the 15 minute service to Forest Row which proved the most popular, with more than 1,000 passes issued during the day.

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