Mercedes-Benz Citaro parked at Onute Vale, Opal Close Terminus about to start a service 380 to Borough Town Centre. The 380 was one of the former services operated by Ealing HydroBus (formerly North Village Transit)
Optare Tempo driving down Cromwell Road about to turn to a Hail & Ride section to Onute Vale on route 201.
Optare Tempo parked in North Village blinded for the 386, albeit the actual service does not go near Wainscott or North Village. Bus owned by OSEL.
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TownLink Dennis Dart was seen at Wainscott Bus Station on 28 December 2019 during first stages of version 1, this was waiting duties likely as a "test run", 137 or the 138
OSEL Mercedes Citaro
TownLink Buses Dennis Trident 2
Darent Valley and Wainscott Project is another one of inspirational fictional project simulators as identified from the name because Darent Valley is the name of a hospital close to Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent and Wainscott in Medway specifically for a route from V1, the 175 which was apart of a few routes starting from Wainscott Bus Station to Liberty Park (same terminus where the former 175 in real life goes to in the Medway, the route was withdrawn from 15 November 2021 for more services on 173, both of which are operated by Nu-Venture Coaches, Aylesford) and after the cancellation of V1, it was a very short route running to a tunnel just on the outskirts of the Town Centre.
The place was created along with Wainscott Bus Station completed on 9th December 2019 with frequent updates before July 2020. Operators in the game were also free drive meaning that there was no need with joining the group.
A post on 21st July 2020 confirmed that Darent Valley and Wainscott Project would be recreated but starting from Darent Valley this time.
Darent Valley 2 is inspired off some parts of Cyprus (Makario Stadium is one obvious example) including Medway (St Otio's Island name is that off St Mary's Island), but will also be from parts of Ireland (not Northern) as well.
On 17 October 2022, Darent Valley & Wainscott, Malarchetts (now Otak Country) and Wootton merged to form the 'Otak Country Provinces' which would later become fully merged game coming out of Malarchetts.
Darent Valley & Wainscott (2019-2020)
When the game was created, it initially had two operators, GreenLife and TownLink Buses, routes 138 and 175 were the first to be planned as well to be completed. The fleet as well before were an Enviro200 MMC for the 138 and Dennis Trident for the 175 as shown on the left. In GreenLife's fleet were Enviro400 CBGs then changed to Enviro200 EVs and Enviro400H MMCs. TownLink's fleet then had Dennis Darts, Dennis Tridents, Enviro400 MMCs, Optare Olympuses and Wright Pulsar Hydrogens before GreenLife and their closures for being replaced by OSEL Buses.
On 29 December 2019, another company under the name of North Village Transit (then renamed as Ealing HydroBus) was created as well as another one on 28 April 2020, Borough Transit, a 100% council owned service. Borough Transit operated through its own subsidiaries as Cita Group, Lunsford Community Transport, Palmer Buses and Territory Transport using midibuses one of which were Dennis Dart MPDs. Both Ealing HydroBus and Borough Transit ceased after replacement by OSEL Buses.
Olympian Connections was created on 18 January 2020 with school services and Enviro400H MMCs which had been the same allocation then grown with Dennis Darts and Dennis Tridents
Darent Valley 2 (2020-2022)
Darent Valley and Wainscott was confirmed to be recreated on 21st July 2020, the new operator was confirmed on 18th October 2020 under the name of CityFox Travel but was scrapped using an existing Citaro C1 but was withdrawn following part issues. The replacement operator of Darent Valley is OSEL Transit (based off the withdrawn operator replaced by Cyprus Public Transport) using Citaro C2s and Optare Tempos.
On 15 February 2022, Great Colquart and Darent Valley merge as one map with existing GC services changed to there.
On 7 August 2022, a Scania OmniCity (single-deck) is added to the fleet.
Wainscott Bus Simulator (2024-)
Wainscott Bus Simulator (unofficial name for Darent Valley & Wainscott V1) was formed on 11 April 2024 after the confirmed cancellation of Darent Valley 2 and integration to 'Otak Country Bus Simulator' (formerly Malarchetts). The map is in a legacy state given the date it was created on despite the bus model quality not matching the map build..
TownLink Buses:
Before closure, TownLink operated routes:
70 Borough Green - Hoo Village (via A228 North)
138 Wainscott Bus Station - Lodge Hill Village (Denford Crossroads)
175 (Medway) Wainscott Bus Station - Hoo Village, Liberty Close (Bellflower Street)
285 North Village - Southfields Estate
418 Onute Vale - St. Margaret's Hospital
989† Onute Vale Town Local (Town Centre - Bushy Grove Station)
H1 Gatland Lane - Borough Green, Haven Car Park Grounds
Vehicles operated were:
ALX400 for 70, 175 and 285
Enviro400H City for 70, 175 and 285
Dennis Dart SLF for 285 and 418
MCV Evolution for 137 and 138
Scania OmniCity (DD) for 175 and 285
Wright Solar for 342 and 418
Wright StreetLite (9.7m) for 951, 989 and H1
Wright StreetLite (10.8m) for 138, 285, 418, 951 and 989
Wright Pulsar for 137, 138, 285 and 989
GreenLife Buses:
Before closure, GreenLife operated routes:
UGO (59/60) Borough Green - Wellsbridge
151 Lower Malling, Fields Close - Upper Stilts, Red Herring
193 Heath Green Station/Southfields Estate - Hoo Village
278 Wainscott Bus Station - Darent Valley Bus Station
286 Wainscott Junction - Medway City Station
342 Addington - Adiscombe Park
951 Lodge Hill Village - Heath Green Tesco
H2 Gatland Lane - Borough Green, Haven Car Park Grounds
Route 60 was withdrawn when GreenLife was replaced
GreenLife had also operated LeShuttle University Buses:
U1 Wainscott Bus Station - University of Hoo - Operated by
U2 Angel Lane Park & Ride - University of Hoo
U3 Essendon Estate/Essendon Bus Station - University of Hoo
Vehicles operated were:
Enviro200 EV for 151, 193, H2 and U3
Enviro400H City for 278 and U1, U2 and U3
Scania OmniCity DD for 193 (schooldays) and 278