Velvet have acquired 5 Dennis Darts in their short history on loan from Dawson Rentals. The first 4 arrived with the start of route A, shortly after its take over from BlueStar. One returned along with a brand new example (to Velvet) in early 2009 as Velvet took over the operation of route C from BlueStar. Photos appear here - from late 2008 Velvet buses have fleetnumbers; thus the early Darts were too early to acquire fleet numbers.

Further vehicles on loan include Iveco TurboDaily 445 (L445FFR), previously with Stagecoach Devon and Southern Vectis. Photos from a very rare outing on route 500.

Black Velvet Travel own 4 DAF/East Lancs Myllennium low floor single deckers for their day services. These are mainly found on the Fair Oak Flyer, route A and route C at the time of writing, although, as my gallery illustrates, have been used for other purposes in the past. The buses are numbered 507/11-4 (V7/11-4GMT) and were acquired from London Central in 2008.

Black Velvet Travel acquired 3 Leyland Olympians with Alexander bodywork from Lothian back in 2008. When first introduced they mainly only saw operation on route B and college contracts, but have gradually become more involved in Velvet operations and you can regularly find an Olympian out to photograph. They are numbered 841/3/51 (J841/3/51TSC).

The first buses acquired by Velvet were Citybuses F303 and F309MYJ - both from Stagecoach back in 2007 with their debut to service entry (for Velvet) in 2008. These were joined by sister bus F302MYJ later on in the year, and are usually allocated to college contracts and route 500 at the time of writing. They are numbered according to their registration (302 - F302MYJ etc.).