For a year or two prior to the telecoms split the PTT bought very few new buses but it did invest in some new upmarket coaches like homebound Bellinzona based Mercedes P26013 just before dusk on the long limited stop route to Chur.Even though there were just two of these coaches a die-cast model of them was made by one manufacture The other example P26012 at Bern carried a BE registration for a time as there was a climate of secrecy afoot with Thatcherite deregulation looming.