‘Scene’ on a Day Out with Dennis to Worksop

This set of images is to illustrate an article written for a magazine called ‘All Things Local’.

 

This community magazine is produced and distributed from a base in Kilburn, Derbyshire and covers large areas of the towns of Ripley and Belper.

 

IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING FROM BELPER, 

 

your first bus of the day will be ‘trentbarton’s (tb) ’the sixes’ from Belper to Derby.

 

A Swedish built Scania Chassis carrying a Wright body produced in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

 

FJ55 BZR

 

Onward from Derby into Nottingham it is a ‘tb’ ‘red arrow’.

 

Largely these days in the hands of  Plaxton bodied Volvo six wheel coaches. 

 

Sometimes the use of the word luxury is overdone but not in the case of these brand new coaches. They really are superb.

 

YX65 ZHP

 

IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING FROM RIPLEY,

 

your first bus of the day will be ‘tb)’ ‘rapidone’.

 

An Optare Versa which is produced in Yorkshire.

 

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The onward journey from Nottingham is provided by ‘Stagecoach’ who generally provide a bus specifically branded for the service

 

In this case a Scottish built bus being an Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 300.

 

FJ08 VPY

 

Sometimes because of operational problems a fleet liveried substitute may be used which in this case has the same history as the route branded one.

 

FX61 HGD

 

Worksop to Chesterfield is another ‘Stagecoach’ route that is normally worked with double deckers.

 

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A Dennis Trident chassis which was built in Guildford together with another Scottish built Alexander body.

 

The return from Chesterfield.

’trentbarton’ have recently re  branded as ‘the comet’ what was the Northern section of their ‘red arrow’ route.

 

This follows on from the splitting of what had been the ‘old’ ‘red arrow’ route into two sections in May 2015.

 

The current buses are all Volvo’s with Wright’s of Ballymena built bodies in a yellow livery which they retain from when they worked on route 2 from Nottingham to Ilkeston and Cotmanhay.

 

My information would suggest that the yellow livery will be replaced by a black and grey or black and silver livery in due course as buses pass through the paint shop.

 

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