The fourth blog of ten, posted over ten consecutive days.
More tomorrow.
The PSV Circle (of which I have been a member for some years) aims to hold an Annual General Meeting in a different location in the UK every year.
Usually held at a weekend, they also include visits to operators and other bus related venues for the attending members to visit and enjoy.
This year, the location being in the North West of England centred on the Holiday Inn Express, Preston.
Friend Peter Rose joined me for what turned out to be a sometimes wet, but very enjoyable weekend.
As we have done before, we have combined all the images we have gathered.
The credits being joint D.Basford/P.M.Rose.
An hour lunch break was taken in Bolton where, inevitably, interest centred on the bus station.
The arrival of a large group of mainly men, mainly wearing Hi-Viz vests, many armed with cameras and jostling to take pictures provoked a lot of good natured banter with the local population.
I was asked twice by passers-by if the King was coming!
‘Go-North West’ came into being when in 2019, the ‘Go-Ahead Group’ took over ‘First Greater Manchester’s Cheetham Hill depot which included 163 buses.
The variety of liveries on display is explainable.
In April 2023, ‘GNW’ took over operation of four routes previously operated by ‘Diamond North West’ under the franchising system operated by ‘Transport for Greater Manchester’.
It appears that the buses involved did not pass to ‘GNW’ leaving the company to find buses from a variety of its own sources.
BG14 OOU ‘Go North West’ No. 6162.
Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse 2
on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Originally Fleet No. 74001 with ‘GNW’.
BG14 OOU was only used for delivery purposes when it went to work in Malta for the Maltese Government registered BUS 355.
Eventually, it was repatriated, restored to its original registration and sold on.
BJ10 VUT ‘Go North West’ No. 6229.
Mercedes-Benz Citaro 0530
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Go-North East’ (GNE) No. 5333.
The livery is part of the X20, Sunderland-Langley Park livery it wore at ‘GNE’.
YX10 EYY ‘Go North West’ No. 6176.
Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘East Yorkshire’ (EY) No. 372.
At the time the bus was new, ‘EY’ were an independent company being taken over by the ‘Go-Ahead Group’ in 2018.
YX10 EYW ‘Go North West’ No. 6175.
Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘East Yorkshire’ (EY) No. 371.
At the time the bus was new, ‘EY’ were an independent company being taken over by the ‘Go-Ahead Group’ in 2018.
BJ10 VUP‘Go North West’ No. 6226.
Mercedes-Benz Citaro 0530
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Go-North East’ (GNE) No. 5330.
The livery is part of the X20, Sunderland-Langley Park livery it wore at ‘GNE’.
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