‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit ‘Drakelow Business Park’ 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

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. (Covid permitting).

 

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 was in my part of the world, the East Midlands.

 

The fifth and final visit of the day and of the weekend was to the ‘Drakelow Business Park’ to the South of Burton on Trent.

 

Most of the coaches I saw with DE-LUXE carried the names of British Battleships.

 

XJZ 222 ‘DE-LUXE COACH SERVICES’, Burton on Trent, ‘FURIOUS’.

Volvo B12B / Jonkheere

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New registered FX58 SXD but acquired from ‘Last Passive’, Eire where it was registered 09-D-2777.

 

 

 

 

L5 NHA ‘DE-LUXE COACH SERVICES’, Burton on Trent, ‘INVINCIBLE’.

VOLVO B10M / Berkhof

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘Abridge’, Hadleigh.

 

 

 

 

222 KTO ‘DE-LUXE COACH SERVICES’, Burton on Trent, 

‘ST. VINCENT’.

Volvo B7R / Sunsundegui Sideral on 

Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Formerly registered OCZ 1119 with ’Cropley Coaches,’ Fosdyke, Lincs. from where it was purchased.

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCZ 221 ‘DE-LUXE COACH SERVICES’, Burton on Trent, ‘RODNEY’.

Toyota Optimo / Caetano

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New registered W59 SJH to ‘Horseman Coaches Ltd.’ Reading, Berks. but acquired from ‘Transport Direct’, Bramshall, Staffs.

 

 

 

 

DLX 21E ‘DE-LUXE COACH SERVICES’, Burton on Trent, ‘BENBOW’. 

Ford Transit 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

222 GDY ‘DE-LUXE COACH SERVICES’, Burton on Trent.

Volvo B12BT / Plaxton elite

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

With the front panel that carries the registration plate missing, I had to rely on the rear registration plate for the details of the owner.

 

Previously registered YN09 HRF and LD55 RFC.

 

Acquired from ‘Cropper’, Guiseley, West Yorks.

 

 

 

 

N222 UPD ‘DE-LUXE COACH SERVICES’, Burton on Trent.

Manufacturer unknown / 1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

N222 UPD ‘DE-LUXE COACH SERVICES’, Burton on Trent.

Manufacturer unknown / 2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ in Chester’s new Bus Interchange (CBI) on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The new bus interchange in Chester opened at the end of May 2018. 

 

At the time of writing, the old bus station which is scheduled for redevelopement is still being used for the loading and unloading of visiting day coaches.

 

Chester New Bus interchange plan.

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

The plan clearly shows the layout of the bus stands together with the facilities grouped at one end.

 

There is space to park a small number of buses between the inner stands.

 

 

 

 

MX13 AKZ ‘ARRIVA North West’ No. 5000. MAN 18.270 Ecocity / Caetano

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Seen loading at the Gorse Stacks stands.

 

 

 

 

SN56 AWV ‘Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire’ No. 19045. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Trident / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘Busways’, Newcastle then to ‘Glenvale Transport’, Liverpool.

 

Seen turning into (CBI) from St. Oswalds Way.

 

 

 

 

CX12 DSZ ‘ARRIVA Chester’ No. 3143. VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘ARRIVA Cymru’. 

 

Seen turning out of ‘CBI’ onto Gorse Stacks.

 

 

 

 

KX51 CTO ‘ACL’ (Aintree Coach Lines). Optare Solo M850

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘Midland Red (South}’ as No. 613.

 

Seen in the central parking area.

 

 

 

 

PX06 DVW ‘Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire’ No. 34813. Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer 2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Seen turning into (CBI) from St. Oswalds Way.

 

New to ‘Glenvale’ who are part of ‘Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire’.

 

 

 

 

CX61 CDV ‘ARRIVA Chester’ No. 4087. VDL SB300 / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘ARRIVA Cymru’ for ‘Cymru Coastliner’ branded service now downgraded to bus work.

 

 

 

 

SN16 OPF ‘Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire’ No. 26051 ‘Chester Park&Ride’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Seen turning out of ‘CBI’ onto Gorse Stacks.

 

 

 

 

CX12 DTF ‘ARRIVA Chester’ No. 3144 ‘Chester City Bus’. VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar 2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Seen turning into ‘CBI’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KX03 KYZ ‘Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire’ No. 47035. Optare Solo M920

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘United Counties’.

 

Seen outside the Market Hall just above the old bus station.

‘Scene’ in Hull. ‘Lords of Kingston upon Hull’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A trip with the PSV Circle to ‘Lords of Kingston upon Hull’s depot in Hull produced some interesting images.

 

T915 EGD ‘Lords of Kingston upon Hull’. Volvo Olympian / Alexander (Belfast) RH

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Dublin Bus’ in 1999 as 99-D-10530.

 

 

 

 

 

 

V341 JMB ‘Lords of Kingston upon Hull’.  Volvo Olympian / Alexander (Belfast) RH

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Dublin Bus’ in 1999 as 99-D-640.

 

 

 

 

R255 LGH ‘Lords of Kingston upon Hull’. Volvo Olympian / Northern Counties

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘London Central’ as its NV55.

 

 

 

 

FJ03 VNC ‘Lords of Kingston upon Hull’. Volvo B12M / Caetano

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Bullock’, Cheadle.

 

 

 

 

CT05 LCT ‘Lords of Kingston upon Hull’. Bova Futura

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘Leons’, Stafford.

 

‘Scene’ when Derby Railway Station was ‘Bustituted’ 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Derby railway station has been closed for major refurbishment work since July which will continue through to October.

 

Travellers through Derby have found that they have had to switch to buses and coaches for the onward journeys.

 

The operation seems to have been well organised with a selection of vehicles from a wide range of operators being used.

 

For earlier blogs on this subject see blog published 18/08/2018 and 28/09/2018. 

 

FJ10 OXN ‘Midland General Omnibus Company Ltd’ No. 73. Scania K3201B4 / Irizar i4

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Although some published records show this bus as being oerated by ‘notts+derby’.

 

The legal titling clearly shows the operator as being MGOC.

 

The livery is the debranded form of ‘trentbarton’s ‘skylink express’.

 

 

 

H9 UKA ‘Hamiltons Coaches’, Kettering. Volvo B12 / Jonkheere

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

SN61 ABV ‘Hunters’, Leeds. VDL / BOVA FHD127/365

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘AAA’ Kirknewton, Scotland.

 

 

 

TT06 PSW ‘Paul S. Winson’, Loughborough. Volvo B12B / Jonkheere Mistral

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

B11 PSV ‘Freeway Coaches’, Pinxton, Notts. Volvo B12B / Sunsundegui Sideral

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New as FJ55 YCF to ‘Dunn-Line’, Notts as its No. 5503.

 

 

 

V20 YAL ‘Nottingham Coaches’. Scania / Van Hool Alizee

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Formerly woth ‘York Pullman’ and ‘Blue Sky Coaches’.

 

 

 

FN02 RXC Operator not known. MAN 18.310 / Caetano

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Clarkson’, Barrow.

 

Wearing the livery of ‘Premiere Travel’ of Nottingham who went out of business in 2013.

 

It appears to have been repainted into this livery fairly recently because in 2015 it was seen in ‘Swan Street Coaches’ colours.

 

 

 

WK66 JPF ‘Tiger European’. Ford Transit

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Scene’ in the SouthWest.’Citybus’and others in Plymouth on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

I have visited Plymouth on a number of occasions down the years and I always find something of interest.

 

Like many fleets, ‘Plymouth Citybus’ (part of the ‘Go-Ahead Group’) has a variety of brands within the fleet.

 

Possibly the most common is ‘citybus’.

 

 

PF06 ENL ‘Plymouth citybus’ No. 370 ‘city’ Scania N94UB / East Lancs

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘Thames Travel’ (another ‘Go-Ahead’ group company).

 

 

 

 

 

WX62 HHE ‘Plymouth citybus’ No. 707 ‘city’ MAN 18.270 EcoCity / Caetano

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘Anglian Bus’.

 

 

 

The next 2 images of buses built by the same builder seven years apart show that although a lot has changed mechanically, there is very little difference in appearance.

 

 

WA08 LDJ ‘Plymouth citybus’ No. 137 ‘city’ Dennis Dart SLF / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

WJ65 HMA ‘Plymouth citybus’ No. 147 ‘city’ Alexander Dennis Ltd. E20D

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

WJ55 HLR ‘Plymouth citybus’ No. 87 ‘city’ Mercedes-Benz Citaro

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

The Dennis Dart is alive and well in Plymouth with a number of operators.

 

LX05 EYW ‘Plymouth citybus’ No. 255 ‘city’ Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Mini Pointer

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

This one being new to ‘London General’.

 

 

 

 

WA03 BHW ‘Plymouth citybus’ No. 67 ‘city’ Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

WA64 JVV ‘Plymouth citybus’ No. 72 ‘SuperRider’ Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Seen in an earlier livery.

 

 

 

 

 

BX54 DLD ‘JACKETTS’ Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

PX05 EKV ’Stagecoach South West’ No. 34686 Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

I know that operators move buses around the various fleets within their group for a variety of reasons. I do wonder though about the economics of the exercise.

 

This particular bus, seen in Plymouth was photographed in Carlisle by me nearly 4 years ago. 

 

According to Google maps, Carlisle is 388 miles away.

 

New to ‘Stagecoach North West’.

 

 

 

YX65 RCV ’Stagecoach South West’ No. 26034 ‘park&ride’ Alexander Dennis Ltd. E20D

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SN65 ZHK ’Stagecoach South West’ No. 10495 Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

‘Scene’ in the SouthWest. ’Flash’ in Plymouth on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

Previous blogs ‘Scene’ in the SouthWest were published on 8 March, 24 March, 25 April, 3 May and 17 May all 2017.

 

I have visited Plymouth on a number of occasions down the years and I always find something of interest.

 

Like many fleets, ‘Plymouth Citybus’ (part of the ‘Go-Ahead Group’) has a variety of brands within the fleet.

 

The buses shown here all carry colour coded branding followed by the word ‘Flash’.

 

 

WJ65 HMO ‘Plymouth Citybus’ No. 155 ‘Green Flash’ Alexander Dennis Ltd. E20D

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

 

WJ65 BZD ‘Plymouth Citybus’ No. 537 ‘Green Flash’ Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

 

WG63 HHV ‘Plymouth Citybus’ No. 517 ‘Red Flash’ Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

WG65 BYO ‘Plymouth Citybus’ No. 523 ‘Yellow Flash’ Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

 

WA12 ACY ‘Plymouth Citybus’ No. 105 ‘BlueFlash’ Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

 

AU62 DWG ‘Plymouth Citybus’ No. 702 ‘Orange Flash’ MAN 18.270 EcoCity / Caetano

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

New to Anglian Bus as No. 609. To ‘Plymouth Citybus’ October 2016.