‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit ‘MILLENIUM TRAVEL’, Mansfield 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.

 

‘MILLENIUM TRAVEL’ was the provider of our transport for the day and was to be the first visit of the day.

 

The fleet, (all immaculate) were well spaced out so enabling the photographers amongst us easy access all around the vehicles.

 

7842 KR ‘MILLENIUM TRAVEL MANSFIELD LTD’ ‘Kieran’.

Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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

 

New registered DK09 DZF to ‘GHA Coaches’, Corwen, North Wales.

 

It was acquired from ‘Williams’, Brecon,Wales.

 

 

 

 

GX06 DXC ‘MILLENIUM TRAVEL MANSFIELD LTD’ ‘Bethany’.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. Dart SLF/ Plaxton Pointer

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

 

New to ‘Stagecoach South’ as No.  34854 but acquired from ’Boomerang Travel’, Accrington, Lancs.

 

In between times it spent some time with ‘Halton Transport’.

 

 

 

 

GXZ 144 ‘MILLENIUM TRAVEL MANSFIELD LTD’ ‘Emily Ann’.

Mercedes-Benz 0816D / Sitcar

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New registered WA09 DZT to ‘London Mini’, Isleworth but it was acquired from ’Ellenvale Coach Co’, Aspatria, Cumbria.

 

 

 

 

YG59 NFN ‘MILLENIUM TRAVEL MANSFIELD LTD’.

Ford Transit

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

 

Acquired from ‘Wormall’, Grantham.

 

 

 

 

3553 FH  ‘MILLENIUM TRAVEL MANSFIELD LTD’.

Mercedes-Benz 516CDI

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

 

Acquired from ‘Exec Connect’, Salisbury.

 

‘Scene’ with ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ (EYMS). EYC registrations. on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

At the time of publication of this blog, it has just been announced that ‘EYMS’ is to become a part of the ‘Go-Ahead’ group. 

 

I am sorry to see them go as an independent operator but I am sure from having observed all the major groups for many years that this is a good decision.

 

I wish all at ‘East Yorkshire’ well for the future.

 

I have been a follower of ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ for many years and I have always believed that the ‘EYC’ registrations indicated vehicles working for the ‘East Yorkshire Coaches’ unit. 

 

Normally painted in cream and light blue there is at least one bus that does not quite fit in !!! (see below).

 

Most of these images were taken at ‘EYMS’ depot on Anlaby Road in Hull on a PSV Circle organised visit.

 

A7 EYC ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 21 ‘East Yorkshire Coaches’. Mercedes-Benz 516CDi / Optare Soroco

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

 

New registered LK64 ATZ.

 

 

 

 

A9 EYC ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 72 ‘East Yorkshire Coaches’. Volvo B12B / Plaxton Panther /1

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

 

New in 2007.

 

Seen at Plaxton’s works at Eastfield in Scarborough.

 

 

 

 

A9 EYC ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 72 ‘East Yorkshire Coaches’. Volvo B12B / Plaxton Panther /2

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

 

New in 2007.

 

Seen at Plaxton’s works at Eastfield in Scarborough.

 

 

 

 

A10 EYC ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 92. Volvo B9R / Caetano Levante

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

 

New as FJ11 GJZ, No. 86 to ‘Whittles Coaches’ who were at that time part of the ‘EYMS’ group.

 

 

 

 

A16 EYC ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 200 ‘East Yorkshire Coaches’. Volvo B7TL / Alexander ALX 400

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

 

New as SK52 URW to ‘London United’ as its No. VA 300.

 

 

 

A17 EYC ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 779. Dennis Trident 2 / Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Enviro 400 

on ‘Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

New as SN61 DFK to ‘ADL’ as a demonstrator.

 

This is the bus mentioned earlier that doesn’t seem to fit however it is fitted with coach seats and other ‘luxury’ fitments so maybe it does. 

 

A pity it’s not in the coaching livery though, it would look magnificent !

 

 

 

 

A18 EYC ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 721 ‘East Yorkshire Coaches’. Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse

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

 

Formerly YX07 HKH with ‘EYMS’.

 

 

 

 

A20 EYC ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 20 ‘East Yorkshire Coaches’. Mercedes-Benz 816D / Plaxton Cheetah 2

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

 

New to ‘EYMS’ as YX59 FSD.

 

 

 

EYC 73 ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 77 ‘East Yorkshire Coaches’. Volvo B9R / Plaxton Elite

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

 

New to ‘EYMS’ as YX62 FLL.

 

 

 

80 EYC ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 645. Bristol FS6G Lodekka / Eastern Coach Works

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

 

New in 1961 as a convertible open topper registration 866 NHT to ‘Bristol Omnibus’ as its No. 8576.

 

Also previously registered as XSL 228A with ‘Wilts & Dorset’ amongst others.

 

Bought by ‘EYMS’ in July 2014.

 

‘Scene’ Coaching in London recently part 2

It is now some time since I was in the Capital but such is the volume of bus traffic and such is the quality of the vehicles appearing that it would be a shame to leave these out.

 

One of my local operators here in the East Midlands is ‘Little’s of Ilkeston’ and it is with one of their coaches that we start.

 

PB09 LTL

A Scania K340EB4 with Irizar PB coachwork.

 

KX56 OVF

A Volvo B7R with Plaxton Profile bodywork working for London operator ‘Corbel’.

 

BN63 NYU

A Chinese built King Long XMQ6129Y working for ‘Excalibur Coaches’ who are another London based operator.

 

This coach appeared on the King Long stand at the Bus & Coach Live 2013 show at the NEC.

 

B2 EBT

A Volvo B12M with Plaxton Paragon bodywork with a cherished registration that identifies it as a member of the

‘Eddie Brown Travel’ fleet.

 

BL14 LSX

A Sunsundegui bodied Volvo working for’ Terravision’ on route A50 which takes in both Stansted Airport and London Victoria.

 

I have only seen one other of this body type which is called the SC7 and that was at the NEC last year and I commented then on its very close similarity to the Caetano Levante.

 

TUI 1646

A Dennis Javelin with Caetano Algarve 2 bodywork. Formerly registered N786 SJU.

 

Working for ‘Britannia Holidays’ who operate from the Hitchin in Hertfordshire.

 

9 HDX

This Volvo B12B/JonkheereSHV combination has to be one of the most elegant vehicles on the road.

 

Working for ‘The Travellers Choice’ who are based at Carnforth in Lancashire. 

 

An operator with a history going back over 140 years !

 

WAF CO 444

A SETRA S 415HD working for German operator ‘Engel Touristik’.

 

GB04 EBL

 

A Scania K114B4 with Irizar Century bodywork in the fleet of ‘Lucketts Travel’ of Fareham in Hampshire.

 

FDY 383

A Volvo B12B with a Volvo built body that was new to ‘Rambler Coaches Ltd.’ of Hastings in 2008 as CR08 RAM. 

 

It was reregistered to its current mark in early 2015.

 

YJ11 AMV

A Mercedes-Benz 0816D fitted with Sitcar ‘Beluga’ bodywork working for ‘Alba Coaches’.

 

I have commented before that I think the name ‘Beluga’ which is a species of whale is an unfortunate choice for what is quite a dainty coach.

 

‘Scene’ on the West Coast of Scotland part 2.

Earlier this year, I had a short break staying at the Alexandra Hotel in Oban. The tour company was ‘Highland Heritage’ (HH) with whom I have no connection other than as a satisfied customer.

 

‘HH’ have a fleet of 16 identical Van Hool Alizee bodied Volvo B12BT’s. 

 

All carry different names to identify them to passengers because there are times when more than one is at the same place.

 

Part of the ‘HH’ holiday package is a Highland Concert which takes place on one afternoon either in Oban or Fort William.

 

Here 9 of the fleet are seen in Fort William waiting for the end of the days performance.

 

YN07 KHB

A Mercedes-Benz 0816 with Plaxton Cheetah bodywork.

 

Currently operated by ‘shiel buses’ of Fort William. A company that has been around for over 30 years and today operate a fleet of over 20 vehicles.

 

Prior to joining ‘shiels’ this bus worked for ‘Express of Batley’ in Yorkshire wearing basically the same livery.

 

PN11 ZBW

A MAN/Neoplan Tourliner operated by 'Mearns Executive Insight Vacations' a Glasgow based company.

 

FG10 WEN

A Mercedes-Benz Tourismo operated by Owen’s Coaches of Oswestry which is on the English Welsh border in Shropshire. The ‘Travelmaster Holidays’ branding is one of Owens own brands.

 

K80 SBL

 

A Mercedes-Benz 1523LL with Esker bodywork operated again by ‘shiel buses’.

 

PO14 HHY

A Jonkheere bodied Volvo of ‘Trafalgar’ tours.

 

M17 YNE

A DAF Van Hool Alicron TX15 of ‘Mayne’s of Buckie’. One of 7 in the 30 plus vehicle fleet. 

 

Mayne’s are a long established company with a history going back over 60 years.

 

JIL 3961

 

A Mercedes- Benz with Spanish built UNVI GT-R bodywork again in the fleet of ‘shiel buses’.

 

 

BZ-VD-68

A VDL Futura from Dutch operator ‘contiki Holidays’ seen in Oban.

I thought I would eventually get used to the new ’Futura’ shape but I still prefer the original.

 

 

BI+NR 3500

A Neoplan ‘Cityliner’ with Neumann of Bielefeld in Germany seen at Inverary.

 

SN13 DBO

Another UNVI body on a Mercedes-Benz chassis . This time the Vega GT from J. Russell of Strathaven in Southern Scotland.

 

YN13 EGU

Unmistakably an Irizar i6 from ‘Silver Fox’ coaches of Renfrew. Seen in Inverary.

 

H9 CTT

A Scania K114EB4 with Van Hool Alizee T9 bodywork.

Operated by ‘Coopers Tourmaster’ of Bedlington in England’s Northeast. It is an interesting vehicle having previously carried the registrations AE03 LFH and 450 UXM. 

 

As AE03 LFH it operated for ‘Peakes of Pontypool’ in South Wales and also had a spell with ‘Kenzies’ of Shepreth in ‘Cosmos’ colours.

 

As 450 UXM it had a spell with ‘Reay’s of Wigton’.