‘Scene’ In London 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter Rose recently spent some time in Muswell Hill in North London where on a very sunny day he captured these images.

 

As usual, they are reproduced here with his permission and my thanks.

 

Muswell Hill was rated recently as being one of the top five suburbs in which to live in the capital which is reflected in the surroundings of the buses.

 

YJ19 HVR ‘Metroline’ No. OME2663.

Optare MetroDecker MD1050EV / Optare

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

 

 

 

 

LK12 ARZ ‘Metroline’ No. VW1295.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2

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

 

 

 

 

 

LK16 BXN ‘ARRIVA London’ No. SW10.

Wright Streetdeck

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

 

New to ‘ARRIVA the shires’.

 

 

 

 

LJ19 CUW ‘Metroline’ No. BDE2624.

BYDD /Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400EV

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

 

 

 

 

LJ19 CVR ‘Metroline’ No. BDE2641.

BYDD /Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400EV

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

 

 

 

 

LK62 DEU ‘Metroline’ No. DML 1346.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200

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

 

 

‘Scene’ in York once more 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

The pilgrimage to York has become a regular event.

 

This time by train to Leeds and then by ‘Transdev’s CITYZAP to York.

 

(see part 1 posted 24/08/2022 for image).

 

YK57 EZZ ‘First York’ No. 37069, CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS ON OUR BUSES.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini

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

 

New to ‘First West Yorkshire’.

 

 

 

YJ70 ETY ‘First York’ No. 39524, YORK CITY KNIGHTS.

Optare MD1114EV MetroDecker / Optare

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

 

YORK CITY KNIGHTS’ are a professional rugby league club based in the city.

 

 

 

 

BF63 HCZ ‘Transdev’ No. 2780, Coastliner, Whitby.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 

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

 

Pictured outside York railway station.

 

New to ‘Burnley & Pendle’ another ‘Transdev’ group company.

 

 

 

 

YK57 FAA ‘First York’ No. 37070.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini

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

 

New to ‘First West Yorkshire’.

 

Unusual in being overall white.

 

Probably waiting for its next livery vinyls to be applied.

 

 

 

 

YY20 OEC ‘East Yorkshire’ No. 924, EastRider. Hull Beverley York fast.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

 

Pictured outside York railway station.

 

 

 

 

638 UYC ‘connexionsbuses’, Tockwith, North Yorkshire.

Scania N230UD / Scania OmniCity

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

 

New registered LX09 AEB to ‘Selkent’ as No. 15057.

 

‘Scene’ in York once more 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The pilgrimage to York has become a regular event.

 

This time by train to Leeds and then by ‘Transdev’s CITYZAP to York.

 

Should you qualify, you can use your snior citizens bus pass on the bus.

 

SK70 BWM ‘Transdev’ No. 2015, CITYZAP, YORK LEEDS FAST.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

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

 

The bus that carried us to York.

 

 

 

 

YK57 EZX ‘First York’ No. 37068, University of York.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘First West Yorkshire’.

 

 

 

 

YJ70 ETE ‘First York’ No. 39520. YORK PARK & RIDE.

Optare MD1114EV / Optare

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

 

 

 

 

YJ70 ETV ‘First York’ No. 39521, YORK.

Optare MD1114EV / Optare

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

 

Having lost its Park & Ride branding to allow it to be used on unbranded routes.

 

 

 

 

YJ70 ETU ‘First York’ No. 39520.

Optare MD1114EV / Optare

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

 

Having lost its Park & Ride branding to allow it to be used on unbranded

routes.

 

 

 

 

BT66 MVN ‘Transdev’ No. 3630, Coastliner, Scarborough.

Volvo B5TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3

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

 

On its way back to Leeds from Scarborough.

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ in York once more on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Buses and trains in York have appeared in my blog many times down the years.

 

A recent visit for a few hours produced the following selection.

 

All of the images produced here have the medieval city walls and/or York Minster in the background.

 

SK70 VWP ‘Transdev Blazefield’ No. 2018 ’CITYZAP SKY CLASS’.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

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

 

This was the bus I had arrived on from Leeds.

 

 

 

 

YJ69 CXC ’First York Ltd’. No. 39502 ‘YORK PARK & RIDE’. 

Optare MD111EV Metrodecker / Optare

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

 

 

 

 

BT66 MVR ‘Transdev Blazefield’ No. 3633 ‘Yorkshire Coastliner’. 

Volvo B5TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

 

 

 

 

YJ09 FVO ’First York Ltd’. No. 37682. 

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 

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

 

New to ‘First West Yorkshire’.

YN07 MKO ’First York Ltd’. No. 37254 ‘University of York’. 

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 

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

 

New to ‘First South Yorkshire’.

 

 

 

‘Scene’ outside Nottingham’s Railway Station (NRS) 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

The original ‘NRS’ was opened in 1839 by the ‘Midland Counties Railway’.

 

Substantially rebuilt in 1904 by the now ‘Midland Railway’ using brick, terracotta and faience (a form of glazed terracotta) instead of stone.

 

Further re-worked in 2013 when the trackwork was remodelled resulting in the beautiful building seen today.

 

All of the images in this blog show part of the station exterior in the background.

 

Nottingham  Railway Station frontage 2020

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

 

 

 

 

YN14 MTK ‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT) No. 613. N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400 

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

 

Buses painted mainly in  silver are spare buses which can be used anywhere in the system.

 

 

 

 

 

FJ58 KKU ‘trentbarton (tb )No. 725. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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

 

Painted in the maroon livery and branded for ‘mango’ ‘tb’s discounted cashless travel card which indicates a ‘spare’ bus that can go anywhere in the system.

 

 

 

 

YT61 FFN ‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT) No. 926. ‘Uni 4 Navy Line’. Scania N230UD / Optare

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

 

YY69 TMV ‘trentbarton No. 144 ‘the cotgrave’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

 

 

 

YP17 UFB ‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT) No. 402 ‘Bridgford Bus’. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CBG City 

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

 

‘Scene’ with ‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT). Styles of Double Deckers on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

At the time of writing, there are three different styles of double decker in service with ‘NCT’.

 

For many years East Lancs Coachbuilders Ltd. (ELC) was a regular supplier of bus bodies but that changed when that company went into administration in 2007.

 

Between then and 2014 bodies were supplied by the Darwen Group and Optare to what appeared to me to be to the original ELC design.

 

The relationship between ELC, Darwen Group and Optare is complex and beyond the scope of this blog.

 

in 2014 Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) became the supplier with the Enviro400.

 

In 2017 NCT switched to Gas buses and specified the Enviro 400City body.

 

All incidentally on Scania chassis.

 

All the images for this blog were captured outside Nottingham’s beautiful railway station.

 

YT61 FFN ‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT) No. 926. ‘Uni 4 Navy Line’. Scania N230UD / Optare

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

 

 

 

 

YN14 MVM ‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT) No. 639 ‘Navy Line’ 48. Scania N230UD / ‘ADL’ Enviro400 

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

 

 

 

 

YN18 EFY ‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT) No. 487 ‘Navy Line 49’. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CBGCity 

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

 

 

‘Scene’ in Bulwell Bus Station part 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Being aware that the Bulwell,s ‘Brown’ route was about to get Scania/Alexander gas buses I paid a visit before the change.

 

The town of Bulwell lies to the North West of the City of Nottingham. With a history dating back over 1000 years it has, like Nottingham grown and become a suburb of the City.

 

Served by a mainline railway station and a tram stop on Nottingham’s tram network, it also boasts its own bus station which is linked to the City by a variety of routes.

 

YN65 XFJ ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 650 ’78/79 turquoise line’. Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400 

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

 

 

 

 

 

YN65 XFX ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 662. Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400

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

 

Many of Nottingham’s routes have route branded vehicles. There is also a reserve of ‘spare’ buses usually in a silver base colour with multi coloured contrast stripes which can be used on any route where one of the branded vehicles is not available for service.

 

This is one working a ‘turquoise line’ service.

 

 

 

 

YT61 GPJ ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 913 ’68/69 yellow line’. Scania N230UD / Optare

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

 

 

 

 

YT61 GOJ ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 906.  Scania N230UD / Optare

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

 

Wearing the style of livery that the new ‘Gas’ powered buses introduced in 2017.

 

 

 

 

YT10 UWJ ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 980 ’17 brown line’. Scania N230UD / Optare

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

 

About to be replaced.

‘Scene’ in Nottingham today, 10/09/2018 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Nottingham City Transport’ have come up with anniversary liveries before (see blog posted 27th, April 2018) and they continue to do so with this one celebrating 140 years of service. 

 

Cleverly depicting different transport modes and the variety of liveries worn in that time.

 

YP63 WFC ‘Nottingham City Transport, No. 603 ‘Proudly serving Nottingham since 1878’. Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400 /1

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

 

 

YP63 WFC ‘Nottingham City Transport, No. 603 ‘Proudly serving Nottingham since 1878’. Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400 /2

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

 

 

YP63 WFC ‘Nottingham City Transport, No. 603 ‘Proudly serving Nottingham since 1878’. Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400 /3

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

 

 

 

YP63 WFC ‘Nottingham City Transport, No. 603 ‘Proudly serving Nottingham since 1878’. Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400 /4

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

 

YP17 UGD ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 412 ‘Red Line 44’. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CBG City

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

 

A slight livery change in that the bus has gained ‘eyebrows’ over the headlights.

 

 

YR10 BDX ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 995 ‘Lime Line 56, 57,59’. Scania N230UD / Optare

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

 

The older buses in the fleet are being repainted into the style carried by the gas powered Scanias.

 

 

 

FG52 WFT ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 508 ‘Driver Training’. Scania CN84UB Omnicity

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

 

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’, ‘Bits and Pieces’ 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Most of my blogs have some sort of theme or purpose. 

 

There are however times when I take a photograph of something that does not fit into any category. 

 

It is generally something that just happened to turn up at the time.

 

Collectively they are just ‘Bits and Pieces’. Individually they can be interesting.

 

See if there is anything that you like out of these.

 

For part 1 see blog published 28/03/2018.

 

X15 PSW ‘Paul S. Winson’ (PSW) No 131 Volvo B7TL / Alexander ALX 400

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

 

It is always a pleasure to photograph one of ‘PSW’s vehicles. Whatever the weather, they are  always immaculate.

 

New to ‘Dublin Bus’ as 00-D40075 in 2000.

 

Seen in Loughborough.

 

 

 

X663 WCH ‘Paul S. Winson’ No 118. Dennis Trident 2 / East Lancs Lolyne

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

 

New to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ as its No. 663.

 

Seen in Loughborough.

 

 

 

YT10 UWS’ Nottingham City Transport’ No. 988. ‘NCT app’. Scania N230UD / Optare

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

 

Seen in Nottingham.

 

 

 

DC05 JCU ‘Maghull Coaches’, Liverpool. DAF 250LF / East Lancs Myllenium Lowlander

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

 

Ex ‘Bus Vannin’ but new to ‘Isle of Man National Transport’ registered HMN 290A.

 

I don’t see many ‘Maghull  Coaches’ vehicles but the ones I do see are always spotless.

 

Seen in Southport.

 

 

 

 YN06 JYL ‘TM Travel’ No. 1176. Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to ‘Metrobus’, London as its No. 926.

 

Seen in Sheffield.

 

 

 

OOW 999G ‘Southern Independent Television’. Bedford VAL / Dell/Plaxton 

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

 

Seen at RAF Scampton.

 

Custom built by Dell using a Plaxton Panorama front end.

 

 

 

YX14 RZA ‘D&G Bus’ No. 107, Stoke on Trent. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL Enviro 200

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

 

New to ‘Rolling Solutions’, Crewe.

Seen in Uttoxeter.

 

 

BK08 XYH ‘Sapphire Travel’, Nuneaton. SETRA S415HD

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

 

New to ‘City Circle’, Hayes, Middlesex as its No. 52.

 

Seen in Derby Bus Station.

 

 

 

N16 DHH ‘D. & H. Harrod’, Downham Market, Norfolk. Volvo / Volvo

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

 

Seen in Chesterfield Coach Station.