‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit. Manchester City Centre on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.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.

 

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.

 

Our lunch break was taken in Manchester City Centre where for a few minutes, it was fine and sunny.

 

For the rest of the hour it poured with rain so we sat in Chorlton Street Coach Station and watched the rain run down the windows.

 

SX70 BVZ ‘Burnley & Pendle’ No. 2004, Witchway, SKY CLASS.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC

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

 

‘Burnley & Pendle’ are part of the ‘Transdev’ group.

 

 

 

 

BF21 DBU ‘National Express West Midlands’ No. 333.

Volvo B11RT / Caetano Levante 3

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

 

Turning into Chorlton Street Coach Station.

 

 

 

 

MX58 UTP ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No. 19476, itvX.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. Trident / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400

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

 

New to ‘Greater Manchester South’.

 

 

 

 

YJ60 KDN ‘Transport for Greater Manchester’ No. 49108.

Optare V790H Versa

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

 

New to ‘First Manchester’ No. 49108.

 

 

 

 

SL63 FZK ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No. 12229, magicbus.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40H / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400

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

 

New to ‘Greater Manchester South’.

 

The rain started!

 

 

 

 

LF69 UYM ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No. 14020, 100% ELECTRIC, ZERO EMISSIONS

BYD DD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400EV

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

 

New to ‘Greater Manchester South’.

 

The rain continued!

 

 

‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit. At the Various Premises of R.S. Tyrer Ltd., Farnworth, Bolton 4 on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.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.

 

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.

 

‘Tyrers’ has a history stretching back to 1972 when Bob Tyrer at the age of 58 started his own business with a single, Leyland engined, Plaxton bodied Bedford coach.

 

Today, the company operates over 100 vehicles out of three separate bases in the area.

 

‘Tyrers’ provided the transport for our second morning until lunchtime, which was taken in Manchester.

 

YJ12 MYU ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’. green/YELLOW SCHOOL BUS.

Optare Versa Hybrid V1210H

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

 

Fitted with 5 seats in a row to accommodate schoolchildren.

 

 

 

 

YJ12 GXV ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’. green/YELLOW SCHOOL BUS.

Optare Versa Hybrid V1210H

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

 

 

 

 

YJ64 DXZ ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’. green/YELLOW SCHOOL BUS.

Optare Versa Hybrid V1210H /1

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

 

 

 

 

YJ64 DXZ ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’. green/YELLOW SCHOOL BUS.

Optare Versa Hybrid V1210H /2

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

 

‘Scene’ in Warrington, Single Deckers 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A few days spent visiting my nephew who lives in the town allowed me to spend some time looking at the bus scene.

 

Unusual in that the local services are provided by the local council and not as in many places by one of the big groups.

 

Because of that, the current fleet livery includes the branding ‘Warringtons own buses’.

 

The bus station, which is delightfully called ‘Golden Square,’ is very close to the railway station which can be seen above and behind the buses in many of the images.

 

CH58 CAT ‘Warrington Borough Council’ No. 206.  Warringtons own buses, the Cheshire Cat.

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

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

 

The newest single deckers are a batch of 8 buses carrying the Cheshire Cat branding.

 

All of them are registered CHXX CAT with the numbers varying from bus to bus.

 

The numbers are 04, 06,12, 56, 57, 58, 59 and 62 and are normally the year of the buses registration.

 

This is the first time I have ever seen this done, anywhere, in any fleet.

 

All of them have swapped the red of the fleet livery for orange.

 

 

 

 

CH56 CAT ‘Warrington Borough Council’ No. 204. Warringtons own buses, the Cheshire Cat.

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

YX18 KTP ‘Warrington Borough Council’ No. 209. Warringtons own buses, we’ve been an essential part of Warrington since 1902.

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

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

 

A fleet liveried member of the E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC intake working a  Cheshire Cat service.

 

 

 

 

YJ62 FNW ‘Warrington Borough Council’ No. 106. ECO FRIENDLY BUS.

Optare Versa Hybrid V1110H /1

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

 

Warrington has a small fleet of 4 Optare Versa Hybrids.

 

Two of which appear here.

 

 

 

 

YJ62 FNW ‘Warrington Borough Council’ No. 106. ECO FRIENDLY BUS.

Optare Versa Hybrid V1110H /2

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

 

 

 

 

 

YJ62 FKY ‘Warrington Borough Council’ No. 103. Warringtons own buses, we’ve been an essential part of Warrington since 1902.

Optare Versa Hybrid V1110H /1

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

 

 

 

 

YJ62 FKY ‘Warrington Borough Council’ No. 103. Warringtons own buses, we’ve been an essential part of Warrington since 1902.

Optare Versa Hybrid V1110H /2

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

 

 

‘Scene’ in Bolton on ’Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

I was a great fan of the old Bolton Bus Station which was typically 1950’s ish. Buses were easy to see and photograph.

 

The new ‘Interchange’ which opened in 2017 is very modern, mostly indoors behind glass but not in my view very photographer friendly.

 

Still, here goes.

 

M522 WHF ‘Arriva’ North West’ No. 8232 ‘Arriva Training Bus’. Volvo B10B / Wright Endurance

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

 

New to ‘Merseyside’. Then ‘MTL’ as its No. 6522.

 

 

LJ03 MVU ‘Vision / UK Coachways’. DAF DB250 / Wright Gemini

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

New to ‘Arriva London South’ as its No. DW7.

It has also carried the former Routemaster registration WLT 807 (RM 807) in London.

 

 

 

PN57 NFC ‘Diamond North West’ No. 30919. Scania K230UB / East Lancs Esteem

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

 

New to ‘PrestonBus’ as its No. 209.

 

 

 

Y951 CSF ‘First Manchester’ No. 62241. Volvo B10BLE / Wright Renown

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

 

New to ‘Midland Bluebird’, Scotland as its No. 1224.

 

 

 

DK55 FXB ‘ARRIVA North West’ No. 2517. VDL SB120 / Wright Cadet

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

 

New to ‘ARRIVA Merseyside’.

 

At this stage, I gave up on the bus station and took to the streets.

YJ12 GXK ‘Cumfybus’. Optare Solo M810H

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

 

 

YJ12 GXK ‘Cumfybus’. Optare Solo M810H

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

 

 

YJ11 ENT ‘Cumfybus’. Optare Versa V970H

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

 

New to ‘Maytree Travel’, Bolton.

 

 

KX06 TYF ‘Vision / UK Coachways’. Optare Solo M850

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

 

New to ‘Stagecoach United Counties’ as its No. 47338.

 

 

 

CX54 DLK ‘ARRIVA North West’ No. 2503. VDL SB120 / Wright Cadet

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

 

 

 

 MX12 KWA ‘ARRIVA North West’ No. 3128. VDL SB200/Wright Pulsar

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

 

New to ‘TGM’ (Telling Golden Miller) group. ‘TGM’ have been part of the ‘ARRIVA’ since 2007.

 

 

‘Scene’ in Stockport. ‘Other Operators’ on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The town of Stockport lies to the South of Manchester astride the A6. 

 

It is very much part of ‘Greater Manchester’ and has a rich transport history on both rail and road.

 

Largely a ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ town, however there are ‘Other Operators’.

 

MX10 DXD ‘Stotts of Oldham’. Alexander Dennis Ltd Enviro 200 (ADL) / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200

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

 

New to ‘Britannia Parking’, Bournemouth as its No. 22.

 

 

 

LSK 831 ‘Park’s of Hamilton’ liveried for ‘national express’. Volvo B12BT / Plaxton Elite /1

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

 

 

 

LSK 831 ‘Park’s of Hamilton’ liveried for ‘national express’. Volvo B12BT / Plaxton Elite /2

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

 

The rear end advert on LSK 831.

 

 

 

MX12 DZB ‘Manchester Community Transport’. ‘ADL’ E20D / ‘ADL Enviro 200

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

 

New to ‘TLC’, West Bowling, (Bradford).

 

 

 

YJ60 KCZ ‘First Manchester’ No. 49105. Optare Versa V970H Diesel Electric Hybrid

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

 

 

 

YJ61 JEO ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No. 48803. Optare Solo M890H Diesel Electric Hybrid

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

 

New to ‘First Manchester’ as its No. 59013.

 

 

 

B6 WER ‘High Peak Buses’ No. 748. Scania 230UB / Wright Solar

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

 

Formerly YN08 MRO.

 

 

 

YN07 EXP’ ‘High Peak Buses’ No. 789. Scania N230UB / Scania Omnilink

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

 

New as a Scania demonstrator and then with ‘Beestons of Hadleigh’ before joining ‘Centrebus’ who moved it on group member ‘High Peak Buses’.

 

I was a bit miffed when I turned up in Derby recently to find this 10 year old bus was scheduled to carry me to Manchester. A journey of almost 3 hours.

 

However, it was properly upholstered, ran well, had a good turn of speed and was almost rattle and squeak free.

 

 

 

YJ13 HLK ‘Manchester Community Transport’. Optare Solo M925 Hybrid

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

 

 

 

FN04 HTP ‘High Peak Buses’ No. 692 ‘skyline’. Scania L94UB / Wright Solar

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

 

New to ‘trentbarton’ as its No. 642.

 

‘Scene’ at Manchester Shudehill Interchange on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Shudehill Interchange is a very compact facility just a couple of stops on the tram heading towards Bury from Piccadilly Gardens.

 

MX06 VPY ‘First Manchester’ No. 69200 Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban

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

 

 

YJ65 VXJ ‘Stagecoach South West’ No. 54267 Volvo B11RT / Plaxton Elite I 

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

 

 

YJ13 HLN ‘Manchester Community Transport’ Optare Solo Hybrid 

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

 

 

MX13 AEV ‘Arriva North West No. 4496 Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 

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

 

 

 

Previously with ‘First Manchester’ as its 49116.

 

YJ61 JHU ‘Diamond Buses North West' No. 30143 Optare Versa Hybrid

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

 

 

YJ60 KCV ‘First Manchester’ No. 49102 Optare Versa Hybrid

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

 

 

MX07 BSY ‘First Manchester’ No. 37287 Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse

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

 

 

 

Trams play an important part at Shudehill linking as the do from the City Centre on to Victoria railway station and to Bury.

 

The first generation of modern trams were Italian built Ansaldo Firema T-68/T-69‘s. Dating from the early 1990’s They have now all been withdrawn.

 

‘Metrolink’ the operator have replaced them with new Bombardier ‘Flexity Swift 5000’ ‘Light Rail Vehicles’ (trams to you and me).

 

84 units have been delivered and another 32 were authorised to be delivered up to 2016. Costing £2,000,000 each they are fast, powerful and comfortable.

 

The suffix ‘B’ in the number indicates the particular ‘end’ on the vehicle.

 

 

Manchester Tram No. 3104B

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

 

 

 

Painted in the livery of former constituent company ‘Ramsbottom Corporation Transport’.

MX06 VMZ ‘First Manchester’ No. 69166 Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban 

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

 

 

 

Painted in the livery of former constituent company ‘Ramsbottom Corporation Transport’.

MX06 VMZ ‘First Manchester’ No. 69166 Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban  /2

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

 

 

MX57 OEL ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No. 27600 Transbus Enviro 300 / Transbus Enviro 300

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

 

 

 

 

BX02 CMK ‘First Manchester’ No. 64029 Mercedes-Benz Citaro 

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

 

 

 

 

Seen in the revised livery used to differentiate hybrid buses from diesels is.

 

BN61 MWO ‘First Manchester’ No. 39214 Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 

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

 

 

MX59 JAO ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No. 36095 Dennis Dart SLF / Alexander Enviro 200 

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

 

 

 

PO56 RPX ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No. 47774 Optare Solo

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