‘Scene’ outside Nottingham Broadmarsh bus station on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Friend Peter Rose and I were off to Newark to record the closing days of ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’ operating Service 90 from Newark into Nottingham. 

 

See blog posted 16/04/2023.

 

Always being willing to support public transport, we went into Nottingham by train.

 

As we have done before on joint outings, we have combined all the images we have gathered.

 

The credits being joint D.Basford/P.M. Rose.

 

The new Broadmarsh bus station in Nottingham replaced an older facility on much the same site which was no longer fit for purpose.

 

A process that took something approaching five years to achieve.

 

YX63 GXW ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 392.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E20D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro200

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

BN09 FWY ‘Kinchbus’ No. 905

Mercedes-Benz Citaro

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

 

New to fellow ‘Wellglade’ group member ‘trentbarton’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FJ09 BXH ‘trentbarton’ No. 709, the keyworth.

Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

YX67 VFF ‘trentbarton’ No. 128, skylink, Nottingham-East Midlands Airport.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E20D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200MMC

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

BV22 VTZ ‘Clarkes of London’, national express.

Scania K410EB6 / Caetano Levante 3 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

FN54 AEZ ‘trentbarton’ No. 662, skylink, Nottingham-East Midlands Airport.

Scania L94UB / Wright Solar

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

 

Now in its 19th. year.

 

 

‘Scene’ by Peter Rose when Dashing Around Dundee 5 Inter City Coaching on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk'

Friend Peter recently visited Dundee and has forwarded these images for me to share with you.

 

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

 

YX21 NNO ‘Stagecoach East Scotland megabus’ No. 50451, citylink 6cities.

Volvo B11RLET / Plaxton Panorama

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

 

 

 

 

YX66 WOD ‘Stagecoach East Scotland’ No. 53813.

Volvo B11R / Plaxton Elite

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

 

New to ‘Stagecoach Fife Scottish’. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YJ14 LFO ‘Stagecoach West Scotland’ megabus’ No. 50277

Van Hool TDX27A / Van Hool

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

 

New to ‘Thames Transit’.

 

 

 

 

YX66 WNS ‘Stagecoach East Scotland’ No. 54332.

Volvo B11RT / Plaxton Elite

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

 

New to ‘Stagecoach Fife Scottish’.

 

 

 

HSK 659 ‘Parks of Hamilton,’ Scottish citylink connecting Scotland.

Volvo B11RLET / Plaxton Panorama

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

 

 

 

 

YY65 SXS ‘Stagecoach East Scotland’ No. 53810.

Volvo B11R / Plaxton Elite

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

 

New to ‘Stagecoach Fife Scottish’.

 

 

 

YT19 EBC ‘Edinburgh Coach Lines’ No. 813, Scottish citylink connecting Scotland.

Scania 410EB6 / Irizar i6

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

 

 

 

 

YJ66 FFS ‘Stagecoach West Scotland’ No. 50291.

Van Hool TDX27A / Van Hool

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

 

New to ‘Stagecoach Western Buses’.

 

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit ‘Skills’ 3’ 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.

 

‘Skills’ was the provider of our transport for the day and their base at Bulwell in Nottingham was to be our first visit of this the third day.

 

BV69 KRE ‘SKILLS MOTOR COACHES’ ‘national express’.

Volvo B11R(T) / Caetano Levante 3

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

 

 

 

 

BX16 CHD ‘SKILLS MOTOR COACHES’ ‘national express’.

Volvo B11R(T) / Caetano Levante 2

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

 

 

 

 

YN18 AUP ‘SKILLS MOTOR COACHES’

Scania K410EB6 / Higer

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

 

 

 

 

YN18 AUT ‘SKILLS MOTOR COACHES’

Scania K410EB6 / Higer

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

 

 

 

 

JFZ 8616 MCEWEN COACHES LTD.

Volvo B12B / Caetano Enigma

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

 

New registered FJ04 SNZ to ‘Silverdale’, Nottingham who are part of the ‘Skills’ group.

 

 

 

 

YN14 NOU ‘Owner unknown’.

Irizar i6 / Irizar

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

 

Present on the day but new to ‘Centurion Travel’, Welton, Radstock, Avon.

 

‘Scene’ in Manchester. ‘redEXPRESS’ meets ‘national express’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘redEXPRESS X41’ is a bus service run by the ‘Blackburn Bus Company’ which is in turn part of the ‘Transdev’ group.

 

Originating in Accrington and serving Haslingden, Ramsbottom, Prestwich, Harpurhay and Collhyurst on its journey into Manchester.

 

FJ58 LTN ‘Lancashire United’ No. 1868 ‘redEXPRESS’. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse /1 of 3 

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

 

 

 

 

FJ58 LTN ‘Lancashire United’ No. 1868 ‘redEXPRESS’. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse  /2 of 3 

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

 

 

 

 

FJ58 LTN ‘Lancashire United’ No. 1868 ‘redEXPRESS’. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse /3 of 3 

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

 

 

 

 

BV19 XSF ‘Selwyns Travel, Runcorn’ No. 336 ‘national express’. Scania K410EB6 / Caetano Levante III

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

 

I have been an admirer of the Portuguese built Caetano Levante coach body which over three versions has been produced exclusively for ‘national express’ contractors.

 

 

 

 

BV19 XRY ‘Selwyns Travel, Runcorn’ No. 333 ‘national express’. Scania K410EB6 / Caetano Levante III

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

 

 

 

 

BV19 XRP ‘Edwards Coaches’, Bristol. Scania K410EB6 / Caetano Levante III

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

 

Parked at Shudehill Transport Interchange.

 

From its grubby appearance, no ‘national express’ (ne) branding and a 17 sticker in the windscreen. 

 

It looks to me that it has been withdrawn from ‘ne’ work and its owner is seeking a living for it wherever it can be found.

 

 

 

‘Scene’ at Sheffields Meadowhall Transport Interchange /1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Meadowhall shopping centre and Meadowhall Transport Interchange lie to the Northeast of the city centre and within a few hundred yards of the M1.

 

Access by both rail and road is easy to all points of the compass.

 

There is a compact bus station which sits alongside the railway station and unusually a tramway terminus. 

 

BV67 JZM ‘Whippet Coaches No. FX27 ‘FLiXBUS’ Coaches’, Cambridge. Scania K410EB6 / Caetano Levante 2

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

 

It’s strange how some  buses can seem to follow you around. I last saw this in an all white livery in Derby on the 27th. of April this year.

 

It appeared on my blog in that livery on 13/05/21 and here it is again. 

 

The paint can hardly be dry!

 

 

 

 

YR59 NPG ‘powells’, Hellaby. Scania N230UD / Scania OmnIcity

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

 

New as No. SD5 to ‘CT Plus’.

 

‘powells’ and ‘CT Plus’ are part of the ‘hct’ group.

 

 

M65 LMY. ‘First South Yorkshire’ No. 35135 ‘X1 STEELLINK’. Wright Streetdeck

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

 

 

 

 

SN18 XYU ‘First South Yorkshire’ No. 35321 ‘Buses for Sheffield’. Wright Streetdeck

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

 

 

 

SK63 KHP ‘First South Yorkshire’ No. 63036. Wright Streetlite D/F

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

 

 

‘Scene’ in Derby Today, 18/05/2021 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

You may remember last weeks blogs regarding the ‘Whippet Coaches’ Scania/ Caetano bodied coach in an ex ‘national express’  plain white livery working for ‘FLiXBUS’.

 

Well this week I am treating you to the real thing.

 

BV67 JZN ‘Whippet Coaches Ltd’, ‘FLiXBUS No. FX28’. Scania K410EB6 / Caetano Levante 2 /1 

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

 

 

 

 

 

BV67 JZN ‘Whippet Coaches Ltd’, ‘FLiXBUS No. FX28’. Scania K410EB6 / Caetano Levante 2 /2 

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

 

 

 

 

 

BV67 JZN ‘Whippet Coaches Ltd’, ‘FLiXBUS No. FX28’. Scania K410EB6 / Caetano Levante 2 /3 

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

 

 

 

 

 

BV67 JZN ‘Whippet Coaches Ltd’, ‘FLiXBUS No. FX28’. Scania K410EB6 / Caetano Levante 2 /4

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

 

‘Scene’ in Derby yet again. Other Operators 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’.

BV67 JZM ‘Whippet Coaches’, Cambridge ’27'. Scania K410EB6 / Caetano Levante 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

A bit of a mystery. 

 

I know that since being new to ‘Whippet’, it has been on contract to 

‘national express’ (nx). 

 

My guess is that with ‘nx’ cancelling all of their services during the most recent  Covid-19 lockdown, the coach has had its branding removed and it is employed by ‘Whippet’ on whatever work can be found for it.

 

A good policy, because no coach is earning its keep if it’s sat in the depot.

 

The 27 above and behind the door is  I think a carry over from when it worked on (nx) contracts.

 

The service No. 005 is not one that ‘nx’ uses.

 

So, where has it come from, where is it going to and who for?

 

 

 

 

 

 

FJ09 BXN ‘Kinchbus’, Loughborough No. 733. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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

 

I presume that it is working a ‘skylink’ service via the East Midlands Airport but it doesn’t say so.

 

New to ‘trentbarton’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGZ 9365 ‘Littles Transport Ltd’ No. B12, Ilkeston. Optare Solo M920

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

 

New to ‘trentbarton’ registered W409 WAL fleet number 409.

 

The first bus in the second batch of Solo’s delivered to ‘tb’ in March 2000.

 

Not many Solo’s make into their 21st. year.

 

 

 

 

 

YX65 RGU ‘Bowers Coaches’ t/a ‘High Peak Buses’, Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Bowers Coaches’ part of the ‘Centrebus’ group own ‘High Peak Buses’ in partnership with the ‘Wellglade’ group.

 

 

 

 

 

BX65 WBW Scania K440EB4 / Caetano Levante.

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

 

New to ‘Durbin’ t/a ‘South Gloucestershire’, Patchway.

 

 

‘Scene’ Coaching across North Wales part 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

I am a regular visitor to North Wales and I never cease to be impressed by the quality and variety  of the coaching stock on view.

 

AT17 TTN ‘Attain Travel’ No. E1, Birmingham. Scania K410EB4 / Scania

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

 

 

 

 

YR16 BNN ‘Omega’, Milton Keynes, Scania K410EB6 / Higer Touring

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

 

 

 

 

TJI 1677 ‘Grayscroft’, Mablethorpe. Van Hool Acron

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

 

 

 

TJI 1677 ‘Grayscroft’ , Mablethorpe. Van Hool Acron Dedication

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

 

I thought this to be a perfectly ordinary coach with an equally ordinary livery.

 

What made it special to me was the dedication on the side panelling. 

 

Anyone who supports the RAF gets my vote !

 

 

 

BC16 HJB ‘Blakes Coaches’, East Anstey, North Devon. Scania K410EB/6 / Irizar i6

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

 

 

 

PN12 CTU ‘Martins Travel’, Braunton, Devon. Mecedes-Benz Sprinter 516CDi

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

 

There seems to be a growing number of mini coach operators offering bespoke holidays. I dont’ know how the economics stack up but power to ther elbow, they bring a bit of variety to the scene.

 

‘Scene’, Coaching in Oxford 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Coaching in Oxford falls into distinct categories.

 

Express coaches which link Oxford on a daily (and sometimes nightly) basis with the rest of the country.

 

Many of which operate to and from London.

 

Express coaches were featured in a previous blog dated 21/01/2019.

 

 

Day coaches which bring in their loads of tourists to enjoy the museums, the colleges and in my case the buses and trains.

 

 

YT15 AWM ‘Omega’, Milton Keynes. Scania K410EB6 / Higer Touring

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

 

 

 

 

YT15 AUX ‘City Circle’ No. 114. Scania K410EB6 / Irizar i6

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

 

The standard of finish and cleanliness of this coach coming towards the end of a days touring had to be seen to be believed.

 

It was in showroom condition.

 

 

 

PO17 CLU ‘The Travellers Choice’, Carnforth. Volvo B11R / Jonkheere SHV

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

 

 

 

BF15 XPB ‘Evan Evans’ Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

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

 

New to Pullmanor, Herne Hill as its No. 286

 

 

BV17 CJF ‘Golden Tours’ No  18, Victoria  London. Volvo B11R / Jonkheere SHV

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

 

 

 

BJ03 JHF ‘Coach UK’ (Tourline). Mercedes-Benz Touro

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

 

New to ‘Pullmanor’, Herne Hill as its No. 295.

 

 

 

BT66 TZH ‘Herrington of Fordingbridge’. Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

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

 

 

 

 

WN 4858J ‘RAF TRANS’. Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

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

 

When I saw a coach with RAF in the title together with a crown and painted a mid blue, I thought it was bound to have a ‘Royal Air Force’ connection but no it’s a touring coach registered in Poland!