‘Scene’ in and around Newark Bus Station 1 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.

 

YN08 MMK PC Coaches of Lincoln.

Scania N270UD / Scania Omnicity /1

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

 

New to ‘Reading Buses’ No. 1112.

 

 

 

 

YN08 MMK PC Coaches of Lincoln.

Scania N270UD / Scania Omnicity /2

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

 

 

 

 

YN08 MMK PC Coaches of Lincoln.

Scania N270UD / Scania Omnicity /3

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

 

‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit ‘JOHNSON BROS. 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 third visit of the second day was to ‘Johnsons’ depot at Hodthorpe which is near Worksop, Notts.

 

GX03 SVG ‘JOHNSON BROS. TOURS’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to ‘Go North East’ as No. 6138.

 

I would think that a coat of blue paint is the next thing on its horizon.

 

 

 

 

GX03 SUU ‘JOHNSON BROS. TOURS’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to ‘Go North East’ as No. 6124.

 

 

 

 

GX03 SUU ‘JOHNSON BROS. TOURS’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to ‘Go North East’ as No. 6124.

 

 

 

 

 

YN08 MSU ‘JOHNSON BROS. TOURS’.

Scania N270UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ as No. 946 but purchased from ‘First West of England’.

 

 

 

 

 

YN05 WFK ‘JOHNSON BROS. TOURS’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ as No. 689.

 

 

 

 

 

 

71 JBT ‘JOHNSON BROS. TOURS’. ‘www.johnsonstours.co.uk' ‘Euro Prince’.

Irizar i4 / Irizar

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

 

There were a number of coaches present on the site, most of which were stored with their number plates obscured.

 

Only this one appeared to be ready to go.

 

New registered YJ15 EUY.

 

‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit ‘REDFERN TRAVEL (RT)’ 1 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 second visit of the second day was to ‘REDFERN TRAVEL’ who work out of a large modern depot at Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts.

 

The company are part of the ‘JOHNSON BROS. TOURS’ (JBT) group of Hodthorpe, Worksop, Notts. 

 

(More of which another day).

 

The fleet comprises a mixture of luxury coaches, which are a familiar sight across the UK, together with a fleet of double deck buses which are largely occupied on contract work.

 

YN55 NGE ‘REDFERN TRAVEL’. ‘www.johnsonstours.co.uk'.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

Nearby, ‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT) having taken into stock over 100 gas powered double deckers in the last few years and have been selling on large parts of their good quality diesel powered fleet, a number of which have been snapped up for both ‘RT’ and ‘JBT’ fleets.

 

This line up contains 8 similar buses

 

New to NCT as No. 690.

 

 

 

 

YN08 MSO  ‘REDFERN TRAVEL’. ‘www.johnsonstours.co.uk'.

Scania N270UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to NCT as No. 945.

 

Bought from ‘First West of England’ where it was No. 36080.

 

 

 

 

YN55 NGZ ‘REDFERN TRAVEL’, ‘www.johnsonstours.co.uk'.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to NCT as No. 691.

 

 

 

 

V108 MEV ‘REDFERN TRAVEL’, ‘www.johnsonstours.co.uk'.

Dennis Trident / Alexander ALX400

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

 

New to ‘Selkent’ as No. TA108.

 

 

 

 

L830 BKK ‘REDFERN TRAVEL’, ‘www.johnsonstours.co.uk'.

Leyland Olympian / Northern Counties

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

 

New to ‘Stagecoach in East Kent’ as No. 7830 but by the time it had been sold it had been renumbered 14830.

 

 

‘Scene’, in Reading Once More on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

It is now over 3 years since I last visited Reading in Berkshire so a re-visit was on the cards.

 

A compact town with excellent transport connections and an interesting array of buses.

 

Most of ‘Reading buses’ services are route and colour branded.

 

That leaves a requirement for ‘spare buses’ to be available where route branded vehicles, for whatever reason are not available.

 

Referred to as the ‘generic’ livery these ‘spare’ buses are painted in a grey livery.

 

WA04 CPZ ‘Reading buses’ No. 536. 

Transbus Trident / Alexander ALX400 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Stagecoach Devon’ as No. 18062.

 

 

 

 

YN08 MMK ‘Reading buses’ No. 1112. 

Scania N270UD / Scania Omnicity

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

 

 

 

 

YT59 OZO ‘Reading buses’ No. 864. 

Scania N270UD / Optare Omnidekka

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

 

New to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ as No. 973.

 

 

 

 

YX64 VRR ‘Reading buses’ No. 756. 

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

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

 

 

 

 

YN14 MXP ‘Reading buses’ No. 421. 

Scania K270UB / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 300GS

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

 

 

 

 

YY69 TNE ‘Reading buses’ No. 680. 

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

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

 

 

 

 

RG55 BUS ‘Reading buses’ No. 186. 

Optare Solo M1020

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

 

New registered YM55 SVL to ‘Stagecoach Lincolnshire’ as No. 47399.

 

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

Here we are as promised for the Bank Holiday weekend. A blog a day until Monday.

 

Lovely warm, sunny weather, masses of buses. What more could you want?

 

‘Yellow Buses’ are just about the major operator in Bournemouth but not by much.

 

‘more’ are part of ‘Go South Coast’ and in turn part of the ‘Go-Ahead’ group who provide serious competition across the City.

 

 

HW08 AOP ‘more’ No. 1101. Scania N270UD / Scania OmniCity

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

 

New to ‘Southern Vectis’. (Another ‘Go-Ahead’ group member).

 

 

 

 

HF66 CGK ‘more’ No. 1652 ‘X3’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

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

 

 

 

 

HF67 EUN ‘more’ No. 230. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

I saw this batch of buses in build when I went on a visit to ‘Plaxton’ at Scarborough in April 2018. (See blog dated 03/06/2018).

 

 

 

 

HF12 GVZ ‘more’ No. 2259. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban 2

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

 

 

 

 

NK54 DFD ‘more’ No. 3704. Optare Solo M880

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

 

New to ‘Go Gateshead’.

 

 

 

 

HJ02 WDF ‘more’ No. 2611 ‘trainer’. Optare Excel L1180

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

 

New to ‘Wilts & Dorset’ ((Another ‘Go-Ahead’ group member and the forerunner of ‘more’).

‘Scene’ on the Isle of Wight Once More part 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

I have visited the Isle of Wight a number of times over the years and a number of blogs have appeared previously.

 

The major operator is ‘Southern Vectis’ which is part of the ‘Go-Ahead’ group’s 

‘Go-South Coast’ operations.

 

HF09 FVV ‘Southern Vectis’ No. 1402 ‘ISLAND BREEZERS’. Scania N230UD / Optare Visionaire /1

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

 

New to ‘Wilts & Dorset’ (another ‘Go-Ahead’ group company) for use on the Purbeck Breezer service between Bournemouth and Swanage via the Sandbanks ferry.

 

 

 

 

HF09 FVV‘Southern Vectis’ No. 1402 ‘ISLAND BREEZERS’. Scania N230UD / Optare Visionaire /2

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

 

 

 

HW67 AJV ‘Southern Vectis’ No. 1664. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

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

 

 

 

HW67 AJV ‘Southern Vectis’ No. 1664. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

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

 

 

 

 

HW67 AKF‘Southern Vectis’ No. 1666. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

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

 

 

 

 

HW09 BCK ‘Southern Vectis’ No. 1148. Scania N270UD / Scania Omnicity

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

 

 

 

HW63 FHN ‘Southern Vectis’ No. 1591. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400

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

 

 

 

Y704 TGH‘Southern Vectis’ No. 1940. Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President

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

 

New to ‘London Central’ as its No. PVL 240.

 

Used as a driver trainer,

 

Seen in the blue livery of ‘Damory Coaches’, another ‘Go-Ahead’ group company for whom it had previously worked.

 

 

 

HW64 AXC ‘Southern Vectis’ No. 2712. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200

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

 

Short bodied vehicles to work services to the limited access ’Red Funnel’ ferry terminal in West Cowes.

 

 

 

 

YN04 GHF ‘Vectis blue’ No. 7175.Scania K114EB4 / Irizar Century

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

 

‘Southern Vectis’ provide schools services under the name of ‘Vectis blue’. The dedicated buses can however be used for other work when not required for schools duties.

 

‘Scene’ in Brighton. ‘Brighton & Hove’ (B&H) on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

For an earlier Brighton blog please see blog published May 10th. 2017.

 

A substantial part of the ‘B&H’ fleet is made up of Volvo B9TL and B5LH chassis fitted with dual purpose seated Wright Gemini Eclipse bodies.

 

 

BJ11 XHO ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 413 ’49’. Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini

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

 

This carries the latest form of ‘B&H’s route branding where the blue identifying the route around the destination blind is reinforced with the same colour appearing in a ‘swirl’ on the bus sides.

 

 

 

BJ11 XHG ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 407 ’49’. Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini

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

 

 

 

BK13 OAJ ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 465 ‘5’. Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini

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

 

 

 

BX15 ONF ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 929 ’12 Coaster’. Mercedes-Benz / Wright Streetdeck

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

 

 

 

BF12 KXC ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 428 ‘Regency’. Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini

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

 

One of 15 buses branded for the service linking Brighton to Tunbridge Wells.

 

 

 

BJ11 XHW ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 420 ‘HOP ON’. Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini

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

 

 

 

BF12 KXS ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 439 ‘PRIDE’. Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini

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

 

 

 

YN05 GZP ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 653.  Scania N94UD / East Lancs OmniDekka

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

 

 

 

YN57 FYC ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 675. Scania N270UD / East Lancs OmniDekka

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

 

 

 

YP09 HWG ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 720 ‘2’. Scania Omnicity N270UD / Scania

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

 

 

 

YN06 NYK ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 919 ‘City Sightseeing Brighton’. Scania N94UD / East Lancs OmniDekka

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

 

 

 

YN55 NFD ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 665 ‘Albion in the Community’. Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

 

 

BL57 OXP ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 126 ’25’. Mercedes-Benz Citaro Articulated

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

 

New to ‘London General’ as its MAL 108.