‘Scene’ in York part 2

Another selection from one of my favourite city’s. Lots of buses, a major railway station and the NRM. Who could ask for more !

 

BG58 OMH

An articulated Mercedes-Benz Citaro working for ‘First York/West Yorkshire’ (FWY) on the ‘Red Line’ service.

 

Y151 HRN

A Volvo B10BLE with Wright Renown bodywork working on service 44 to the University.

This bus has been around the ‘Transdev’ fleets having worked for ‘Transdev Harrogate’  and ‘Transdev Yorkshire Coastliner’ before joining the York based operation.

 

YJ14 BHA

An Optare Versa V1110EV working for ‘FWY’. 

These electric buses are ideal for working in an historic city such as York because they emit no pollutants to damage the city's fabric.

 

YD02 UMX

Another Volvo B10BLE with Wright Renown bodywork this time working in the

‘Transdev Yorkshire Coastliner’ fleet. Again this has been around the ‘Transdev’ operations having worked previously for ‘Lancashire United’ and ‘Burnley & Pendle’.

 

5147 UA

A Scania CN94UA Omnicity working for the’Harrogate Coach Company’. It was previously registered YN54 OBA when it worked for ‘Red Rover’ buses.

 

AY08 MAX

A Wrightbus 2DL with Wright Pulsar Gemini 2 bodywork. Working for ‘arriva’ in ‘Max’ branded livery. 

 

To me, It doesn’t look like a Gemini with the reduced height of the roof.

 

BF62 UXW

A Volvo B9TL with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodywork working the ‘Yorkshire Coastliner’ service 843 from Scarborough back to Leeds.

I like the way the livery depicts the movement of waves.

 

YX05 EOP

Another Volvo fitted with the Wright Eclipse Gemini body but this time the earlier B7TL model.

‘This East Yorkshire Motor Services’ bus looking surprisingly scruffy for an operator which prides itself on the appearance of their vehicles.

 

YJ51 RKO

A Volvo B6BLE with Wright Crusader 2 bodywork in the ‘FWY’ fleet.

 

YJ08 XYB

A Volvo 7BLE with Wright Eclipse Urban bodywork in the fleet of ’FWY’.

Wearing only part of the Park & Ride livery. See previous blog dated 13 May 2015 to see a similar bus painted in the full livery.

'Scene' briefly at Stafford

A twenty minute stop between trains was spent mainly bus hunting although ‘Cross Country Trains’ former ‘Virgin Trains’ Voyager  220 011 put in an appearance.

 

 

In bus terms Stafford is very much ‘Arriva Midlands’ territory.

 

The most interesting of which were

 

Y40 TGM and Y50 TGM

 

They are unusual Caetano Compass bodied Dennis Dart SLF’s.

 

Their registrations would indicate ‘Telling Golden Miller’ ownership to whom they were new in 2001. This company becoming an ‘Arriva’ subsidiary in 2007/8.

 

They were both originally double doored which would suggest a London connection. Next they then went to ‘Countryliner’ for a short spell before moving to ‘Network Colchester’. They later turned up with ‘Arriva Scotland West’ before going to ‘Arriva Northeast’. It was from there that they came to Stafford.

 

Where next I wonder ??

 

The next three images are all of Wright bodied single deckers.

 

Although the shape of the windscreen has changed over the years and the light clusters have been moved about, It is still basically the same body.

 

One major advantage to the operator is that because of the continuity of appearance, older buses do not look out of date

 

V227 KDA

Is a Volvo B6BLE with the Crusader body.

YJ57 BUA

A VDL SB200 with the Pulsar body wears one version of ‘Arriva’s ‘chaselinx’ livery which is a reference to Cannock Chase.

 

YJ61 FEO

Another VDL SB200 with a Pulsar body carrying a different version of the same livery.

V612 DBC

An Alexander ALX 300 bodied Volvo B10BLE.

YJ09 MKP

An Optare Versa on its 20 mile journey to Telford.