‘Scene’ in Bury Transport Interchange, Lancs. ‘Transdev’ on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

An Interchange because of the passenger’s ability to access buses and the tram network that links directly into Manchester.

 

A French owned group which operates widely across Yorkshire and Lancashire using many company names and local route brands.

 

BD11 CEA ‘Transdev’ No. 2421, trax, PRIDE OF THE NORTH.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘Yorkshire Coastliner’ No. 421.

 

 

 

 

BD11 CEJ ‘Transdev’ No. 2423, GET THE APP.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘Yorkshire Coastliner’ No. 423.

 

 

 

 

YJ07 PBO ‘Transdev’ No. 1727, Irwell line.

Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban

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

 

New to ‘Lancashire United’ No.1822.

 

 

 

 

WP21 FVJ ‘Transdev’ No. 79, ROSSO.

Mercedes-Benz 516CDI Sprinter / Mellor Strata

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

 

New to ‘Rossendale’.

 

 

 

SK67 FNC ‘ROSSO’ No. 618, Tottingtonline.

Wright Streeteck D/F

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

 

New to ‘Rossendale’.

 

 

 

SN64 CSU ‘Transdev’ No. 601, trax to BURY & ROCHDALE.

Wright Streeteck D/F

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

 

New to ‘Burnley & Pendle’.

 

 

 

WX09 TGU ‘Transdev’ No. 737, Bury Bolts.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E200 / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro200

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

 

New to ‘Jim Stones’ Leigh, Lancs.

 

‘Scene’ in Bury Transport Interchange, Lancs. ‘Go North West’ on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Go North West’ is a relatively new company, coming about in 2019 when the ‘Go-Ahead’ group purchased ‘First’ group’s Queens Road depot in Manchester, the services operated from there and the buses operating them.

 

BG66 MKD ‘Go North West’ No. 3062, MCR.

Volvo B5LH / MCV

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

 

New to ‘London Central’ No. MHV36.

 

 

 

 

SN14 TTX ‘Go North West’ No. 3106, MCR.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400

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

 

New to ‘First Games Transport’ No. 33488.

 

An organisation set up to operate buses for the Olympic Games of 2012 and the Commonwealth Games of 2014. 

 

 

 

 

MX58 DXD ‘Go North West’ No. 3241, MCR.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

 

 

 

BN64 CNV ‘Go North West’ No. 6168, MCR, cross city.

Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban 2

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

 

New to ‘Go South Coast’ No. 2291.

 

 

 

 

SN14 DXJ ‘Go North West’ No. 6001, MCR.

Wright Streetlite D/F

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

 

New to  ‘First Manchester’ No. 63156.

 

‘Scene’ In The Sunshine 4 (hopefully) on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The recent spell of warm, sunny weather set me in mind of open top buses which are traditionally used to enjoy this rare spectacle in British skies.

 

Some of these images have appeared before, but not for a long time, so enjoy them while the good weather lasts.

 

W631 PSX ‘ACE Travel’ No. 305, City Sights Liverpool.

Dennis Trident / Plaxton President

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

 

New to ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 31.

 

 

 

 

SFZ 404 ‘SEAFORD & DISTRICT’ No. 819, Eastbourne Sightseeing.

Dennis Trident 2 / East Lancs Lolyne

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

 

New registered T819 RFG to ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 819. 

 

Pictured waiting for custom outside Eastbourne Pier.

 

 

 

 

BX55 XLV ‘East Yorkshire’ No. 889, Scarborough’s Beachcomber.

Volvo B7TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘Travel London’ but purchased via the ‘Ensign’ dealership.

 

 

 

 

SJ16 CTK ‘Edinburgh Bus Tours Ltd.’ No. 230 City Sightseeing Tour.

Volvo B5TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3

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

 

Most open top buses have previously been fully roofed double deck buses that have been cut down to either part open top or fully open top.

 

Unusually, this bus is one of a batch of buses ordered new as part open toppers by the ‘Lothian Buses’ group which includes ‘Edinburgh Bus Tours Ltd.’

 

This image courtesy of friend Peter Rose.

 

 

 

 

HF09 FVY ‘Wilts & Dorset’ No. 1405, more.

Scania N230UD / Optare Olympus

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

 

Pictured in Sandbanks having been demoted to bus work from its previous ‘Purbeck Breezer’ branding.

 

 

 

 

MXZ 7653 ‘First Scotland East’ No. 32729, Bright Bus Tours Edinburgh.

Dennis Trident 2 / Plaxton President 

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

 

This image courtesy of friend Peter Rose.

 

‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit. At the Various Premises of R.S. Tyrer Ltd., Farnworth, Bolton 6 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.

 

TYR 25R ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Volvo B9TL / Optare Olympus

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

 

New registered PN09 OKA.

 

Seating 100 passengers in coach seats.

 

The Olympus body was originally an East Lancs design which was continued by Optare when they took over the company.

 

 

 

 

BIG 9783 ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New registered YN07 EYU to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 757.

 

 

 

 

BIG 9782 ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New registered YN07 EYR to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 755.

 

 

 

 

JRZ 3263 ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

DAF DB250 / Transbus ALX400

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

 

New registered LJ03 MTF to ‘Arriva London North’ No. DLA 376.

 

 

 

 

LX11 CWK ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘London General’ No. WVL 405.

 

 

 

 

BF62 UYC ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘Tower Transit’ No. VN37990.

 

 

 

 

LX59 CMZ ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Scania N230UD / Scania OmniCity

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

 

New to ‘Stagecoach East London’ No. 15136.

 

 

 

 

YP59 ODU ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Scania N230UD / Scania OmniCity

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

 

New to ‘London United’ No. 40140.

 

‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit. At the Various Premises of R.S. Tyrer Ltd., Farnworth, Bolton 1 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 hundred vehicles out of three separate bases in the area.

 

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

 

808 TYR ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Volvo B9TL / East Lancs Myllenium /1

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

 

New registered OU05 AWJ to ‘Weaver’, Newbury, Berks. from whom it was acquired.

 

A magnificent vehicle.

 

 

 

 

808 TYR ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Volvo B9TL / East Lancs Myllenium /2

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

 

 

 

 

BIG 9781 ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka /1

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

 

New registered YN07 EYO to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 671.

 

 

 

 

BIG 9781 ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka /2

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

 

 

 

 

BJ11 DSX ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘First Capital’ No. VN36132 but acquired from ‘Midland Red South’ No. 80078.

 

 

 

 

JRZ 8514 ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

DAF DB250 / Transbus ALX400

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

 

New registered LJ03 MYY to ‘Arriva London North’ No. DLA387.

 

 

 

 

JRZ 3262 ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

DAF DB250 / Transbus ALX400

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

 

New registered LJ03 MSY to ‘Arriva London North’ No. DLA374.

 

 

 

 

YN56 FAK ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Scania N230UB / Scania OmniCity /1

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

 

New to ‘Reading Transport’ No. 9 but acquired from ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 538.

 

 

 

 

YN56 FAK ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Scania N230UB / Scania OmniCity /2

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

 

‘Scene’ in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland 2. on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter Rose has recently returned from a holiday in North Berwick and has forwarded these images for me to share with you.

 

They are posted with his permission and my thanks.

 

SJ18 NFU ‘East Coast Buses’ No. 514.

Volvo B5TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3

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

 

New as No. 20004. 

 

‘East Coast Buses’ are part of the ‘Lothian Buses’ group.

 

 

 

 

SJ18 NFX ‘East Coast Buses’ No. 516.

Volvo B5TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3

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

 

New as No. 20006.

 

‘East Coast Buses’ are part of the ‘Lothian Buses’ group.

 

 

 

 

MXZ 1755 ‘East Coast Buses’ No. 845.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New registered SN57 DDV.

 

‘East Coast Buses’ are part of the ‘Lothian Buses’ group.

 

 

 

 

MXZ 1753 ‘East Coast Buses’ No. 843.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New registered SN57 DDO.

 

‘East Coast Buses’ are part of the ‘Lothian Buses’ group.

 

‘Scene’ in Hebden Bridge once more 2 on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

July 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of my posting railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk on the internet.

 

I was encouraged to do so by my son Andrew who dealt with all the technical stuff.

 

I decided to give it a go and decided to produce 5 blogs to see how it went.

 

Now, with over 1,300 blogs posted describing over 9,000 images, I have decided to post one blog a day over the next 10 days starting today by way of marking the milestone.

 

I have enjoyed the experience and I hope to do more in the future but without you, the reader/viewer, I would be wasting my time and energy so THANK YOU all for your time and energy

 

Friend Peter Rose has again been walking the highways and byways of West Yorkshire and has forwarded these images which are full of West Yorkshire  charm for me to share with you.

 

Of course they are posted with his permission and my thanks.

 

FJ08 BZS ‘The Keighley Bus Company’ No.1845, amazing buses in & around Keighley.

Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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

 

‘The Keighley Bus Company’ is part of the ‘Transdev’ group.

 

 

 

 

YJ58 GNP ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 37360, HALIFAX.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

“Nah then driver, it sez on’t front that thar’t goin’ to Portsmouth. If thar’t goin to THE Portsmouth thar’d better put in for lodgin’ aht money”. 

 

The Portsmouth in question is a village on the A646 in Calderdale, West Yorkshire.

 

At one time it was in Lancashire so maybe it was a borderline case??

 

 

 

 

YJ08 XYN ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 69373, HALIFAX. HX CONNECT.

Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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

 

New to ‘First York’.

 

 

 

BT13 YVW ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 69580,  HX CONNECT.

Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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

 

‘Scene’ in Bristol 3 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

For what was our last transport themed outing of 2022, friend Peter Rose and I had a day in Bristol.

 

The day was dominated by a clear blue autumn sky and long shadows.

 

Not perfect conditions, but as always we do our best.

 

For the first time, we have combined all the images we have taken so the credits are joint D.Basford/P.M.Rose.

 

‘First Bristol, Bath & the West’ are the major operator in Bristol. 

 

Running a large variety of routes with buses painted in colourful liveries and adorned with informative route branding.

 

There are however a few buses still wearing the old ‘First’ group fleet livery which serve as a reminder of how dull things used to be.

 

WX57 HLF ‘First Bristol, Bath & the West’ No. 37345.

Volvo B9TL /Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘First Bristol’.

 

 

 

YM17 FKG ‘First Bristol, Bath & the West’ No. 36812, metrobus m2.

Scania N250UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC

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

 

New to ‘First West of England’.

 

 

 

YM17 FKF ‘First Bristol, Bath & the West’ No. 36811, metrobus m2.

Scania N250UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC

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

 

 

 

 

YN68 EUV ‘First Bristol, Bath & the West’ No. 39334, metrobus m1

Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CityCBG

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

 

New to ‘CT Plus Bristol’ No. 2926 who ceased operating in September 2022 with their routes and vehicles passing to ‘First Bristol, Bath & the West’.

 

 

 

YN68 EVC ‘First Bristol, Bath & the West’ No. 39340, metrobus m1.

Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CityCBG

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

 

New to ‘CT Plus Bristol’ No. 2932 who ceased operating in September 2022 with their routes and vehicles passing to ‘First Bristol, Bath & the West’.

 

 

 

YM17 FKA ‘First Bristol, Bath & the West’ No. 36808.

Scania N250UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC

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