I expect that with a title like that, you might be expecting one of my ‘rails’ blogs.
But no, it’s about buses because at the time I was there, buses were being substituted for trains on some services due to engineering work.
I like these events because literally anything can (and does) turn up.
NER 621 ‘First South West’ No. 23318 ‘First Kernow Cornwall’s Coach Company’. Scania K114EB / Irizar PB
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New registered as YN55 PXJ to ‘First Coaches’.
Irizar PB’s with a destination box are unusual. This one and others like it were new operating an express service in 2014/5 from Cardiff and Swansea to Bristol Airport in a ‘Greyhound’ livery which failed to generate sufficient custom and was withdrawn.
‘First’s ‘Greyhound’ was an attempt to enter the specialist long distance coach market occupied by the likes of ‘megabus.com’ and ‘national express’.
To see an image of classmate YN55 PXL in its ‘Greyhound’ livery go to my blog dated 06/05/2015.
HVJ 716 ‘First South West’ No. 23317 ‘Truronian Cornwall’s Coach Company’. Scania K114EB / Irizar PB
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New registered as YN55 PXH to ‘First Coaches’.
Irizar PB’s with a destination box are unusual. This one and others like it were new operating an express service in 2014/5 from Cardiff and Swansea to Bristol Airport in a ‘Greyhound’ livery which failed to generate sufficient custom and was withdrawn.
‘First’s ‘Greyhound’ was an attempt to enter the specialist long distance coach market occupied by the likes of ‘megabus.com’ and ‘national express’.
To see an image of classmate YN55 PXL in its ‘Greyhound’ livery go to my blog dated 06/05/2015.
481 FPO ‘First South West’ No. 23313 ‘Truronian Cornwall’s Coach Company’. Scania K114EB / Irizar PB
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New registered as YN54 NYU to ‘First Coaches’.
BN17 JHV ‘First South West’. Merceds-Benz Tourismo
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Southern National’ as its No. 920.
YJ14 JFK ‘First South West’. Yutong TC12
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Hamilton’, Uxbridge.
YY63 WBU ‘First South West’. No 20811 ‘railair’. Volvo B9R / Plaxton Panther
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘First Beeline’ but (early 2019) cascaded from ‘First Berkshire’.
GB64 TAW & UK64 TAW ‘TAW AND TORRIDGE of Devon’. Mercedes-Benz Tourismo
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
