‘Scene’ at the Bus & Coach show at the NEC in 2017 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The annual B&C show at the NEC has been cancelled for 2020 because of the Covid 19 Pandemic.

 

Regular readers/viewers of my blog will know that I would normally have published a number of blogs built round what was new in the 2020 show.

 

As I am not able to do so, I will fill the gaps created by re-running some of the highlights from previous shows.

 

Sometimes (but not always) a veteran bus from earlier years  puts in an appearance.

 

The 2017 show today, 2018 tomorrow.

 

JH67 COM jhcoaches.com. Scania K450EB6 / Ayats Eclipse

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

 

Elegantly Exotic!.

 

 

 

Irizar i2e electric bus demonstrator 

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

 

The search for alternative power sources continued.

 

For more images see my blog posted 05/10/2017.

 

 

 

 

Irizar i6s ‘Kings Ferry’

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

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Enviro200 / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200

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

 

Although Alexander Dennis Ltd. had been building the (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC for some considerable time, they were still in the process of clearing the production of earlier buses out of the system.

 

Many operators took advantage of the bargain prices that were offered for new buses built to an older specification.

 

 

 

 

DAF vanHool Acron TX16 ’70 years (of vanHool production) (1947 I 2017) anniversary livery

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

 

Stunning!

 

 

 

 

Irizar i4h integral

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

 

The ‘blurb’ on the side panelling reads.

 

 “UK’s 1st. Hybrid coach”.

 

I cannot remember ever seeing one on the roads.

 

'Scene' at ‘Coach & Bus UK17’ part 6 on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The annual pilgrimage to the NEC seems to come round quicker every year.

 

This years offerings were a bit disappointing because out of the major UK bus manufacturers neither Optare nor the Wright group attended.

 

However there was still plenty of interest.

 

I come to the end of my ‘Coach & Bus UK17’ coverage with a few other items that I found interesting.

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ Irizar i4h /1

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

 

Irizar featured on my first blog of this series and here they are again with what is claimed to be the UK’s first Hybrid Coach.

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ Irizar i4h /2

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

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ ‘kingsferry’ Irizar i6s

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

 

As Bernard Matthews used to say

         “Bootiful, just bootiful”.

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ Van Hool TX16 Acron 13.2M

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

 

 

A stunning image celebrating 70 years of Van Hool.

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ ‘Hemmings Holidays’ VDL Futura FHD2 MX11

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

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ ‘arriva bus and coach’ Van Hool EX15H

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

 

A stylish coach from a quality constructor. I do not know what the current production situation is but the only other time I have seen one of these was at last years show.

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ ‘arriva bus and coach’ Temsa Safari HD 12RHD

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

 

It seems to have been around for some time but I have not seen many.

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Enviro 200 demonstrator

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

 

With the new ‘ADL’ E20D / ADL Enviro 200MMC well established and I would think the UK’s current best selling single decker I was surprised to see ‘ADL’ still pushing the old styling which presumably comes with a Euro 5 engine?