It isn’t every day that my local bus company ‘trentbarton’ (tb) introduce one new type into service.
I cannot remember the last time they introduced two new types into service on the same day and on top of that.
They also re branded a further route albeit with older buses.
Of course I had to record it.
I had the pleasure of seeing ‘tb’s new Plaxton Elite bodied Volvo B11R at the NEC a few weeks ago. (See blog dated 01/10/15).
I reported on them being used for training purposes last week (See blog dated 20/10/15).
On Sunday (the 25th.) they were introduced into service and so at last the public (including me) were able to sample them.
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Seen in Nottingham.
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Seen in Derby Bus Station.
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Again in Derby Bus Station.
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Leaving Derby Bus Station.
The interior is airy, light, warm and comfortable.
Over in Nottingham a batch of Wright bodied Volvo B8R buses were being introduced on ‘the two’ which runs from Nottingham through Ilkeston and terminating in Cotmanhay.
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All the above images were taken in or around Nottingham’s Victoria Bus station.
As if all this activity wasn’t enough, ‘tb’ also re branded what had been the Northern section of the ‘red arrow’ from Derby to Chesterfield as ‘the comet’.
I had hoped that a suitably branded vehicle would be in service on the first day but if it was, I didn’t see it.
The buses I saw were all Volvo B7RLE/Wright’s displaced from ‘the two’ by the new B8R’s.
No doubt suitably branded buses will soon appear in service and in later ‘blogs’ as time and other pressures allow.
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All of the buses I saw carried the message
“EXCUSE MY LOOKS, I’M HELPING OUT ON COMET”.
A similar sign was displayed to the rear of the door.
In an effort to show how the buses might eventually look, I have taken the liberty of reproducing ‘tb’s own image.
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