This set of images is to illustrate an article written for a magazine called ‘All Things Local’.
This community magazine is produced and distributed from a base in Kilburn, Derbyshire and covers large areas of the towns of Ripley and Belper.
If you are travelling from Belper your first bus of the day is one of ‘trentbarton’s ‘the sixes’.
A Swedish built chassis from Scania with a body built by ‘Wright’s of Ballymena in Northern Ireland.
FJ55 BZT ‘trentbarton’ No. 691 Scania L94UB / Wright Solar
on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Your first bus from Ripley will be on ‘trentbarton’s ‘the comet’.
A Swedish built chassis from Volvo with a body built by ‘Wright’s of Ballymena in Northern Ireland.
FJ09 XPE ‘trentbarton’ No. 746 Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse
on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
From Chesterfield to Buxton, ‘G & J Holmes’ of Clay Cross provide an Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200.
Alexanders have built this type of bus both in Scotland at Falkirk and at Scarborough in Yorkshire.
YY 64 GWW ‘G & J Holmes’ Elexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200
on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
For passengers returning to Belper and Matlock ‘High Peak Buses’ use a variety of buses marketed under the ‘transpeak’ name which covers a route stretching from Manchester to Derby.
One type of bus used is the Scania OmniCity which although being built by a Swedish company was built at the Scania factory in Poland.
YN07 EXP ‘High Peak Buses’ No. 789 Scania OmniCity
on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
For passengers returning from Matlock to Ripley on service 141, ‘Littles’ of Ilkeston use Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200’s again although with longer bodies and more seats.
SN65 OEY ‘Littles’ Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200
on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
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