Whilst cruising the Canaries on 'Thomson Majesty' I had an oportunity to look at the local bus scene.
The climate is ideal for open top bus operation.
9575 GBG ‘City Sightseeing Espana S.L.’ Scania / Ayats Bravo
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
6206 GTZ ‘Worldwide City Sightseeing’ No. 2023 Volvo / UNVI Urbis 2.5
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The local buses that operate in ‘Las Palmas’ are run by the local council and are painted yellow and branded ‘Guaguas Municipales’.
From my observation it would seem that 2 door operation (even on minibuses) is the norm with 3 door operation being widespread.
8277 GCF ‘Guaguas Municipales’ No. 617 Irisbus / UNVI
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
2363 BYW ‘Guaguas Municipales’ No. 551 IVECO / Hispano
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
1277 HHG ‘Guaguas Municipales’ No. 668 TATA HISPANO / Alexander Dennis Ltd.
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
8709 HFK ‘Guaguas Municipales’ No. 656 MAN / Carsa
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The use of articulated buses is common.
6336 HZW ‘Guaguas Municipales’ No. 711 MAN / Castrosua
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
7437 DLT ‘Guaguas Municipales’ No. 591 NEWA G300 / Van Hool
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Buses that are employed to link the different communities across the Island are painted blue and are branded ‘Global’.
3868 HNS ‘Global’ No.1568 Scania / Carsa
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
1234 BXY ‘Global’ No 1357 Scania / Irizar Century
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Apart from the ‘service’ buses there are a multitude of coaches employed on holiday tours, airport and ship transfers etc.
1212 FCW ‘Amanda Bus’ No. 330 Scania / Irizar Century
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
0146 DPN 1212 FCW ‘Amanda Bus’ No. 297 Scania / Irizar i6
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
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