It has been several years since I last featured Melton Mowbray so it was due for a re visit.
The town, situated in North Leicestershire is more famous for Stilton cheese and Pork Pies than it is for its buses but it was the buses I was here to see. (I also sampled the cheese as well).
Very much a ‘Centrebus’ town, there is only one service operated by another operator which is ‘Arriva Midlands’ service 5A to Leicester.
Melton Mowbray bus routes listing
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
YX16 OKF ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 4527 Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Enviro 400MMC
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
‘Centrebus’ major route through the town is the ‘five counties’ branded service19 that links Nottingham with Peterborough. A journey of nearly 60 miles.
The ‘five’ counties incidentally are Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland.
On the day I was there, it was being operated with a mixture of buses. (see also blog dated 27/04/2017 which covers an additional bus on this service).
YY64 GWG ‘Centrebus No. 532 Alexander Dennis Ltd. E20D / ADL Enviro 200
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
KB10 BUS ‘Centrebus’ No. 758 VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar 2
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
Note the different livery application on this bus that came into the ‘Centrebus’ fleet when ‘Kimes of Folkingham’ was taken over in 2011.
‘Centrebus’ service 8 passes through the town on its way to and from Loughborough and Grantham.
YX63 LGJ ‘Centrebus’ No. 505 Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
YH63 CXC ‘Centrebus’ No. 670 VDL SB180 / MCV Evolution
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
On my previous visits to Melton, the local services were being operated by Plaxton bodied Mini Pointer Dennis Darts.
These seem to have gone and have been replacedby baby Optare Solo’s.
YJ11 EKF ‘Centrebus’ No. 324 Optare Solo M780
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
This one was was new to ‘network warrington’.
MX07 JNN ‘Centrebus’ No. 394 Optare Solo M780
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
YJ11 EKC ‘Centrebus’ No. 322 Optare Solo M780
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
This one was was new to ‘network warrington’.
Standard sized Solo’s were also in service.
YJ60 LPZ ‘Centrebus’ No. 399 Optare Solo M950
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
S20 PJC ‘Centrebus’ No. 242 Optare Solo M950
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
B3 CEC ‘Viking Travel’ Dennis Javelin / Plaxton Paramount
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Formerly registered J718 KBC when new to ‘Pailton’, Warwickshire in 1992 and a real ‘blast from the past’.
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