Sunday, 11 March 2018

‘Scene’ in Leicester. ‘Firstbus’ on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Leicester has two City centre bus stations, St Margarets and Haymarket which has recently been rebuilt.

 

Previously Haymarket was a collection of on street bus stops. Now it is a proper bus station with all the usual facilities.

 

‘First’ are the successors to what was ‘Leicester City Transport’.

 

The company has used various liveries down the years and on the day I was there, three were on view.

 

The latest livery to grace ‘First’s fleets is an improvement in that the addition of pink at least makes it brighter than before.

 

SK16 GTZ ‘First Leicester’ No. 35168 ’14/14A’ Wright Streetdeck

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SK16 GTZ ‘First Leicester’ No. 35168 ’14/14A’ Wright Streetdeck on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

SK16 GUG ‘First Leicester’ No. 35174 ’22’ Wright Streetdeck

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SK16 GUG ‘First Leicester’ No. 35174 ’22’ Wright Streetdeck on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

SK16 GVG ‘First Leicester’ No. 35186 ’54’ Wright Streetdeck

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SK16 GVG ‘First Leicester’ No. 35186 ’54’ Wright Streetdeck on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

SN65 LNP ‘First Leicester’ No. 63367 Wright Streetlite D/F

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New to ‘First Midland Red’.

 

SN65 LNP ‘First Leicester’ No. 63367 Wright Streetlite D/F on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

SM65 WNA ‘First Leicester’ No. 63354 Wright Streetlite D/F

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SM65 WNA ‘First Leicester’ No. 63354 Wright Streetlite D/F on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

KV02 VVW ‘First Leicester’ No. 66318 Volvo B7L / Wright Eclipse

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KV02 VVW ‘First Leicester’ No. 66318 Volvo B7L / Wright Eclipse on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

The ‘Barbie’ livery was superseded by a rather pale, bland scheme that in layout seemed to copy ‘Stagecoach’ group’s earlier striped livery.

 

SM13 NCF ‘First Leicester’ No. 63105 Wright Streetlite D/F

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New to ‘First Manchester’.

 

SM13 NCF ‘First Leicester’ No. 63105 Wright Streetlite D/F on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

MX05 CGY ‘First Leicester’ No. 66847 Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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

 

New to ‘First Manchester’.

 

MX05 CGY ‘First Leicester’ No. 66847 Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

The oldest livery being what has become known as the ‘Barbie’ livery.

 

WX59 BZG ‘First Leicester’ No. 69453 ‘Barbie livery’ Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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New to ‘First Bristol’.

WX59 BZG ‘First Leicester’ No. 69453 ‘Barbie livery’ Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 


KX05 AOC ‘First Leicester’ No. 66972 ‘Barbie livery’ Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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

 

KX05 AOC ‘First Leicester’ No. 66972 ‘Barbie livery’ Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

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