‘Slacks Coaches’ of Matlock are local to me in Derbyshire.
The company has always been a family business with a history stretching back to the 1950’s.
My wife and I have been satisfied customers for many of those years and it was on one of ‘Slacks’ short breaks that the coach featured in this blog was scheduled to operate.
This is ‘Slacks’ first new coach for a long time and another first is that the combination of the VDL SB4000 / Beulas Cygnus is the first of its kind in the UK.
The two rear rows of seats are elevated by about six inches above the rest of the seats. This giving passengers occupying them a better view forward. I presume that this is to give sufficient clearance in the engine compartment below.
An unusual feature these days is a seperate drivers door
It also introduces a new style of livery to the company albeit still on a dark green base.
A detailed article and driving test were published in the transport magazine ‘Route One’ in October 2018 to where I would refer anyone who wants to read further.
YH68 MXG ‘Slacks’, Matlock, Derbyshire. VDL SB4000 / Beulas Cygnus /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
With smiling driver Ian watching my antics!
YH68 MXG ‘Slacks’, Matlock, Derbyshire. VDL SB4000 / Beulas Cygnus /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YH68 MXG ‘Slacks’, Matlock, Derbyshire. VDL SB4000 / Beulas Cygnus /3
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YH68 MXG ‘Slacks’, Matlock, Derbyshire. VDL SB4000 / Beulas Cygnus /4
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YH68 MXG ‘Slacks’, Matlock, Derbyshire. VDL SB4000 / Beulas Cygnus /5
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Showing the higher rear seats clearly.
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