‘Scene’, Going Racing in York on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

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It is taking time for me to adapt, so I ask for your patience if I do not blog as regularly as I have been doing or would like to.

 

The day I was in York coincided with Ladies day at York races. 

 

Many ladies and their escorts arrived by train. Without exception the ladies were beautifully and I suspect expensively turned out.

 

What they thought of the sometimes elderly selection of double deck buses that were running a shuttle service to get them to the racecourse I thought it best not to ask.

 

PJ05 ZWL ‘transdev’ No. 2763 ‘PRIDE OF THE NORTH’. Volvo B7TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

Fitted with dual purpose seating.

 

 

 

 

YD02 UNB ‘transdev’ No. 440. Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President

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

 

Fitted with dual purpose seating.

 

 

 

 

BX04 BBE ‘York Pullman’. Volvo B7TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘London Buses’ as its VWL39.

 

 

 

 

YJ61 OBB ‘ARRIVA’ Yorkshire No. 1528. VDL DB300 / Wright Gemini 2

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

 

 

W738 DWX First West Yorkshire No. 30883 ‘Halifax’. Volvo B7TL / Alexander ALX 400

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

 

New to ‘Yorkshire Rider’ as its No. 5738.

 

 

Y716 HRN ‘The Keighley Bus Company’ No. 2716. Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President

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

 

New to ‘Burnley & Pendle’.

 

Fitted with dual purpose seating.

 

Both companies mentioned are part of the ‘transdev’ group.

 

 

 

 

SN15 LLC ‘ARRIVA Yorkshire’ No. 1914. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400

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

 

 

 

 

BX04 AZZ ‘York Pullman’. Volvo B7TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘London Buses’ as its VWL35.

 

‘Scene’ at Showbus 2018 ‘ARRIVA’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

YY67 HDK ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 4544. ‘University of Nottingham hopper bus’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

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

 

 

 

 

YX17 NFD ‘ARRIVA Southern Counties No. 6526 ‘ARRIVA Sapphire 320. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

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

 

 

 

 

S223 JUA ‘ARRIVA London North’ No. DLA 23. DAF DB250 / Alexander ALX 400

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

 

 

 

 

YG52 CMU ‘ARRIVA Midlands No. 9549 ‘ARRIVA Training Bus’. DAF SB120 / Wright Cadet

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

 

 

 

TUI 7932 ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 3800 ‘Sapphire’ 158. VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar 2

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

 

New registered as MX13 ANP.

 

 

 

 

BJ12 YPM ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 3003. Mercedes-Benz Citaro

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

 

 

 

 

YX17 NMY ‘ARRIVA The Shires’ No. 3114. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

 

 

YJ09 MKM ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 2974. Optare Versa V1110 /1

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

 

Stripped of adverts, this image illustrates what a plain but in my view smart and functional livery this is.

 

 

 

 

YJ09 MKM ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 2974. Optare Versa V1110 /2

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

The most Northerly of Yorkshire’s coastal resorts.

X596 EGK ‘Coastal & Country Coaches’. Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President /1

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

 

New to ‘London General’ as its No. PVL196 in 2001.

 

 

 

 

X596 EGK ‘Coastal & Country Coaches’. Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President /2

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

 

New to ‘London General’ as its No. PVL196 in 2001.

 

 

 

NK59 DMO ‘arriva Northumbria’ No. 7609 ‘whitby PARK AND RIDE’. VDL DB300 /Wright Eclipse Gemini 2

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

 

 

 

NK64 FSL ‘ARRIVA North East No. 7404 ‘MAX X93’. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini /1

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

 

 

 

 

NK64 FSL ‘ARRIVA North East No. 7404 ‘MAX X93’. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini /2

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

 

 

 

 

NK64 EFL ‘ARRIVA Northeast’ No. 1573 ‘Sapphire X3 X4’. Wright Streetlite D/F

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

 

 

 

 

YN65 XDF ‘Swiftsure’ (Burton on Trent). Scania K410EB4 / Lahden (Finland)

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

 

Since this image was captured ‘Swiftsure’ have ceased to operate.

 

‘Scene’ at Hull Paragon Interchange once more. on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

YX03 MWJ ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ (EYMS) No. 336. Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer

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

 

An interesting bus.

 

New to ‘Porteous’ Hull, then to ‘Alpha Bus & Coach’, Hull’. Later to ‘Veolia Transport’.

 

Bought by ‘EYMS’ in 2009. Transferred to associate company ‘Finglands’ in 2010 numbered 36. 

 

Returned to ‘EYMS’ in February 2015.

 

 

 

 

YX56 DZJ ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 271. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Enviro 300 / ‘ADL’ Enviro 300.

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

 

New to ‘Finglands’ (an ‘EYMS’ associate company’ as its No. 1701).

 

To ‘EYMS’ 2015.

 

 

 

 

KX58 NBM ‘Stagecoach East Midlands’ No. 53604 ‘megabusplus.com’. Volvo B9R / Plaxton Panther

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

 

The branding details the operation of the coachlink to and from Hull to the ‘East Midlands Parkway’ railway station and return at which point passengers transfer to trains bound for London.

 

New to ‘Stagecoach United Counties’.

 

 

 

 

YX67 VHF ‘Linconshire Road Car Company’ (Stagecoach East Midlands) No. 26174 ’Humber ‘FastCat’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

 

 

SL64 HYT ‘Linconshire Road Car Company’ (Stagecoach East Midlands) No. 27205 ‘Humber Flyer’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Enviro 300 / ‘ADL’ Enviro 300

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

 

New to ‘Stagecoach Red & White’.

 

 

 

SN66 VXR ‘Linconshire Road Car Company’ (Stagecoach East Midlands) No. 10747 ‘simplibus’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC /1

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

 

 

 

SN66 VXR ‘Linconshire Road Car Company’ (Stagecoach East Midlands) No. 10747 ‘simplibus’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC /2

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

 

 

 

FX60 HFN ‘Linconshire Road Car Company’ (Stagecoach East Midlands) No. 19691 ‘THIS IS HULL’. Dennis Trident / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400

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

 

New to ‘Stagecoach Cleveland Transit’.

 

This particular image was taken through the upstairs front window of another bus.

 

 

 

 

YX51 AYH ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 592 ‘Battle of Passchendaele 100 Years’. Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President

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

 

Like many operators, ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ (EYMS) has been commemorating the First World War.

 

In a blog published on the 4th. of January 2018, I showed an image of YX51 AYH an ‘EYMS’ Volvo B7TL with Plaxton President bodywork branded to commemorate ‘The Somme Centenary’ in 1916.

 

It has been updated to commemorate the ‘Battle of Passchendaele’ in 1917.

 

 

 

YX51 AYH‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 592 ‘The Somme Centenary’. Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President

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

 

Here it is in its earlier guise.

 

 

‘Scene’ A Bit Late in the Day on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

When I downloaded the images that Stuart Montgomery had sent me of the ‘Lothian Buses’ Volvo B8RLE / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400XLB’s (See blog posted16/03/2019) I did not realise at the time that I had missed another image.

 

For completeness sake, it is reproduced here. ‘Better Late than Never’!

 

SJ19 OWP ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1077 ‘Lothiancity’. Volvo B8RLE / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400XLB Upper deck interior  

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

 

 

 

PJ02 RHA ‘yourbus’ Heanor, ‘training vehicle’. Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer 2 

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

 

I was passing ‘yourbus’s depot in Heanor late this afternoon where this bus was on view. A change from the more usual maroon and white!

 

New to ‘Petes Travel’. West Bromwich.

 

 

‘Scene’ on the Streets of Edinburgh on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Many of my regular readers will recall the blog I posted on 18/01/2019 highlighting the images of fellow enthusiast ‘Stuart Montgomery’ who is one of ‘Lothian Buses’ voluntary photographers.

 

His work can be found at 

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_montgomery/albums

 

This past week or so he has been out recording the entry of ‘Lothian Buses’ new Alexander Enviro 400XLB bodied Volvo B8RLE’s into service and he has graciously allowed me to post these images for which I am most grateful.

 

Enjoy !

 

SJ19 OVX ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1064 ‘Lothiancity’. Volvo B8RLE / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400XLB

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

 

 

 

SJ19 OWP ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1077 ‘Lothiancity’. Volvo B8RLE / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400XLB /1 

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

 

 

SJ19 OWD ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1070 ‘Lothiancity’. Volvo B8RLE / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400XLB 

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

 

 

 

SJ19 OWP ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1077 ‘Lothiancity’. Volvo B8RLE / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400XLB /2

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

‘Scene’ in Grantham part 3 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

This busy Lincolnshire town lies 20 miles or so to the South of Lincoln and sits on the ‘East Coast Main Line’ railway line.

 

Its bus services are mainly provided by ‘Centrebus’ who operate a very mixed fleet many of which have had previous owners.

 

For part 1 see blog posted 26/12/ 2018. For part 2 see blog posted 30/12/2018.

 

W40 PJC ‘Centrebus’No. 888. Dennis Trident / Alexander ALX 400

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

 

New as LX04 FYZ to ‘Stagecoach East London’ as its No. 18255.

 

 

 

 

YN05 WGC ‘Centrebus’ No. 902. Scania N94UD / East Lancs.

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

 

New to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ as its No. 679.

 

 

 

 

 

The hourly service to Lincoln is a ‘Stagecoach East Midland’ service.

 

AE07 KZF ‘Stagecoach Lincolnshire’ No. 19304. Dennis Trident 2 / Alexander Dennis Ltd.  Enviro 400

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

 

 

 

 

N335 NPN ‘Mark Bland Travel’ Volvo Olympian / Alexander ‘RH’

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

 

New to ‘Greater Manchester South’ as its No. 710.

 

Not the best image ever but it was stood in very deep shade.

 

 

 

 

W648 RCG ‘Travel Wright’. Dennis Javelin / Berkhof Axial

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

 

New to ‘Horne’, Pinner, Middlesex.

 

 

 

 

FE65 APY ‘sambuses’ Mercedes-Benz Atego / Plaxton Cheetah XL

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ in Sheffield. ‘Buses for Sheffield’, ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Travel South Yorkshire’ have introduced the ‘Buses for Sheffield’ scheme which sees a voluntary partnership between the operators in the City to improve bus travel across the City. 

 

The slogan for the partnership is ‘One City. One service’.

 

Curious to see how this scheme might be progressing, I ventured forth, camera in hand! 

 

The major operators in Sheffield are ‘First South Yorkshire’ and 

‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’.

 

They both appear to be displaying ‘Buses for Sheffield’ and ‘One City. One service’, logos superimposed on the standard fleet livery so that no one is in any doubt as to who owns the buses.

 

This is different to London and the West Midlands where the livery is or will be uniform across all operators.

 

I did not see any buses belonging to other operators in the City displaying the same logos.

 

That’s not to say that they don’t display the logos, only that I did not see them.

 

To see ‘Scene’ in Sheffield. ‘Buses for Sheffield’, ‘First South Yorkshire’, go to blog published 11/03/2019.

 

‘Buses for Sheffield’ route map

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

 

 

 

 

SN18 XXF ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’ No. 39118 ‘Buses for Sheffield’. Wright Streetlite D/F

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

 

This is the first time that I have seen ‘Streetlites’ in service with a ‘Stagecoach’ group company.

 

 

 

 

SN18 XXC ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’ No. 39115 ‘Buses for Sheffield’. Wright Streetlite D/F

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

 

 

 

 

SN18 XWW ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’ No. 39109 ‘Buses for Sheffield’. Wright Streetlite D/F

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

 

 

 

 

SN18 XWO ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’ No. 39102 ‘Buses for Sheffield’. Wright Streetlite D/F

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

 

 

 

 

SN56 AVY ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’ No. 19032. Dennis Trident 2 / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400

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

 

I saw many ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’ double deckers where the only reference to ‘Buses for Sheffield’ was either side of the destination box and ‘One City. One service’ was above the destination box.