It is a long time since Derby featured in my blog so a visit was long overdue.
All of these images were captured in the bus station.
BJ 332BU ‘Slivtour’, Bardejov, Slovakia. Mercedes-Benz Tourismo
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
I don’t usually include all white buses/coaches but as its a visitor from the Slovak Republic, I will make an exception.
L30 URG ‘Linburg’. Van Hool T917 Acron
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YN56 AHY ‘notts+derby’ No. 1180. Optare M920 Solo
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to fellow ‘Wellglade’ group member ‘TM Travel’.
Service 59 from Derby to Ilkeston and then on to Shipley View was a route operated by ‘yourbus’ of Heanor until October 2019 when the company went out of business.
The 59A is an interesting modification to the route in that on two journeys a day in both directions (about lunchtime) it diverts to serve the Windmill Inn at Oakwood.
Now that is what I call service!
FN04 HSC ‘Bowers Coaches Ltd.’ ‘skyline’. Scania L94UB / Wright Solar
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
‘Bowers Coaches Ltd.’, is part of ‘High Peak Buses’ which in turn is jointly owned by ‘Centrebus’ and ‘trentbarton’.
This bus should feel at home in Derby because that’s where it started life in ‘trentbarton’s fleet.
Service 114 which starts at Derby railway station and runs to Ashbourne was a route operated by ‘yourbus’ of Heanor until October 2019 when the company went out of business.
KX54 AVD ‘ARRIVA Midlands No. 9551 ‘ARRIVA Training Bus’. VDL SB120 / Wright Cadet
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘MK Metro’ as No. 60.
FJ03 VVZ ‘notts+derby’ No. 611. Scania L94UB / Wright Solar
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
This bus used to be part of the small number that worked on the ‘Pronto’ service between Chesterfield and Nottingham.
‘Pronto’ was a joint operation between ‘trentbarton’ and
‘Stagecoach in Chesterfield’.
This has recently ceased with ‘Stagecoach’ taking over sole responsibility for the route.
Knowing how well ‘Wellglade’ group utilise their vehicles it was only a matter of time before those buses displaced turned up elsewhere.
The word ‘pronto is clearly visible where the vinyl has been removed.
FJ09 BXP ‘trentbarton’ No. 735. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
A ‘Mango’ liveried bus without any branding.
Seeing that it is working on the ‘Kinchbus’ ‘skylink’ service to Leicester It could have been transferred to that company and is awaiting a re-paint.
YY67 HDL ‘ARRIVA Midlands No. 4545 ‘arriva sapphire. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Included for no other reason than I like the livery.
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