It seems hard to believe that its now 4 months since I last visited Derby with buses in mind.
However it was changes to the buses on the H1 that I had observed that required investigating.
Service H1 which links Derby to Heanor and hourly on to Alfreton goes back some years but since January 2014 it had been the exclusive preserve of a small fleet of Optare Versa’s.
These were launched to the public in Derby’s Market Place on the 11th of January that year.
Numbered 828 to 832 and registered YD63 VCV/W/X/Y and Z.
I digress slightly at this stage.
Regular readers may remember my blog of 28th. Of March 2020 in which I was sad to report the ending of ‘trentbarton’s rapid1 service to Nottingham.
The two regular route branded Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse’s used on that route were FJ08 WHR No. 726 and FJ08 WHS No. 727. (See blog dated 28/03/2020 for an illustration).
During a number of visits to Derby’s hospitals in recent weeks, I had seen both of these buses now running in H1 livery.
At the same time I cannot recall seeing any of the Versa’s in service.
It would seem possible that the Volvo’s have replaced the Versa’s although I could be wrong.
If I am correct then replacing six year old buses with twelve year old buses does not bode well for the future of the six year old ones.
Time will tell !
YD63 VCZ ‘trentbarton’ No. 832 (and others) ‘Heanor’sH1. Optare Versa
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
FJ08 WHR‘trentbarton’ No. 726 ‘Heanor’sH1. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
FJ08 WHS‘trentbarton’ No. 727 ‘Heanor’sH1. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
FJ08 WHS‘trentbarton’ No. 727 ‘Heanor’sH1. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
FJ09 BXM‘trentbarton’ No. 732 ‘Heanor’sH1. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
FJ08 WHR‘trentbarton’ No. 726 ‘Heanor’sH1. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
It has been the norm to put different ‘messages’ on the rear of H1 buses so I include the rear end of FJ08 WHR No. 726 for completeness sake.
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