‘Scene’, PARK & RIDE in York on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The City of York like many other historic locations, whilst welcoming visitors does not want the traffic or the atmospheric pollution that their vehicles bring.

 

The answer is the ‘Park & Ride’ sites on the outskirts of the City.

 

YJ20 AXD ‘First York’ No. 39507 ‘YORK PARK & RIDE’. Optare Metrodecker MD1114EV /1

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

 

And some all electric buses that reduce the pollution further.

 

Note the use of 2 doors.

 

 

 

 

YJ20 AXD ‘First York’ No. 39507 ‘YORK PARK & RIDE’. Optare Metrodecker MD1114EV /2

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

 

Pictured in front of part of the city wall.

 

 

 

 

YJ20 AXB ‘First York’ No. 39504 ‘YORK PARK & RIDE’. Optare Metrodecker MD1114EV

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

 

 

 

 

 

BG58 OLR ‘First York’ No. 11101 ‘YORK PARK & RIDE’. Mercedes-Benz Citaro Articulated

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

 

 

 

 

 

YJ15 AYK ‘First York’ No. 49908 ‘YORK PARK & RIDE’. Optare Versa V1110EV

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

 

Another electric bus you will note.

‘Scene’ in York, ‘First York Ltd’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

One of my favourite destinations. It never disappoints.

 

MX58 DZU ‘First York Ltd’ No. 37445. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

A new livery for ‘Firstbus’???

 

The start of a new livery for ‘First York’ and presumably eventually for the rest of the group

 

‘First’ group buses are usually a shade of pale grey. This was almost white.

 

All of the contrast paintwork between the wheels and on the front has gone.

 

Only the upswept coloured rear end is there.

 

See the second image image for a comparison.

 

New to ‘First Manchester’. It also had a loan spell with ‘Diamond North West’ in ‘First’ livery.

 

 

 

 

YJ09 FVK ‘First York Ltd’ No. 37678. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘First West Yorkshire’.

 

 

 

 

YJ08 XYO‘First York Ltd’ No. 69374 ‘RIDER YORK’. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban

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

 

Pictured in a ‘retro’ livery dating back to the 1990’s.

 

 

 

 

YJ08 ZGL‘First York Ltd’ No. 69358. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban

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

 

I have only ever seen this style of bodywork with the enlarged ‘advert’ boards in York.

 

 

 

YJ08 ZYH‘First York Ltd’ No. 69369. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban

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

 

A bit plain by York standards.

 

‘Scene’ On the Rails in Derby on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter Rose has been out and about with his camera again so with his permission to do so, I present this selection for your entertainment.

 

Thanks also to Peter for providing the service details.

 

In respect to Peter’s liking for transport in its environment I have not cropped the images. 

 

180109 ‘East Midland Railway’. Alstom built Diesel Hydraulic Multiple Unit

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

 

There are 14 Class 180 sets built in 2000/2001 for ‘First Great Western’ (FGW) where they were known as ‘Adelantes’. They developed a reputation for unreliability which caused their withdrawal from FGW service in 2008.

 

Some sets were returned to FGW after a period in storage whilst others went to ‘Hull Trains’ and ‘Grand Central’.

 

The units with ‘Hull Trains’ having been replaced by Class 802 Paragons have moved to ‘East Midland Railway’ for what will be a short stay before being replaced themselves by Class 810’s in 2022.

 

Pictured working 5Z50 the 0952, out and back driver training run from and too Derby Etches Park.

 

 

 

 

222008 ‘East Midlands Railway’. Bombardier Transportation’ built DMU

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

 

Pictured working 1F08 the 0732 St. Pancras to Sheffield service.

 

 

 

 

43321 & 43378 ‘crosscountry’. British Rail Engineering built HST 

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

 

Pictured working 1V50 the 0606 Edinburgh-Plymouth service.

 

 

 

 

 

156918 ‘EMR Regional’. Metro-Cammell built DMU

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

 

Pictured working 2N39 the 1237 ‘Matlock-Newark Castle’ service.

 

 

 

 

222012 ‘East Midlands Railway’. Bombardier Transportation’ built DMU

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

 

Pictured working 1C27 the 0900 Sheffield-St. Pancras service.

 

‘Scene’ in Edinburgh. Open top buses on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

There was a time that the buses used on open top service were the oldest in the fleet which were serving out their time before the final trip to the scrap man.

 

Admittedly, there are ‘old timers’ around but more and more we are seeing new build open toppers.

 

Increasingly the type are being used year round and when you stand and watch the passenger loadings and see the money being taken you can understand why.

 

SJ16 CTK ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 230 ‘Edinburgh CitySightseeing’. Volvo B5TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3

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

 

 

 

 

SJ16 ZZP ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 248 ‘Majestic Tour’. Volvo B5TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3

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

 

 

 

 

MXZ 7653 ‘First Scotland East’ No. 32729 ‘Bright Bus Tours Edinburgh’. Dennis Trident 2 / Plaxton President 

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

 

New to ‘Lothian Buses’ as V529 ESC in 1999.

 

It must be galling to ‘Lothian’ to have this elderly veteran that started its career in their own fleet competing with their current fleet. 

 

Also previously with ‘Borders Buses Ltd’ as No. 19905.

 

 

 

 

 

SJ16 CTF ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 229 ‘Edinburgh CitySightseeing’. Volvo B5TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3

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

 

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

Regular readers will know of my ongoing interest in the City of York’s transport in all its variety.

 

The first then of a number of blogs detailing the ‘Scene’ in York in 2020.

 

Delivered in July to ‘East Yorkshire’ and announced to the world with a superb colour image on the cover of ‘Buses’ magazine for September 2020, was a batch of eight Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC’s. 

 

These are destined for ‘East Yorkshire’s X46 service linking York with Hull.

 

Registered XY20 OEA to XY20 OEH and numbered 922 to 929.

 

I cannot equal the quality of the image in ‘Buses’ but I can at least show you what the rest of the bus looks like.

 

YX20 OED ‘East Yorkshire’ No. 925 ‘EastRider’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC 

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

 

 

 

 

YX20 OEE ‘East Yorkshire’ No. 926 ‘EastRider’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC /1 

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

 

 

 

 

YX20 OEE ‘East Yorkshire’ No. 926 ‘EastRider’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC /2 

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

 

 

 

 

YX20 OEE ‘East Yorkshire’ No. 926 ‘EastRider’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC /3 

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

 

‘Scene’, new on ‘trentbarton’s rainbow one service on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The ‘Wellglade’ group’s intake of Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC’s for its ‘trentbarton’ fleet continues apace.

 

The latest,16 in number have replaced six year old Optare Versas on the ‘rainbowone’ service which links Alfreton, Heanor and Ripley via Eastwood to Nottingham.

 

Painted in a blue livery, they hark back to the days when the ‘Midland General Omnibus Company’ (MGOC) another member of the ‘Wellglade’ group whose buses carried a similar blue and cream livery operated between the towns and Nottingham.

 

The buses registered YX20 OJA to YX20 OJH and YX20 OJJ to YX20 OJR are numbered from No. 158 to No. 173 inclusive.

 

YX20 OJB ‘trentbarton’ No. 159, ‘rainbowone’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

 

 

 

YX20 OJR ‘trentbarton’ No. 173, ‘rainbowone’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

 

 

 

YX20 OJJ ‘trentbarton’ No. 166 ‘rainbowone’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC /1

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

 

 

 

 

YX20 OJJ ‘trentbarton’ No. 166 ‘rainbowone’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC /2

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

 

 

 

 

YX20 OJJ ‘trentbarton’ No. 166 ‘rainbowone’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC /3

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

 

As would be expected, everything is colour co-ordinated.

 

 

 

 

YX20 OJJ ‘trentbarton’ No. 166 ‘rainbowone’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC /4

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

 

The colour co-ordination even extends to the USB connector.

 

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

It must be some years since I last paid Mansfield a visit so here I am again.

 

First impressions were that it was very quiet for a Friday.

 

I have brought you images of the new ‘Stagecoach’ livery on the front, sides and back of a variety of buses.

 

This however is the first one to show the roof.

 

FX10 AEY ‘Lincolnshire Road Car Company’ No. 36116. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Enviro200 / ‘ADL’ Enviro200

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

 

 

 

BK14 LFF ‘Stotts’, Huddersfield. Volvo B9R / Caetano Levante

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

 

Working a ‘national express' service to Birmingham.

 

SN69 ZPD  ‘Lincolnshire Road Car Company’ No. 11277. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) EnviroE40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro400MMC 

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

 

The first batch of buses of this type in this livery were bought in 2018. See blog posted 18/07/2018.

 

This is one from the second batch a year later.

 

 

 

YX66 WMF ‘trentbarton No. 157 ‘the nines’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC 

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

 

 

 

BX16 CHL ‘Skills Coaches’, Nottingham ‘national express’. VolvoB11RT / Caetano Levante

on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

YN06 LLZ ‘Lincolnshire Road Car Company’ No. 18429. Dennis Trident 2 / Alexander ALX400

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

 

‘Scene’ in Burton-on-Trent (BoT) once more 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

It is now about 18 months since I last went to ‘BoT’’ so it was time for a revisit.

 

For part 1 see blog posted 14/08/2020.

 

Well then, what has changed in that time?

 

The elderly Wright bodied VDL’s that were inherited from ‘ARRIVA’ seem to have gone.

 

Also, sadly the Optare Spectra seems to have gone as well.

 

The Optare Metrocity’s and the buses on the X12 to Lichfield have acquired revised liveries.

 

Two buses I knew when they were with ‘yourbus’ have joined the fleet and a new style of company fleet name has been adopted.

 

So, for the revised liveries on the Metrocity’s and the X12.

 

YJ66 AOZ ‘Midland Classic of Burton’ No. 7. Optare V1080MC Metrocity

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

 

The location of the fleetname above the door/cab window over black makes it very strong and any accident damage to the lower panels where it would normally be is easier to replace.

 

 

 

YJ66 APF ‘Midland Classic of Burton’ No. 8. Optare V1080MC Metrocity

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

 

 

 

 

YJ16 DXU ‘Midland Classic of Burton’ No. 5. Optare V1080MC Metrocity

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

 

 

 

 

KW14 MCL ‘Midland Classic of Burton’ No. 2  ‘X12 Flyer’. Alexander DennisLtd. (ADL) E200 / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200 /1 

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

 

 

 

 

JB14 MCL  ‘Midland Classic of Burton’ No. 2  ‘X12 Flyer’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E200 / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200 

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

 

 

 

KW14 MCL ‘Midland Classic of Burton’ No. 2  ‘X12 Flyer’. Alexander DennisLtd. (ADL) E200 / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200 /2 

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

 

‘Scene’ at Barnetby (Lincolnshire) on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Barnetby lies on the line linking Doncaster to Grimsby and Cleethorpes with a line from Lincoln to the South adding a bit more variety. 

 

The steelworks at Scunthorpe to the West and the docks at Immingham to the East provide a lot of freight traffic that passes through the station.

 

Thanks to friend Peter M. Rose for some of the detailed information on train loads.

 

66566 ‘Freightliner’. EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive

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

 

Travelling West and passing the no longer used Barnetby East signal box.

 

Carrying Coal.

 

 

 

 

66784 ‘GBRf. EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive

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

 

Travelling East with coal empties.

 

 

 

 

66509 ‘Freightliner’. EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive

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

 

Travelling East with coal empties.

 

 

 

 

66515 ‘DB’. EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive

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

 

Travelling East.

 

 

 

 

66558 ‘Freightliner’. EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive

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

 

Travelling West with iron ore presumably for the steel works at Scunthorpe.