Friend Peter Rose recently spent some time in Norwich and has forwarded a selection of images which I am pleased to share with you.
As usual with Peter’s work, his images are reproduced here with his consent and my thanks.
I recently had a letter published in ‘Buses’ magazine where I enthused about the merits of bus companies using a variety of colours to identify its buses.
This is an alternative to the traditional form of identification where all the buses in a fleet carry the same livery.
I intend to post a small number of blogs illustrating my point.
To start, we see what has been the ‘First’ group livery for getting on for ten years.
Generally referred to as ‘First Olympia’.
I have always regarded it as bland and uninteresting.
SN64 CRJ ‘First Eastern Counties’ No. 47507.
Wright ‘streetlite D/F’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
With a rolling destination display, which this bus has, it is of little use to any intending passenger.
SN64 CRV ‘First Eastern Counties’ No. 47510.
Wright ‘streetlite D/F’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
LN51 GJU ‘First Eastern Counties’ No. 33060 ‘network Norwich’.
Dennis Trident / Plaxton President
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘First Capital’ as No. TN1060.
We now see a move away from the standard ‘First’ group livery.
Not a large change but the addition of ‘network Norwich’ is a step forward.
BG12 YKB ‘First Eastern Counties’ No. 36269 ‘network Norwich’.
Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘First Games Transport’ who were a ‘First’ group company that was tasked with providing transport for the Olympic games held around the UK in 2012.
They also provided transport for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
BG12 YKC ‘First Eastern Counties’ No. 36270 ‘network Norwich’.
Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘First Games Transport’ who were a ‘First’ group company that was tasked with providing transport to the Olympic games held around the UK in 2012.
They also provided transport for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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