Saturday, 16 April 2022

‘Scene’ in Derby The Bus Station’s Buses on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

This blog is a follow up to the one posted on 15/04/2022 which looked at the bus station.

 

The major users of the bus station are ‘Arriva Midlands’ which has its roots in what was ‘Derby Corporation Transport’ and ‘trentbarton’.

 

‘notts+derby,’ ‘High Peak Buses’ and ‘Kinchbus’ provide the rest of the bus movements whilst ‘national express’ is the main coach operator.

 

These images represent the majority of the buses that use the bus station.

 

YJ14 BTE ‘trentbarton’ No. 836 ‘the sixes’.

Optare Versa V1110

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

 

Arriving with service 6.2 from Ripley, my home town.

 

YJ14 BTE ‘trentbarton’ No. 836 ‘the sixes’. Optare Versa V1110 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

YT09 ZBL ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 3567.

Scania N230UB / Scania OmniCity

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

 

About to turn into the bus station having  worked  in on service 1 from the suburb of Alvaston.

 

The car park in the background forming a tunnel which frames the bus.

 

YT09 ZBL ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 3567. Scania N230UB / Scania OmniCity on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

YX66 WLY ‘trentbarton’ No. 108 ‘the mickleover’.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

As it says on the coving panel,

 

  “frequent and fabulous to Mickleover past the hospital”.

 

‘the mickleover’ was the first of many ‘trentbarton’ routes to convert to 

 the (ADL) bus where they replaced Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse’s.

 

YX66 WLY ‘trentbarton’ No. 108 ‘the mickleover’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

FJ58 KXU ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 4220.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

FJ58 KXU ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 4220. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

YY18TPZ ‘trentbarton’ No. 211 ‘indigo’.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

‘indigo’ being one of a number of routes that link Derby to Nottingham.

 

YY18TPZ ‘trentbarton’ No. 211 ‘indigo’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

FJ58 KXV ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 4221.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

Departs to who knows where??

 

FJ58 KXV ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 4221. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

YX20 OHB ‘Kinchbus’ No. 147 ‘skylink’.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

Departs on its lengthy journey to Leicester.

 

As the branding implies, the route runs via the East Midlands Airport at Castle Donington.

 

YX20 OHB ‘Kinchbus’ No. 147 ‘skylink’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

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