My first real day out ‘bus hunting’ in 2022 was to the two West Yorkshire towns of Halifax and Huddersfield.
Only 9 or so miles apart in distance but separated in fact by an enormous hill along the top of which runs the M62 Motorway.
My first stop wherever I go is usually the local bus station.
Unfortunately, the one in Halifax was undergoing severe rebuilding work at the time of my visit and the bit that was still in operation was restricted viewing so it was time to take to the streets.
Whilst ‘First West Yorkshire’ is the dominant operator, there are others.
Probably the largest is now ‘team Pennine’ (tP) which is part of the ‘Transdev Blazefield’ (TB) group.
‘TB’ bought the ‘Yorkshire Tiger’ (YT) operation from ‘Arriva’ in 2021 and renamed it as ‘team Pennine’.
The ‘tP buses I saw in Halifax with one exception were all wearing their former ‘YT’ livery with the addition of vinyls that read,
“Im joining team Pennine… they’re going to make me better”.
I would suggest to ‘tP’ that they do that as quickly as possible because the ex ‘YT’ livery does the buses no favours.
YJ07 JVM ‘team Pennine’ No. 1224.
VDL SB120 / Wright Cadet
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Pictured wearing the remains of the ‘flying tiger’ livery from when it worked in Leeds on the Leeds/Bradford airport shuttle for ‘Arriva’.
YJ62 FBL ‘team Pennine’ No. 202.
Optare Versa V1110
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Webberbus’, Bridgewater, Somerset.
YK08 ERV ‘team Pennine’ No. 180.
Optare Solo M950
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Arriva Durham County’ No. 2803.
YJ57 YCA ‘team Pennine’ No. 201.
Optare Versa V1110
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Webberbus’, Bridgewater, Somerset.
YJ55 BLZ ‘Stotts Coaches’.
Optare Solo M780SL
New to ‘Hughes & Goodsir’, Holyhead.
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