‘Scene’ in Derbyshire, Belper Bus Station
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‘Scene’ at EUROBUS EXPO 2022 LIVE
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EUROBUS EXPO 2022 LIVE is being held at the NEC on the 1st. 2nd. and 3rd. of November 2022.
ALL BEING WELL ! I will be attending on the 1st.
I will then publish a blog a day for the next seven days detailing those exhibits that caught my eye.
My view is that for that week, I will be ahead of most of the professional press.
So, if you want to see some of what’s new first, the place to be is;
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The small market town of Belper dates back to pre-Norman times.
Sitting astride the A6, it lies six miles or so to the North of Derby with bus services radiating out to Derby, Ashbourne, Ripley, Wirksworth, Matlock and onward to Bakewell and Buxton.
The bus station is on the A6 and is an easy walk from the town centre.
Built in the 1950s by the ‘Trent Motor Traction Co’, it is a spacious airy place which serves the functions of both bus garage, where part of the fleet of ‘the sixes’ are kept overnight and bus station, where two bus ‘stands’ for loading/unloading passengers are provided.
Being a privately owned facility, the bus station is only used by ‘trentbarton’ and associate companies ‘notts+derby’ and ‘High Peak Buses’.
YJ14 BTY ‘trentbarton’ (tb) No. 842, the sixes.
Optare Versa V1170
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Working a 6.1 service from Bakewell to Derby.
There was a time when the area over the door was adorned by the words ‘TRENT’ on the highest brickwork and ‘BUS STATION on the centre of the blank panels below.
However, for some years the blank panels have had it all to themselves.
YJ65 EPF ‘notts+derby No. 510.
Optare Solo M9900SR
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Now, what was BELPER BUS STATION has become BELPER BUS DEPOT.
I wonder why it has been reduced to a depot when with the two stands inside, it is still a Bus Station?
Anyone care to make any suggestions??
YY64 GWL ‘Bowers Coaches’593. ‘High Peak’
Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200
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Working a ‘transpeak’ service from Buxton to Derby.
‘High Peak Buses’ and ‘Bowers Coaches’ are part of the ‘Centrebus’ group.
FJ58 KKD ‘trentbarton’ No. 712, mango, (‘tb’s electronic discount fare card’.
Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse
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The ‘mango’ livery is regarded as a spare bus livery so that It can go anywhere in the network.
Here it as working a ‘the sixes’ 6.1 service from Derby to Bakewell.
YX65 RGO ‘Bowers Coaches’ No. 527, Transpeak.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200
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Again, working a ‘transpeak’ service from Buxton to Derby.
YN56 OWP ‘notts+derby’ No. 1181.
Optare Solo M920
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Pictured inside the BUS STATION/DEPOT is this Solo which was new to fellow ‘Wellglade’ group member ‘TM Travel’.
Part of the bus stand in the foreground seems to have been in contact with a passing bus.
Belper Bus Station back door 1.
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Having shown you the front door, I include this image of the back door (on the right) which is no longer in use.
Built when buses were 27 feet long and 7 feet 6 inches wide, it was too small for buses built after its construction
Belper Bus Station back door 2.
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This panel, which sits above the door leaves no one in doubt as the to the building’s ownership
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