Saturday, 24 June 2023

‘Scene’ in Chesterfield again on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

One of my favourite spots for bus watching where something interesting always seems to turn up.

 

Chesterfield is very much on the tourist trail and visiting coaches are often booked into the parking bays in Beckingham Way, Coach Station.

 

FJ09 MWL ‘trentbarton’ No. 483.

Optare Solo M950

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

 

Working a ‘comet’ branded service from Derby, usually the duty of a Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse.

 

More of a shooting star than a comet perhaps?

 

The brighter red livery is slowly spreading across the non-branded fleet.

 

All it needs now is the addition of cream to restore it back to the ‘Trent’ livery of sixty years ago.

 

FJ09 MWL ‘trentbarton’ No. 483. Optare Solo M950 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

YT16 SOH ‘National Holidays’.

Irizar i6 / Irizar

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

 

New to ‘Woods’ Coaches’, Tillicoultry, Scotland.

 

YT16 SOH ‘National Holidays’. Irizar i6 / Irizar on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

TH67 RBT ‘r. b. travel.

MAN 19.420 / Beulas Cygnus

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

 

New to ‘Bull Coaches’, Pytchley, Kettering.

 

TH67 RBT ‘r. b. travel. MAN 19.420 / Beulas Cygnus on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

YJ57 XWN ‘Hulleys of Baslow’, £2.

Optare Solo M950SL

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

 

New to ‘Courtney’, Bracknell, Berkshire.

 

The £2 sign at the front was the maximum fare payable that was applicable at the time.

 

YJ57 XWN ‘Hulleys of Baslow’, £2. Optare Solo M950SL on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

SN56 AYF ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’ No. 36071.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. Dart / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200

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

 

What, I hear you ask, is interesting about this?

 

Well, it is a short bodied 8.9 metre long bus seating only 29 passengers and unusual in a ‘Stagecoach’ fleet.

 

New to ‘Shuttle Buses’, Kilwinning, Scotland.

 

SN56 AYF ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’ No. 36071. Alexander Dennis Ltd. Dart / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

YJ57 XWP ‘Hulleys of Baslow’ No. 25.

Optare Solo M950SL

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

 

I think that the addition of blue around the destination box is something that I have not seen before.

 

New to ‘Courtney’, Bracknell, Berkshire.

 

YJ57 XWP ‘Hulleys of Baslow’ No. 25. Optare Solo M950SL on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

MM70 UCE ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’

Ford Transit

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

 

Service buses sometimes need the support of service vans!

 

MM70 UCE ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’ Ford Transit

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