‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit. Manchester City Centre on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The PSV Circle (of which I have been a member for some years) aims to hold an Annual General Meeting in a different location in the UK every year.

 

Usually held at a weekend, they also include visits to operators and other bus related venues for the attending members to visit and enjoy.

 

This year, the location being in the North West of England centred on the Holiday Inn Express, Preston.

 

Friend Peter Rose joined me for what turned out to be a sometimes wet, but very enjoyable weekend.

 

As we have done before, we have combined all the images we have gathered. 

 

The credits being joint D.Basford/P.M.Rose.

 

Our lunch break was taken in Manchester City Centre where for a few minutes, it was fine and sunny.

 

For the rest of the hour it poured with rain so we sat in Chorlton Street Coach Station and watched the rain run down the windows.

 

SX70 BVZ ‘Burnley & Pendle’ No. 2004, Witchway, SKY CLASS.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC

on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

‘Burnley & Pendle’ are part of the ‘Transdev’ group.

 

 

 

 

BF21 DBU ‘National Express West Midlands’ No. 333.

Volvo B11RT / Caetano Levante 3

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

 

Turning into Chorlton Street Coach Station.

 

 

 

 

MX58 UTP ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No. 19476, itvX.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. Trident / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400

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

 

New to ‘Greater Manchester South’.

 

 

 

 

YJ60 KDN ‘Transport for Greater Manchester’ No. 49108.

Optare V790H Versa

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

 

New to ‘First Manchester’ No. 49108.

 

 

 

 

SL63 FZK ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No. 12229, magicbus.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40H / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400

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

 

New to ‘Greater Manchester South’.

 

The rain started!

 

 

 

 

LF69 UYM ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No. 14020, 100% ELECTRIC, ZERO EMISSIONS

BYD DD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400EV

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

 

New to ‘Greater Manchester South’.

 

The rain continued!

 

 

‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit. At the Premises of ‘Vision Buses’ Ltd. (VB) 2, Blackrod, Bolton on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The PSV Circle (of which I have been a member for some years) aims to hold an Annual General Meeting in a different location in the UK every year.

 

Usually held at a weekend, they also include visits to operators and other bus related venues for the attending members to visit and enjoy.

 

This year, the location being in the North West of England centred on the Holiday Inn Express, Preston.

 

Friend Peter Rose joined me for what turned out to be a sometimes wet, but very enjoyable weekend.

 

As we have done before, we have combined all the images we have gathered. 

 

The credits being joint D.Basford/P.M.Rose.

 

YN57 FXE ‘VISION BUS LTD’.

Scania N230UD / East Lancs Olympus

on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to and acquired from ‘Reading Transport’ No. 845.

 

 

 

 

LX09 AFV and friends,’VISION BUS LTD’.

Scania N230UD / Scania OmniCity 

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

 

New to ‘Stagecoach Selkent’ No.15084 but acquired from ‘Stagecoach East London’ where it carried the same fleet number.

 

 

 

 

SN16 OVJ ’VISION BUS LTD’.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400City /1

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

 

’VISION BUS LTD’ bought a batch of these buses from ‘Blackpool Transport’ in 2022.

 

Comprising SN16 OVC/D/F/G/H/J/K and L, fleet numbers 402-410.

 

They still wear most of the ‘PALLADIUM’ livery that is the current Blackpool standard.

 

 

 

 

SN16 OVK ’VISION BUS LTD’.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400City

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

 

 

 

SN16 OVJ and friends, ’VISION BUS LTD’.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400City /2

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

 

 

 

 

SN64 CTV ’VISION BUS LTD’.

Wright / Daimler OM934 Streetdeck / Wright Gemini 3 /1

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

 

New to ‘Go-Ahead London’ No. WSD1.

 

 

 

 

SN64 CTV ’VISION BUS LTD’.

Wright / Daimler OM934 Streetdeck / Wright Gemini 3 /2

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

 

 

‘Scene’ in Glasgow by Peter Rose, on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter Rose is rapidly becoming our ‘Scottish Correspondent’.

 

This last few months has seen him gathering bus images in Edinburgh, Dundee and now Glasgow.

 

As usual, his images reproduced here are posted with his permission and my thanks.

 

All were taken at Buchanan Street Bus Station.

 

YJ14 LFU ‘Stagecoach West Scotland’ No. 50282.

Van Hool TDX27 Astromega

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

 

New to ‘Thames Transit’.

 

 

 

 

YJ66 FFT ‘Stagecoach West Scotland’ No. 50292, megabus.

Van Hool TDX27 Astromega

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

 

New to ‘Western Buses’.

 

 

 

 

SK19 EOX ‘First Glasgow Ltd’. No 33110, 500 Glasgow AirportExpress.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400 City

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

 

 

 

 

SK19 EOU ‘First Glasgow Ltd’. No 33107, 500 Glasgow AirportExpress.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400 City

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

 

 

 

 

SK68 LXF ‘First Glasgow Ltd’. No 33217, Glasgow 75.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC

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

 

 

 

 

SN66 WGF ‘First Glasgow Ltd’. No. 34345, Glasgow 41.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC

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

 

New to ‘First Scotland East’.

‘Scene’ in Warrington, Double Deckers on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

W10 MPT ‘Omega Busways’.

DAF DB250 / Optare Spectra

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

 

The ‘pick of the day’ for me being a very rare bus these days.

 

Now almost 20 years old, being new registered YJ53 VBN to ‘Universitybus’, Hatfield. 

 

The Spectra was developed from the MCW Metrobus by DAF and Optare and was Optare’s first venture into the world of low floor double deck buses.

 

The choice of route number deserves comment.

 

The B52H is currently the only model of Boeing’s B52 strategic bomber aircraft still in service with the ‘United States Air Force’.

 

The B52 dates back to the early 1950s and the current survivors are due to be re-engined by Rolls-Royce to give them another 30 years service.

 

Somebody at ‘Omega Busways’ has a strong sense of aviation history.

 

The company operates widely across Manchester and Warrington providing contract bus services.

 

 

 

 

PN16 PAV  ‘Warrington Borough Council’ No. 303. Warringtons own buses, we’ve been part of Warrington since 1902.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400City

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

 

 

The PAV part of the registration is to mark the passing away of a popular driver Pawel.

 

 

 

 

SN09 CDY ‘Warrington Borough Council’ No. 311. Warringtons own buses, we’ve been part of Warrington since 1902.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. Trident / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400

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

 

New to ‘Centrewest’ (London) No. DN33578.

 

 

 

 

SN09 CDX ‘Warrington Borough Council’ No. 308. Warringtons own buses, we’ve been part of Warrington since 1902.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. Trident / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400

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

 

New to ‘Centrewest’ (London) No. DN33577.

 

 

 

 

 

BN61 MWF ‘Go North West’ No. 3002.

Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini /1

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

 

New to ‘First Manchester’ No. 39208.

 

‘Go North West’ came into being in 2019 when the ‘Go-Ahead’ group bought ‘First’ group’s Queens Road (Manchester) depot and the associated services worked from there.

 

Working from and back to Manchester’s Shude Hill transport interchange.

 

A place where I have spent many happy hours.

 

 

 

 

BN61 MWF ‘Go North West’ No. 3002.

Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini /2

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

 

 

‘Scene’ at the ‘Scottish Vintage Bus Museum’ at Lathalmond on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

When I wrote on November 11th this year that I would post a blog every day until the end of this current period of lockdown, I did not know what I was taking on.

 

Well here we are at the end of that period of lockdown and as from tomorrow we are now into tier 3 of whatever the new system is called. All very confusing. 

 

Fortunately, I think the blog a day has been moderately successful but to allow myself to get my breath back so to speak, I will for the time being revert to my previous blogging schedule of a couple of times a week.

 

I may in future return to a blog a day but that is dependant on my actually being allowed to go out and take the images I require for me to do so.

 

Meanwhile, whatever happens I hope that you continue to access my blog and that you enjoy what I do.

 

Best wishes,

 

Dennis

 

 

The Glasgow Connection

 

It would be surprising if Glasgow wasn’t represented at a bus rally held in Scotland.

 

Starting with a bus dating back to ‘Glasgow Corporation Transport’ days. Then the intervening years and finally to the ‘First Glasgow’ fleet of today.

 

SGD 500 ‘Glasgow Corporation Transport’ No. A350. AEC Regent 5 / Alexander

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

 

 

 

 

SF09 LDJ ‘First Glasgow’ No. 37738. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

Painted in the traditional ‘Glasgow Corporation Transport’ livery.

 

 

 

 

SF09 LFB ‘First Glasgow’ No. 37751. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

Painted in the livery of ‘Greater Glasgow PTE’ which came into being in 1973.

 

 

 

 

A735 PSU ‘Strathclyde’s Buses’ No.A109. Volvo Ailsa B55 / Alexander RV

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

 

Painted in ‘Strathclyde Buses’ buses livery dating from 1986.

 

Please forgive the one spot of rain on the upper deck windscreen.

 

 

 

 

SK19 EOM ‘First Glasgow’ No. 33101 ‘500 Glasgow Airport  Express’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400City 

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