‘Scene’ in Birmingham Other Operators on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A day out train and tram riding in the West Midlands took friend Peter Rose and myself into pastures new recently when the transport delights of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and West Bromwich were explored.

 

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

 

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

 

MX21 AVB ‘DIAMOND (West Midlands)’ No. 40877.

Wright Streetdeck / Wright

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

 

It would seem to be a recent transferee from ‘DIAMOND (NorthWest) Ltd.’ because the route branding in the upper deck windscreen reads; 36/37 Bolton, Walkden, Swinton, Manchester Piccadilly !

 

 

 

 

SN68 AJF ‘DIAMOND (West Midlands)’ No. 32224.

Wright Streetlite D/F

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

 

 

 

 

KBZ 883 ‘South StaffsTravel’, Tamworth.

Volvo B11R / Jonkheere JHV

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

 

New registered SJ16 CVA to ’Morrison’, unknown location.

 

 

 

 

BX65 WCU ‘WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD’. No. 216, ‘national express’.

Volvo B11RT / Caetano Levante 2

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

 

New to ‘Shaw’ No. 216, Coventry.

 

 

 

 

38 ‘West Midlands Metro’.

CAF Urbos 100, Zaragoza, Spain

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

 

Our ‘ride’ to Wolverhampton.

 

‘Scene’ in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire by Peter Rose on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Peter has recently forwarded some images captured in and around this attractive town whilst on holiday there.

 

They are reproduced here with his permission and my thanks.

 

M13 YEL ‘Yelloway Coaches Ltd’, Oldham.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro400

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

 

New registered SN16 ORW to ‘Dewhirst Coaches’, Bradford. 

 

Working a schools service according to the destination display.

 

 

 

 

BT13 YVW ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 69580. ‘HX CONNECT’.

Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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

 

The HX branding identifies its home base as Halifax.

 

 

 

 

K100 TDV ‘The Keighley Bus Company’ No. 1751 ‘Brontebus’

Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban /1

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

 

There are 3 buses painted in this livery.

 

All carry ‘Bronte’ names, this one being Anne Bronte.

 

 

 

 

K100 TDV ‘The Keighley Bus Company’ No. 1751 ‘Brontebus’

Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban /2

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

 

 

 

 

YJ64 DZO ‘TLC Travel’, Bradford ‘AccessBus’ No. 90956.

Optare Solo M780SE

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

 

New to ‘K-Line’, Elland, West Yorkshire as No .402.

 

 

 

 

9 HDX ‘John Shaw’, ‘The Travellers Choice,’ Carnforth, Lancs.

Volvo B13RT / Jonkheere JHV

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

 

A company with a history in the transport world going back 150 years. 

 

Quite a feat.

 

 

 

 

YN53 EOD ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 31779. ‘HALIFAX’.

Volvo B7TL / Alexander ALX400

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

 

New to ‘First South Yorkshire’.

 

At 19 years old, this Volvo/Alexander combination must now be in the twilight of its career.

 

At the time of its introduction, together with Plaxton’s President body they were the forerunners of the wide range of low floor buses we see today.