‘Scene’ in Leicester, ‘Arriva Midlands’ 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

I had not been to Leicester for some years but I had read that the rebuilding of St. Margaret’s Bus Station had been completed so I thought another visit was due.

 

The new bus station has been rebuilt virtually following the original’s footprint.

 

The building is new and it would appear to be equipped with all the facilities  I would expect.

 

The only major change, as far as I could see, is that buses can now leave the bus station directly onto the A594 Burleys Way.

 

A significant saving of both time and fuel.

 

Friend Peter Rose joined me for the day and whilst we were attracted initially by the new St. Margaret’s, we spent most of our time at the nearby Haymarket Bus Station.

 

All the images pictured in this blog are pictured on Haymarket.

 

YJ69 AAV ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 7102. X6.

Temsa Safari HD12

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

 

The X6 service runs from Leicester to Coventry.

 

New to ‘Arriva The Shires

 

 

 

TUI 7934 ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 3803, arriva sapphire.

VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar

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

 

New registered MX13 AKG to ‘Arriva Merseyside’ as No. 3157.

 

 

 

 

 

YX17 NYM ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 3142.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

The nearside, lower panelling seems to have taken a battering.

 

New to ‘Arriva Kent & Surrey’.

 

 

 

 

YJ09 OUB ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 2530.

Optare Solo M950

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

 

 

 

 

YX17 NLA ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 3101.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

 

 

 

MX61 AWY ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 3810.

VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar

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

 

New to ‘Arriva Merseyside’ as No. 3067.

 

 

 

 

BF67 WGU ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 1014.

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter City 45

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

 

New to ‘Arriva Kent Thameside’.

 

Employed as a crew ferry.

 

 

 

 

YJ61 MJE ‘Arriva Midlands’ No. 2942.

Optare Versa M1110

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

 

New to ‘Arriva Midlands North’.

 

‘Scene’ in the Sunshine in Liverpool on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

I couldn’t let the glorious summer of 2018 pass without including some of the buses that took advantage of it. 

 

W633 PSX ‘City Sightseeing Liverpool’ No. 305. Dennis Trident / Plaxton President /1

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

 

New to ‘Lothian Buses’ as its No. 33.

 

 

 

 

W633 PSX ‘City Sightseeing Liverpool’ No. 305. Dennis Trident / Plaxton President /2

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

 

New to ‘Lothian Buses’ as its No. 33.

 

 

 

 

SIG 9882 ‘Maghull Coaches’, ‘City Explorer Liverpool’. DAF DB250LF / Alexander ALX 400

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

 

New as LG52 DBO to ‘ARRIVA London South’ as its No. DLA 324.

 

 

 

 

SIG 1847 ‘Maghull Coaches’, ‘City Explorer Liverpool’. DAF DB250LF / Plaxton President

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

 

New as T206 XBV to ‘ARRIVA London North’ as its No. DLP6.

 

 

 

 

LJ03 MJX ‘Maghull Coaches’, ‘City Explorer Liverpool’. DAF DB250LF / Alexander ALX400

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

 

New to ‘ARRIVA London North’ as its No. DLA355.

 

 

 

 

W5 ACL ‘Aintree Coaches Ltd’ No. 223. ‘Helms’. Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President

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

 

 

 

 

GB16 PUL ‘Pulhams Travel’, Bourton on the Water. Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

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

 

 

 

 

C5 PCV ‘Coachstyle’ Chippenham, Wiltshire. Neoplan N2216 Tourliner

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

 

 

 

 

YJ18 BCO ‘Enterprise Travel’ Darlington. Temsa HD 12RHD Safari

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

‘Scene’, Coaching in Chester. on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

YE10 WAY ‘YellowaY.co.uk’. Temsa Safari HD /1

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

 

Many older readers will remember the original ‘Yelloway’ which was based in Rochdale. it is pleasing to see the name and that gorgeous logo being used again.

 

The Safari is handsome coach which to me at least is seldom seen on the roads.

 

New as H19 ATK to ‘Atkinson’, Ingleby Arncliffe, Northallerton. Then to NJ61 JUH.

 

 

 

YE10 WAY ‘YellowaY.co.uk’. Temsa Safari HD /2

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

 

 

 

YE11 WAY ‘YellowaY.co.uk’. MAN 19.360 / Beulas Cygnus

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

 

New as YD65 DNO.

 

 

 

BX59 KVJ “Golden Pioneer Travel’. King Long XMQ 6127

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

 

New to ‘Crockett’, Hereford.

 

 

 

WA14 DUU ‘Mainline’, Gilfach Goch, South Wales. VDL  FHD2 Futura

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

 

 

 

M999 NYN ‘JMJ Travel’, Llanwrst, North Wales. Mercedes-Benz / UNVI Riada

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

 

 

 

SO15 UBZ ‘Hammonds’, Nottingham. VDL FHD2 Futura

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

 

‘Scene’ when Derby Railway Station was ‘Bustituted’ 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Derby railway station has been closed for major refurbishment work since July which will continue through to October.

 

Travellers through Derby have found that they have had to switch to buses and coaches for the onward journeys.

 

The operation seems to be well organised with a selection of vehicles from a wide range of operators being used.

 

For an earlier blog on this subject see blog published 18/08/2018.

 

‘ARRIVA’ the local operator wes represented by.

 

YX17 NND ‘ARRIVA The Shires’ No. 3129. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

 

 

FL63 DYA ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 3792. VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar 2

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

 

 

 

BD12 DHG ‘ARRIVA The Shires’ No. 3930 ‘MAX’. Mercedes-Benz Citaro

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

 

 

 

Local coach operators also had a share of the work available

 

67 RT ‘Johnson Brothers’, Worksop ‘Roamer’. Van Hool Alicron

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

 

New as YJ15 EUX.

 

 

 

YR18 CLJ ‘Johnson Brothers’, Worksop. ‘Euro Royale’. Irizar i6

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

 

 

 

N1 JBT ‘Johnson Brothers’, Worksop. VDL Futura 2 FHD

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

 

 

 

YJ16 EHX ‘Whitestar travel’, Sunderland. Temsa Safari HD12 RHD

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

 

New to ‘Green’ Walthamstow.

 

 

BU14 EGE ‘Hunters’, Leeds. Volvo B11R / Jonkheere

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

 

New to ‘Park’, Hamilton.

 

‘Scene’ in Leeds. Single Deckers on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

T850 MAK ‘First West Yorkshiire’ No. 60668 ‘Training livery’. Volvo B10BLE / Wright Renown

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

 

New to ‘Mainline’ (Sheffield) as No. 850 and then to ‘First South Yorkshire’.

 

 

 

YJ09 EYL ‘ARRIVA Yorkshire’ No. 1307. Optare Tempo X1200

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

 

 

YX17 NJV ‘Yorkshire Tiger’ No. 1070 ‘flying tiger’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. ( ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

 

 

YJ14 BWX ‘Yorkshire Tiger’ (ARRIVA group). No. 793 ‘flying tiger’, Optare Versa V1170

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

 

 

 

YC51 LYA ‘The Harrogate Bus Company No. 308, Volvo B10 BLE / Wright Renown

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

 

It’s worth reading the ‘blurb’ on the side of the bus advertising it’s own demise.

 

 

 

MV02 VEF ‘First West Yorkshire No. 66352, Volvo B7 / Wright Eclipse

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

 

New to ‘First Manchester’ and it has also had a spell with ‘First Somerset’.

 

 

 

 YJ08 DVP ‘ARRIVA Yorkshire’ No. 1109, Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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

 

ARRIVA seem to have so many liveries these days that a bus that turns up in the original fleet livery is in danger of looking like a museum piece.

 

 

 

FJ58 LTA ‘The Harrogate Bus Company’ No. 1856, Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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

 

I have seen a number of this companies buses that have been repainted and the standard of finish is superb.

 

New to ‘Burnley & Pendle’ as its No. 1860.

 

 

YJ18 AYT ‘reays’ of Wigton’. Temsa Safari HD RHD.

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

 

An attractive looking coach which you don’t see many of.

 

 

 

YJ16 DWG ‘The Keighley Bus Company’ No. 240. Optare Versa V1170

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

 

 

 

 NH15 HCH ‘National Holidays’ No. 782 Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

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

 

 

 

FJ11 GOA ‘Travelstar’ (Walsall), liveried for ‘national express’, Volvo B9R / Caetano Levante

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

 

This was my transport back to Chesterfield.

 

 

 

 

'Scene' at ‘Coach & Bus UK17’ part 6 on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The annual pilgrimage to the NEC seems to come round quicker every year.

 

This years offerings were a bit disappointing because out of the major UK bus manufacturers neither Optare nor the Wright group attended.

 

However there was still plenty of interest.

 

I come to the end of my ‘Coach & Bus UK17’ coverage with a few other items that I found interesting.

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ Irizar i4h /1

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

 

Irizar featured on my first blog of this series and here they are again with what is claimed to be the UK’s first Hybrid Coach.

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ Irizar i4h /2

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

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ ‘kingsferry’ Irizar i6s

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

 

As Bernard Matthews used to say

         “Bootiful, just bootiful”.

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ Van Hool TX16 Acron 13.2M

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

 

 

A stunning image celebrating 70 years of Van Hool.

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ ‘Hemmings Holidays’ VDL Futura FHD2 MX11

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

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ ‘arriva bus and coach’ Van Hool EX15H

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

 

A stylish coach from a quality constructor. I do not know what the current production situation is but the only other time I have seen one of these was at last years show.

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ ‘arriva bus and coach’ Temsa Safari HD 12RHD

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

 

It seems to have been around for some time but I have not seen many.

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Enviro 200 demonstrator

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

 

With the new ‘ADL’ E20D / ADL Enviro 200MMC well established and I would think the UK’s current best selling single decker I was surprised to see ‘ADL’ still pushing the old styling which presumably comes with a Euro 5 engine?