Yet one more of my favourite places, we almost went to live there many years ago.
A small, vaguely circular bus station that is adjacent to the railway station.
The main bus services are by ‘First’ group into Leeds and by ‘Transdev’s ‘the witch way’ into Manchester.
PJZ 6441 ‘Hodsons Coaches’, Clitheroe. Volvo Olympian / East Lancs
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New to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ as its No. 466 registered R466 RRA.
BT11 UWG ‘preston bus’ No. 33002. Mercedes-Benz Citaro
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New to ‘yourbus’, Heanor as its No. 3002.
BF63 HCX ‘Transdev Burnley & Pendle No. 2779 ‘X43 the witch way’. Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse
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BN09 FWR ‘Kirby Lonsdale Coach Hire’ ‘The Craven Connection’. Mercedes-Benz Citaro
on ‘Dennis Basfords’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Evobus’ Coventry and then it had a spell with ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’.
FXZ 8495 ‘Henshaws’, Ironville, Derbyshire. VDL FHD2 Futura
on ‘Dennis Basfords’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Quinn’, Newry, Northern Ireland.
BF63 ZPW ‘Go Northern’ No. 7106 ‘national express’ livery. Volvo B9R / Caetano Levante
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I was going into Leeds and the train was the quickest way.
Class 333 ‘Northern Rail No. 333 003 ‘in ‘West Yorkshire Metro’ livery. Siemans Mobility and CAF EMU
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Seen approaching Skipton station working ‘wrong line’ before reversing and departing for Leeds.
Class 142 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 142 003 BREL Pacer DMU
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Much maligned, the Pacer continues in service. Scheduled to be withdrawn before the end of 2019. They work on quite long journeys.
This one was working from Leeds over the Pennines to the West Coast.
Skipton Railway Station Island Platform
on ‘Dennis Basfords’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The railway station at Skipton is a traditional stone built affair with a covered in roof supported on metal posts.
It has been beautifully restored and painted in red, white (or cream) and black.
A modern waiting room structure has been provided which is painted in grey and blue.
Would it not look a lot better if it could have painted to match the rest its surroundings?
