‘Scene’ at ‘Transpire’s 2018 annual gathering at Rowsley 4 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Transpire’ being the Chesterfield Bus Society.

 

TT57 BLU ‘hulleys of Baslow’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Dart / MCV Evolution

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

 

For Parts 1, 2 and 3 see blogs posted 03/04/2019, 22/04/2019 and 23/04/2019

 

An uncomfortable mixture of lower case and capital letters in the operators title.

 

Used as a control vehicle on the day.

 

New to ‘Dunstan’, ((Bluebird), Middleton as its No. 94. 

 

Then having had spells with ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ as its No. 33872 who took over ‘Bluebird’ and then ‘Compass Bus’ (Worthing).

 

 

 

 

R897 XVM ‘Harpur’s Coaches’, Derby. Volvo B10M / Alexander PS

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

 

New to ‘Greater Manchester South’ as it No. 897.

 

 

 

 

AXI 2541 ‘Citybus’, Belfast No. 2451. Bristol RELL6G / Alexander (Belfast)

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

The advertisement boards are an unusual feature.

 

 

 

 

YXI 5500 ‘Ulsterbus’, Leyland Tiger / Wright

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

‘Scene’ in Liverpool, ‘Stagecoach’ 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

For ‘Scene’ in Liverpool, ‘Stagecoach’ 1 see blog posted 08/05/2019

NK54 BGV ‘Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire’ No. 22078 (Driver trainer). MAN 18.220 / Transbus ALX 300

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

 

New to ‘Busways’.

 

 

 

SM66 VBN ‘Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire’ No. 10825. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

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

 

 

 

 

GX59 JYT ‘Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire’ No.15586. ‘Cancer Research UK’. Scania N230UD /  ‘ADL’ Enviro 400

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

 

New to ‘Southdown’.

 

 

 

 

SN56 AWG ‘Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire’ No. 19037. Dennis Trident 2 / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400

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

 

New to ‘Busways’ but transferred in from ‘Stagecoach Manchester’.

 

 

 

 

GX10 HBA ‘Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire’ No. 15592. Scania N230UD /  ‘ADL’ Enviro 400 /1

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

 

New to ‘Southdown’.

 

Although branded ‘coastliner’. The coast it refers to is that between Portsmouth and Brighton. The bus has entered service before it was re-liveried.

 

 

 

 

GX10 HBA ‘Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire’ No. 15592. Scania N230UD /  ‘ADL’ Enviro 400 /2

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

 

New to ‘Southdown’.

 

Although branded ‘coastliner’. The coast it refers to is that between Portsmouth and Brighton. The bus has entered service before it was re-liveried.

‘Scene’ in York. Open top Buses on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Some years ago I published an article about open top buses in London titled ‘Topless in London’.

 

The response was amazing although I suspect that many viewers were not expecting the article to be about buses.

 

This time I am playing it safe!

 

 

The ‘CitySightseeing’ open top operation in York earns its green credentials by being 100% electric.

 

V519 ESC ‘Transdev’ No. 4019 ‘CitySightseeing York’. Dennis Trident 2 Plaxton President

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

 

Originally a diesel engined bus that has been converted to battery electric propulsion.

 

New to ‘Lothian Buses’ as No. 519.

 

 

 

 

V521 ESC ‘Transdev’ No. 4021 ‘CitySightseeing York’. Dennis Trident 2 Plaxton President

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

 

Originally a diesel engined bus that has been converted to battery electric propulsion.

 

New to ‘Lothian Buses’ as No. 521.

 

 

 

T407 SMV ‘Transdev’ No. 4009 ‘CitySightseeing York’. Dennis Trident / East Lancs Lolyne /1

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

 

Originally a diesel engined bus that has been converted to battery electric propulsion.

 

New to ‘Metrobus’ as No. 407.

 

 

 

 

T407 SMV ‘Transdev’ No. 4009 ‘CitySightseeing York’. Dennis Trident / East Lancs Lolyne /2

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

 

Originally a diesel engined bus that has been converted to battery electric propulsion.

 

New to ‘Metrobus’ as No. 407.

‘Scene’ in Liverpool, ‘Stagecoach’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Like many ‘Stagecoach’ fleets with ‘gold’ specification vehicles. A change has been made from Scania N230UD chassis on earlier deliveries to the Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D platform. 

 

Alexander Dennis Ltd. are still the body supplier with the Enviro 400MMC.

 

YX67 VCY ‘Stagecoach Wirral’ No. 10887, stagecoachgold. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC 

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

 

 

 

 

YX67 VCT ‘Stagecoach Wirral’ No. 10883, stagecoachgold. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC 

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

 

 

 

 

SN65 OCU ‘Stagecoach Wirral’ No. 27256, stagecoachgold. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200

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

 

 

 

 

 

SN65 OCY ‘Stagecoach Wirral’ No. 27260, stagecoachgold. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200

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

‘Scene’ in Peterborough part 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

AN09 BUS ‘Centrebus’ No. 759. VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar 2

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

 

My first ever visit to the City.

 

 

For Peterborough part 1 see blog posted 27/12/2018.

 

This bus has appeared before in one of my blogs. See blog published 27/04/2017 where it appeared in a slightly different livery.

 

New to ‘Kimes of Folkingham’ as its No. 59.

 

 

 

KX06 JVS No. 34834 ‘Stagecoach East’ No. 34834 ‘Bedfordbus’. Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer 2

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

 

 

 

AE51 RZR ‘Stagecoach East’ No. 22337. MAN 18.220LF / Alexander ALX 300

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

 

New to ‘Cambus’ as its No. 37.

 

SN64 OKW ‘Stagecoach East’ No. 37221 ‘citi’. Dennis Dart SLF / Alexander 

Enviro 200 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

PF14 WRO ‘Nene & Welland Callconnect’. Vauxhall Movano

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

 

 

 

 

PN12 CVT ‘Huntingdon Association for Community Transport’. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

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

‘Scene’ in York again part 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A city that in transport terms never disappoints.

 

 

V223 LGC ‘Reliance’, Sutton on the Forest. Volvo B7TL / Alexander ALX 400

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

 

New to ’London Central’ as it No. AVL23.

 

 

 

 

YN07 MKL ‘First York’ No. 37252 ‘University of York’. Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse

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

 

New to ‘First South Yorkshire’.

 

 

 

YN05 WKJ ‘Harrogate Coach Co’ ‘conneXionsbuses’ super13. Scania L94UB / Wright Solar

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

 

New to ‘First PMT’ (Potteries) as its No. 65740.

 

Then to ‘Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire’ as its No. 28552 when ‘Stagecoach’ took over ‘First’ routes in the Chester area in 2012.

 

Note the always welcome friendly wave from the driver!

 

 

 

YJ08 XYC ‘First York’ No. 69364 ‘Just tap and go!’. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban

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

 

 

 

YJ15 AYM ‘First York’ No. 49910 PARK&RIDE/ Optare Versa V1110EV

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

’Scene’ in Scarborough once more part 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

My wife and I had a few days in Scarborough staying at the Premier Inn.

 

The room they had allocated us was on the front of the hotel overlooking a road junction that was regularly used by assorted buses and coaches.

 

This selection of images were all taken through our bedroom window and give an elevated and perhaps slightly unusual view of the subjects.

 

My wife is convinced that I had fixed it for us to have this particular room (No.110). 

 

That is completely untrue. Honest!!

 

For part 1 see blog posted 20/04/2019.

 

BU16 OYF ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 393. Volvo B8RLE / MCV Evolution

 

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

 

 

 

 

YX56 HVG ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 350. Dennis Dart / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200

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

 

New to ‘Whittles’ of Kidderminster. At one time an ‘EYMS’ subsidiary.

 

 

 

 

YX57 BXH ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 360. Dennis Dart / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200

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

 

 

 

 

R80 THM ‘Mcphails Coaches’ Salsburgh, Scotland. BOVA FHD12-240 Futura

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

 

New YJ06 GKZ to ‘Anderson’, Bermondsey.

 

 

 

 

EB18 AAA . ‘AAA Coaches’, East Calder, West Lothian. Irizar i6

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