‘Scene’ in Bolton on ’Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

I was a great fan of the old Bolton Bus Station which was typically 1950’s ish. Buses were easy to see and photograph.

 

The new ‘Interchange’ which opened in 2017 is very modern, mostly indoors behind glass but not in my view very photographer friendly.

 

Still, here goes.

 

M522 WHF ‘Arriva’ North West’ No. 8232 ‘Arriva Training Bus’. Volvo B10B / Wright Endurance

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

 

New to ‘Merseyside’. Then ‘MTL’ as its No. 6522.

 

 

LJ03 MVU ‘Vision / UK Coachways’. DAF DB250 / Wright Gemini

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

New to ‘Arriva London South’ as its No. DW7.

It has also carried the former Routemaster registration WLT 807 (RM 807) in London.

 

 

 

PN57 NFC ‘Diamond North West’ No. 30919. Scania K230UB / East Lancs Esteem

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

 

New to ‘PrestonBus’ as its No. 209.

 

 

 

Y951 CSF ‘First Manchester’ No. 62241. Volvo B10BLE / Wright Renown

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

 

New to ‘Midland Bluebird’, Scotland as its No. 1224.

 

 

 

DK55 FXB ‘ARRIVA North West’ No. 2517. VDL SB120 / Wright Cadet

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

 

New to ‘ARRIVA Merseyside’.

 

At this stage, I gave up on the bus station and took to the streets.

YJ12 GXK ‘Cumfybus’. Optare Solo M810H

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

 

 

YJ12 GXK ‘Cumfybus’. Optare Solo M810H

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

 

 

YJ11 ENT ‘Cumfybus’. Optare Versa V970H

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

 

New to ‘Maytree Travel’, Bolton.

 

 

KX06 TYF ‘Vision / UK Coachways’. Optare Solo M850

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

 

New to ‘Stagecoach United Counties’ as its No. 47338.

 

 

 

CX54 DLK ‘ARRIVA North West’ No. 2503. VDL SB120 / Wright Cadet

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

 

 

 

 MX12 KWA ‘ARRIVA North West’ No. 3128. VDL SB200/Wright Pulsar

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

 

New to ‘TGM’ (Telling Golden Miller) group. ‘TGM’ have been part of the ‘ARRIVA’ since 2007.

 

 

‘Scene’ in Leeds, ‘ARRIVA’ & ‘Transdev’ Deckers on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

SN15 LLV ‘ARRIVA Yorkshire’ No. 1927 ‘MAX’ 202/203. Alexander Dennis Ltd’ (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400

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

 

 

 

YJ61 OBM ‘ARRIVA Yorkshire’ No. 1537 ‘MAX 229’. Wrightbus 2DL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2

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

 

I feel that the lower roofline of the buses of this type produced for ‘ARRIVA’ spoils the look of the Gemini body.

 

The comparison between the ‘ARRIVA’ style roofline  and the original is clear to see with the ‘CityZap’ bus behind.

 

 

 

YJ06 WLX ‘ARRIVA Yorkshire’ No. 1600. VDL DB250 / East Lancs Lowlander

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

 

 

 

YX17 NLT ‘ARRIVA Yorkshire’ No. 1980 ‘254/255.  ‘ADL’ E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC 

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

 

 

 

YJ08 EES ‘ARRIVA Yorkshire’ No. 1812. Volvo B9TL / East Lancs Olympus

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

 

 

 

SN15 LPF ‘ARRIVA Yorkshire’ No. 1946 ‘Sapphire’. ‘ADL’ E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400 

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

 

 

 

YX17 NKN ‘ARRIVA Yorkshire’ No. 1963 ‘ARRIVASapphire 163/166’. ‘ADL’ E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

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

 

 

 

YX17 NGE ‘ARRIVA Yorkshire’ No. 1957 ‘189’. ‘ADL’ E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC 

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

 

 

 

 

‘Transdev’ uses local identities in Blackburn, Burnley, Harrogate and Keighley together with ‘Coastliner’ to engender in the populations of the towns and localities the feeling that these are ‘our’ buses.

 

X14 VTD ‘The Harrogate Bus Company’ No. 3614. Volvo B7TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘Lancashire United’ (another part of ‘Transdev’ group) as PO55 PYP.

 

 

 

BF62 UXZ ‘The Harrogate Bus Company’ No. 3613. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 

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

 

‘Scene’ at Showbus 2018. Delaine’s AD68 DBL on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

I do not normally publish a one image blog but I feel that the first 68 registration that I have seen justifies my doing so.

 

Looking immaculate in the late afternoon sunshine at Donnington Park AD68 DBL starts its journey home.

 

AD68 DBL ‘Delaine’, Bourne No. 164. Volvo B8RLE / Wright Eclipse 3

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

 

‘Scene’ in Riga (Latvia) on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A quick blog to finish the month off. 

 

My nephew Paul Basford’s images have appeared on my blog before. 

 

He knows of my interest of all things ‘rails, roads and runways’ and from time to time forwards the odd image for my entertainment and education.

 

These two images I think might be of interest to a wider audience than just me so here they are.

 

 

51275 ‘Rigas satiksme’. CKD Tatra T3A

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

 

New in 1984.

 

‘CKD Tatra’ being a major producer of trams used in Eastern Europe based in what is now the Czech Republic.

 

The buildings in the background incorporate the metal framework in their roof structure that originally were part of Zeppelin hangars that were built in the early 1920’s at Vainode Air Base.

 

They were moved (there are five) and incorporated into the roof of the central market when that was built in the late 1920’s.

 

They are listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.

 

 

 

51841 ‘Rigas satiksme’. CKD Tatra T3A

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

 

A trailer car being hauled by No. 51830.

 

New in 1979.

 

 

 

‘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’ Trains in Doncaster on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

As a lad, I spent many happy hours at ‘Donny’ trainspotting so it brings back many memories of A4’s, V2’s and the rest. 

 

Class 91 ‘Virgin East Coast’ No. 91107. ‘Skyfall’. Electric locomotive built at ‘BREL’, Crewe

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

 

This is the only time I have seen a 91 hauling a train ‘blunt’ end first. Presumably there was something amiss with either the back of the loco (which is normally at the rear travelling Southward) or with the front of the Driving Trailer which is directly behing the loco.

 

 

 

Class 70 ‘Colas Rail’ No. 70814. Diesel Electric locomotive built by ‘General Electric’ in the USA

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

 

 

 

Class 68 ‘Direct Rail Services’ No. 68003. Diesel Electric locomotive built by ‘Stadler Rail’ (previously Vossloh) in Spain

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

 

 

 

Class 66 ‘GBRF’ No. 66731 ‘Interhub GB’. Diesel Electric locomotive built by ‘EMD’ (part of General Motors) in the USA

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

 

 

 

Class 66 ‘Freightliner’ No 66519. Diesel Electric locomotive built by ‘EMD’ (part of General Motors) in the USA

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

 

 

 

Class 66 ‘Direct Rail Services’ No. 66429. Diesel Electric locomotive built by ‘EMD’ (part of General Motors) in the USA

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

 

‘Scene’ in Leeds, ‘First’ & ‘Stagecoach’ Deckers on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

BD12 TDV ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 36274 ‘Leeds’. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘First Games Transport’ which was the unit specially set up by ’First’ to provide transport for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

 

 

 

SN14 TVK ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 33880 ‘Leeds Pulse’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400

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

 

 

 

SL16 RFZ ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 35214 ‘Leeds Pulse’. Wright Streetdeck

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

 

 

SL16 PZZ ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 35202 ‘Leeds’. Wright Streetdeck

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

 

 

KP51 WBJ ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 32079 ‘Bradford’. Volvo B7TL / Alexander ALX 400

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

 

New to ‘First Leicester’. It has also worked for ‘First Potteries’.

 

 

YX66 WKJ ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 33486, ‘X84 Wharfedale Connection’. ‘ADL’ E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

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

 

 

 

SL16 YOW ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 35235, ‘X6 Leeds/Bradford’.  Wright Streetdeck

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

 

 

YJ58 RTV ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 37674, traditional ‘Yorkshire Rider Leeds’ livery. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

Named Brian Parkin.

 

 

 

YJ58 RTX ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 37675, traditional ‘West Yorkshire’ livery. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

 

 

SN66 VWL ‘Stagecoach East Midlands’ No. 10743 ‘simplibus’. ‘ADL’ E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

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

 

The only ‘Stagecoach’ bus I saw all day operating service X62 from Hull which travels for part of the way along the M62.