Saturday 28 May 2016

‘Scene’ in Oxford Part 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

Oxford is one of those places that I never get tired of. 

 

The place heaves with activity. 

 

The University, The museums, the river and all the people involved in the activity require transport.

 

Sometimes by train but mainly, fortunately, by bus and sometimes coach.

 

A lot of visitors use one of the open top tour buses.

 

PO56 JEJ ‘Tappins of Didcot’ 56 Volvo B7TL / East Lancs on

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PO56 JEJ ‘Tappins of Didcot’ 56 Volvo B7TL / East Lancs on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

V908 FEC ‘Tappins of Didcot’ 908 Dennis Trident 2 / East Lancs on

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V908 FEC ‘Tappins of Didcot’ 908 Dennis Trident 2 / East Lancs on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

HW63 FHC ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 251 ADL E40D / Enviro 400 on

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‘Oxford Bus Company’ being part of the ‘Go-Ahead’ group.

 

One of 4, originally built for ‘Southern Vectis’ but delivered to Oxford because of delays in the delivery of ‘OBC’s own vehicles.

 

The move was eventually made permanent but the buses still retain ‘Southern Vectis’ livery.

 

HW63 FHC ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 251 ADL E40D / Enviro 400 on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

SL15 ZGH ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 656 Wright StreetDeck on

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SL15 ZGH ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 656 Wright StreetDeck on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

HF10 OXF ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 219 Scania 230UD / ADL Enviro 400 on

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HF10 OXF ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 219 Scania 230UD / ADL Enviro 400 on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

M1 OXF ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 363 Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 on

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M1 OXF ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 363 Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

SL15 ZGN ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 660 Wright Streetdeck on

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SL15 ZGN ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 660 Wright Streetdeck on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

PK64 OXF ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 610 ADL E400 MMC on

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Wearing the ‘Oxford Brookes University’ livery.

 

PK64 OXF ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 610 ADL E400 MMC on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

OU10 GHJ ‘Stagecoach Oxfordshire’ 12018 Dennis Trident 2 / ADL Enviro 400 Hybrid on

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Wearing the special ‘Electric Hybrid’ livery which is basically a green version of standard fleet livery.

 

OU10 GHJ ‘Stagecoach Oxfordshire’ 12018 Dennis Trident 2 / ADL Enviro 400 Hybrid on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

OU13 DZD ‘Stagecoach Oxfordshire’ 47831 Optare Solo SR on

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OU13 DZD ‘Stagecoach Oxfordshire’ 47831 Optare Solo SR on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

YJ13 HNZ ‘Thames Travel’ 719 Optare Solo M890 SR on

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‘Thames Travel’ being part of the ‘Go-Ahead’ Group.

 

YJ13 HNZ ‘Thames Travel’ 719 Optare Solo M890 SR on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

OU62 BKZ ‘Stagecoach Oxfordshire’ 36764 Dennis Dart / ADL Enviro 200 on

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OU62 BKZ ‘Stagecoach Oxfordshire’ 36764 Dennis Dart / ADL Enviro 200 on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

Monday 23 May 2016

‘Scene’ in Oxford’s Gloucester Green Coach Station (OGGCS) on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

When I am in Oxford, I always find time to have a look at the comings and goings in ‘OGGCS’ .

 

I am never disappointed. The quality of the vehicles on display is breathtaking.

 

‘Stagecoach Oxford’ operate for 24 hours a day as ‘tube’ along the M4 into London.

 

YJ14 LFN ‘Stagecoach Oxford’ 50276 Van Hool TD 927 Astromega. on

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YJ14 FLN ‘Stagecoach Oxford’ 50276 Van Hool TD 927 Astromega. on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 


YJ14 LFN ‘Stagecoach Oxford’ 50276 Van Hool TD 927 Astromega. on

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YJ14 FLN ‘Stagecoach Oxford’ 50276 Van Hool TD 927 Astromega. on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

Express services that run East to West in this country are a touch unusual. The X5 however does so to link Oxford with Cambridge.

 

A journey of over 80 miles.

 

YX64 WCY ‘Stagecoach East’ 54314 Volvo B11R / Plaxton Elite 14m. on

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YX64 WCY ‘Stagecoach East’ 54314 Volvo B11R / Plaxton Elite 14m. on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 


YX64 WCL ‘Stagecoach East’ 54314 Volvo B11R / Plaxton Elite 14m. on

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YX64 WCL ‘Stagecoach East’ 54314 Volvo B11R / Plaxton Elite 14m. on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 


X90 LON ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 71 Volvo B11R / Plaxton Elite i. on

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The ‘Oxford Bus Company’ being a subsidiary of the ‘Go-Ahead’ group.

 

One of seven carrying this branding.

 

X90 LON ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 71 Volvo B11R / Plaxton Elite i. on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk


LF61 OXF ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 44 Scania 3A265 BSY / Plaxton Panther. on

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Seen in Subsidiary ‘Oxford Brookes University Airline 190’ branding.

 

LF61 OXF ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 44 Scania 3A265 BSY / Plaxton Panther. on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk


UK63 OXF ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 64 Volvo B11RT / Plaxton Elite i. on

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UK63 OXF ‘Oxford Bus Company’ 64 Volvo B11RT / Plaxton Elite i. on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

 

FJ60 KVP ‘National Express’ Volvo B9R / Caetano Levante. on

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FJ60 KVP ‘National Express’ Volvo B9R / Caetano Levante. on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk



HSK 652 ‘National Express’ Volvo B9R / Plaxton Elite. on

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Although branded for ‘National Express’ work the vehicle is part of the ‘Parks of Hamilton’ fleet.


HSK 652 ‘National Express’ Volvo B9R / Plaxton Elite. on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

After all that has gone before, the appearance of buses might seem a bit of a let down but no, they were quality as well.

 

 

OU62 CHO ‘Stagecoach Oxfordshire’ 15832 Scania N230UD / ADLtd. Enviro 400. on

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OU62 CHO ‘Stagecoach Oxfordshire’ 15832 Scania N230UD / ADLtd. Enviro 400. on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

Branded as ‘Stagecoach Gold’ and working on service S3 which runs via Woodstock to Chipping Norton.

LY02 OBK ‘Tom Tappin’ Dennis Trident / Alexander ALX 400. on

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One of several buses working the open top tour circuit.

 

Formerly with ‘Stagecoach East London’ as 17558.

 

LY02 OBK ‘Tom Tappin’ Dennis Trident / Alexander ALX 400. on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

 

Thursday 19 May 2016

‘Scene’ on a Day Out with Dennis to Coalville on Dennis Basfords ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

This set of images is to illustrate an article written for a magazine called ‘All Things Local’.

 

This community magazine is produced and distributed from a base in Kilburn, Derbyshire and covers large areas of the towns of Ripley and Belper.

 

IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING FROM BELPER, 

 

Your first bus of the day will be ‘trentbarton’s (tb) ’the sixes’ from Belper to Derby.

 

A Swedish built Scania chassis carrying a Wright built body produced in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

 

FJ55 BZP ‘trentbarton’ 688 Scania L94UB / Wright Solar Urban on 

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FJ55 BZP ‘trentbarton’ 688 Scania L94UB / Wright Solar Urban on  Dennis Basfords ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING FROM RIPLEY

 

Your first bus of the day will be ‘trentbarton’s (tb) ‘the comet’ from Ripley to Derby.

 

Another Swedish built chassis but this time a Volvo fitted with bodywork again by Wright’s of Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

 

FJ09 XPK ‘trentbarton’ 750 Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse. on

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FJ09 XPK ‘trentbarton’ 750 Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse. on Dennis Basfords ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

From Derby to The East Midlands Airport  at Castle Donnington and again on the return journey from Loughborough to Derby, your bus will be provided by ‘Kinchbus’ of Loughborough on its ‘Skylink’  service who most commonly use German built Mercedes-Benz Citaro’s. 

 

A type that has all the quality that is expected of this iconic brand.

 

BX64 WHU ‘Kinchbus’ 907 Mercedes-Benz Citaro on

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BX64 WHU ‘Kinchbus’ 907 Mercedes-Benz Citaro on Dennis Basfords ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

From The East Midlands Airport to Coalville the service is provide by ‘trentbarton’ again using another of the Scania/Wright combination vehicles.

 

FH54 VRX 665 Scania L94UB / Wright Solar Urban on

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FH54 VRX 665 Scania L94UB / Wright Solar Urban on Dennis Basfords ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

If you choose to return to Derby via Loughborough, then your bus from Coalville to Loughborough will be provided by ‘Arriva Midlands’.

 

YJ56 KFK ‘Arriva Midlands’ 4776 VDL SB250LF / Wright Gemini Eclipse on

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A Dutch built chassis fitted with a body from Wright’s in Northern Ireland again.

 

YJ56 KFK ‘Arriva Midlands’ 4776 VDL SB250LF / Wright Gemini Eclipse on Dennis Basfords ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

From Loughborough back to Derby you travel with ‘Kinchbus’ on the ‘Skylink’ service and from Derby home its either ‘the sixes’ to Belper or‘the comet’ to Ripley depending on where you live.

Monday 16 May 2016

‘Scene’ in Chesterfield today 16/05/2016 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

A quick trip today produced these two images of coaches that are years apart in age but are both interesting in their own right.

 

AT16 ATN ‘Attain Travel’ Scania / Higer Touring. on

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AT16 ATN ‘Attain Travel’ Scania / Higer Touring. on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk


TCZ 6124 ‘DW Coaches’ (of Clay Cross) Leyland Tiger TRCL10 / Plaxton Paramount 3500. on

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Formerly with ‘Crosville Motor Services’ of Weston super Mare and before that with ‘Quantock Motor Services’ but new to Lothian Buses in 1989 as G68 DFS.

 

TCZ 6124 ‘DW Coaches’ (of Clay Cross) Leyland Tiger TRCL10 / Plaxton Paramount. on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

Friday 13 May 2016

‘Scene’ taking Advantage of ‘Vantage’ on Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A trip this week to Manchester with my local U3A Transport group allowed me to photograph and ride on the Leigh-Manchester guided Busway.

 

Opened on April 3rd. 2016 at a cost of 68 million pounds.

 

I do not know enough about the politics or economics of the guided Busway to be able to comment being primarily interested in the hardware employed.

 

I am a little surprised however that no mention of the ‘Busway’ or its benefits appears on the exterior of the buses. Other than that, I thought the livery to be good.

 

BL65 YZG ‘First Manchester’ 39240 Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on 

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Seen approaching the Astley Road Park & Ride facility.

BL65 YZG ‘First Manchester’ 39240 Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on  Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

BW65 DCF ‘First Manchester’ 39252 Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on 

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Seen parked up at Leigh Bus Station.

 

BW65 DCF ‘First Manchester’ 39252 Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on  Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’


BL65 OXV ‘First Manchester’ 39256 Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on 

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Seen leaving Manchester on Portland Street.

 

BL65 OXV ‘First Manchester’ 39256 Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on  Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’  Seen leaving Manchester on Portland Street.


BW65 DBZ ‘First Manchester’ 39242 Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on 

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Seen at the Stevenson Square terminus in Manchester.

 

BW65 DBZ


‘First Manchester’ Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on 

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Bus guide wheel assembly.

 

‘First Manchester’ Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on  Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’


‘First Manchester’ Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on 

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Lower deck seating with E-Leather seating with USB charging points located in the back.

 

‘First Manchester’ Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on  Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘First Manchester’ Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on 

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Upper deck seating.

 

‘First Manchester’ Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on  Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’


‘First Manchester’ Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on 

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Upper deck seating showing the seats arranged around a table.

 

On the buses I travelled on, after the front seats, they seemed to be the first seats to be occcupied.

 

‘First Manchester’ Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on  Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’


‘First Manchester’ Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on 

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Part of the Busway looking towards Leigh.

 

 

‘First Manchester’ Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on  Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’


‘First Manchester’ Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on 

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A Manchester bound bus approaching the crossing of one of the side roads on the system.

 

Note the provision of car traps. Basically a pit in the road into which any cars will ‘subside’.

 

I was going to put fall, but it sounds a bit brutal !

 

‘First Manchester’ Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 on  Dennis Basford’s ‘railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Tuesday 10 May 2016

‘Scene’ on Parliament Street (PS) in Nottingham 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

I have done a number of blogs illustrating the comings and goings of buses in Nottingham but on reflection they were mainly populated by the multi coloured fleet of ‘trentbarton’ (tb). 

 

‘PS’ is like Oxford Street in London, it heaves with buses. ‘tb’ do put in an appearance but most of what is on offer is provided by the equally multi coloured fleet of ‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT).

 

There is an Upper and a Lower Parliament Street but this selection of images is of buses that pass the junction of ‘PS’ and Milton Street. 

 

Which is where you are if you walk out of the main doors of the ‘Victoria Centre’.

 

‘NCT’s fleet is in a stage of transition between the buses that carry the traditional green of Nottingham as the background colour and the newer buses that carry a silvery grey as the background colour.

 

Whatever the background colour most of the fleet are colour branded to identify particular routes or groups of routes.

 

Part 1 appeared on my blog on 24th. April 2016.

 

YN08 MSU ‘Nottingham City Transport’ 946 Scania N270UD / Darwen.

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Basically an East Lancs design that was also produced under the Darwen Group (DG) and Optare  banners.

 

‘DG’ being a re-incarnation of East Lancs when they went into administration in 2007. They in turn bought Optare and adopted the better known name.

 

The service 100 the bus is operating on links Nottingham with the Cathedral town of Southwell. Pronounced ‘Suthell’ to the locals.

 

The route came into NCT’s  portfolio of routes when in 1997 NCT took over ‘Pathfinder’ (Newark) the previous operator on the route. The bus carrying a small ‘PATHFINDER’ on the front dash panel as a reminder of that.

 

YN08 MSU ‘Nottingham City Transport’ 946 Scania N270UD / Darwen. Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

GX55 NHY ‘Skills’ Volvo B7TL / East Lancs Vyking.

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Part of the of locally based operator’s contract fleet branded for the city’s ‘Bilborough College’.

 

Previously operated by  Littles of Ilkeston.

 

GX55 NHY ‘Skills’ Volvo B7TL / East Lancs Vyking. Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

YT61 GPZ ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 920 Scania N230UD Omnidekka / Optare.

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It was part of a batch of 22 vehicles purchased at that time and is seen in the ‘Go2 Lilac’ branding.

 

YT61 GPZ ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 920 Scania N230UD Omnidekka / Optare. Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

Alexander Dennis Ltd. have become the body supplier of double deck bodies since the supply of East Lancs designed bodies that were built by East Lancs, Darwen and Optare ceased.

YP63 WFA ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 601 Scania 230UD / ADL Enviro 400.

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Wearing the ‘go anywhere’ spare bus livery which incorporates the colours used on colour branded services over the silver base.

 

YP63 WFA ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 601 Scania 230UD / ADL Enviro 400. Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

YN54 AHJ ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 214 Scania N94UB OmniCity.

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An all Scania N94UB OmniCity in the livery of the park & ride service from Victoria Park.

 

YN54 AHJ ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 214 Scania N94UB OmniCity. Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

YJ12 GYS ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 358 Optare Solo SR.

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‘NCT’ have been users of the Solo since the early days of the type so it was only to be expected that the SR model would follow the earlier version into the fleet.

 

Branded as ‘Bridgeford Bus’ linking the suburb of West Bridgford with the City which in the days of ‘West Bridgford Urban District Council’ was a renowned bus operator.

 

YJ12 GYS ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 358 Optare Solo SR. Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk


YN05 GXG ‘AOT Coaches’ Scania L94UB / Wright Solar

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‘AOT Coaches’ is one of the few independent’s in Nottingham who have a regular service to Hucknall.

 

The bus was previously operated by ‘Reading Transport’.

 

YN05 GXG ‘AOT Coaches’ Scania L94UB / .Wright Solar Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

YX63 LFU ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 397 ADL Dart / ADL Enviro 200.

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One of a batch of 33 buses.

‘NCT’ were substantial operators of the Optare Versa with 20 being bought in 2008.

Perhaps surprisingly, they had all gone after short working lives to be replaced with these ‘ADL’ buses’. 

 

A dozen or so went to ‘ADL’ presumably in part exchange.

 

YX63 LFU ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 397 ADL Dart / ADL Enviro 200. Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

V254 JRR ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 254 Optare Solo..

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This 1999 produced bus is still paying its way working on Nottingham’s ‘local link’ network.

 

This being a raft of services operated my Nottingham Community Transport and ‘NCT’ on behalf of the County Council.

 

V254 JRR ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 254 Optare Solo.. Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

YJ61 CGV ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 349 Optare Solo SR. 

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Working on the ‘pink line’ ‘Go2 uni 31’ which as the name suggests serves the Nottingham University campus to the West of the City

 

YJ61 CGV ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 349 Optare Solo SR.  Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

YX63 GXY ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 398 ADL Dart / ADL Enviro 200.

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Seen wearing the ‘go anywhere’ spare bus livery.

 

YX63 GXY ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 398 ADL Dart / ADL Enviro 200. Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

YN55 NGY ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 698 Scania N94UD / East Lancs.

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The ‘go anywhere’ spare bus livery has had poppies superimposed on it as NCT’s support for The British Legion in 2015.

 

YN55 NGY ‘Nottinghham City Transport’ 698 Scania N94UD / East Lancs. Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk