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IN FLEET NEWS THIS MONTH
By JOHN G. LIDSTONE With additional material compiled LAWRIE BOWLES and JOHN YOUNG
… ● Arriva London orders its first 51 Volvo BZL double-deckers ● Ffoshelig sells its rare Van Hool … ((YJ15 AXM) has been withdrawn. Sold for scrap are Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban 1104 (YJ08 DVG) and VDL SB200/ … ZRX), photographed in Harpurhey. These hybrids were new in 2012 to Oxford Bus Company where this one was 364 (V14 OXF). …
IN FLEET NEWS THIS MONTH
By JOHN G. LIDSTONE With additional material compiled LAWRIE BOWLES and JOHN YOUNG
… Alpine, Llandudno Former Yellow Buses partial open-top Volvo B7TL/ Wright Eclipse Gemini 74 (YBZ 949, BX55 XNR) has … is at Luton, pending transfer to Arriva Midlands. Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse 2 3953 (KX12 GZP) has been withdrawn. … 100 Alexander Dennis Enviro400s operated when new at the 2012 London Olympics, leaving the former Oldham Corporation …
FLEET IN FOCUS
… died in 1961. They died, respectively, in 2018, 1985 and 2012. Bill’s eldest son, Stephen Barker, set up a … double-deck ex-Bus Éireann, two each Temsa Safari HD12, Volvo B11R/Jonckheere JHV, Volvo B9R/ Caetano Levante, one … Soroco), one Ford Tourneo minibus, one Volvo B7RLE/ Wright Eclipse Urban single-deck bus, eight Scania …
Lothian expands in the east with Eve Coaches acquisition
… for which it purchased a new Alexander ALX200- bodied Volvo B6LE. E100 (SC09 ALL), the 100-seat Optare … Sands-Ocean Terminal service passed to the company from 2012 to 2015, when it ceased together with the Haddington-RIE … (lime green, service 2). Wright Eclipse Urban-bodied Volvo B7RLE driver trainer 69254 has been repainted into the …
IN FLEET NEWS THIS MONTH
… Alexander Dennis Enviro400 LK59 DZA/C-E/J/N. Volvo B7TL/TransBus ALX400 LJ04 YWZ has been re-registered … has taken TransBus Trident/ALX400 140 (SN53 KHZ) and Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban SN07 CFP and has sold the B7RLE on … HFF6121GS-3 tri-axle open-top doubledeckers supplied in 2012, from the batch AN327-46 (LJ12 GKL, GSZ, JSX, GTZ, JUO, …
Flixbus and Stagecoach clash over Aberdeen bus station
… day from Edinburgh. On May 17, McGill’s 0621 (SJ23 HVF), a Volvo 9700 in its Loch Lomond fleet, was at the West … 70. It was reregistered E21 RAP when it arrived, and Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban SN04 NGX (V77 JDS, SN04 NGX) … cream, green and orange heritage livery in lieu of its 2012 First colours with The Bridges 1, 2 branding. First …
THROUGH THE TROUBLES TO TODAY
… all with Gardner- engines. Further Tigers, now with Volvo engines and Alexander’s ‘Q’ type body, were delivered … the fleet in 2003-4, the last saloons until 30 Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban arrived in 2012, these being followed by ten Optare Versa V1170 in 2014. …
Service alterations help First Glasgow combat driver shortage
… December, in allover white. Alexander (Belfast) RH-bodied Volvo Olympian R367 LHK (P7 YST, R367 LHK, 97 D 372) was sold … the latest recipients of current fleet liver y. Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban 69038/9/67 (SF06 GXJ/G, GYC) were … Greater Manchester operator that Stagecoach acquired in 2012, with cherished registration 1 BLU. ALAN MILLAR Midland …
IN FOCUS
… Enviro200 6 (YX61 DRZ) was new to Ross Travel in January 2012. ANDREW JAROSZ Duple Dominant-bodied Leyland Cub HSC … VDL Futura 2, three with side wheelchair lifts; one each Volvo B11R/ Jonckheere SHV with wheelchair lift, Yutong GT12 … YXI 1474 left by September. Eastern Scottish MG Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban 2269/99 (SF56 GYS, SN09 FBD); …
A LONG SLOW BATTLE
… Blue Line in October 1987, former South Yorkshire PTE Volvo Ailsa/ Van Hool McArdle 1936 has just left Central … from elsewhere, Smartly refurbished interior of a Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban used on ‘the three’, and the first … More radical was the clean sweep network in spring 2012, using only low route numbers and fully integrating the …
NUMERO UNO
… with the launch of a satellite operation in Northampton in 2012. Two routes were operated at first under contract to the … and students needed to move between them. MCV eVoRa-bodied Volvo 365 (LF18 AWP) on the Dragonfly service. These vehicles … expansion beyond the two minibuses it started with. Volvo B7RLE with Wrightbus Eclipse bodywork, fleet number 373 (BD14 …
IN FLEET NEWS THIS MONTH
… London in September. Adventure Travel DG Acquired are Volvo B9R/Plaxton Panther C49Ft KX58 NCO, ex-Stagecoach North … (LF52 USC), VDL SB120/Wright Cadet 3414 (SN54 HXA), Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban 3734/5 (GN54 MYT/U), 3891-6 (KX11 … 12-vehicle contract in Keighley, Shipley and Bradford from 2012 to 2018, Todmorden and Hebden Bridge from 2014, …
BASIPS TAIL END CHARLIES AND THE BIG LOSERS
… arranged in a square. One is Town Hall Street, where three Volvo B7RLE/ Wright Eclipse Urbans wait for their next journey. The … It has had a voluntary Quality Bus Partnership since 2012, and has previously won funds to ensure almost all buses …
FIRST BEATS A SCOTTISH RETREAT
… East 69404 (SN09 FAU), a Wright Eclipse Urban-bodied Volvo B7RLE, in Edinburgh last year on service X38 to Falkirk and … to sell underperforming or non-core businesses before 2012. How times and company culture have changed. This …
WARRINGTON’S OWN BUSES A MUNICIPAL SURVIVOR
… hours, where route leaflets are available. Wright bodied Volvo DK09ELW picks up in Sankey St. This is one of the few … current fleet. This consists (April 2022) of: ● 19 Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse 2 built 2009-2012; ● 17 DAF SB120 /Wright Cadet built 2006-7; ● 4 Optare …