Bus Fleet News

  February 2020   

last update 26th February

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    Latest News

Hulleys: Seasonal X71 starts on 29th March, Sheffield to Stoke via Alton Towers - more details soon! ***Trent: New buses now in use on Cotgrave Connection. More E200 MMCs expected over next 2 years. ***Midland Classic: Olympian 96 repainted into Stevensons livery. ***Yourbus: Where the fleet has gone, list updated.

Here you will find all the latest bus fleet news for many bus operators in and around the Derbyshire area. If you have anything to report please contact me by clicking here

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Andrews of Tideswell

NEWS
9th January 2018
A new addition to the fleet is Trident (LX51 FJA) from Hulleys, Baslow 2/1/18.

Arriva Derby

NEWS
15th January 2020
Cadets 2745/6/8 remain is use, on loan whilst other buses in the fleet are repainted / have exhausts upgraded. Volvo/Wright Eclipse 3927 remains in use for the same purpose. VDL 3763, and Omnicities 3566 and 3572 are the last vehicles at Derby in the old style inter urban livery (apart from loaned vehicles).

23rd April 2019
Scanias Omnicities 3581 and 3582 have joined the training school fleet renumbered 9561 and 9562.

4600 has moved to Tamworth some weeks ago, but has not seen service there. Currently VOR. 4200 remains at Tamworth but may move to Derby once 4600 is in use there.

Most/all of the Solos have now moved on to elsewhere within Arriva:

2505 - Telford,
2506 - Oswestry,
2507 - Shrewsbury,
2508 - Cannock,
2509 - High Wycombe,
2510 - Cannock,
2511 - Telford,
2512 - ??,
2513 - Cannock,
2514 - Cannock,
2515 - ??,
2516 - Cannock,
2517 - ??,
2618 - Telford,
2519 - Shrewsbury?,
2520 - Telford,
2521 - Telford,
2522 - Shrewsbury.
 

CT4N

NEWS
26th February

Former Trent route 21 Tempo 318 (YJ07 VSP) is now in use with CT4N reregistered as (J19 CTN) after being in storage for quite some time. Sister vehicle 317 (YJ07 VSO) has been used for spares and will be going / has gone for scrap.
(C) Geoff Girling

Derby minibus

G&J Holmes

NEWS
9th September 2017
  The last two Solos have been sold. (LJ60 LTY) is now with Stephensons, Easingwold and (MX59 AVT) is now with Llew Jones, Llanrwst.

Glovers of Ashbourne

Harpurs Coaches

   

25th February 2020

Former Harpurs Olympian (M234 VSX) has been converted into a Cafe at a camp site on the outskirts of Warminster in Wiltshire. The owners of the camp site said that they acquired it from the Manchester area about 6 months ago.
(C) Phil G  

1st June 2019
All over yellow Volvo B7TL, Alexander ALX400 (LJ03 MXL) arrived here in April, thought to be last operated by Richardson Travel of Midhurst, West Sussex after they cesed trading in February. Formerly with Arriva London..

8th November 2018
A new addition here is B12M (B204 COX) from Cox of Belper.

Hawkes Coaches

NEWS

A fairly recent addition to the fleet (Jan) is former Panther Travel B12B (YN54 WWT). It carried (DB 54 PAN) when at Panther Travel.
(C) Geoff Girling

High Peak

Former Yourbus Citaro 805 (BF62 JYW) is now in use with High Peak, branded for the Skyline 199 route between Buxton to Manchester Airport.
(C) Chris Gaskin

Skyline branded Citaro 804 (BN12 EOX) is seen here in Derby bus station on the Transpeak route.
(C) John Moore

Hulleys of Baslow

NEWS + SIGHTINGS

Solo number 6, in West Hallam on the last day Hulleys operate the route 11 on 23rd February 2020. Littles will continue running the evening service until Saturday. The funding from the council, which supported the service until now, has been removed and used to fund the daytime service 59. Yourbus previously operated the 59 commercially and the 11 under contract.
(C) Geoff Girling

Versa number 5 with cream fleet names applied. It should be in use soon.
(C) Ian Morrcroft

Scania (YN05 GXA) is currently on loan, seen here in Chesterfield.
(C) Tony Wilson

Johnson Bros / Redferns

NEWS & SIGHTINGS

Former Nottingham City Transport (YN04 UJF) is now in operation with Redferns and is seen here in Chesterfield.
(C) Tony Wilson

| Arriva Derby |

| Felix |

| Glovers |

| Hulleys |

| Midland Classic |

| Stagecoach |

| TM Travel |

| Wellglade |

 

   Linburg

Littles Travel

NEWS + SIGHTINGS

Former Morebus Volvo, fleet number B4 (HF54 HGL) is seen here in Ripley on route 144.
(C) Daniel Mullins

Former Morebus Volvo (HF54 HGK) is seen here in Derby before working a 9A.
(C) Geoff Girling

Midland Classic

NEWS

22 now carried fleet livery.
(C) Mark Kinson

In the photographers words, 96 is seen here looking replendent in Stevensons of Uttoxeter livery, back at the garage after repaint.
(C) Keith West

219 in Burton.
(C) Mark Kinson

Former Yourbus E200 number 40 has been repainted into fleet livery.
(C) Mark Kinson

Solo 29 carries branding for route 2.
(C) Mark Kinson

Scania (K7 YCL) is on loan from Centrebus, seen here in Burton.
(C) Chris Broom

18th July 2019
E200s 1 and 2 have been branded for the X12 service.

Gemini 47 has returned to service after previously passing to a dealer where it was advertised for sale.

Number 2 (KW14 MCL) now carries the new X12 livery. Seen here in New Street, Burton.
(C) Chris Broom

Number 1 (JB14 MCL) now carries the new X12 livery. The yellow is a different shade to the standard fleet livery, very similar or the same a trent barton villager yellow.
(C) Geoff Girling

Nottingham buses

6th April 2016

Skills, Nottingham

NEWS
6th February 2019
The last 2 ex Lothian Tridents have been re-registered, all now in service (full list is below in previous update). (SIL 7025) and (SIL 7028) remain in Lothian livery. A new paintshop/workshop is currently under construction, so they are unlikely to be painted until this is up and running.

Mercedes (MCT 612) reverted back to (FN07 AEA) and was sold to an operator in Ireland in December 2019.

Yutongs (YJ15 HLM) is now (MCT 612) and (YG65 ABV) has become (VCZ 9811). The other vehicle that carried (VCZ 9811) has reverted to (FN53 ???)!

3 new Levante 3s in use are (BV69 KRE/F/G). (FJ61 EWR/V) have come off national express work as a result, and are now used on schools. 3 more new Levantes due in the summer to replace further older examples.

Levantes (FJ09 DWY) and (FJ09 DXT)have both been sold, the later to an operator in Milton Keynes after being upseated to 70.

(FJ10 EZT/U) back in use, but expected to be sold. (SIL 7027), formerly (MV11 LVM) reported as sold in exchange for a new Volvo team coach.

Scania Berkhof (SIL 7943), (SIL 9541) and (SIL 7948) reported sold/for sale along with Beaulas (SIL 7029/30) ex (YN55 KWR/T).

6 new Scania Irizars may join the fleet later in the year.

15th September 2019

Trident (SN04 ABZ) is now (SFZ 5770). The final two have yet to be reregistered.

(BV19 LNE) is now in use with Silverdale, and Skills have similar (BV19 LNH). Neoplans (SIL 7028) and (SIL 7947) have left.

(FJ09 DXU) is now a 70 seater.

2 35 seat Yutongs have arrived, a 15 plate and 65 plate. More soon.

18th July 2019

2 new MCV bodied Volvo B11R coaches are here as (BV19 LNF/G). Both have entered service in plain white. 2 Neoplans (MF11 LVJ/K), in use here as (SIL 7024/5) have left the fleet in part exchange. Another MCV is due for Skills and 5 for Silverdale later in the year.

Skills brand new MCV521 Volvo B11R is seen here on Victoria Embankment.
(C) Calum Maclennan

30th June 2019

2 new Levante 3s are here as (BV19 XPO/P), with a third expected soon.

Van Hool coach (YD14 GDU) has arrived here, has been repainted and now carries registration (N1 SMC).

Former (N1 SMC) has been registered (UJI 6312).

New Tourismos here are (BV19 YJC/D). Both have been painted. (BV19 YCA/B) are in plain white at Silverdale. (SFZ 5770/1) reverted to registrations (YT11 LPJ/K) before going to Evobus in part exchange. The private plates will go on the ex Lothian Tridents.

Olympian (M421 UKN) is another to go to freeway, joining 418/9/20.

S451 is now in Norfolk in use as a fruit picker and W301 to an operator in Staffordshire.

Ex Lothian Tridents here are:
(SN04 ABV), now (SIL 7025) - still in Lothian livery.
(SN04 ABX), now (SIL 6434),
(SN04 ABZ), now (SFZ 5770),
(SN04 ACV), now (SIL 6435),
(SN04 ACU), now (SIL 7024),
(SN04 ACY), now (SIL 7032),
(SN04 ADX), now (SIL 3431),
(SN04 AEA), now (SFZ 5771),
(SN04 AEK), now (SIL 9126),
(SN04 AEL), now (SIL 7028).

Olympians (M218/9/20 UKN) are now with Freeway.

(KJZ 8508) has reverted back to (FJ04 SNX) has been sold for export. Trident (SN04 AEL) will be an 82 seater and fully DDA as back up for (SN17 MVV).

(M419/21 UKN) and (S451 ATV) have been sold. (W301 MKY) thought to have gone. (W302/3 MKY) remain in use.

TM Travel

NEWS:
See Wellglade section.

The Wellglade group
trent barton, kinchbus, notts+derby and T M Travel.

NEWS

609 in use with notts + derby.
(C) Geoff Girling

733 in use ith Kinchbus.
(C) Geoff Girling

735 in use with Kinchbus.
(C) Geoff Girling

664 now carries an advert for 88vape.
(C) Chris Gaskin

145 seen here on the Calverton Connection. This new vehicle caries trent barton fleet names on the mango livery.
(C) Geoff Girling

A recently preserved, former Arriva Leicester, Citaro bendybus was used by TM Travel to move the Chatsworth Christmas market crowds, operating a duplicate service on the 218 from Sheffield to Chatsworth. It is seen here at CHatsworth.
(C) DBD

Vallances

NEWS
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Yourbus, Nottingham

NEWS
YOURBUS ceased trading on Friday 4th october 2019

25th February 2020

The list further down the page lists all the known operators of the former fleet. Just a few left unaccounted for (the ones in red).

3029 (BK13 XYF) now with Harrogate coach travel (connexions).

Former Yourbus E200 MMC (YY18 THU) now in use at Ensignbus. Seen here at Lakeside bus station.
(C) DBD

Former Yourbus E200 1414 in use in Wigan with Diamond North West, still in full yourbus livery. Most have been repainted or had large Diamond fleet names applied.
(C) Geoff Girling

Former Yourbus Citaro Demonstrator 3032 (BF60 OEZ) now with Diamond North West.
(C) Geoff Girling

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