Bus Fleet News

  July 2020   

last update 31st July

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    Latest News

Hulleys: More fleet additions, and a heritage livery. ***Trent: New E200 MMC buses arrive for Rainbow 1 and Kinchbus Skylink Derby. 2021 part of order cancelled. ***Midland Classic: 6 additional buses arrive. ***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
21st June 2020
E200 MMC 3102 (YX17NLC) and 3104 (YX17 NLE) are currently in use here. They still carry the blue and white livery for the east midlands airport car park shuttles, which they were used on last summer. 3101 has has had the centre door removed and has been repainted in standard Arriva livery.

20th April 2020
4218 and 4221 reported to be on loan to Cannock.

20th April 2020
Two former City Rider / Arriva Derby vehicles, Scania / East Lancs (N429 XRC) and Mercedes minibus (P485 CAL) have now been preserved.

Currently the Volvo Geminis and Scania Omnicities / Wright Scania saloons appear to be SORN, with the E400s, Streetlites and VDL saloons making up the fleet that is in use. 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

   

27th May 2020

(YK06 DNU) is one of two BMC Condors now in use here.
(C) Chris Gaskin  

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
31st July 2020
Hulleys have painted Enviro 15 in Silver Service livery to celebrate 100 years since the formation of that company.

Solo number 9 has been advertised For Sale.

Hulleys number 2, seen here in sunny Sheffield, looking very smart after a recent repaint into fleet livery.
(C) Ian Moorcroft

Hulleys have painted Enviro 15 in Silver Service livery to celebrate 100 years since the formation of that company.
(C) Adrian Healey

Gemini number 2 has joined the fleet.
(C) Ian Moorcroft

Versa number 5 now carries fleet livery.
(C) Ian Moorcroft

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

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| Glovers |

| Hulleys |

| Midland Classic |

| Stagecoach |

| TM Travel |

| Wellglade |

 

   Linburg

Littles Travel

NEWS + SIGHTINGS

B15 seen here in Ripley in March.
(C) Daniel Mullins

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
31st July 2020

6 extra buses have joined the fleet as more buses will be needed to provide school services from September. All are Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President H66D, ex Metroline. They are set to enter service in London red. Details below.

101 (LK04 NNE), ex Metroline VPL596,
102 (LK04 NNF), ex Metroline VPL597,
103 (LK04 NNL), ex Metroline VPL601,
104 (LK54 FWL), ex Metroline VPL631,
105 (LK54 FWO), ex Metroline VPL634,
106 (LK54 FWR), ex Metroline VPL635.

12th June 2020

63 now carries fleet livery, complete with new style fleet name. It also has the addition of the rainbow stripe and adverts thanking key workers for their efforts throughout the current situation.
(C) Geoff Girling

Former Yourbus E200 number 22 now carries the new style fleetnames, for Midland Classic of Burton.
(C) Mark Kinson

Metrocity number 8 carries a new livery for route 9.
(C) James Boddice

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

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

732 now carries H1 livery along with 734.
(C) Geoff Girling

Former Pronto Scania 610 has recently been repainted into notts+derby livery. It is seen here on Rail Replacement work at East Midlands Parkway Station on a sunny Sunday 5th April.
(C) Michael Evans

Former Spondon Flyer Solo 501 has been on loan to Kinchbus.
(C) Geoff Girling

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

Citaro (BK13 XYF) is now with Connexions bus, and has been repainted and branded for route 13.
(C) Tommy Holland

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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