Bus Fleet News

  June 2021   

last update 30th June

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    Latest News

Hulleys: More fleet additions, and a heritage livery. ***Trent: Versa start to enter service on the sixes. ***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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Whippets now operate Flixbus services that pass through Derby, often using former National Express Levantes. (BV67 JZN) is seen here in Derby bus station.
(C)Geoff Girling

Andrews of Tideswell

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Arriva Derby

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7th April 2021
Services are expected to return to December 2020 levels in Derby next week.

The Fast 1 VDLs have had the route branding removed.

New to Derby this Solo SR in now in use with Chaserider following their takeover of the Cannock operations, and has recently been repainted in their livery.
(C) Geoff Girling

New to Derby this Solo SR in now in use with Chaserider following their takeover of the Cannock operations, but has yet to be repainted.
(C) Geoff Girling

CT4N

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Derby minibus

DW Coaches, Clay Cross

G&J Holmes

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9th September 2017

Glovers of Ashbourne

Harpurs Coaches

   

17th May 2021

Volvo Gemini (LX53 AZU) on the A6 near Allestree.
(C) Adrian Healey

(YK06 DNU) now carries fleet livery. Seen here on Ascot Drive.
(C) Rob Hadfield

Hawkes Coaches

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High Peak

Hulleys of Baslow

NEWS + SIGHTINGS
21st May 2021
A third former Manchester Volvo B7RLE has joined the fleet as number 5 (MX55 FHH), replacing the Solo destroyed by fire. It has entered service in as acquired livery, mainly for use on schools.

19th May 2021
Solo number 5 was destroyed by fire at the garage on Monday evening, Omni 24 also likely to be beyond repair.

A third former First Manchester Volvo B7RLE is expected to join the fleet.

Solo 25 is being used for spares (never entered service here).

18th May 2021
A second former First Manchester Volvo B7RLE has joined the fleet. Numbered 25 (MX55 UAA) is in use in fleet livery.

3rd May 2021

Enviro 200 has been painted into this former Hulleys livery to mark 100 years of operation. Seen here in Bakewell on Thursday 29th April 2021, 100 years since services first began.
(C) Ian Moorcroft

A brand new addition to the fleet is Volvo MCV Evora 21 (Y100 HOB). Seen here in Derby on Rail Replacement work, on its first day in use, Sunday 25th April 2021.
(C) Chris Gaskin

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

Van Hool (L29 URG) now carries joint Flixbus / Linburg branding for use on the expanding Flixbus network of routes. Whippets are another operator that now pass through Derby on these services, often using former National Express Levantes.
(C)Adrian Healey

Littles Travel

NEWS + SIGHTINGS

Midland Classic

NEWS
30th June 2021

Scania i3 fleet numbers 24 and 26 are now in use here.

18th June 2021

Scania i3 number 26 now in use, with a second not too far behind.

The first of 6 Irizar i3 Scanias has entered service in the form of fleet number 26, seen here in Uttoxeter. Previously used on airport work, it now has a new seating configuration, with this example having high back seats, as seen through the nearside windows. The seats towards the back are very high, with most having an elevated position. It will be interesting to see how these unusual short heavyweight vehicles perform. From the passenger point of view, personally i think they portray a more upmarket image, somewhere between the regular bus and a coach, which has to be a good thing.
(C)Geoff Girling

Former Trent and High Peak Scania 221 (FN04 HTU) is currently on loan.
(C)Geoff Girling

Dart 222 (DE54 LUX) is currently here on loan.
(C)Mark Kinson

Scania 79 seen here working in Manchester, at Shudeshill Interchange.
(C) Geoff Girling

Commander 220 (FD52 GGV) is currently on loan to Midland Classic. Previously operarated by Arriva, then Chaserider, it understood to now be preserved.
(C) Geoff Girling

A new addition to the fleet is former Ipswich buses Optare Versa (YK08 EPA). It entered service yesterday, Thursday 8th April 2021.
(C) Keith West

Nottingham buses

6th April 2016

Paul S Winsons Loughborough

NEWS
16th August 2020

Volvo (FJU 973) seen here in Loughborough. New to Anglian,Beccles as (AU06 BPK), it was recently acquired from Blackpool Transport.
(C) DBD

Skills, Nottingham

NEWS
16th June 2021
4 DAF / Geminis have arrived here for school contracts. New to London they were last operated by Copelands. The 4 are:
(LJ05 BNB), (LJ05 BNE), (LJ05 BNL), (LJ05 GKX) .

Lots of vehicles going for scrap. Many were advertised for sale last year, and others have been vandalised whilst being stored:

Olympians (T437/9/77 JJF).

(W752 DOE) - next to last Olympian chassis.

Olympians (S456 ATV) , (EIG 4331).

(R471/4 RRA),

(SFZ 5768) former (X198 FOR), and (RUI 8263) ,

Beaulas (YN55 KWR) former (SIL 7029) and (SIL 9543) former (ET06 LCT).

22nd April 2021
Former Bilborough College owned B7TL GX55 NHY is now registered SIL 7029 and in the fleet livery.

Olympians (S457 ATV) and (T438 JJF) still see use.

8th December 2020
(SIL 7025) now carries fleet livery.

(SN53 EUZ) has been reregistered as (SIL 7947), this and (S457 ATV) are now back in use.

SKills have purchased former Bilborough college owned (GX55 NHY).

(YD14 GDU) has bee registered as (PUJ 925).

All the 61 plate levantes plus (BK15 AHN) are now in the Skills fleet.

19th October 2020
Forest team coach (YD14 GDU) now carries (N1 SMC). (L8 GER) now carries fleet livery, ex Luxuria as Forest director coach.

One vehicle remains in Lothian livery, (SIL 7025).

Skills have the 16 vehicle contract to run the NEC shuttles, once they start operating again. The 16 vehicle contract was previously operated by De Courcey, Coventry who went into administration in August. The 16 Citaros have transfered to Skills. They will be outstationed at NEC, but maintained in Nottingham.

5th October 2020
(regs corrected from last week)
(SIL 7028) now carries fleet livery.

(BV19 LNJ), (BV69 XYO) and (BV69 XYR) are now in the new Shearing livery, ready to start work in October.

Scania Higers (YT15 AVO/M/N/) and (YN15 ENC/E/F) are returning to Scania off lease.

The Volvo team coach for Forest is reported to be (N11 SMC).

All the 61 plate leavantes are now in use on schools.

TM Travel

NEWS:
See Wellglade section.

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

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Centro 761 now carries the new style notts and derby livery.
(C)Geoff Girling

Former Sixes Scania 688 is now in use with Connexions branded for the X1 Harrogate to Knaresborough route. it is seen here on its first day in service.
(C) David Russell

E400 number 11 in the new notts + derby livery.
(C) Chris Gaskin

Yourbus, Nottingham

NEWS
YOURBUS ceased trading on Friday 4th october 2019

For a list of former vehicles, where they moved on to, and one or two photos see previous news pages. Last Months News

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