Nostalgia - Deregulation 1986
Nostalgia - Deregulation 1986
Heres one for us older members of the forum.
I've just been remembering some of the services and operators that came about on or around deregulation October 1986.
Obviously you have the main operators and some of the well known independents such as
OK Travel
Low Fell Coaches
Catch a Bus
Resby Coaches
Hunters
But there are a couple that I can remember but unable to locate details on Google search etc.
These are
North Eastern Buses
Trojan Travel
Both of these operated in a livery similar to NBC green at the time.
North Eastern operated services in the Gateshead area numbered 91/92 I believe and operated similar to 93/94 loop, so will have been a competition service
Trojan operated as the Trojan Outer Circle (not sure if there was an inner circle) and this was Heworth to Washington.
Any one remember these and got any info on them?
NB. I may have queried this many moons ago but can't remember responses and can't work out how to direct search either scrolling through everything
(08 Mar 2022, 7:06 pm)ifm001 Heres one for us older members of the forum.
I've just been remembering some of the services and operators that came about on or around deregulation October 1986.
Obviously you have the main operators and some of the well known independents such as
OK Travel
Low Fell Coaches
Catch a Bus
Resby Coaches
Hunters
But there are a couple that I can remember but unable to locate details on Google search etc.
These are
North Eastern Buses
Trojan Travel
Both of these operated in a livery similar to NBC green at the time.
North Eastern operated services in the Gateshead area numbered 91/92 I believe and operated similar to 93/94 loop, so will have been a competition service
Trojan operated as the Trojan Outer Circle (not sure if there was an inner circle) and this was Heworth to Washington.
Any one remember these and got any info on them?
NB. I may have queried this many moons ago but can't remember responses and can't work out how to direct search either scrolling through everything
(08 Mar 2022, 7:06 pm)ifm001 Heres one for us older members of the forum.
I've just been remembering some of the services and operators that came about on or around deregulation October 1986.
Obviously you have the main operators and some of the well known independents such as
OK Travel
Low Fell Coaches
Catch a Bus
Resby Coaches
Hunters
But there are a couple that I can remember but unable to locate details on Google search etc.
These are
North Eastern Buses
Trojan Travel
Both of these operated in a livery similar to NBC green at the time.
North Eastern operated services in the Gateshead area numbered 91/92 I believe and operated similar to 93/94 loop, so will have been a competition service
Trojan operated as the Trojan Outer Circle (not sure if there was an inner circle) and this was Heworth to Washington.
Any one remember these and got any info on them?
NB. I may have queried this many moons ago but can't remember responses and can't work out how to direct search either scrolling through everything
(08 Mar 2022, 7:30 pm)Charles41 North Eastern were based on the Team Valley at BRS. Altona were based there too. North Eastern ran the 92 Gateshead to Kibblesworth route.
Trojan's route was basically a works service serving the industrial estates at Washington. Anyone could use it though. I did it in the late 1980s. The driver was the owner and he seemed to know most of the passengers. A lot of them seemed to work at a textiles plant. The service went all the way around Washington. I remember getting off at Concord and photographing the coach. He only had two vehicles.
Charles
(08 Mar 2022, 7:30 pm)Charles41 North Eastern were based on the Team Valley at BRS. Altona were based there too. North Eastern ran the 92 Gateshead to Kibblesworth route.
Trojan's route was basically a works service serving the industrial estates at Washington. Anyone could use it though. I did it in the late 1980s. The driver was the owner and he seemed to know most of the passengers. A lot of them seemed to work at a textiles plant. The service went all the way around Washington. I remember getting off at Concord and photographing the coach. He only had two vehicles.
Charles
(08 Mar 2022, 7:06 pm)ifm001 Heres one for us older members of the forum.There was conversation in another part of the forum and I think it was North Eastern that was mentioned then.
I've just been remembering some of the services and operators that came about on or around deregulation October 1986.
Obviously you have the main operators and some of the well known independents such as
OK Travel
Low Fell Coaches
Catch a Bus
Resby Coaches
Hunters
But there are a couple that I can remember but unable to locate details on Google search etc.
These are
North Eastern Buses
Trojan Travel
Both of these operated in a livery similar to NBC green at the time.
North Eastern operated services in the Gateshead area numbered 91/92 I believe and operated similar to 93/94 loop, so will have been a competition service
Trojan operated as the Trojan Outer Circle (not sure if there was an inner circle) and this was Heworth to Washington.
Any one remember these and got any info on them?
NB. I may have queried this many moons ago but can't remember responses and can't work out how to direct search either scrolling through everything
(08 Mar 2022, 7:06 pm)ifm001 Heres one for us older members of the forum.There was conversation in another part of the forum and I think it was North Eastern that was mentioned then.
I've just been remembering some of the services and operators that came about on or around deregulation October 1986.
Obviously you have the main operators and some of the well known independents such as
OK Travel
Low Fell Coaches
Catch a Bus
Resby Coaches
Hunters
But there are a couple that I can remember but unable to locate details on Google search etc.
These are
North Eastern Buses
Trojan Travel
Both of these operated in a livery similar to NBC green at the time.
North Eastern operated services in the Gateshead area numbered 91/92 I believe and operated similar to 93/94 loop, so will have been a competition service
Trojan operated as the Trojan Outer Circle (not sure if there was an inner circle) and this was Heworth to Washington.
Any one remember these and got any info on them?
NB. I may have queried this many moons ago but can't remember responses and can't work out how to direct search either scrolling through everything
North Eastern also ran the 91, formerly, the 647 between Newcastle and Lobley Hill but curtailed at Gateshead.
Other services off the top of my head were:
606: Clara Vale - Metrocentre - Gateshead
634: Hole-in-the-Wall Estate - Metrocentre - Dunston
635: Hole-in-the-Wall Estate - Newcastle
I think I may have posted the timetable to the 634 elsewhere on the forum.
Other operators include
Moor Dale
Classic, Annfield Plain
I think A-Line started services around that time.
Jolly in Sunderland
Andersons of Westerhope.
Calvary Coaches
(08 Mar 2022, 11:22 pm)Rapidsnap Other operators includeWas Moor Dale owned by arriva/Northumbria?
Moor Dale
Classic, Annfield Plain
I think A-Line started services around that time.
Jolly in Sunderland
Andersons of Westerhope.
Calvary Coaches
(08 Mar 2022, 11:22 pm)Rapidsnap Other operators includeWas Moor Dale owned by arriva/Northumbria?
Moor Dale
Classic, Annfield Plain
I think A-Line started services around that time.
Jolly in Sunderland
Andersons of Westerhope.
Calvary Coaches
(09 Mar 2022, 9:16 am)Mark1 Was Moor Dale owned by arriva/Northumbria?Eventually it was along with Rotchester and Marshall (R +M). There was also the short lived Easyway in Gateshead soon sent packing by the Big Orange Mk2 Nationals of Go Ahead and I am suprised no one has mantioned TMS/ Tyne & Wear omnibus. there was also Welcome and South Durham Buses.
Did arriva/TGM sell classic to JH coaches or did JH just take on extra work following the closure?
(09 Mar 2022, 9:16 am)Mark1 Was Moor Dale owned by arriva/Northumbria?Eventually it was along with Rotchester and Marshall (R +M). There was also the short lived Easyway in Gateshead soon sent packing by the Big Orange Mk2 Nationals of Go Ahead and I am suprised no one has mantioned TMS/ Tyne & Wear omnibus. there was also Welcome and South Durham Buses.
Did arriva/TGM sell classic to JH coaches or did JH just take on extra work following the closure?
These operators existed on both sides of deregulation:
In the Nexus area: Jolly (Sunderland) Economic (Whitburn). Coming into Newcastle from Northumberland: Vasey (Otterburn), Wrights (Nenthead), Gold Leaf (Wooler).
Services within Northumberland: R&M (Hexham and to the north-east), Snaith (Otterburn), Rothbury Motors (Rothbury), Northern Garage (Bellingham to Kielder), Raisbeck (Bedlington local), Crown (Morpeth), Tyne Valley (Hexham and north -west), Pattersons (Beadnell), Wansbeck (Ashington), Craiggs (Amble). There were also several other operators who ran school services within Northumberland which were open to the public.
(09 Mar 2022, 9:16 am)Mark1 Was Moor Dale owned by arriva/Northumbria?
Did arriva/TGM sell classic to JH coaches or did JH just take on extra work following the closure?
(09 Mar 2022, 9:16 am)Mark1 Was Moor Dale owned by arriva/Northumbria?
Did arriva/TGM sell classic to JH coaches or did JH just take on extra work following the closure?
Moor Dale were for a long time Newcastle Uniteds official travel partner and had the team coach and supporters club contract during most of the 90s.
I remember Welcome Buses as well who were the catalyst for Stagecoach bringing in Magic Bus on Tyneside and Stagecoach finally bought out Welcome.
(09 Mar 2022, 11:37 pm)Ambassador Moor Dale were for a long time Newcastle Uniteds official travel partner and had the team coach and supporters club contract during most of the 90s.
I remember Welcome Buses as well who were the catalyst for Stagecoach bringing in Magic Bus on Tyneside and Stagecoach finally bought out Welcome.
(09 Mar 2022, 11:37 pm)Ambassador Moor Dale were for a long time Newcastle Uniteds official travel partner and had the team coach and supporters club contract during most of the 90s.
I remember Welcome Buses as well who were the catalyst for Stagecoach bringing in Magic Bus on Tyneside and Stagecoach finally bought out Welcome.
(10 Mar 2022, 12:14 am)stagecoachbusdepot Welcome was a good few years before Magic Bus - Busways had taken over Welcome in 1993 (prior to Stagecoach era) and discontinued the name in 1995. Magic Bus didn't come on the scene until 1997.
(10 Mar 2022, 12:14 am)stagecoachbusdepot Welcome was a good few years before Magic Bus - Busways had taken over Welcome in 1993 (prior to Stagecoach era) and discontinued the name in 1995. Magic Bus didn't come on the scene until 1997.
(10 Mar 2022, 1:02 pm)Chris 1 Yeah, I think the Welcome depot was further along Saltmeadows Road. The CPS Haulage yard rings a bell. Anyone remember where the HMB depot was?
(10 Mar 2022, 1:02 pm)Chris 1 Yeah, I think the Welcome depot was further along Saltmeadows Road. The CPS Haulage yard rings a bell. Anyone remember where the HMB depot was?
(10 Mar 2022, 1:02 pm)Chris 1 Yeah, I think the Welcome depot was further along Saltmeadows Road. The CPS Haulage yard rings a bell. Anyone remember where the HMB depot was?I'm sure Altona were around there somewhere too. Certainly late 90s/early 00's.
Catch a bus seemed to do alright in South shields always an interesting fleet.
The end was always coming when they started introducing services like the 48 and C20 against the established busways 18 and X20. Had Stagecoach taken over busways when catch a bus were still around?
Were catch a bus based next to east Boldon metro station?
(10 Mar 2022, 3:30 pm)Mark1 Catch a bus seemed to do alright in South shields always an interesting fleet.
The end was always coming when they started introducing services like the 48 and C20 against the established busways 18 and X20. Had Stagecoach taken over busways when catch a bus were still around?
Were catch a bus based next to east Boldon metro station?
(10 Mar 2022, 3:30 pm)Mark1 Catch a bus seemed to do alright in South shields always an interesting fleet.
The end was always coming when they started introducing services like the 48 and C20 against the established busways 18 and X20. Had Stagecoach taken over busways when catch a bus were still around?
Were catch a bus based next to east Boldon metro station?
(10 Mar 2022, 3:30 pm)Mark1 Catch a bus seemed to do alright in South shields always an interesting fleet.
The end was always coming when they started introducing services like the 48 and C20 against the established busways 18 and X20. Had Stagecoach taken over busways when catch a bus were still around?
Were catch a bus based next to east Boldon metro station?
(10 Mar 2022, 3:30 pm)Mark1 Catch a bus seemed to do alright in South shields always an interesting fleet.
The end was always coming when they started introducing services like the 48 and C20 against the established busways 18 and X20. Had Stagecoach taken over busways when catch a bus were still around?
Were catch a bus based next to east Boldon metro station?
(10 Mar 2022, 1:02 pm)Chris 1 Yeah, I think the Welcome depot was further along Saltmeadows Road. The CPS Haulage yard rings a bell. Anyone remember where the HMB depot was?HMB was on the west side of Green Lane, Felling next to F Short Haulage.
(10 Mar 2022, 1:02 pm)Chris 1 Yeah, I think the Welcome depot was further along Saltmeadows Road. The CPS Haulage yard rings a bell. Anyone remember where the HMB depot was?HMB was on the west side of Green Lane, Felling next to F Short Haulage.