Yorkshire Bus Operations
Yorkshire Bus Operations
Arriva Yorkshire & Yorkshire Tiger
Following the end of the Leeds Bradford Airport 'Flying Tiger' services, the fleet has been spread about:
VDL SB120/Wright Cadet 621 and VDL SB200/Wright Commander 1410 are of course on long-term long to Arriva North East
Optare Versa 791-5 have transferred to the main Yorkshire fleet at Castleford depot, repainted into 'Sapphire' livery and will see use on the Leeds-Castleford services 167/168
E200MMCs 1070-75 are operating from Wakefield Belle Isle depot, currently 'on loan'
Also transferred from Yorkshire Tiger to the main Arriva Yorkshire fleet are VDL SB180/MCV Evolution 663-665 (YJ60 GFV/X/Y) and 666/667 (YJ10 DFA/C), which are now allocated to Selby depot. In exchange, Castleford's Optare Tempos 1307-12 (YJ09 EYL/M/O/P/R/S) have moved to Yorkshire Tiger at Huddersfield Waterloo depot - the Tempos were originally due to move to Selby but their poor steering lock proved to be the downfall to that plan.
The lose of the Flying Tiger work also saw the company vacate the Idle depot (Transdev have now taken over the lease) and hand back the Bradford area contracts - therefore ex-ANE Solos 2803-5/7/8/11/14/29 have transferred to Elland depot, reuniting them with sisters 3020/1 (formerly 2826/31) although at present, 2805/7/29 look to be VOR judging by the Bus Times data.
