(12 Oct 2018, 8:27 am)Kuyoyo wrote First West Yorkshire
Photos of the next batch of 'Leeds City' Streetdecks complete at Wrightbus are now appearing - the entire batch have been confirmed as joining the original batch at Hunslet Park (note - for now), 9 will join the original batch as Red examples for the Headingley Corridor while the rest will be navy blue for the Dewsbury Road corridor - that being the 2 (Roundhay Park to Middleton Thorpe Lane), 3/3A (Brackenwood or Gleadhow to White Rose Centre), 12 (Roundhay Park to White Rose Centre or Middleton Circus or Middleton Thorpe Lane) and 13/13A (Brackenwood or Gleadhow to Middleton Thorpe Lane).
And now for the reason for some of the next batch being red examples again, 5 of the original batch are currently in the process of being rebranded for the new Thorpe Park expresses X26/X27 in a Mustard Yellow version - 35261 being one of the first done. 35266 meanwhile has gained an allover advert for 'The Springs' Shopping development on Thorpe Park. 35261-6 will be transferring to Bramley from the start of the X26/X27 at the end of this month.
More details - a member of the 'Travel West Yorkshire' forum has done some digging and it appears this second batch of 'Leeds City' Streetdecks totals 62 examples - up from the previously mentioned 60. They are numbered 35501-62 and will be registered SK68 TNX/Z, TOA/H/U/V, TPF/O/U/V/X-Z, TRV/X/Z, TSO/U/V/X-Z, TTE/F/J/O/U/V/X/Z, TUA/H/J/O/P/U-W/Y, TVA/C-F/J/L-P/T-Z, TWA/C-F.
Originally intended to increase to a combined 10 minutes frequency in December with the start of the X27, the Thorpe Park Express timetable will now remain every 15 minutes from the introduction on the 9th December, with the X26 reduced to every 30 minutes. Instead, the X27 will be extended to run between Leeds and Garforth Fairburn Drive via Thorpe Park, with the X26 also extending to Garforth at peak times.