(07 Aug 2016, 5:03 pm)peter wrote Does anyone have an up-to-date fleet list for the Dales and District service vehicles??? (given the site list hasn't been updated since January)

Think the fleet is still the same apart from solo MX07JOJ been sold and all the Enviros at dales and district but one is up for sale and they got 1 new solo Sr so nothing has changed really apart from one solo gone and new one as arrived

(09 Aug 2016, 9:15 am)jaimzm wrote Think the fleet is still the same apart from solo MX07JOJ been sold and all the Enviros at dales and district but one is up for sale and they got 1 new solo Sr so nothing has changed really apart from one solo gone and new one as arrived

Think a few other Solo's may have left the fleet but I am uncertain which one's. Dales & District have the three E200's shown on the NEB fleet list plus YX14RZD has returned to Dales & District from Compass Royston following the end of the hospital contracted service. I'm struggling to keep up with the Dales & District fleet as I normally only see what they have on the Darlington services and not many other people photograph the Dales & District fleet and in most cases it's only what they have in Darlington, also they seem to have bought a few Solo's recently only to then get rid, the silver 60 reg example they had didn't stick around for long, they also acquired ex Webberbus Solo YJ59GGE but haven't heard much about that recently but it was suggested on here that it was for sale, then there is all the services that have been lost and cut since the fleet list was last done.

I'll try and see what I can find out, may do an outing on their services on Saturday.

(09 Aug 2016, 9:47 am)Jimmi wrote Think a few other Solo's may have left the fleet but I am uncertain which one's. Dales & District have the three E200's shown on the NEB fleet list plus YX14RZD has returned to Dales & District from Compass Royston following the end of the hospital contracted service. I'm struggling to keep up with the Dales & District fleet as I normally only see what they have on the Darlington services and not many other people photograph the Dales & District fleet and in most cases it's only what they have in Darlington, also they seem to have bought a few Solo's recently only to then get rid, the silver 60 reg example they had didn't stick around for long, they also acquired ex Webberbus Solo YJ59GGE but haven't heard much about that recently but it was suggested on here that it was for sale, then there is all the services that have been lost and cut since the fleet list was last done.

I'll try and see what I can find out, may do an outing on their services on Saturday.

Ex webber bus is at weardale and I know that the bluebird they've got for sale and one of the E200s I think your right few solos have left but not 100% like you I only see them when I come to darlo see my uncle driver

(09 Aug 2016, 11:45 am)jaimzm wrote Ex webber bus is at weardale and I know that the bluebird they've got for sale and one of the E200s I think your right few solos have left but not 100% like you I only see them when I come to darlo see my uncle driver

The ex Webberbus Solo that Dales & District had was YJ59GGE: https://flic.kr/p/J87rct Weardale have ex Webberbus YJ59GGA: https://flic.kr/p/K8cBAG unless Weardale have both. Think some of the 52 reg Solo's have left the fleet.

(09 Aug 2016, 9:47 am)Jimmi wrote Think a few other Solo's may have left the fleet but I am uncertain which one's. Dales & District have the three E200's shown on the NEB fleet list plus YX14RZD has returned to Dales & District from Compass Royston following the end of the hospital contracted service. I'm struggling to keep up with the Dales & District fleet as I normally only see what they have on the Darlington services and not many other people photograph the Dales & District fleet and in most cases it's only what they have in Darlington, also they seem to have bought a few Solo's recently only to then get rid, the silver 60 reg example they had didn't stick around for long, they also acquired ex Webberbus Solo YJ59GGE but haven't heard much about that recently but it was suggested on here that it was for sale, then there is all the services that have been lost and cut since the fleet list was last done.

I'll try and see what I can find out, may do an outing on their services on Saturday.

I have done some investigating and can come up with the following:

Firstly YJ59 AYZ now holds the registration 149 CYY

T25 SVN, YX14 RZC, AE60 GRX, MX55 BXR, MX55 BXS, YJ64 DXL, YJ16 DXR, 149 CYY, NX59 BYC and MX62 GUG are all definitely still a part of the fleet, they have all been photographed recently on Flickr as still being in service with Dales & District.

MX07 JOJ, MX07 JOU, MX57 CCD (and YJ60 LTZ) have all now been sold and have left the fleet.

YX60 DXY, YX14 RZD, NX10 CCA, MW52 PYY, NT06 GKA, MX05 EMV, MX07 JOH, MX57 CCE, MX57 CCF have not recently been photographed on flickr and as such may have left the fleet (although it seems unlikely in the case of the Enviros)

MW52 PYZ is currently SORN

On the bus and coach sales website:
T25 SVN is currently depicted as being for sale (however as this has been spotted recently while YX60 DXY has not - and is of the same age - they may have swapped over - but there is no concrete evidence for this)
YJ59 GGE is up for sale
MX07 JOJ is listed as being up for sale as 1 of 3, of course JOJ and JOU have been sold, in theory leaving JOH still for sale.

Compass Royston MPD MX05ENE is currently for sale on Bid Spotter.
https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/aucti...5f0117b0ea

Just updating all of our lists for the operators in this group...

A number of fleet members from each company are to be sold off at auction as mentioned by Jimmi above.


Compass Royston
Volvo B10M KIB7257 is now E770HJF
Volvo B10M YIL1224 is now P996JBC
Neoplan 1624WY is now YN03AUW
MAN 872UXW is now YN07EBV
These 4 have been transferred to "Procters - Sales fleet" in preparation for their sale at auction
Volvo B12M M33CRT is now back as YN10FZK
VDL Futura WT63FUT is now M33CRT

Dales & District
VDL Pulsar YJ59AYZ is now 149CYY
Volvo B7RLE NX59BYC is now KJZ13 (and repainted white - branded for service 73)

Procters
Bova MSU462 is now PX03EKB
Temsa Safari 687YUD is now HF06ETK
These 2 have been transferred to "Procters - Sales fleet" in preparation for their sale at auction
Neoplan PE11KHA has been sold to Barnards Coaches
Neoplan PE11KHB has been sold to Applegates, Gloucester
Scania Irizar PB 12KJP has been sold to ??

As mentioned yesterday, the Pulsar and Volvo B7RLE have been repainted and re-registered with new branding for service 73.
Dales & District: KJZ13 by Matthew Jimmison, on Flickr

Dales & District: 149CYY by Matthew Jimmison, on Flickr

(15 Aug 2016, 6:00 pm)Jimmi wrote As mentioned yesterday, the Pulsar and Volvo B7RLE have been repainted and re-registered with new branding for service 73

They look smart, as a potential customer I'm left wondering where the 73 goes though?

(15 Aug 2016, 6:12 pm)James101 wrote They look smart, as a potential customer I'm left wondering where the 73 goes though?

I know, doesn't seem to show where it serves anywhere on the bus other than the destination screens.

Had a quick drive by the Compass yard on the way back from a taxi run this afternoon.

Premiere PBZ8343 is now withdrawn, missing most of its panels and windows.
Two coaches in Procters livery are now based here... Caetano Enigma NSU611 & Neoplan Tourliner 74KJ
I've yet to work out physically which ones they are yet

New in at Compass is C2BCP Volvo B7R Plaxton Premier, still bright yellow. Guessing it's a 70 seater

Some Optare versa's in depot of dales and district

(19 Oct 2016, 5:42 pm)jaimzm wrote Some Optare versa's in depot of dales and district

Probably the one's which have been for sale with Procter's Bus and Coach Sales and have now been purchased by Catch22Bus in Blackpool. http://cbnw.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/versa...22bus.html

(19 Oct 2016, 5:51 pm)Jimmi wrote Probably the one's which have been for sale with Procter's Bus and Coach Sales and have now been purchased by Catch22Bus in Blackpool. http://cbnw.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/versa...22bus.html

Think your right yeah didn't know they got them nice to see more Optare around blackpool thank you

An interesting surprise on the Compass operated M12 today - in the form of one of the Tourliners (NLE I believe).

Today's M12 was operated by a Volvo B12BT Jonckheere - former Lochs & Glens liveried coach. Now registered 872UXW I have worked out this is former FJ60EJV, now in the Compass fleet... still in it's cream base with Compass logos.
Other L&G coaches NX10AAJ is now LXH869.

Procters have sold Jonckheere 9743HP to E&M Horsborough - back on it's old reg of SF05XYY
Neoplan's re-registered are
OU14SWV = 74KJ
OU14SWW = 12KJP

More registration changes at Compass Royston...

Cheetah YN09AOU (previously J33CRT) is now YIL1229
Tourliner MT12NLF to J33CRT

Optare Solo SR - YJ64 DXL now has a promotional advert for Acorn Stairlifts which has enabled the Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus service 856 between Northallerton and Gayle to have enough cash to operate throughout 2017. More info here: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14...m_the_axe/
Dales & District: YJ64DXL by Matthew Jimmison, on Flickr

Dales & District: YJ64 DXL by Matthew Jimmison, on Flickr

(16 Dec 2016, 7:33 pm)Jimmi wrote Optare Solo SR - YJ64 DXL now has a promotional advert for Acorn Stairlifts which has enabled the Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus service 856 between Northallerton and Gayle to have enough cash to operate throughout 2017. More info here: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14...m_the_axe/
Dales & District: YJ64DXL by Matthew Jimmison, on Flickr

Dales & District: YJ64 DXL by Matthew Jimmison, on Flickr

Radio 4 ran a feature today on rural services today.
I concentrated on the service between Appleby and Penrith and compared to other previously supported services, that have been picked up by community groups.
Worth a listen if you can find it.

(16 Dec 2016, 10:42 pm)Andreos1 wrote Radio 4 ran a feature today on rural services today.
I concentrated on the service between Appleby and Penrith and compared to other previously supported services, that have been picked up by community groups.
Worth a listen if you can find it.

I didn't hear it but I noticed that Friends of Dalesbus posted on their Facebook last night that today would be the last day of the Grand Prix Coaches 563 service between Kirkby Stephen and Penrith which I didn't know was ending until I saw the post on Facebook last night.

Here's a link to the programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b084ths2
The bit about the 563 starts about 8:50 into the programme apparently.

Think there is also doubts over some of the DalesBus routes returning in the summer next year, think the 830 which Arriva North East (and Travellers Choice) run and was also the route that featured on BBC Four's All Aboard! The Country Bus programme earlier in the year is one of the routes at risk of facing the axe.

(16 Dec 2016, 11:22 pm)Jimmi wrote I didn't hear it but I noticed that Friends of Dalesbus posted on their Facebook last night that today would be the last day of the Grand Prix Coaches 563 service between Kirkby Stephen and Penrith which I didn't know was ending until I saw the post on Facebook last night.

Here's a link to the programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b084ths2
The bit about the 563 starts about 8:50 into the programme apparently.

Think there is also doubts over some of the DalesBus routes returning in the summer next year, think the 830 which Arriva North East (and Travellers Choice) run and was also the route that featured on BBC Four's All Aboard! The Country Bus programme earlier in the year is one of the routes at risk of facing the axe.

That's the one.
Appologies for saying it was Appleby. Close enough though - still a canny hike from Penrith either way.

(16 Dec 2016, 11:24 pm)Andreos1 wrote That's the one.
Appologies for saying it was Appleby. Close enough though - still a canny hike from Penrith either way.

We'll let you off as it does run via Appleby

Kirkby Stephen will be left with a very limited service now, think there's only a service around college time (term time only) to Kendal, a service round the local area on a Friday and a few Cumbria Classic Coaches routes including the 572 between Ravenstonedale and Barnard Castle on a Wednesday.

Having done some digging, I have found some confirmation on further departures from the Dales and District fleet:

MX07 JOH was sold at auction in August (alongside MX05 ENE and YJ59 GGE which have already been noted - link here.)
NX10 CCA was actually sold at auction in April 2015 (alongside all of the old Leven Valley stock etc - link here.)
NT06 GKA and MX05 EMV have been sold to Cumfybus (Flickr photo's of NT06 GKA and MX05 EMV respectively)

(17 Dec 2016, 8:18 pm)peter wrote Having done some digging, I have found some confirmation on further departures from the Dales and District fleet:

MX07 JOH was sold at auction in August (alongside MX05 ENE and YJ59 GGE which have already been noted - link here.)
NX10 CCA was actually sold at auction in April 2015 (alongside all of the old Leven Valley stock etc - link here.)
NT06 GKA and MX05 EMV have been sold to Cumfybus (Flickr photo's of NT06 GKA and MX05 EMV respectively)

Also, just to confirm - I saw both ex Leven Valley E200's in service in Richmond yesterday, although there is still a listing for one on Proctors Bus and Coach Sales.

Yj64dxl was on the 72 today, mx62gug was on the 73. Ae60grx was on the 70 on the morning and later in the day made a rare appearance on the x34. T25svn was on the 29. Yx60dxy was on the x34 early in the day. And yj16dxr was on the 159 as usual.

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PB0004318/34 PROCTERS COACHES (NORTH YORKSHIRE) LTD, TUTIN ROAD, LEEMING BAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, NORTHALLERTON, DL7 9UJOperating between Bedale and Richmond given service number 73 effective from 27 March 2017. To amend Timetable

Joining the fleet at Procters recently was Volvo B11R Jonckheere SHV BT66MPX in Lochs & Glens livery.

BT66 MPX Lochs and Glens Holidays this coach is operated by Procters by SN15 GBD, on Flickr

Went to the Proctors depot today at Leeming bar and found Yx14rzd with a sign saying vehicle of road it had been of for agers before yesterday when I went on it and it did not sound healthy. Also an 08 plate solo Mx08myn was there maybe going to go up for sale. And as I was leaving Ae60grx returned to the depot with an engineer on it with service X34 on the board.

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(23 Feb 2017, 1:48 pm)ENEB wrote Went to the Proctors depot today at Leeming bar and found Yx14rzd with a sign saying vehicle of road it had been of for agers before yesterday when I went on it and it did not sound healthy. Also an 08 plate solo Mx08myn was there maybe going to go up for sale. And as I was leaving Ae60grx returned to the depot with an engineer on it with service X34 on the board.

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(23 Feb 2017, 1:48 pm)ENEB wrote Went to the Proctors depot today at Leeming bar and found Yx14rzd with a sign saying vehicle of road it had been of for agers before yesterday when I went on it and it did not sound healthy. Also an 08 plate solo Mx08myn was there maybe going to go up for sale. And as I was leaving Ae60grx returned to the depot with an engineer on it with service X34 on the board.

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I've just seen one of the ex Lochs and Glens Jockenheere Volvos, now minus L&G vinyls, wearing Compass ones instead, operating a Megabus service. Approaching Middlesbrough just before 9 this morning.


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