(07 Aug 2014, 5:14 pm)jaimz13 wrote Has Arriva Selby still got Optare Spectra

According to the Sheffield Omnibus Enthusiasts Society (http://www.soes.org.uk/) Arriva Yorkshire Fleetlist, both of the two remaining Optare Spectras in the fleet are now at Heckmondwike.

(07 Aug 2014, 6:05 pm)peter wrote According to the Sheffield Omnibus Enthusiasts Society (http://www.soes.org.uk/) Arriva Yorkshire Fleetlist, both of the two remaining Optare Spectras in the fleet are now at Heckmondwike.

so is anything going sapphire or max in Selby

(07 Aug 2014, 5:14 pm)jaimz13 wrote Has Arriva Selby still got Optare Spectra

There still quite a lot of them in Wakefield which are situated at the Belle Isle Depot.

Have a look at this Page for more Details
http://www.soes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/docs/fleets/AY.pdf

(07 Aug 2014, 7:46 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote There still quite a lot of them in Wakefield which are situated at the Belle Isle Depot.

Have a look at this Page for more Details
http://www.soes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/docs/fleets/AY.pdf

The Wakefield ones are Low Floor examples, while:

(07 Aug 2014, 6:05 pm)peter wrote According to the Sheffield Omnibus Enthusiasts Society (http://www.soes.org.uk/) Arriva Yorkshire Fleetlist, both of the two remaining Optare Spectras in the fleet are now at Heckmondwike.

637/9 are the last 2 High Floor examples with Arriva Yorkshire however Yorkshire Tiger have 634.

The rest of First York's new Optare Versa EVs are now complete and are awaiting delivery, at present they are as followed:

49907 YJ14BJE
49908 YJ14BJF
49909 YJ14BJK
49910 YJ14BJO
49911 YJ14BJU
49912 YJ14BJV

However, considering the closeness to the end of August and the arrival of the 64 registrations, expect them to be re-registered.

(08 Aug 2014, 12:36 pm)Kuyoyo wrote The rest of First York's new Optare Versa EVs are now complete and are awaiting delivery, at present they are as followed:

49907 YJ14BJE
49908 YJ14BJF
49909 YJ14BJK
49910 YJ14BJO
49911 YJ14BJU
49912 YJ14BJV

However, considering the closeness to the end of August and the arrival of the 64 registrations, expect them to be re-registered.

Are these also for the 59 or are they for another route?

(08 Aug 2014, 12:54 pm)Adam wrote Are these also for the 59 or are they for another route?

Reportedly for use on the 9 (Monk Cross) replacing 6 B7RLEs off Park & Ride onto normal York city work to replace 6 Volvo B7Ls to Leeds.

(08 Aug 2014, 1:06 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Reportedly for use on the 9 (Monk Cross) replacing 6 B7RLEs off Park & Ride onto normal York city work to replace 6 Volvo B7Ls to Leeds.

ah right. Thank you

Something that doesn't get mentioned much is the North Yorkshire Dales...

Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches have taken on former Pennine service 580 (Skipton - Settle) commercially as an extension of their 581 service from Kirkby Lonsdale. A new timetable can be found on the Dalesbus website here
A new addition to service this new route is former Trent Barton Optare Excel Y251DRC

Other increases have been implemented on NYCC's own services too, 14 (Skipton-Embsay) now runs hourly all day, while 211 (Skipton-Malham) now runs every weekday with the introduction of services on Tue/Thu. Service 58 (Skipton-Giggleswick) is replaced by KLC service 580 as mentioned above.

Meanwhile, in South Yorkshire...
A number of service changes were implemented in the Rotherham area on 19th July, as a result of the new "Rotherham Bus Partnership" - A few notable changes as a result of this:
Powells gained a new service 4 between Bramley, Rotherham and Meadowhall
First service 22 between Rotherham and Barnsley now runs every 15 minutes but has been extended half hourly from Rotherham to Meadowhall, and these journeys are numbered as 22M
TM Travel service 31 (Rotherham-Meadowhall) was doubled to half hourly, and now also has 2 branded buses - 1193/4 (YJ57EHB/EHC) have been repainted out of "Travel South Yorkshire" livery into a new yellow Line 31 livery - as seen here on YJ57EHC
TM Travel service 271 (Crystal Peaks - Worksop) has been culled and replaced with a 2-hourly (in each direction) loop within South Yorkshire operated as service 26/26A
TM Travel service A1 (Sheffield - Rotherham) has been mostly cut, now running between Meadowhall and Waverley only, the rest has been replaced by various services, First services 71 (Rotherham - Meadowhall via Brinsworth & Sheffield Business Park) and 72 (Sheffield - Rotherham via Catcliffe & Brinsworth)

Geldards are running a special x28 to Leeds Festival.
Saw a couple of Spectras carrying decent loads earlier.

Drove the slow way home tonight, due to accidents on the A1, Bank Holiday traffic and fearing the worst with Leeds Festival traffic.

Just a few observations:
The variety of stuff operating the rail replacements between Selby and Hull. Quite a variety, ranging from Solo's to Coaches.

There were a few oddities in York, with branded EYMS stuff off route.
Saw the Gold Arriva Yorkshire decker for the first time too.

Stagecoach Manchester's loan to Sheffield's Holbrook depot increases this evening with the transfer of MAN 18.220/Alexander ALX300 22105/129 (S105/129 TRJ) today ready to operate the R1 (Castle Square, Angel Street - Granville Road Tram Stop).

For details on this service and the reason why it is operating, see: http://www.supertram.com/latestfromsupertram_8167.html

The first of First West Yorkshire's heritage liveries - 37048 has been painted into a Olympia-version of Halifax Corporation livery (due to Halifax Joint Committee having the rights to the original livery design

Photo @ Danny's Bus Photos

Looks like Arriva MPDs 220 and 221 have joined their Yorkshire Tiger subsidiary.

Not sure whether I have ever posted on here, but if you are a fan of the Red Arrows and you tine your journey right, the Stagecoach 103 from Scunthorpe to Lincoln, calls into RAF Scampton.
It doesn't go 'behind the wire', like the one at RAF Leeming - as the accommodation is behind, rather than inside.

Either way, a private display is still always possible.
Just need to stick with a Solar/Pulsar type vehicle for the duration!

Arriva will be upgrading their service 415 (York-Selby) in the new year - first to every 15 minutes in January followed by 'MAX' upgrade in March.

(02 Oct 2014, 5:48 pm)Robert wrote Looks like Arriva MPDs 220 and 221 have joined their Yorkshire Tiger subsidiary.

They are on-loan to K-Line which that operation is repainted and rebranded 'Tiger Blue from K-Line' - along with 208 and 212.

First South Yorkshire's seed Wright StreetDeck - 35101

Photo @ Donrobni

Just noticed that PJ51 LDJ is over at Birmingham for the 'BUPA Great Birmingham Run' - has a banner dangling down from its top deck

Meet 'Tiger Blue'

Photo @ Warren Hawkins

(28 Oct 2014, 10:32 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Meet 'Tiger Blue'

Photo @ Warren Hawkins

Looks good 

EYMS didnt really think when desigining this seasons 120:X20 timetable. With it going into both Primrose Valley and Reighton Sands Holiday Villages the roads are narrow enough. Except the didnt really take this into account. A 120 heading towards Bridlington is due to leave the stop on Reighton Sands Holiday Village at xx:00 which is fine. However, the 120 heading towards Scarborough is timed to leave the same stop at xx:01. This means most of the time, they would have to pass eachother on the site or on the road down to the village where the road, to be honest, isnt much wider.

Also worth note. The 19:05pm 120 departure from Scarborough to Reighton Sands Holiday Village didnt terminate there at all in a week. I suspect it will terminate at somewhere like Primrose Valley Holiday Park which is the main holiday park of the 4 situated on the Scarborough/Filey section of the East Coast. There is also the element that the Summer holiday season is over and not many people are going to be in Scarborough until 19:00 at night anyway...especially if that is the last departure.

My last little nag at the 120:X20 is the reliability of the Volvo B9TL Enviro 400s. The total PVR of both services combined is 4. And they have 4 E400s despite only 2 being branded for the services. The only 2 that i can say that have seen daily usage over the past week have been 722 and 723. No sign of 724 and 725 at all with Volvo B7TL Geminis, Volvo B9TL Wright Gemini (1 and 2) and 3 times service 120 has seen a Volvo B7RLE Plaxton Centro allocated. Coming back from Filey last night, i saw 723 parked in a layby (which strangly wasnt even on the 120 route) being reoiled by the maintenance team and looked very sorry for itself.
Rant over.

Bit of info I've picked up from my EYMS handbook by Steven Knight Media;

I gather that due to a reduced school requirement, 10 vehicles have been delicenced. They are Olympians 619, 627, 632, 634, 635, 636, 637, 690 & 693. Dart SLF 471 has also been delicenced apparently.

Olympian 626, Mercedes O405s 285, 299 and 300, along with Excel 253 are registered for disposal, while B10BLE 309 and Dart SLF 163 are on loan to Whittles.

No idea if it has already been mentioned ( I keep forgetting to mention it), but Arriva Yorkshire have put cherished plates on Gemini's operating the 415.
Although not all have been given Max treatment, AO7 MAX (new livery, but no vinyls) and AO2 MAX (still in old livery) have been two plates, allocated to vehicles.
I imagine there are others, have yet to see them.

(28 Nov 2014, 4:25 pm)Andreos1 wrote No idea if it has already been mentioned ( I keep forgetting to mention it), but Arriva Yorkshire have put cherished plates on Gemini's operating the 415.
Although not all have been given Max treatment, AO7 MAX (new livery, but no vinyls) and AO2 MAX (still in old livery) have been two plates, allocated to vehicles.
I imagine there are others, have yet to see them.

I think you've got it mixed up - 1502 (AY02 MAX, YJ59BTV) is one of 2 Selby-based Geminis refurbished to MAX standards already alongside 1506 (AY06MAX, YJ59BUA). 1507 (AY07MAX, YJ59BUE) has yet to make the trip to Blackburn.

The full list of registrations are (those in bold are those already refurbished):

1500 (AY08 MAX)
1501 (AY09 MAX)
1502 (AY02 MAX)
1503 (AY03 MAX)
1504 (AY04 MAX)
1505 (AY05 MAX)
1506 (AY06 MAX)
1507 (AY07 MAX)

Yes, that's them! Got them mixed up.

(01 Dec 2014, 9:03 am)Scott wrote According to buses mag 309 has returned to East Yorkshire.

Also note that Whittles is now up for sale.

That mean buses up for sale to or they go back to EYMS

(01 Dec 2014, 9:03 am)Scott wrote According to buses mag 309 has returned to East Yorkshire.

Also note that Whittles is now up for sale.

Think it has been back for a while now.

Is Leeds in Yorkshire?

Sorry I'm just really bad with counties and regions, etc., I think it's classed West Yorkshire!

Anyway, I never want to see another Enviro400 ever again. Must have counted about 40-50 in First colours, along with one or two B7TL Geminis and an ALX400.

Saw loads of Arriva stuff as well, although I must say Leeds seems very much like Newcastle - in the sense that certain areas are dominated by different operators.

Saw quite a bit of YorkshireTiger action too!