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SL16YOY First Bradford Wright Streetdeck 35236
Finally after a few guest appearances on the X6, First Bradford's new batch of Wright Streetdecks finally entered service for real on 24 July 2016. Quite why it took so long for these to enter service is unknown as there has been no real launch for these new buses. I can only speculate they wanted to leave a short gap between the removal of blue Hyperlink branded Wright Streetcars from the 72 before introducing blue buses onto the X6 which has a lot of common, albeit limited stop, sections
24 July 2016 was the date the X6 was reduced to serve Bradford to Leeds only but with a frequency increase to every ten minutes. This was part of a package of changes which saw the 72 reduced to every ten minutes between the two cities and the X63 between Bradford and Huddersfield increased to every 10 minutes to make up for the loss of the X6 through to Huddersfield.
Here we see 35236 on Bradford Road having just left the Stanningley Bypass at Dawsons Corner while heading for Bradford
I know a few folk dislike this dark blue based express livery which First uses in a number of area's but the gold areas and the style of route branding looks fantastic on these buses IMHO and even better in real life.
SL16YOY First Bradford Wright Streetdeck 35236
Finally after a few guest appearances on the X6, First Bradford's new batch of Wright Streetdecks finally entered service for real on 24 July 2016. Quite why it took so long for these to enter service is unknown as there has been no real launch for these new buses. I can only speculate they wanted to leave a short gap between the removal of blue Hyperlink branded Wright Streetcars from the 72 before introducing blue buses onto the X6 which has a lot of common, albeit limited stop, sections
24 July 2016 was the date the X6 was reduced to serve Bradford to Leeds only but with a frequency increase to every ten minutes. This was part of a package of changes which saw the 72 reduced to every ten minutes between the two cities and the X63 between Bradford and Huddersfield increased to every 10 minutes to make up for the loss of the X6 through to Huddersfield.
Here we see 35236 on Bradford Road having just left the Stanningley Bypass at Dawsons Corner while heading for Bradford
I know a few folk dislike this dark blue based express livery which First uses in a number of area's but the gold areas and the style of route branding looks fantastic on these buses IMHO and even better in real life.