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devoted servant

31677 P613WSU at the bottom of Great Horton Rd, Shearbridge in Bradford. Hardly worth taking a photograph in such depressing grey weather but it actually records what is very likely, pending some calamity between now and Christmas, the last publicly accessible Royale working with First West Yorkshire. It was the 09.33 Queensbury - Bradford 610 service on 16th December. The faithful servant had one last duty in the afternoon working a school contract in Clayton but then ran into the depot at just after 16.30 and was withdrawn. The Royale era started on 3rd October 1997, a Friday if I recall correctly, and has lasted just under 20 years..they were always a bit special I thought. I often felt it a shame the UK never had the Scania N113 with this body, like overseas did, I think that would have been the ultimate decker for some !

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Uploaded on December 18, 2016
Taken in December 2016