LK62 FUJ ‘First South Yorkshire’ No. 47402. Wright Streetlite D/F /2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
‘Scene’ Down Memory Lane once more in Sheffield /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
For part 1 see blog posted 24/12/2020.
On the 12th. of May 2013. ‘First South Yorkshire’ (FSY) organised a bus event to mark 100 years since the introduction of the motor bus in Sheffield.
It was held at ‘FSYs Olive Grove garage which is adjacent to the
‘Midland Main Line’ about half a mile to the South of Sheffield’s railway station.
A stones throw from the garage is the site of what was Queens Road tram depot where many of Sheffields trams were built and housed.
What is now the bus parking area at Olive Grove for many years was home to
‘Sheffield United Tours’ fleet of luxury coaches which eventually passed to ‘National Travel East’.
A part of Sheffield then that is steeped in the city’s transport history.
At the time ‘FSY’ were phasing out the ‘Barbie’ livery and replacing it with the mixture of pale blues and greys that is fortunately being replaced as I write with something that harks back to ‘Sheffield Transport’s earlier livery.
Google BD12 TCO to see an example or see page 12 in ‘Buses’ magazine for December 2020.
Apart from ‘FSY’s current fleet there were samples of earlier Sheffield buses and a good selection of preserved buses.
The current fleet at that time are represented by two Volvo/Wright double deckers that had been painted in ‘Heritage’ liveries from the past and a brand new Wright Streetllte D/F.
LK62 FUJ ‘First South Yorkshire’ No. 47402. Wright Streetlite D/F /2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
‘Scene’ Down Memory Lane once more in Sheffield /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
For part 1 see blog posted 24/12/2020.
On the 12th. of May 2013. ‘First South Yorkshire’ (FSY) organised a bus event to mark 100 years since the introduction of the motor bus in Sheffield.
It was held at ‘FSYs Olive Grove garage which is adjacent to the
‘Midland Main Line’ about half a mile to the South of Sheffield’s railway station.
A stones throw from the garage is the site of what was Queens Road tram depot where many of Sheffields trams were built and housed.
What is now the bus parking area at Olive Grove for many years was home to
‘Sheffield United Tours’ fleet of luxury coaches which eventually passed to ‘National Travel East’.
A part of Sheffield then that is steeped in the city’s transport history.
At the time ‘FSY’ were phasing out the ‘Barbie’ livery and replacing it with the mixture of pale blues and greys that is fortunately being replaced as I write with something that harks back to ‘Sheffield Transport’s earlier livery.
Google BD12 TCO to see an example or see page 12 in ‘Buses’ magazine for December 2020.
Apart from ‘FSY’s current fleet there were samples of earlier Sheffield buses and a good selection of preserved buses.
The current fleet at that time are represented by two Volvo/Wright double deckers that had been painted in ‘Heritage’ liveries from the past and a brand new Wright Streetllte D/F.