"The Comparative Shot"
Ulsterbus (Ballymena) 1681, 1747
Two Ulsterbus Intercenturys noted side-by-side.
1681 was the final TCZ Intercentury to enter service, starting Goldline work with Omagh depot on 17th April 2004. It worked frontline Goldline Express Service 273 Derry - Omagh - Belfast until 2012 when it was detaxed and underwent school bus conversion.
1681 is noted here post-school bus conversion which saw it upseated to B69F, gain the Ulsterbus step-entrance service livery, and gain school bus 'wig-wag' lights.
1747 is noted in it's Goldline form, as 1681 would have looked 2004 - 2012. 1747 was new in 2005 as part of the second batch of 'new-era' Goldliners to Newcastle depot. It moved to Bangor in 2012 with the first 48 Irizar i4s entering the fleet, and then moved onto Larne a year later with a large batch of TCZ Intercenturys returning to the fleet after school bus conversion.
1747 remained based in Larne Depot until only a week before this photo was taken, when it moved to Ballymena.
Chasis/Bodywork: Scania K94IB/Irizar Intercentury
Ulsterbus 1681
Registration: TCZ 1681
Seating: B69F
Date New: March 2004
Ulsterbus Goldliner 1747
Registration: EEZ 6747
Seating: C53F
Date New: December 2005
Ballymena - 29.10.2014
Copyright © Mark Long 2014-15
"The Comparative Shot"
Ulsterbus (Ballymena) 1681, 1747
Two Ulsterbus Intercenturys noted side-by-side.
1681 was the final TCZ Intercentury to enter service, starting Goldline work with Omagh depot on 17th April 2004. It worked frontline Goldline Express Service 273 Derry - Omagh - Belfast until 2012 when it was detaxed and underwent school bus conversion.
1681 is noted here post-school bus conversion which saw it upseated to B69F, gain the Ulsterbus step-entrance service livery, and gain school bus 'wig-wag' lights.
1747 is noted in it's Goldline form, as 1681 would have looked 2004 - 2012. 1747 was new in 2005 as part of the second batch of 'new-era' Goldliners to Newcastle depot. It moved to Bangor in 2012 with the first 48 Irizar i4s entering the fleet, and then moved onto Larne a year later with a large batch of TCZ Intercenturys returning to the fleet after school bus conversion.
1747 remained based in Larne Depot until only a week before this photo was taken, when it moved to Ballymena.
Chasis/Bodywork: Scania K94IB/Irizar Intercentury
Ulsterbus 1681
Registration: TCZ 1681
Seating: B69F
Date New: March 2004
Ulsterbus Goldliner 1747
Registration: EEZ 6747
Seating: C53F
Date New: December 2005
Ballymena - 29.10.2014
Copyright © Mark Long 2014-15