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First Potteries Scania L94UB/Wright Axcess-Ultralow 65567.S567TPW in John Street, Hanley on the 20th August 2014. (New to First Eastern Counties 2/1999 567)
First Glasgow (No.1) Limited 61568 S551 JSE, a Scania L94UB built 1998 with a Wright Axcess-Floline B40F body turns from Killermont Street in Glasgow onto North Hanover Street with the 11:30 Glasgow Buchanan bus station to Kilsyth (Northfield) 89 service with First Glasgow (No.1) Limited 33115 LT02 NVV, a Dennis Trident 2 built 2002 with a Plaxton President H39/24F body behind turning out of Buchanan bus station with the 11:38 Glasgow Buchanan bus station to Harestanes (Ellisland Drive) 88 service. Thursday 11th July 2013
Note, S551 JSE was originally operated by First Aberdeen Limited as number 551, was transferred to First Glasgow (No.1) Limited as SS154 in March 2001 and was officially renumbered 61578 in May 2003 in the FirstGroup plc’s national numbering scheme
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1, Wright Bus Axcess Floline Scania L94UB new as 9/1998, Newport 11.
2, Scania K270UB Alexander Dennis Enviro300SG New 2013 to Alexander Dennis Falkirk. Natural Gas fueled Vehicle. On loan for a while with NT
Taken at Newport Bus depot
Scania Paradise... Parked up at HCT's Tockwith depot is Scania L113CRL Wright Axcess Ultralow N414 ENW. A remarkable survivor, this bus was new in late 1995 to Rider York for Park and Ride duties as fleet number 8414 in a distinctive 2-tone blue livery and was one member in the very first full batch of low floor buses for Yorkshire. Along with later additions as the P&R operation expanded, this stayed in York for 7 years until 2002 when the entire singe decker York fleet had been replaced by inferior Volvo B7L's and B6BLE's - this bus moved to Potteries for a while beofre settling in the Leeds fleet. A rear-end collision almost spelled the end for this, however the decision was made to rebuild and repair to keep it in use. Upon reentering service with Firstgroup, it had been given the new Olympia livery and at the time was the oldest bus in passenger service to gain the livery. Withdrawn in late summer 2014, it was feared this would make a one-way trip to Barnsley - but instead was saved by Craig Temple of ConnexionsBuses; initially bought for preservation, a full inspection revealled it's condition was simply too good for it to not see a bit more use in service for now. So it has beenr epainted into fleet livery, minus fleetnames, and is getting a bit of use around their network.
It's original Yorkshire Rider fleetnumber can be seen to the nearside of the destination display.
Most notable about this photo is that the bus has now gained fleetnames and logos, so it now looks less transient.
Alongside is ex-Chester Scania L113CRL Wright Axcess Ultralow 5385 WX (R83 EMB) and behind is withdrawn P177 VDW Scania N113CRL Alexander Strider previously with Newport Transport
Scania L94UB Wright Axcess Floline T575 JNG was new to First Eastern Counties at Kings Lynn but later moved on to Northampton... now with ConnexionsBuses it is on Tadcaster Road in York working HCT service 13 to Copmanthorpe
Seen nearing Chatsworth House is FJ55 ABF, a Scania L94UB/Wright Axcess Floline B44F bus in the fleet of TM Travel. It was new to Trent in September 2005 and joined TM Travel in March 2021.
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Emerging from the forecourt of Leeds Railway Station, First Leeds 60131 is a Scania L113CRL with Wright Axcess Ultralow bodywork. It was new in 1998 as Strathclyde Buses SS78 and had been transferred to Leeds from First Potteries in 2010.
Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancs 28543 Y962 XBU on route 1 in Whitechapel, Liverpool. Saturday 19th July 2014. DSCN30360.
Scania L94UB-Wright Axcess Floline. Ex-First 60211.
North Western Star Line Scania 1003 stands at Altrincham Interchange with branding on the roof panels for service 19 which linked the town with Sale and Manchester Airport.
Star Line Travel were a Knutsford based company who also had an operating unit at Manchester Airport, providing airside travel for flight crews to and from the city centre hotels.
The company was taken over by British Bus subsidiary, North Western who kept the bus side and offloaded the Airport unit to Runcorn based Selwyns Travel. This view shows the operation after the North Western takeover on this Wright bodied Scania, which was purchased with funding from GMPTE as part of the low floor initiative.
North Western later became Arriva and the bus survives to this day operating out of the former Merseybus depot at St Helens.
Today working the horseshoe X70/780 & X1 services with ex Eddie Brown driver Paul at the wheel.
Coming up to 20 years old but still going strong is ex First Leeds 60133 which is seen here surviving for a little longer with ConneXionsbuses before retiring into preservation. Used mainly as a school bus for the 636H this sees normal service use if a bus brakes down. This was new to Rider York in 1995 to operate the Park & Ride services in York until 2002 where it was transferred to somewhere in West Yorkshire before moving to Leeds where it was withdrawn by First late 2014
Parked up at HCT's Tockwith depot is Scania L113CRL Wright Axcess Ultralow N414 ENW. A remarkable survivor, this bus was new in late 1995 to Rider York for Park and Ride duties as fleet number 8414 in a distinctive 2-tone blue livery and was one member in the very first full batch of low floor buses for Yorkshire. Along with later additions as the P&R operation expanded, this stayed in York for 7 years until 2002 when the entire singe decker York fleet had been replaced by inferior Volvo B7L's and B6BLE's - this bus moved to Potteries for a while beofre settling in the Leeds fleet. A rear-end collision almost spelled the end for this, however the decision was made to rebuild and repair to keep it in use. Upon reentering service with Firstgroup, it had been given the new Olympia livery and at the time was the oldest bus in passenger service to gain the livery. Withdrawn in late summer 2014, it was feared this would make a one-way trip to Barnsley - but instead was saved by Craig Temple of ConnexionsBuses; initially bought for preservation, a full inspection revealled it's condition was simply too good for it to not see a bit more use in service for now. So it has beenr epainted into fleet livery, minus fleetnames, and is getting a bit of use around their network.
It's original Yorkshire Rider fleetnumber can be seen to the nearside of the destination display.
Most notable about this photo is that the bus has now gained fleetnames and logos, so it now looks less transient.
505 P505XSH was a Scania L113CRL/Wright Axcess Ultraflow new in October 1996 and working the FifeFirst operation as the bus-war in Glasgow escalated. The bus became First Scotland East 62293 in due course before being written off in Bo'ness. It was laying-over in the old Edinburgh Bus Station.
Credit to Chris Nelson for this bit of history:
New in 1995 to Rider York as 8414.This bus moved to Potteries for a while beofre settling in the Leeds fleet. A rear-end collision almost spelled the end for this bus, however the decision was made to repair to keep it in use. After reentering service with First Leeds, it had been given the Olympia livery and at the time was the oldest bus in service to gain the livery. Withdrawn in summer 2014, it was feared it's next stop would be the scrapyard - but instead was saved by ConnexionsBuses. Initially bought for preservation, a full inspection revealled it's condition was simply too good for it to not see a bit more use in service for now. So it has been repainted into fleet livery, and is getting a bit of use for the time being.
Seen on the X1 in Harrogate Bus Station. 02/04/15
Scania L113CRL Wright Axcess Ultralow NJZ 3359 (Previously N524 XRR) is at the Leeman Road layby in central York - waiting time before running peak time service 29 to Easingwold; at roughly 5pm, the 29, 30 and 40 all depart York within about 3 minutes of each other all for Easingwold - this is because the services usually start at colleges to the south of York, but during the holidays the drivers simply have a long break here instead.
Arriva North West Scania L113CRL/Wright Axcess Ultralow 2007.N107DWM in Liverpool on the 12th November 2008.
Scania L113CRL Wright Axcess new 10/1998 as Leicester 350 Taken at The First Potteries Depot Dividy Road Stoke on Trent On the First Potteries Open Day 2016
Photographed in Ellesmere Port is this Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire Scania L94UB with Wright Axcess Floline bodywork. It is registered X265 USH with the fleet number of 28539 on service 1 to Liverpool Whitechapel.
Arriva Merseyside Scania L113CRL-Wright Axcess Ultralow low floor bus at Paradise Street bus station in Liverpool with a 17 for Fazakerley Hospital. This vehicle was new to Bee Line Buzz Co, as fleet number 1034, in June 1996.
Hadleigh 17/11/08
N256 BKK new as Kentish Bus 256 12/95.
Transferred to Southend 9/08.
Scania L113CRL / Wright Axcess Ultralow.
Another ex-First Scania L94UB Wright Axcess Floline in the ConnexionsBuses fleet, S574 TPW came from Eastern Counties (66574) and is approaching York rail station running HCT service 21 - and displaying the rarely seen Askham Bar destination ("Askham Bar", "Park and Ride for York"). This has also been in the Northampton fleet... though the 'PW' registration suffix originates from South Wales, which means this bus does fit in with other vehicles which have been with Connexions in the past and have originated from Newport Transport. This particular bus is one of the lesser-papped members of the fleet, possibly because it normally runs on school duties in Harrogate.
Stretching its legs….
Good to see this veteran out stretching its legs earlier today. This is 578 (P578DMS) which has been restored to as delivered condition when it arrived at Midland Bluebird. It was then seconded to Lowland Omnibuses as part of the FifeFirst operation and was repainted allover Red. When that ended, they went back to Midland and was repainted into standard First livery.
If you look closely you’ll see green handrails and grey seats. This bus was delivered before First had figured out its interior spec.
Arriva North West Scania L113CRL/Wright Axcess Ultralow 2017.N117DWM in St Helens on the 1st September 2010.
First Glasgow Scania L94UB-Wright Axcess Floline low floor bus crosses the River Clyde on Glasgow Bridge. This vehicle was new to First Glasgow, as fleet number SS97, in October 1998.
Eastern Counties had a batch of these Scanias for Superoute 88 from Ipswich to Stowmarket and Bury. EC never were very good at keeping their vehicles on the right routes!
Scania L113CRL Wright Axcess Ultralow.
new to North Western (Wiganbus) 1008
Pier Head Mann Island, Liverpool
Somewhat of a celebrity in the HCT fleet, Scania L113CRL Wright Axcess Ultralow N414 ENW is always a great sight to behold in service in in dreadful weather such as here today. A remarkable survivor, this bus was new in late 1995 to Rider York for Park and Ride duties as fleet number 8414 in a distinctive 2-tone blue livery (as had been used on M113SLS, a demonstrator which had been tried by Rider York and they obviously liked the livery so much they then adopted it) and was one member in the very first full batch of low floor buses for Yorkshire. Along with later additions as the P&R operation expanded, this stayed in York for 7 years until 2002 when the entire singe decker York fleet had been replaced by inferior Volvo B7L's and B6BLE's - this bus moved to Potteries for a while beofre settling in the Leeds fleet. A rear-end collision almost spelled the end for this, however the decision was made to rebuild and repair to keep it in use. Upon reentering service with Firstgroup, it had been given the new Olympia livery and at the time was the oldest bus in passenger service to gain the livery. Withdrawn in late summer 2014, it was feared this would make a one-way trip to Barnsley - but instead was saved by Craig Temple of ConnexionsBuses; initially bought for preservation, a full inspection revealled it's condition was simply too good for it to not see a bit more use in service. As of November 2016 the bus has been purchased for preservation by somebody with connections to Connexions, and who already part-owns a bus which is a regular across the Yorks & Lincs bus rally scene and so this will be going to a good home.
An agreement is in place that 8414 can see some light use here and there though as a reserve vehicle - and on November 22nd 2016 it saw use on the 13's linking York to Haxby and Copmanthorpe.... I had seen it go past me in Coppergate at 15.10 (a late-running 1500 from Stonebow), and as I was on the way somewhere else on other business I then decided afterward to wait around in New earswick by the shops knowing this would pick up the school run and so would be guaranteed to stop here thus ensuring a clear photo in the dreary weather.... half an hour after it was supposed to come though it did eventually show up, but not in service and so didn't stop therefore this was my best photo. It took 6 hours to get my coat dry once I got back home from standing out in the rain for so long.
Scania L94UB Wright Axcess Floline T575 JNG was new to First Eastern Counties at Kings Lynn but later moved on to Northampton... now with ConnexionsBuses it is entering Huntington working HCT service 13 to Haxby West Nooks
First Manchester Limited 60217 T563 BSS, a Scania L94UB built 1998 with a Wright Axcess-Floline B43F body on Manchester Road in Bury by the Tarn Drive junction with a Bolton bus station to Bury Interchange via Little Lever and Radcliffe 524 service. Tuesday 2nd June 2009
Note, T563 BSS was originally operated by First Aberdeen Limited as number 563 and was transferred to First Manchester Limited in May 2001 as number 173, being renumbered 60217 in the FirstGroup plc’s national numbering scheme introduced in late 2002
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