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Offside View of First Kelvin Dennis Dart SLF and First Greater Glasgow Wright Scania Axcess, 1/76 scale Code 3 model replicas by me. The Kelvin Dart was fully dismantled, received interior decoration, body respray and application of fleet transfers etc.
First Glasgow Scania L94UB-Wright Axcess Floline low floor bus on Argyle Street in Glasgow City centre. This vehicle was new to First Glasgow, as feet number SS153, in December 2000.
Originally registered N255 BKK, this Scania L113CRL Wright Axcess Ultralow has now received the private registration of 5480 WY - this registration had previously been applied to a Scania N113 East Lancs Cityzen.
Working an X1 to Knaresborough and St James retail park, the bus leaves Harrogate bus station with a good load - mainly due to the Tour de France ending here in the town and lots of people trying to get home.
Oh the irony...!
First Berkshire 65624 (T824 JBL) stands at Bracknell bus station, running the 171 in place of a Beeline Citaro.
Bracknell bus station, Bracknell, Berkshire.
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Operator: First Eastern Counties Buses Ltd
Fleet No: 65631
Registration: V831FSC
Body/Chassis: Scania L94UB Wright Axcess-Floline
Chassis No: 1835490
Seating: B40F
New: November 1999
Ex: First Beeline
Livery: First "Standard Barbie"
Date: Monday 4th November 2013
Location: Dogs Head Street, Ipswich
Route: 61 (Greenwich via Landseer Rd)
First Glasgow Wright Axcess Ultralow bodied Scania L113CRL 61565 is seen still with a Wayfarer 3 ticket machine into 2010 as it sits waiting on West Nile Street, Glasgow operating service 45 between Kennishead and Auchanairn Woodhill on Monday 4th January 2010.
First Potteries launched their 'Gold Standard' service on routes 25 and 26/26A in September 2011, the idea of which was to attract more passengers with the promise of regular drivers, buses that are cleaned frequently throughout the day, updated timetable information at all stops on the routes and reduced 'two-trip' tickets for these services. As part of the launch one vehicle for each service was painted in Potteries Motor Traction's (PMT) red and yellow livery, with another for the 26/26A treated in December 2011, to 'give the two services a greater local identity', and they do indeed look very smart (see previous photos in this stream).
If however you do not happen to catch one of these vehicles on the 26/26A you will most likely end up on a corporate liveried 12+ year old Wright bodied Scania which started its life in another part of Firsts empire, as is illustrated by R127GSF (61245) seen here approaching Stoke town centre on a Newcastle bound 26, 09/1/2012.
First Group introduced their national fleet numbering system during 2002. The honour of being the first to be incorporated fell to First PMT, so many of the early numbers were allocated to the Potteries fleet. The series for single deckers began with 60000 which went to PMT's Chester based Leyland Tiger G66RND. In fact 4 Tigers took the first 4 numbers. The earliest "bus" number was 60004 which was given to Adderley Green based Scania/Wright Axcess-ultralow S356MFP. 60004 is still in service with First Potteries, and I photographed it in Newcastle (Staffs) on 10 March 2010. 60004 has another claim to fame, being the very last service bus driven by POPS' "Living Legend" on his final turn on the day of his retirement in 2004 (seems like only yesterday!).
First Chester and Wirral Scania L113CRL Wright Axcess Ultralow S443 BSG (60080) seen in Birkenhead on service 41 to Mill Park. 20/8/12
Well the fleet additions keep on coming.................. Harrogate Coach Travel have recently purchased this Wrights Axcesss Ultra bodied Scania N255BKK. She was new to Kentish Bus and aquired from Arriva Southern Counties at Southend On Sea. She is seen here heading for Wetherby from Harrogate today with a friendly driver at the wheel having only just gone into service this week. As can be seen she is in a slightly lighter green that normal does not have a black lower and no fleetnames
Mulleys
MUI7949
at Mildenhall Bus Station.
A recent transfer from Anglian, new to Chester Bus. It was previously registered R86EMB (as seen here).
Scania L113CRL Wright Axcess Ultralow.
new to Merseybus delivered in Aug 1996
Whitechapel, Liverpool
Two Code 3 adaptions, with the First Kelvin Dart SLF having had a full rebuild and respray, with only minor cosmetic work on the Wright Scania Axcess. Some of the interior work to the Dart can be seen in the picture, the yellow “handrails” were coloured paperclips, measures to size and snipped before gluing into place. Faux signage was added, and the cash box painted red
350 is part of a batch of Wright Axcess-Ultralows new to First Leicester for the 38 in 1998. However, at the start of 2002, they were replaced by the ALX400s and were dispatched up north.
This one went to the Potteries, and became 60006 under national numbering. It lived all its life there until the end of 2015, after which it was preserved, restored to its former glory and brought back to Leicester. In 2021 it was joined by Eclipse Metro 66320.