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A colour, folding brochure giving details of the activities and services of the then nationalised National Bus Company and giving statistics as to bus and coach use. The NBC operated through a number of regional operating subsidiaries, grouped into a regional structure, alongside National Express coach services and National coach holidays.
The NBC was formed in 1969 to operate the various nationalised bus and coach operators in England & Wales but was broken up during the deregulation and privatisation of British bus and coach operations; the NBC ceased to exist in 1988. The brochure shows images of various service operations and 'behind the scenes' work that helped keep the show on the road.
Front view of three Code 3 Dennis Dart, Plaxton Pointer SLF (Super Low Floor), showing three variants liveries of the First Bus group in Glasgow, Lanarkshire and surrounding.
The two in red were full Code 3 adaptions, having been taken apart for interior decoration and respraying of the body. The third is a simpler Code 3, with previous area branding and legal lettering removed and replaced, and the destination screen altered to display service 263 for Hamilton Bus Station.
The First Kelvin brand was the first used following the takeover by the group of the previously employee owned KCB (Kelvin Central Buses) Network. KCB Network had an interesting history, going back to before de-regulation of the industry, when they were two distinct operators under the Scottish Bus Group. Kelvin Scottish and Central Scottish then merged.
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
Ah, the hope and aspirations! The informative booklet issued by the West Yorkshire PTE and describing the planning, construction and operation of Bradford's new Travel Interchange in 1977. The scheme was a long held aspiration of the City Council's post-war plan to essentially bring together the city's once separate motor bus stances and coach stations on the side adjacent to Hall Ings that had been identified in the first City Plan.
The scheme grew to include other features; firstly the relocation, further back, of the adjacent British Rail platforms at the old Exchange station. This did allow bus/train/coach interchange but it did mean that the British Rail facilities were a little further back from the city centre and further away from the opposing platforms at the city's other station, Foster Square. That 'gap' in Bradford's railway network has long been a source of contention and there was, once, a plan to connect the two. The desire to cut the tracks back was largely due to BR's ability to save money replacingt he Hall Ings overbridge as well as enabling demolition and redevelopment of the station site - and this can be seen on the aerial photograph. It's useful to see that for public transport the land was already being used a s a car park to accompodate the main form of competition! The BR part of the work was first to be completed and the new railway station and platforms came into use on 14 January 1973.
The second rationale behind the plan was to integrate, in the basement of the building, a new central bus garage and workshops that must have been seen as a real achievement at the time - a city centre location for the garaging and maintenance of a part of the PTE's Bradford city bus fleet. A third bonus was the construction of Metrochange House above, an eight story building that gave office accomodation for the PTE as well as space for the National Bus Company whose subsidiary West Yorkshire still operated services in the area as well as the National Express coach operation that used Interchange. The bus and coach station came into use on 27 March 1977 and allowed the closure of various city centre street terminal points and the old Chester St bus and coach station.
The Interchange has seen various changes since opening - most notably the demolition in 1999 of the overall ridge & furrow roof and this was followed by a remodelling of the bus station's layout and facilities in 2001. Further changes are being considered to both the bus station, now operated by West Yorkshire Metro, and the railway station.
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
Ah, the hope and aspirations! The informative booklet issued by the West Yorkshire PTE and describing the planning, construction and operation of Bradford's new Travel Interchange in 1977. The scheme was a long held aspiration of the City Council's post-war plan to essentially bring together the city's once separate motor bus stances and coach stations on the side adjacent to Hall Ings that had been identified in the first City Plan.
The scheme grew to include other features; firstly the relocation, further back, of the adjacent British Rail platforms at the old Exchange station. This did allow bus/train/coach interchange but it did mean that the British Rail facilities were a little further back from the city centre and further away from the opposing platforms at the city's other station, Foster Square. That 'gap' in Bradford's railway network has long been a source of contention and there was, once, a plan to connect the two. The desire to cut the tracks back was largely due to BR's ability to save money replacingt he Hall Ings overbridge as well as enabling demolition and redevelopment of the station site - and this can be seen on the aerial photograph. It's useful to see that for public transport the land was already being used a s a car park to accompodate the main form of competition! The BR part of the work was first to be completed and the new railway station and platforms came into use on 14 January 1973.
The second rationale behind the plan was to integrate, in the basement of the building, a new central bus garage and workshops that must have been seen as a real achievement at the time - a city centre location for the garaging and maintenance of a part of the PTE's Bradford city bus fleet. A third bonus was the construction of Metrochange House above, an eight story building that gave office accomodation for the PTE as well as space for the National Bus Company whose subsidiary West Yorkshire still operated services in the area as well as the National Express coach operation that used Interchange. The bus and coach station came into use on 27 March 1977 and allowed the closure of various city centre street terminal points and the old Chester St bus and coach station.
The Interchange has seen various changes since opening - most notably the demolition in 1999 of the overall ridge & furrow roof and this was followed by a remodelling of the bus station's layout and facilities in 2001. Further changes are being considered to both the bus station, now operated by West Yorkshire Metro, and the railway station.
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
A colour, folding brochure giving details of the activities and services of the then nationalised National Bus Company and giving statistics as to bus and coach use. The NBC operated through a number of regional operating subsidiaries, grouped into a regional structure, alongside National Express coach services and National coach holidays.
The NBC was formed in 1969 to operate the various nationalised bus and coach operators in England & Wales but was broken up during the deregulation and privatisation of British bus and coach operations; the NBC ceased to exist in 1988. The brochure shows images of various service operations and 'behind the scenes' work that helped keep the show on the road.
Mayne had an increased vehicle requirement as it prepared for deregulation. This ECW bodied Bristol VRT was new in 1978 and is seen at Piccadilly Bus Station in 1987 with a service for Micklehurst.
New scan from original negative, March 2014
From the October 1952 issue of the Lancashire United Transport's timetables. The LUT had its origins in 1905 when the Lancashire United Tramways took over the ailing South Lancashire Tramways. Over time the majority of the company's operations were of bus and coach routes, as the Lancashire United Transport company although certain tram routes had been converted to trolleybus operation in the 1930s and these were under the aegis of the South Lancashire Transport Company. The network covered a large section of south Lancashire's industrial towns, King Cotton and King Coal being of great importance, and the company served many smaller industrial villages and towns.
They also operated many services in conjuction with the numerous municipal operators, including Salford, Bolton, Wigan, Warrington, Leigh and St. Helens and other company operations such as Ribble. Indeed with Bolton and St. Helens joint trolleybus operations were technically run - Bolton being a real oddity in that they 'owned' a small number of trolleybuses that were to all intents and purpose SLT vehicles. The timetable still, in places refers to them as 'trackless trolley 'buses'.
Like many such publications the timetables include adverts both for LUT's services, especially coach and private hires, as well as for local companies and shops. This page carries an advert for the two theatres then present in Bolton - The Grand and The Hippodrome - in the days before television cut the gound out from under such entertainment. The timetable - Monday to Saturday - shows the frequency of the intensive trolleybus (shown here as Trolley Vehicle and elsewhere as Trackless Trolleys) service connecting Bolton with Leigh via Atherton and the SLT trolleybus depot. It was the section of route to Four Lane Ends and Bolton town centre that saw Bolton Corporation Transport's technical 'ownership' of a small number of SLT trolleybuses.
Harvey's 'Blue & Cream' service of Mousehole, Nr Penzance became famous throughout the enthusiast fraternity for the long standing operation of an Albion Nimbus. In a similar vein to difficulties faced by city centre operators requiring a small 'large' bus, Harvey's had a need for such because of the roads in the quaint Cornish fishing village to which they operated, and indeed in which they were based. In the days prior to the large van-derived mini, such buses were in short (!) supply. One bus which did enable the Nimbus to enter retirement was Bristol's LHS model which could be custom built to quite small dimensions. One of the final deliveries was this 1981 narrow Wadham Stringer 'Vanguard' KRL 444W seen crawling up hill through a busy Penzance town centre. The owners of the Ex London Transport DMS Fleetline following, Western National, would soon take over the company and it's operations.
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
NY Waterway operates some of the ferries on Manhattan's West End that connect to Jersey. These International RE buses make up the bulk of their bus fleet, which is used as a shuttle service to supplement the ferry and services many stops on popular MTA routes in midtown.
And to finish off this impromptu Metro "Special Photographic Installment" is this mini bus which operated a shopper special service from Northgate [ Glenorchy ]
to West Moonah as route number 22. Got to say it's been years since I've seen a bus operating out of Northgate, so I presume it wasn't too popular or profitable.
11-2-04
Photo by Steve Bromley
First Scotland East 1542 in Lowland Scottish livery with First Borders branding. MCW Metrorider.
Taken inside of Kelso Bus Depot sometime between 2000 & 2002. Scanned from original print
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
1950 Dennis Lance GOU 845, Aldershot & District Traction Co. Alresford Railway Station, Hampshire, UK.
2019/05/05
Painted in an all over advert for Chiltern Estates, London Country Leyland National SNB71 (TPD 171M) leaves Aylesbury Bus Station for Watford.
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
Leaving Heathrow Bus Station on a Green Line 767 journey to London was London Country DL4 (MPL 124W), a Duple bodied Leyland Leopard
Merseypride Motor Services (95)
ANA597Y
Leyland Atlantean
Park Royal
Northern counties
50a Fernhill road, Bootle
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
Arriva Northumbria B284KPF, fleet number 248. Former Greenline Plaxton Paramount bodied Leyland Tiger in old Northumbria Motors livery.
Seen on the long distance 505 service to Alnwick which would have departed from Haymarket Bus Station is seen at the back of the old Eldon Square Bus Station which is actually where the current Bus Station of the same name is now located.
Scanned from original print
RS6 on route 707 at Golders Green Station on Sunday 30th January 1977, the second day of operation of the service.
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
Service 120 links the seaside towns of North Berwick and Dunbar via Whitekirk, Tyninghame, East Linton, and West Barns. Serves the Scottish Seabird Centre, Tantallon Castle and Preston Mill.
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
Wrightbus Streetlite - B37F . From the Back end !
New to this Operator during July-2015
Painted up in a livery which commemorates 50 years since the formation of the National Bus Company owned London Country Bus Services . Which was the “old” Country Area of London Transport .
Plus it also carries branding for Arriva’s Fastrack routes in this area of North West Kent .
4301 has been caught by my camera leaving Bluewater Shopping Centre Bus Station , Kent , on Fastrack Route A to Dartford.
Tuesday morning 09th-November-2021.
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
Manufacturer: New Flyer
Model: XN40 CNG Xcelsior
Year: 2016
Engine: Cummins Westport ISL-G
Transmission: Allison B400R
Notes: Seen at the maintenance shop having the farebox and other electronics installed after delivery.
As of the beginning of May, all 15 new buses have arrived and are currently sitting in the yard. All have undergone inspection and had their electronics installed. All that's left now is to either get painted, or just covered in a wrap. These should roll out into service on June 6 with the start of service changes. I'm expecting these to run on the new VIVA routes.
State/Province: Bavaria
Agency: Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft - Busservice Watzinger GmbH
Model: Solaris Urbino III 18
Year: 2012
File Name: 4823
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
Stadsdienst Harderwijk 1-5355, Station, 17-4-2012.
Local urban busservice at Harderwijk with destination the quarter Frankrijk or in french La France.
When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
Seen here in glorious film is Uno bus 509 working the Hatfield to Broxbourne route 641 via Hertford.
Bus Details:
Registration no. PE56 UFL
Fleet no. 509
Chassis: Dennis Dart
Body: East Lancs Esteem.
Camera: Nikon NIkormat
Film: Kodak ColorPlus
ASA: 200
Speed: 1/60th
Aperture: f5.6
Processing: Local Kodak Express
Scanning: Local Kodak Express onto Disc.
You learn as you go along. Most of the 24 frames are over exposed. This frame was metered by a Sekonic 308 hence the better exposure. It was also the best image for dynamic range because of the correct exposure.
I could not believe that an 'out-of-action' bus could block a street for more than an hour.
More than an hour later I returned and the bus was still blocking the street.
I should mention that I used the bus service over a three day period in 2017 and found it to be good even if frequency was not as good as I had hoped.
If you intend to use public transport in Belfast I would advise you to purchase a travel pass. However as Belfast is more compact than you may expect it may not be necessary to use public transport. If you are visiting Belfast for the first time I would suggest that you use one of the tour buses with an open top as any that I have tried are excellent.
Also if you are over 66 years of age and are a citizen of the Republic you are entitled to free public transport in Northern Ireland [not sure if this will continue after Brexit]. For details visit www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfa... The application process is not complicated so if you qualify get it sooner rather than later. In case you are wondering pensioners resident in Northern Ireland are also entitled to free travel in the Republic and many people take advantage of this benefit.
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When she was a child my mother, who is now 97, lived and went to school not far from Salthill which was at the time a very popular holiday destination.
As I have never liked Irish seaside resorts and as my mother has always described Salthill as similar to Bray I never bothered visiting until this week. While my mother’s description is accurate to some degree I would describe it as being more attractive than Bray. Unfortunately I rained for the duration of my visit and because of the overcast sky my photographs are less colourful than I would have liked.
Salthill is a seaside area in the City of Galway in the west of Ireland. Lying within the townland of Lenaboy, it attracts many tourists all year round. There is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as the Prom, overlooking Galway Bay with bars, restaurants and hotels.
Salthill was, until 2007, home to one of the biggest non-fee paying air shows in Galway, the Salthill Air Show, which took place in June over Galway Bay. The show annually attracted over 100,000 people and generated over €1m in revenue.
I got the 401 bus from Eyre to Salthill Promenade - there is a bus every twenty minutes. To the best of my knowledge the bus fare is Euro 1.80 each way but as I have a travel pass I did not have to pay.
The second of the Duple Dominant Leyland Leopards to join the London Country fleet was Green Line liveried DL2 (HPC 102V), seen here in Victoria Coach Station prior to working to Cambridge on the 798.
This is a view of the "Beacon" on the promontory overlooking the entrance to Baltimore Harbour. This harbour has been the scene of several violent and distressing scenes including that I posted yesterday of the sack of the monastery on Sherkin. There was also a raid by Algerian pirates on the town of Baltimore where they took the majority of the population and enslaved them in North Africa. The beacon was erected much later, after the rebellion in 1798 when a French ship sailed into the area with arms and ammunition for the Irish rebels.
The Baltimore Beacon is a white-painted stone beacon at the entrance to the harbour at Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland. The beacon was built at the order of the British government following the 1798 Rebellion. It was part of a series of lighthouses and beacons dotted around the Irish coast, forming a warning system.
The beacon is locally known as "Lot's Wife", after the Biblical woman turned into a pillar of salt.