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Before turning solely to heritage private hire work, Tony Blackman's Halifax Joint Committee added a splash of colour to bus operation in West Yorkshire. Those colours harked back to the days of the old municipal operation in the town and were refreshing to see re-used on modern buses. They were certainly a change from the 'base white with stickers' cop-out type of livery in vogue.
Parked at the firm's Albert Road garage here is one of a handful of single deckers, a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart. K414 MGN according to BLoTW, had been new to R&I Tours of London, who if I recall correctly, were one of very few independents in the traditional sense, operating into the capital in the 1990s. A nice little additional touch was the fitting of bespoke AEC style nut rings to the front wheels. Sadly the firm closed not long after I took this picture and now, even the heritage operation is defunct.
Halifax Joint Committee Leyland Olympian 47 is seen on the Highroad Well Circular on 20th October 2010.
This was new to Kentish Bus as 547 in 1990.
A sunset over the Halifax River in Ponce Inlet Florida.
I hope this doesn't come across as a duplicate of my other recent sunset photos, it's just a continuation of my experiments with HDR
Still in Leeds City livery but with a Halifax flash applied on the side - used on schools work, I believe.
My partner and I took our first trip to Eastern Canada. We landed in Halifax and drove a camper van through three provinces. Our first stop was downtown Halifax.
We had a great time visiting parts of our own country that we have not seen.
Ex Arriva NE MPD NK55MYR has transferred to Arriva subsidiary Yorkshire Tiger, and has appeared in full Yorkshire Tiger livery, a welcome change from recent transfers, where buses have been put in to service in 'as received' condition. Looks good! Unlike the snow, a very unwelcome arrival.
Halifax Transit 1197, a 2014 New Flyer XD40, on route 82 at the Sackville Transit Terminal on Thursday, June 1st, 2023.
NK55MYR has just left Rye Lane terminus for the long descent back to Halifax town centre. It is ex Arriva North East.
Passing through Dean Clough on the last leg of its journey from Keighley, and of its life with Yorkshire Tiger, is YJ09EYA, new to Arriva Yorkshire. Yorkshire Tiger will close later in July, with services being taken over by new Transdev business, Team Pennine. Whether or not YJ09EYA transfers to the new business remains to be seen. Staff, premises, and 61 vehicles will transfer.
I'm guessing that opinions will be polarised on this - First has repainted YJ06XLY into a 'fantasy' Halifax livery - is this what Halifax buses would have looked like today if they had escaped WYPTE's verona green & buttermilk? What would Geoffrey Hilditch make of it? Personally, I like it, and think First are to be congratulated on their sense of fun. Unfortunately, this picture depicts a scene of distress. YJ06XLY set off smartly from the bus station up Broad Street, only to come to a halt at the Town Hall traffic lights. It was still there over two hours later...
A Handley Page Halifax bomber from WWII, recovered from a Norwegian Lake back in the 1970s. Seen at the RAF Museum in north London.
Yorkshire Tiger has won a number of schools contracts in Calderdale from September 2015, and six Arriva Yorks B7TL/Presidents have been cascaded to help with the task, the first 'big' buses to be based in Yorkshire Tiger's Calderdale fleet (in succession to Huddersfield Bus Co) since the end of Halifax Joint Committee days in 2010. X675YUG is also in service. The other four are being prepared.