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Halifax isn't known for its town centre high rise buildings, but DB250/Spectra YG52CFX has managed to be in shot with not one, but two tower blocks, Lister Court, residential flats, in the background, and Crown House, offices, to the right, as it negotiates upper Crown Street. Arriva subsidiary Yorkshire Tiger will close later in July, to be replaced by new Transdev business Team Pennine. Transdev is taking on the premises at Elland and Waterloo, Huddersfield, the staff, and 61 vehicles from Yorkshire Tiger (although the fledgling Team Pennine website implies they are taking all the vehicles, initially at least). YG52CFX was new to Arriva Yorkshire. Major investment, including new buses in Halifax, is promised.
8th July 2014., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sailboat Mar passes McNabs Island and Maugher Beach lighthouse
Interesting story from the Halifax Magazine about this boat and its owners here
"On the Buses", with Andrew Stopford as cheeky driver Stan Butler, and Kelvyn Waites as hapless Inspector Cyril Blake. Stan: "Phwooar, look at that tasty bird over there Blakey!" Blakey: "I 'ate you Butler. Get that bus aht!" The End.
PJX35 at rest outside All Saints Parish Hall having brought a party of Halifax Gilbert & Sullivan Society members back from an afternoon out at (a very wet) Bolton Abbey to celebrate my 60th birthday. Thanks once again to Kelvyn for allowing me to drive this magnificent machine. I used to go to school on this bus, my brother, who worked as a fitter for Halifax Passenger Transport, used to maintain it, and Kelvyn drove it in service for Halifax Passenger Transport. It is part owned by Dave Sayer, who also used to work for Halifax Passenger Transport.
YJ57YCA demonstrates the unsuitability of the new bus lane put in for access to the temporary bus station facility. If a bus were to go into the lane, it would have insufficient swing room to get in through the narrow entrance. Presumably this will be changed soon. Obviously designed by a car driver.
Olympian survivor S211LLO makes its way through Dean Clough with the once weekly 505 Halifax-Bradford Four Lane Ends service via Causeway Foot & Thornton. A Bradford-Halifax service runs once daily M-F mornings, but there is only one return working each week, at 12.30 on Mondays.
TJ Walsh Plaxton Primo seen passing through Halifax on 20/10/2010. This example joined the fleet from Francis Drake.
TJ Walsh were well known for their fleet of small and often unusual buses, unfortunately they ceased trading in 2020.
In September 1973, before West Yorkshire municipal operators were swallowed up into the West Yorkshire PTE.
A PD2 stands at Halifax bus station on one of the joint routes to Bradford. A Bradford Corporation bus stands behind.
A battered looking YJ07JWC, new to K Line, heads through Dean Clough on its approach to Halifax Bus Station. Yorkshire Tiger is to be sold to Transdev later in 2021, along with premises at Huddersfield and Elland, the staff, and 61 vehicles. How would Transdev like this one, I wonder?
Summer term has ended, and, with it, I believe, the Olympian era in Halifax. At a time when previously they would have been out on the morning school run, R629JUB and R620JUB sit at the back of Elmwood Garage, awaiting their fate.
Post script: They didn't have to wait long. I believe that, later the same day, these vehicles were driven by First drivers to PVS, Barnsley, where they were immediately scrapped.
Spectra power in Halifax - ex Arriva Yorkshire DB250 YG52CFX cascaded to Yorkshire Tiger in full Arriva livery with a Tiger route board in the dash. Apparently needed for schools work following Bassi Travel's spot of bother...
The railway station, looking south. The signal box is no longer in use, decommissioned October 2018 after a major upgrade on the line. The departing train is heading to Braford (towards me). Beyond Shaw Lodge flats is visible First's Elmwood Garage. The industrial buildings behind the train are part of Nestle UK's Halifax site. This was formerly John Mackintosh's toffee works. As far as I know, Quality Street and Rolos are still made here. It used to be a treat standing on Halifax Station and smelling the toffee!
Undated early 1970s (?)
This great view of the area around Halifax station is undated. A lot of track relaying is taking place and the platforms have track removed. A Class 03 shunter is the only locomotive visible. Halifax Parish Church is just off centre and Square Chapel Spire is clearly visible. The gas works have not yet gone. Probably mid to late 60s / early 1970s. Today the National Children's Museum Eureka! takes up the yard area.
Courtesy late David Green
In the Eureka Childrens Museum in Halifax for afew years now has been this industrial shunter & Mark 2 TSO. For as long as they have been there, they have been a plain maroon livery. But recently they have smartened up and repainted in Northern Rail livery & the shunter carries the fictional tops number 02641.
Latterly with now defunct Yorkshire Green Line/Bassi Travel who gave it the new registration, here is ex Arriva DB250/ALX400 W431WGJ undergoing conversion, possibly to non-PCV work, at a yard in Halifax.
Nova Scotia. A bit of an experiment. The image was processed in DXO Optics Pro 10, exported as a DNG file, WB adjusted in Lightroom CC, then the image was resized twice at 110% in Photoshop. Finally the detail was increased in Topaz Adjust 5, giving a final image of 18mp from a 12mp file.
Nova Bus LFS artic at Water Street Terminal - Halifax, Nova Scotia
The BHA (Bus History Association) chartered 719 for the Halifax portion of the 2023 Convention