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Arriva Kent & Surrey 1607 (GN04 UCX) takes the 436 over the Basingstoke Canal, bound for West Byfleet station on diversion.
Due to the Ride London cycle race causing significant road closures across Surrey, many bus services were subject to diversion, suspension or curtailment on Sunday 2nd August 2015.
The Arriva Sunday shuttle on the 436 (Weybridge station - Mercedes-Benz World) ran instead to/from West Byfleet station, via Oyster Lane, Woodham Lane, Scotland Bridge Road, Camphill Road and Madeira Road.
Despite it having run to West Byfleet instead every year for five years, it can't show correct LEDs, so it either goes everywhere showing "Mercedes World Brooklands 436" (which at least shows the route number) or "Arriva serving Surrey & West Sussex". Unfortunately, this year, it was doing the latter.
Scotland Bridge Road, West Byfleet, Surrey.
Millsy keeps an eye out on those still in the ocean (he spent a whole 8 seconds in the water! :-) ).
A wet and wooly Sunday led to the cancellation of the Blue Hole Club swim, but a few hardy souls braved the ocean anyway.
Gardbus Dennis Dart X531UAT now painted green stands in Gervis Place, Bournemouth with a 36 service to Verwood.
Art Deco detail from the old Grace Brothers building points to Centrpoint tower.
Taken on the Scott Kelby global Photo walk with Thomas Vaclavek.
Seen on Dumbarton Road, Partick on 21st April 2005, the first day of operation for the McKindless copycat 62s. This is one of a batch of former London Darts acquired for this service.
Taken when I danced a show which features the sister act. They were all very nice, including "mama".
What could have been……
Blackpool was rare amongst operators as it resisted the charms of the Dennis Dart, both the standard and super low floor versions. It did evaluate the type and wasn’t immune to Dennis purchases, as in the early 1980s it did purchase some rare Marshall Cammair bodied Dennis Lancets. Also its first low-floor accessible double decker buses were Dennis Tridents.
However at the time that the Dart was in the ascendancy, Blackpool had a preference for Optare products and plumped for Deltas, MetroRiders, Excels and Solos over Darts. It never ordered the type new or acquired some second hand, unless you count the new Enviro 200MMCs given they’re kinda direct descendants of the Dart and the chassis bears a lot to the Dart.
However this bus is actually a former Arriva bus preserved in the area. It was new to Arriva London North as its PDL90 before it’s transfer to Arriva Wales (Cmyru) as its 922. Purchased by a local preservationist it’s been repainted into Blackpool’s green and cream livery from the 1990s including its tower and waves fleetname. I know purists will be agog at this and some will even point out that based on the bus’s age, it should be Metro Coastlines livery to be period correct. But I don’t mind it. It’s the owner’s decision what to repaint it into after all. It also has acquired a white LED screen and seems to be stored at Blackpool’s Rigby Road depot.
1648 (R423COO) is seen entering Haymarket bus station, Newcastle on service 55.
New to Arriva London as DPP423.
Seen here in Crewe Bus Station is Arriva North West Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Dennis Dart SLF which is registered X14 BLU and carries the fleet number of 894, pictured working service 6 to Leighton Hospital. 23/1/16
P695RWU is a Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer B35F new to Armchair of Brentford in May 1997. On disposal it passed to Stuart's of Carluke before joining Cumbrae coaches. It was working on the Falkirk circular service.
Bay Link Travel of Paignton had at the time recently acquired this Pointer Dart, P262NRH. New to East Yorkshire it later saw service with Shamrock, Black Velvet and more recently Brijan. Pictured here in Torquay's Fleet Street whilst operating the weekly T2 service to Trago Mills.
The conditions weren't the best, but then they haven't been for much of November! Kinda serves me right I guess for always saying I prefer wet weather pics to dry dull ones. lol!
Company: Bay Link Travel of Paignton
Registration: P262NRH
New: 1996
Chassis: Dennis Dart SLF
Bodywork: Plaxton Pointer B41F
Route: T2 (Brixham, Town Square-Liverton, Trago Mills)
Location: Fleet Street, Torquay
History: New to East Yorkshire (262). Later with Shamrock, Black Velvet, Brijan Tours.
Exposure: 1/125 @ f7.1 200ISO
Date: 17 November 2015
My code 3 OOC Leyland Lynx, code 1 EFE Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 1 & my CMNL Dennis Mini Pointer Dart all in short-lived First Badgerline livery. Replaced by First branding with small fleetnames.
Plaxton Pointer (N324 ECR) www.flickr.com/photos/138705729@N04/48340947917/in/photol...
Plaxton Pointer 2 (KP02 PVF) www.flickr.com/photos/138705729@N04/48340924772/in/photol...
18th May 2010.
Central Connect Limited Dennis Dart SLF (SFD322BR1TGW10144) / Plaxton Pointer 2 (9610.6HLZ6272) B37F 1387 - V387SVV.
New to Dawson Rentals, Milton Keynes October 1999.
Moor Street Queensway, Birmingham, West Midlands.
Wearing the Touchwood Connection livery (service 37 branded) 1387 is seen working in Birmingham City Centre on service 37 to Solihull Station. The 37 service is the main service between Birmingham and Solihull and is operated in competition with West Midlands Travel.
Image Copyright D.J.Ralley 2010.
Don't forget to check out previous photo's.
Here she was when new. 1997 Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Mini Pointer seen in Badminton Road, Downend, South Gloucestershire on 548 when new in 1997. It was supplied with Barbie interior and soon repainted in Barbie livery. Can't seem to do a link on this laptop at present.
The fIrst Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer purchased by the company when part of the Badgerline Group. She spent most of her working life in Plymouth. She looks good, but I find it hard to think of her as a preserved vehicle because similar step-entrance buses have only just been withdrawn in Bristol area! 2014 Penzance running day.
Transit Group may be all but forgotten in Milton Keynes but they will live on through this model. It is a resin bodyshell of the 8.5m Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer produced by Paragon Road Services to fit the shortened chassis, interior and glazing of an EFE diecast, and represents one of the many such vehicles in the Transit fleet. This one, originally DR111 (J611 DUV), was unusual in retaining its Routemaster registration WLT 946 after leaving London service.