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*Exclusive* AY04MAX (YJ59BTY) 1504 Arriva Sapphire Yorkshire / York and Selby
Originally YJ59 BTY and among the very first Wright Gemini 2DL lowheight buses to be built, AY04 MAX was refurbished just under 4 years ago to MAX specification as service 415 which operates between York and Selby was upgraded. But since early 2018 (about february time) there have been whispers on the wind that the 415 was to be upgraded again to a Sapphire route, though doubts were thrown on this as it was claimed that the Selby depot didn't have enough money for this to be merited. However it can now be seen that there was truth in those rumours as 1504 has returned from a refurbishment at Bus and Coach World in Blackburn and entered service back on the 415 during the first week of September 2018 wearing the new corporate Sapphire livery complete with interlocking rings logo. Seen here at York Piccadilly with a midnight 415 to Selby, the driver having specially brought this out for this duty. I have been told from a trusted source however that this will return to Blackburn after the rest of the batch has been done as this one isn't quite right:- the upstairs information screen is positioned at the top of the stairs too far forward so people coming up the stairs bonk their heads on it, whilst the screen downstairs is fitted to the side of the fire extinguisher housing; the drivers' bulkhead has also been badly deformed, and this is said to have supposed to have had white hanover destinations fitted. Also apparently the workshop simply 'painted over the rust' when applying the new livery.
*Exclusive* AY04MAX (YJ59BTY) 1504 Arriva Sapphire Yorkshire / York and Selby
Originally YJ59 BTY and among the very first Wright Gemini 2DL lowheight buses to be built, AY04 MAX was refurbished just under 4 years ago to MAX specification as service 415 which operates between York and Selby was upgraded. But since early 2018 (about february time) there have been whispers on the wind that the 415 was to be upgraded again to a Sapphire route, though doubts were thrown on this as it was claimed that the Selby depot didn't have enough money for this to be merited. However it can now be seen that there was truth in those rumours as 1504 has returned from a refurbishment at Bus and Coach World in Blackburn and entered service back on the 415 during the first week of September 2018 wearing the new corporate Sapphire livery complete with interlocking rings logo. Seen here at York Piccadilly with a midnight 415 to Selby, the driver having specially brought this out for this duty. I have been told from a trusted source however that this will return to Blackburn after the rest of the batch has been done as this one isn't quite right:- the upstairs information screen is positioned at the top of the stairs too far forward so people coming up the stairs bonk their heads on it, whilst the screen downstairs is fitted to the side of the fire extinguisher housing; the drivers' bulkhead has also been badly deformed, and this is said to have supposed to have had white hanover destinations fitted. Also apparently the workshop simply 'painted over the rust' when applying the new livery.