MTBP (Chris Nelson) - York Bus Photos
*Off-Route* LY02ZAP (YC53MXY | X10VTD) Transdev York 3610 Yorkshire Coastliner
New as YC53 MXY as a Volvo B7TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 1, LY02 ZAP was later refurbished with engine mods and a Gemini 2 frontage whilst then allocated the registration of X10 VTD. Now it has been repainted into the new corporate style of livery for the Transdev Blazefield group and branded for the brand new CityZap route which runs non-stop from York College to Leeds city centre. On Boxing Day however this bus has been given a different assignment to usual and so has been the most interesting spot of the day... at York The Stonebow it is working the Yorkshire Coastliner 843 route from Leeds to York Stonebow which for today only is being run from the York depot. In a recent refresh of the blind list, the 843 workings were removed from the database on Mobitech systems (only those with Hanover displays fitted still have them on) and so the drivers had to improvise - in this case the Little Explorers route 23 board was used, probably because it has a number '3' and a York destination without the 'fast' adjective only assigned to Tadfaster or Cityzap services which if used would have confused passengers at Leeds who may have thought this wasn't calling at Seacroft or Tadcaster. This was definately worth a few photos just for the destination alone, as the chances of this bus being used on the actual 22/23 route is practically zero.
*Off-Route* LY02ZAP (YC53MXY | X10VTD) Transdev York 3610 Yorkshire Coastliner
New as YC53 MXY as a Volvo B7TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 1, LY02 ZAP was later refurbished with engine mods and a Gemini 2 frontage whilst then allocated the registration of X10 VTD. Now it has been repainted into the new corporate style of livery for the Transdev Blazefield group and branded for the brand new CityZap route which runs non-stop from York College to Leeds city centre. On Boxing Day however this bus has been given a different assignment to usual and so has been the most interesting spot of the day... at York The Stonebow it is working the Yorkshire Coastliner 843 route from Leeds to York Stonebow which for today only is being run from the York depot. In a recent refresh of the blind list, the 843 workings were removed from the database on Mobitech systems (only those with Hanover displays fitted still have them on) and so the drivers had to improvise - in this case the Little Explorers route 23 board was used, probably because it has a number '3' and a York destination without the 'fast' adjective only assigned to Tadfaster or Cityzap services which if used would have confused passengers at Leeds who may have thought this wasn't calling at Seacroft or Tadcaster. This was definately worth a few photos just for the destination alone, as the chances of this bus being used on the actual 22/23 route is practically zero.