Yorkshire Buses - West & East Yorkshire 2017
The independent
transport videos cameras have returned to Yorkshire to bring you this
update of what has been happening with the bus world in the county since the
last visit we made in 2015. This time
the programme is entitled ‘West & East Yorkshire’ as we cover part of the
area that was operated by the erstwhile West
Yorkshire Road Car Company, as well as straying into North Yorkshire and
completing our tour in East Yorkshire.
Beginning in Castleford and finishing in Hull we visit Leeds, Harrogate,
Ripon, Ilkley, Otley, York, to name but a few on our way. There is plenty of variety for you to see, as
there are in excess of fifteen operators seen on this programme! Filming took place during the summer of 2017
and began in the small town of Castleford where we see brand new ADL Enviro400
MMC double-deckers belonging to Arriva
Yorkshire wearing both the new standard livery and the new Sapphire scheme. Independent fleets of Ross Travel, Stringers and CT
Plus are also captured by the camera.
After a brief stop in Garforth, our next location is Leeds. First
West Yorkshire, Arriva Yorkshire
and Yorkshire Tiger are the main
operators here. We also see the Transdev Blazefield operations of Yorkshire Coastliner, Harrogate & District and their CITYZAP express service that runs to
York. Harrogate & District’s new high profile Volvo B5TL Wrightbus Gemini 3 double-deckers are also seen in their
smart red and black livery for the 36 service that runs between Leeds and Ripon
via Harrogate. Filming takes place at a
number of locations around the city including the new Temple Green Park &
Ride site, York Street, Bus Station, New Market Street and The Headrow.
We then move to Harrogate, but on the way see
some of the smart Volvos on the 36 service passing through Harewood. Harrogate is a lovely spa town, also with a
good selection of buses! Transdev Blazefield’s Harrogate &
District is the main operator with Harrogate
Coach Travel – branded as Connexions, also present in a green and
white livery. The latter has two
vehicles painted in heritage liveries, one in their early Challenger scheme, and the other in National Bus Company - West Yorkshire, poppy red with a white
band. Locations include Station Parade,
Station Avenue and the Bus Station. We
now take a look at some archive video filmed in the Bus Station in the late
1980s and early ‘90s by local bus photographer, Malcolm King. From here we move onto Ripley, Ripon and
Ilkley where at the latter we see Transdev
Blazefield’s Keighley & District smart green and blue buses in service
alongside new First West Yorkshire ADL
Enviro400 MMC double-deckers branded
for the X84 service to Leeds. After a
brief stop to see the bus action at Leeds Bradford Airport we descend on
York. Plenty of action to see here as
our cameras film on Station Road, Bridge Street, Piccadilly and
Coppergate. First York and Transdev
Blazefield are seen in abundance here.
Look out for First York’s
35100 (SK17 HHD), a Wrightbus Streetdeck Mk 3 with ‘Micro Hybrid’ technology
and a ‘Euro 6’ engine. We also see CITYZAP buses at the other end of their route.
Our final destination on this programme is
Hull. Home to East Yorkshire Motor Services,
we see plenty of action as their vehicles run alongside Stagecoach in this busy city.
Both companies have immaculately turned out vehicles and we see them
operating in and out of the Paragon Interchange on Margaret Moxon Way. Other locations include Prospect Street, Bond
Street, Queens Dock Avenue and Carr Lane to mention but a few. We are sure you will enjoy this packed
programme of Yorkshire buses going about their business, as they know best!