The final orange bus in the book here and it goes to this orange 35 Scania OmniDekka. 755 is seen here out of service, presumably having just completed one of the extra turquoise 77's.
Tuesday 31 October 2017
This bus here is named after BBC Radio 1's Alice Levine and while she is the face of radio, she isn't at the back of this bus anymore as a Saint Property services advert has replaced it. 627 is seen here heading onto Angel Row in Nottingham's Old Market Square with a 36 to Chilwell.
On Halloween, it is a day where it is usually people that go out trick or treating during the evening. As for me, though, while was hoping to ride on Scania OmniTown 207, this Old Optare Solo bus turned up instead! So was it a trick or treat? Well, it was a trick rather than a treat but I was just as pleased to ride on this bus after all as it was at least a very good chariot home! 238 is seen here arriving to pick me up at Victoria Centre on Upper Parliament Street with a 9 to Wilford Hill.
Although two Scania OmniTowns started out on the 9, only one stayed out and it was this one that did. 202 is seen here after dropping me off at Fletcher Gate with a 9 to City Loop. Interestingly, both Scania OmniTowns had differences, with one in the form of 207 having the original seating and this one having recycled seats from a Scania OmniLink, while the liveries were similar but not quite the same, with the rainbow swoops on this one being newer than the other one and the white font on the left and right hand sides being bigger on this side than the other one. Notice the added use of the Nottingham City Transport on the top of the bus here.
Monday 30 October 2017
A change of route for the afternoon saw this green spare Old Optare Solo go onto the 9 to replace purple line 87/88 branded ADL Enviro 200 374 after coming off the 31, presumably due to one of their branded Optare Solo SR buses being available, possibly the one that was on the 9 for the morning before being replaced by new style spare ADL Enviro 200 385. 238 arrives to pick me up from Nottingham Station on Carrington Street with a 9 to Wilford Hill.
Before moving to the 9 to replace a purple line 87/88 branded ADL Enviro 200, it was a morning on 31's as far as this Old Optare Solo spare was concerned, presumably before being replaced by a pink line 31 branded Optare Solo SR, possibly the one that was on the 9 before that was swapped for the new style spare ADL Enviro 200. 238 is seen here on Upper Parliament Street with a 31 to Jubilee Campus.
While heading to the Post Office during the end of my voluntary work for Oxfam with Duncan, this green spare ADL Enviro 200 turned up on green 11, a route usually operated by Optare Solo SR buses. 376 is seen here on Upper Parliament Street with an 11 to Lady Bay.
Well, it had to happen in the end, didn't it! Yes, a bus changeover on the 9! Pink Line 31 Optare Solo SR 350 had unusually been out for the morning on the 9 but, much to my annoyance, this spare came on for the afternoon, meaning I could no longer think pink! Mind you, a good spare here in the form of this new style spare liveried ADL Enviro 200! At least there is something to smile about! 385 is seen here heading onto Angel Row in Nottingham's Old Market Square with a 9 to Wilford Hill.
With a four car 222 on the Leicester/Lincoln local stoppers today, a photo was certainly required! 222104 is seen here at Nottingham with the 13:29 service to Lincoln Central. This train was the service from Leicester. It seems that on a certain day, a train like this gets used on this service sometimes compared to a bog standard 156 or 158.
Friday 27 October 2017
While both of the Y reg plate Optare Solos were allocated to Bridgford Bus, one was put to use on the 9, while this one was put to use on the 5, as here illustrates. 238 is seen here departing the Morrisons store in Gamston with the next 5 of the day to City Loop.
A total of five spares were on Bridgford Bus altogether this afternoon,with four single deck spares on, where three out of the four spare single deck vehicle types were out, the only type missing being the Scania OmniTown even though four spares were allocated, particularly because both the Y reg plate Old Optare Solo buses were allocated. As well as those, the new style spare ADL Enviro 200 was allocated (you can just see it in the background) along with this green spare Optare Solo SR. 352 is seen here in Central Avenue, West Bridgford with a 7 to Gamston. A rare working but a rather mundane one here as well. Also worth noting that a spare bio-gas Scania ADL Enviro 400 CBG City was on the 6 today.
Thursday 26 October 2017
One thing becoming common on the single-decks of Bridgford Bus at the moment is the allocation of spare buses, and today was no exception, where it was the 9 that ended up with the spare as usual and today's was in the form of this y reg plate Old Optare Solo, as here illustrates. 238 is seen here turning right onto Angel Row in Nottingham's Old Market Square with a 9 to Wilford Hill in place of a 12 plate Bridgford Bus branded Optare Solo SR.
Once again on the green line today, but unlike yesterday when it was on the 9, this time around saw it allocated to the 11, as here illustrates. 385 is seen here turning right onto Angel Row in Nottingham's Old Market Square with an 11 to Lady Bay. This new style spare ADL Enviro 200 effectively replaces Optare Solo Slimline 147 although it can actually now be found anywhere on the route and not just Sky Blue 46/47.
A feature Bridgford Bus hasn't had before on their Optare Solo SR buses is the inclusion of side adverts...until now.
356 sports a side advert for the Italian restaurant of Amore's, restaurants located in Beeston and Gedling, while sitting at Angel Row with an 8 to Wilford Hill. Note the windows are not covered up here by the advert. Some of the branding on the side, however, has been removed. I think this bus wasn't running on 25.10.2017 as it was getting parts of its branding removed as well as being fitted with this side advert.
A new rear advert for this green spare Optare Solo SR sees it advertising the Italian Restaurant of Amore's, restaurants located in Beeston and Gedling. I've got to admit that I like this new rear advert on this one even though its older advert I previously liked, it being for Rampant Ink, the award-winning Tattoo and body piercing studio based in Netherfield, has been removed. 353 is seen here showing off its new rear advert while heading onto Angel Row just before stopping at the bus stop in Nottingham's Old Market Square with an 11 to Lady Bay.
Over on the 11, this green spare Optare Solo SR was on the route before being swapped for a branded green 11 variant, compared to the other two spares I saw on the route, so good a job I got this shot while I could! 342 is seen here on Angel Row with an 11 to Lady Bay, with a Bridgford Bus branded bio-gas Scania ADL Enviro 400 CBG City and an Orange 35 branded Scania OmniDekka also in view.
Wednesday 25 October 2017
Over on South Notts 1, this Scania OmniDekka in the Easyrider livery was put to use on there, 971, a former navy 48 Scania OmniDekka, is seen here on Beastmarket Hill in Nottingham's Old Market Square, terminating in before heading out on a 1 to Loughborough,
Alongside the Scania OmniTown of 207, this new style spare liveried ADL Enviro 200 was also in use on Bridgford Bus 9. 385 is seen here turning right onto Angel Row in Nottingham's Old Market Square with a 9 to Wilford Hill. Interestingly, the buses in use involved different buses with different liveries, this ADL Enviro 200 in the new style silver spare livery and Scania OmniTown 207 in the older green spare livery with rainbow swoops.
Another day at the office for this bus on Bridgford Bus 9 here after working the route on 24.10.2017. After a day this time at Old Market Square, this bus even ended up being my chariot home again! 207 is seen here outside Debenham's in Nottingham's Old Market Square waiting for the lights to change while on a 9 to Wilford Hill.
While this is now navy 49 branded, this Scania OmniDekka does seem to have the former Citylink 1 livery on the mirror, as here illustrates. 974 is seen here on Beastmarket Hill in Nottingham's Old Market Square, terminating in before heading out on a service to Boots Factory.
Over on navy 49, one of the 07 plate silver spare Scania OmniDekka's was in use on the route, making for a nice change. 941 is seen here on Beastmarket Hill in Nottingham's Old Market Square, terminating in before heading out on its next journey to Boots Factory.
A chance find on navy 48 was this Parliament Street based silver spare Optare OmniDekka. I can only assume this was helping out at Gotham depot for the day on here then! 903 is unusually seen here at Beastmarket Hill in Nottingham's Old Market Square, waiting time before heading on a journey to Clifton via The Meadows.
A nice shot of this green spare Optare Solo SR here, showing its new snazzy Italian Amore's Reastaurant advert and I have to say that I very much like it! 352 is seen here on Beastmarket Hill in Nottingham's Old Market Square, having terminated in on a 3 from Clifton, the blind already set for its next journey to Clifton. In the end, I think this bus managed a morning on 3's before I think a navy 3 branded Optare Solo SR was available for service.
A nice addition to Nottingham City Transport's fleet is this Scania OmniDekka in the last trolleybus livery although now it celebrates 120 years serving Nottingham. I wonder what it will celebrate next year? We'll just have to wait and see. 676 is seen here just heading onto Angel Row out of service.
It wasn't just green 6 and green 10 that swapped buses, but the orange 34 route also followed suit, as here illustrates. 953 and 955 are seen here on the 34 before changing hands. These two Scania OmniDekkas were former Bridgford Bus ones before being moved to the 34 due to the new gas buses coming onto the 6.
Over on green 10, a bus swap occured here on Angel Row involving bio-gas Scania ADL Enviro 400 CBG City buses 429 and 408. 408 had been out on the 10, then 429 decided to come out to play on the route, hence the reason for the bus swap here. 429 is seen on Angel Row in Nottingham's Old Market Square ready to take up the rest of the day on 10's to/from Ruddington, with 402 behind wating to return to Parliament Street depot.
With two silver spare bio-gas ADL Enviro 400 CBG City buses operating on the 6 today, it was a case of a branded bus swapping for a branded bus here. 402 had been out on the 6 for part of the morning before another branded bus was available for service, so these two were swapped round at Angel Row, as here illustrates. 401 and 402 are seen here at Angel Row in Nottingham's Old Market Square, 401 ready to take up the rest of the day on 6's to/from Edwalton, 402 ready for a move to Parliament Street depot.
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