Two 73's on 27 May 2010

Andrew Bagshaw took this photograph in Clay Cross late afternoon 27 May 2010. Former Dublin Alexander bodied Leyland Olympian J619 CEV was working the 73 route. Our information is that nobody was hurt.

Matthew Vernals writes (27 May 2010): TM Travel's Free Bee Centro, YN08 JWD, makes an unusual appearance on the 73 to Clay Cross today.

Andrew Bagshaw & Matthew Vernals, added 28 May 2010

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Coaches with a railway connection (well, just about)

Dennis Basford writes (23 May 2010): Two local buses with a "Railway connection" (well loosely).

TM Travel's coach pictured at Kidderminster on the 2nd of May where it had deposited a party from The Little Midland Society (based in Chesterfield) for a day out on the Severn Valley Railway.

Linburg's vehicle seen at Butterley station on the Midland Railway trusts line.

Dennis Basford added 25 May 2010

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What's going on here?

Richard Lomas writes (21 May 2010): I thought some people might be interested in these pictures on my blog. They were taken at 10:25 on Thursday morning (20 May) at the top of the steep hill from Crich to Bull Bridge.

CLICK HERE

Richard Lomas added 22 May 2010

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Overseas visitors

Colin Sellers (20 May 2010) saw this in Chesterfield coach station:

Colin Sellers (19 May 2010): comments: This was photographed outside Chesterfield town hall this evening. The Mercedes Trevago, a model not sold in the UK, had brought a party of French students to stay in the town. Notice the town hall can be used as a pick-up /drop off point, all that you need is a left hand drive vehicle!

Colin Sellers added 21 May 2010

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TM Travel update

Managing Director Paul Hopkinson writes (18 May 2010):

New arrival from Kinchbus this week is 899 (P411 BNR). We collected it from Langley Mill yesterday.

Two more are to join us at Halfway, I have yet to see the other ones at Kinchbus before I pick which two I want.

899 is now in the paint shop as 938 (S938 UAL) nears completion.

Fire damaged Centro YJ07 JVC is expected back at Halfway soon for component recovery, after which the vehicle will be scrapped. (More HERE.)

Paul Hopkinson added 19 May 2010

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Colin Sellers writes (18 May 2010): In town today - A funny little Volvo B9 coach; Hulleys used a coach today on service probably covering for maintainance as they are a Dart short following the accident last week (details HERE).

Colin Sellers added 19 May 2010

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Colin Sellers (17 May 2010) finds this working a TM Travel service in Chesterfield

Colin Sellers added 18 May 2010

Colin Sellers (14 May 2010) finds newly painted TM Travel 214 in Chesterfield

Oliver Foreman writes (15 May 2010): This bus was working the Mansfield Tesco contract this afternoon.

Colin Sellers & Oliver Foreman added 16 May 2010

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Fostering & Adoption bus

Tony Wilson writes: (12 May 2010): Below is Stagecoach Dart 34575 sporting a three sided advert for the Derbyshire County Council Fostering & Adoption Agency. Seen in New Beetwell Street. The front remains in corporate Stagecoach livery.

Colin Sellers (14 May 2010) photographs the front of this bus in New Beetwell Street, Chesterfield

Tony Wilson added 13 May 2010
Colin Sellers added 16 May 2010

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TM Travel 939, S939 UAL now in service

Ben Goodman writes (8 April 2010): These pictures were taken whilst 939 was operating the 242 service which operates between Sheffield and Castleton Via Crosspool, Rivelin, Ladybower, Bamford and Hope.

More photos of TM and other Derbyshire vehicles can be found on my gallery HERE

Ben Goodman added 10 May 2010

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Jane Hall bus today

James McGee writes (8 May 2010): Further to reading your article on the website about a bus number A133 SMA being on TV (HERE) I thought you might like to see it in Redferns colours as it is now.

James McGee added 10 May 2010

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Chesterfield sightings 4 May 2010

Photographs and captions by Colin Sellers

The Megabus is a Lincoln based vehicle used as transport to Chesterfield for staff.
The Solo passing it is the replacement for the W reg that has been transferred to Scotland.

The Optare Excel 1 is 35016 which was planned to be withdrawn at the end of April??????

An ex Trent Excel 2 returning from Buxton on TM Travel route 66

Two buses (above & below) working 44a introduced today via Newbold and Unstone Green

For more photographs of 44a CLICK

Colin Sellers added 5 May 2010

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Do you think this is an improvement or not? Please make CONTACT

Oliver Forenman added 5 May 2010

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Olympian Group 1 May 2010

Here is the drop off at Chesterfield Station of the visit to observe and travel in Redfern's and Johnson's Olympian

Colin Sellers added 4 May 2010

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End of April sightings

Jamie McGee took this in the yard of Redfern of Mansfield (30 April 2010) [Sorry for previously giving the wrong location]:

Ian Moorcroft took these photographs on 30 April 2010. He writes:

TM Travel were down to their last Excel but have now added 2 more from parent Trent Barton in the form of 215 still operating in green Cotgrave Connection livery and 214 which has been smartly painted in fleet livery as shown here in a very wet Bakewell.

I doubt you'll find a smarter H registered Olympian than this Redfern Travel example seen laying over between schools in Chesterfield.

Martin Arrand took these photographs on 30 April 2010.

A decker on the D5! Are passenger loadings so good? (This is a Veolia Friday only shopping journey, presumably between school runs, from Nottingham to Chesterfield. Perhaps the school run requires a double decker. We will have to see what is allocated next Friday.)

Perhaps the Stagecoach Volvo B10M training bus was bringing new timetables from Barnsley (minor timetable revisions from 4 May).

Colin Sellers took this photograph on 30 April 2010. He writes:

We walked to TM Travel's former premises at Fan Road, Staveley this morning for a shot of it's final day.

For photographs of Fan Road taken January 2010 CLICK

Above six photographs added 2 May 2010