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| February 2008 |
| 2007
by night |
| Double
Deckers |
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| Above left: Competition
has broken out in the most unlikely towns over the past year.
One such is Leicester where are First and Arriva are battling it
out. First 32079 (KP51WBJ) is seen passing Arriva 4001
(FJ06ZPX) in Leicester in November 2007. Above right:
First Devon and Cornwall has introduced new Enviro400's on to park and
ride services in Plymouth where WA56PTD is seen in January 2007
when new. Lower right: First continues to
invest in Glasgow with more Wright boded deckers such as 37190
(SF07FCE) seen here late one August night. |
| Filthy
Weather |
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| Above left: Serbia
is slowly coming to terms with the lifting of UN sanctions.
There has recently been investment in the Belgrade trolleybus system with 178
representing the new order in torrential rain in March 2007.
Above right: Hybrid buses are all the rage with Arriva 3727
(YJ57BUA) seen in Cannock bus station one miserable evening in
December 2007. |
| Christmas |
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| Upper left: One of
Lothian's Polish built deckers - 998 (SK06AHL) - on Waverley bridge
in Edinburgh in December 2007; lower left: First Edinburgh 61228
(YN52UWF), a Wright bodied Scania, in Duns en route from Galashiels to
Berwick upon Tweed in December 2007; above right: Lothian 851
(SN57DFC), one of this year's batch of new double deckers seen passing
the carnival in Princess St, Edinburgh in December 2007. |
| Preservation |
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| Left: Huddersfield 619
(KVH219), a preserved trolleybus at the twilight running day at
Sandtoft musem; right: King Alfred VCG104 at the running day
in Winchester on 1st January 2008. |
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| Above left: Stagecoach
Western 22514 (SF56FKS), one of a batch of East Lancs bodied MANs
bought for the Stranraer to Ayr service seen in Stranraer in December
2007; top right: King of Kickcowan has been investing in new
vehicles this year such as this Metrorider YJ07VRO seen in Newton
Stewart one dark Sunday evening in December 2007; middle right:
Stagecoach Fife has introduced new long Scanias on the Edinburgh to
Dunfermline service, such as 24008 (SP57CNV), seen in St. Andrews
Square bus station in December 2007; lower right: while Arriva
waited for new vehicles to be delivered for the Glasgow Airport to Glasgow
service they employed vehicles such as these - YJ07SJZ - a Plaxton
bodied Dart seen at the airport at dusk in August 2007; lower middle:
First Edinburgh has Fm30 (FJ07AAZ) on loan from Ferrymill Motors
and it is seen in Duns on December 2007; lower left: Morrison
compete with First during the day in Stirling but at night they operate
the Callander service on tender on which their L254NHA is seen in
Stirling in April 2007. |
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