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Sunny Days
Although 2012 had the wettest
April and June on record, there were some sunny days.
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Top left: Stagecoach has been introducing Scania
Enviro300's throughout its fleet including 28608 (GN61EVM)
seen at Eastbourne station in August.
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Top right: Mortons have bought this former Ulsterbus
VanHool Volvo artic H15BUS seen at the Bus&Coach Preservation
rally at Newbury Showground in July.
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1st row left: Ludgate is a picturesque town in Shropshire
and and is served by several independent bus companies, such as Lugg
Valley whose YJ62FFN, an Optare Solo SR, is seen there in
September.
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1st row right: Also in Ludlow is Minsterley DX12OVY,
a Wright bodied Volvo.
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2nd row left: During the Olympics, Stagecoach cascaded
vehicle in its fleet to keep certain types in the same location.
Stagecoach South East 15777 (GN61EWB), a Scania Enviro400
branded for the Eastbourne to Hastings service, is seen on loan at
Chichester on the 700 Brighton to Southsea route in July.
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2nd row right: Stagecoach Hampshire 15806 (GX12DXU),
another Scania Enviro400, is seen in Durrington branded for the
Andover to Salisbury route in March.
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3rd row left: Reading 155 (RX12DYW) a Wright
Streelite outside Asda in Lower Earley in May.
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3rd row middle: Rotala-owned Wessex Connect BX52FZL,
a Scania/Volvo, at Bath University on the Park and Ride service in
December. First also operate a Park & Ride service using
artics.
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3rd row right: Go Ahead have been transferring vehicles
from within the group to Thames Travel, including OF56OXF, a
Merecedes Citaro which started life with Oxford. It is
seen outside the new Reading station building works in September.
Liveries
There was no shortage of interesting liveries in 2012.
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Top left: It was the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and a
handful of operators celebrated the occasion by applying special
livery to a vehicle. Stagecoach South 15586 (GX59JYT),
an Enviro400, is seen in Goring-By-Sea in August.
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Top right: Stagecoach 54028 (SF07AMX), a Plaxton
bodied Volvo, one of four Panda liveried vehicles for Edinburgh Zoo,
seen leaving Victoria Coach Station in London on a National Express
service to Penzance in December.
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1st row left: First Potteries 60171 (T918SSF),
a Wright bodied Scania in PMT privatisation livery in the now closed
Hanley bus station in April.
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1st row right: Another operator to paint a vehicle in
traditional livery was Stagecoach Cumberland whose 34702
(PX05ENE), an Alexander bodied Dart, is seen in Carlisle in
September.
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2nd row left: Travel Dundee introduced a batch of new
Scania bodied Volvos with characters from the Beano on their sides.
Their 2046 (SP61CUA) is seen in Dundee in September sporting
Oor Wullie.
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2nd row middle: Tellings Golden Miller
KX61JVP in Virgin livery at
Heathrow Airport in July.
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2nd row right: West Coast Motors has painted more of its
fleet in joint Citylink livery such as Irizar bodied Scania
YT11LVH, seen leaving Glasgow Buchanan bus station in September.
Round Up
A round up of other
news events in 2012.
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Top left: Travel Coventry 4835 (BX61LNA), a Dennis
Enviro400, in Leamington Spa in May.
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Top right: Harrogate & District 281 (YJ12MZU), an
Optare Versa, in Harrogate in December.
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1st row left: Glasgow Citybus YX12DJK, a Enviro200,
at its terminus near the old Anderston X bus station in Glasgow in
November.
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1st row right: Metrobus SN12AAF, an Enviro200, at
the Horsham Park & Ride site in May.
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2nd row left: First Leeds 19006 (MH06ZSP), a Wright
bodied Streetcar, that began life in York and is now operating a
branded service between Leeds and Bradford, seen in December.
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2nd row right: The BRT scheme in Gosport opened in 2012.
First Hampshire 69546 (BF12KWL), a Wright bodied Volvo is
seen on a bitter Sunday in December.
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Boulogne has added to its already
interesting fleet with the purchase of BS780VK, a Citaro BHNS (bus
à haute niveau de service) seen at
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The tram system in Nancy, established in
2000, runs on rubber tyres and has been plagued with problems,
which are now being sorted. STAN 8716YS54 is
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Strasbourg, home to the European Parliament has hybrid buses and
gas buses such as 8737ZA67, see above in the
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Air France has for many years operated Renault FR1 coaches on
their services from Paris city centre to the airports.
However recently they have been replaced by Setras such as
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The lamentable bus station at the Acropolis in Nice has been
bulldozed into oblivion. Operators such as RCA,
whose Setra AH965ZA is seen here in June, are
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Classic Clips
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Bradford Schools & Education Board 023 (KW7074),
a Leyland Badger from 1930, at the Bus and Coach Preservation
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Merseyside
1236 (BKC236K), an Alexander bodied Atlantean, at the
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