General observations

Gordon Scott mentions some Scottish developments north of the border saying "Pictures taken on April 23rd of Lothian Skylink new Ocean Terminal to Airport route 200 first day of route operating Volvo Wright's in new Skylink livery."

 
187 SN13 BFM and 189 SN13 BFP seen at Drum Brae Edinburgh April 23rd 2017.

Then Gordon visited Aberdeen and took the following pictures on April 25th. 


Stagecoach East Scotland (Fife) 19547 SP59AOX now with Stagecoach Bluebird still in route 95 Coastliner route branding.

Another three shots taken at Aberdeen Bus Station area at the weekend of Stagecoach Buses and Coaches.


Ex Cambridge Volvo B9R Plaxton Panther 53644 - KX61GFA.
This of course was new to the Cambridge Oxford X5 route.


Megabus Van Hool Astromega 50292 - YJ66FFJ.


Jetlink Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC 10529 - SN16OMT.

On Friday, April 28th a nice picture of a brand coach. Ed.


First day in service Parks of Hamilton New Volvo Plaxton Elite - KSK 983.
Volvo Plaxton Elite seen in New Citylink Livery, taken today in Corstorphine, Edinburgh
on Citylink route 900 to Glasgow. This is one of six for Citylink workings.

On May 8th some interesting pictures from south of the Edinburgh Glasgow line.


East Coast Buses Volvo B8RLE Wright 10059 - SF17VMH taken at West End Edinburgh route 107.
Note the new style front end on this single decker. Ed.


East Coast Buses Volvo B9L Wright Gemini 20938 - SN10DKF taken in Musselburgh on route 124 was new as Airlink 938. 

Pictures below of Border Buses in their livery. 


Volvo Wright 11226 - BF12 KWW on Bridges Edinburgh X62.

 
 Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 11717 - YY17 GSZ taken at Galashiels.

 
 Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 11716 - YY17 GSV taken at Eddleston on X62.

Note - they are in owner based livery West Coast Motors..

On May 10th I caught up with a new vehicle coming out of ADL's Falkirk facility, this being a new decker for Nottingham.

 
Nottingham Scania CNG Alexander Dennis Enviro City out on a test run at Falkirk factory.

All the above pictures © are courtesy of Gordon Scott.

Ensign buses on special duties.

Frazer Peddle writes "Please find a couple of pictures of four Ensign buses I took at Whitehall in London on April 23rd. These were used to transport volunteers for the London Marathon."

 
Interesting pictures from Frazer Peddle.

Lothian in Scotland by Paul Hawkins

Lothian subsidiary East Coast Buses have introduced new Volvo B8RLE/Wright for their East Lothian services. These are the first wright bodied single deckers to have the new style front​!


East Coast Buses 10053  SF17VLZ  route 124 on April 27th by Paul Hawkins

They have also introduced a new service 200 from Ocean Terminal to the Airport serving the north of the city as well as a new livery for the main Airlink service 100 from the city centre to the airport​.

 

Edinburgh Bus tours have also re-liveried one of there Wright bodied open toppers in a special livery to mark the 70th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe​.

There is a lot going on in Swindon with a new logo and livery for Thamesdown with a now predominant SWINDON name. Information on this is now included under the Go Ahead banner.

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