Yelloway line up of holiday expresses - August 1972

August 1972 - A line up of holiday expresses in the Yelloway coach station and garage at Rochdale. The three Yelloway Plaxton bodied AEC Reliances were, from left to right: a Panorama Elite (NDK-G of 1969) working the 0830 to Torquay and Paignton; a Panorama (FDK-D of 1966) working the 0900 to Bournemouth); and another Panorama (HDK-E of 1967) working the 0830 to Portsmouth/Southsea. These coaches would work down to the south coast by day returning on the Saturday overnight northbound services and at the same time tomorrow morning when they arrived back at Rochdale each would have covered around 600 miles. On the right is an Eastern Coachworks bodied Bristol RE of Red and White Services working the 0830 service to Barry Island, South Wales. The Paignton service was Yelloway's own whereas the other three were jointly operated with Associated Motorways of which Red and White was a member. (At the far end by the wall was what looked like a hired coach from Travis's of Middleton which would be working as a duplicate on either the 0830 service to North Wales or the 0900 service to Blackpool).