N Wales/Chester - Jun 2015

Monday 29 June 2015 (0830) – Express Motors of Penygroes Mercedes-Benz Vario S710 AFF seen High Street (Stryd Fawr) in Porthmadog. Quite an array of service number is carried.

Monday 29 June 2015 (0836) – Express Motors of Penygroes Mercedes-Benz Vario S710 AFF seen turning into High Street (Stryd Fawr) in Porthmadog. Quite an array of service/contract numbers on display.

Saturday 27 June 2015 (1337) – Plain white Optare Solo YJ59 GHN seen in Caernarfon on service 12 to Pwllhelli. Legal address showed the name of B Japheth of Trefor (Berwyn Coaches?).

Saturday 27 June 2015 (1336) – Bus Peris (S W Price of Llanberis?) 308 (CX52 VRK), an Alexander ALX200 bodied Dennis Dart, seen in Caernarfon working service 89 to Llanberis. The fleetname makes up ‘Peris Bus’ in English and ‘Bws Peris’ in Welsh.

Thursday 25 June 2015 (1456) – Llew Jones of Penygroes LJ15 LLJ, the latest style Optare Solo new in 2015, seen in Betws y Coed when operating the 1435 service 64 from Cwm to Llanwrst.

Monday 22 June 2015 (around 1400) – This replica open top bus works a sightseeing tour of Chester and is seen at the loading stand outside Chester Town Hall. According to the Classic Commercial Motor Vehicles website it is built on a modified Bedford VAM chassis. Carries London General Omnibus Company livery and names plus a fleet number B1349. All looks the part but it is not genuine.

Monday 22 June 2015 (around 1400) – This replica open top bus works a sightseeing tour of Chester and is seen at the loading stand outside Chester Town Hall. According to the Classic Commercial Motor Vehicles website it is built on a modified Bedford VAM chassis. Carries London General Omnibus Company livery and names plus a fleet number B1349. All looks the part but it is not genuine.

Monday 22 June 2015 (around 1400) – This replica open top bus works a sightseeing tour of Chester and is seen at the loading stand outside Chester Town Hall. According to the Classic Commercial Motor Vehicles website it is built on a modified Bedford VAM chassis. Carries London General Omnibus Company livery and names plus a fleet number B1349. All looks the part but it is not genuine.

Monday 22 June 2015 (around 1400) – This replica open top bus works a sightseeing tour of Chester and is seen at the loading stand outside Chester Town Hall. According to the Classic Commercial Motor Vehicles website it is built on a modified Bedford VAM chassis. Carries London General Omnibus Company livery and names plus a fleet number B1349. All looks the part but it is not genuine. Modern day requirements include a tachograph! And ‘B’ type drivers were not afforded the luxury of a windscreen in the early 1900s!

Monday 22 June 2015 (around 1400) – This replica open top bus works a sightseeing tour of Chester and is seen at the loading stand outside Chester Town Hall. According to the Classic Commercial Motor Vehicles website it is built on a modified Bedford VAM chassis. Carries London General Omnibus Company livery and names plus a fleet number B1349. All looks the part but it is not genuine.

Monday 22 June 2015 (around 1400) – This replica open top bus works a sightseeing tour of Chester and is seen at the loading stand outside Chester Town Hall. According to the Classic Commercial Motor Vehicles website it is built on a modified Bedford VAM chassis. Carries London General Omnibus Company livery and names plus a fleet number B1349. All looks the part but it is not genuine.An elderly lady who required a walking stick when on the ground is precariously descending the very narrow and steep staircase after taking the tour.

Sunday 21 June 2015 (1701) – Aintree Coachline/Helms Coaches MX09 AOL, an Optare Solo, seen at Chester Railway Station working a shuttle service between the station and the city centre.

Sunday 21 June 2015 (1701) – Aintree Coachline/Helms Coaches MX09 AOL, an Optare Solo, seen at Chester Railway Station working a shuttle service between the station and the city centre.

Monday 22 June 2015 (0834) – Aintree Coachline/Helms Coaches 115 (CB54 BUS), a Wrightbus Cadet bodied VDL SB120, seen in Foregate Street, Chester working the shuttle service between Chester city centre and the railway station. It was new to Carousel of High Wycombe in December 2004.

Monday 22 June 2015 (0834) – Aintree Coachline/Helms Coaches 115 (CB54 BUS), a Wrightbus Cadet bodied VDL SB120, seen in Foregate Street, Chester working the shuttle service between Chester city centre and the railway station. It was new to Carousel of High Wycombe in December 2004. A message on the rear reads “I’m not as ‘ugly’ as the other bus”

Monday 22 June 2015 (0855) – The Aintree Coaches group of companies work the shuttle service between Chester city centre and the Railway Station. Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart 117 (WX09 TGU) is lettered for Helms of Eastham. The ACL logo appears above the window. Seen at The Bars one-way system heading for the station.

Tuesday 23 June 2015 (0823) – The Aintree Coaches group of companies work the shuttle service between Chester city centre and the Railway Station. Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro200 120 (YX12 GGV) seen in Frodsham Street. It was new to Watts Coaches, Bonvilston, Cardiff in August 2012.

Tuesday 23 June 2015 (0823) – The Aintree Coaches group of companies work the shuttle service between Chester city centre and the Railway Station. Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro200 120 (YX12 GGV) seen in Frodsham Street. It was new to Watts Coaches, Bonvilston, Cardiff in August 2012.