DSCF3033 Galloway FJ61 EYG (National Express contractor) - 8 Apr 2016

Colchester - 8 Apr 2016


Folder: Buses, coaches, trams by place/area (UK)
Colchester is the oldest recorded Roman town in Britain (the Roman name of Camulodunum) and therefore makes a claim to be the oldest town in Britain. The town is served by quite an array of different bus operators which I have tried to capture in this album. Arriva and First are the two dominant operators working town services.

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1025) – Two elephant shaped direction signs on the corner of High Street and North Hill in Colchester. Colchester does have a famous Zoo. In the background is Galloway Coach Travel 341 (FJ61 EYG), a Caetano Levante bodied Volvo B9R, working the 0710 Heathrow Airport to Ipswich National Express service 250. It had been new to Premiere, Nottingham in January 2012.

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1221) – Galloway Coach Travel 302 (FJ61 EVR) in Stanwell Street, Colchester when working the 1030 National Express service 481 from London (Victoria) to Ipswich. A Caetano Levante bodied Volvo B9R.

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1206) – H C Chambers and Son (Go-Ahead Group) 1508 (YN55 PZL), an East Lancs bodied Scania N94UD new to Metrobus in February 2006, seen in High Street, Colchester. The town’s famous water tower (opened 1883) dominates the background. The building with the colonade on the right, now apartments, was constructed in 1820 as a Corn Exchange and later became the offices of Essex and Suffolk Equitable Fire Insurance Society.

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1031) – H C Chambers and Son (Go-Ahead Group) 1507 (YN55 PZJ), an East Lancs bodied Scania N94UD new to Metrobus in February 2006, seen in High Street, Colchester.

DSCF3140 Hedingham Omnibuses (Go-Ahead Group) YN55…

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1203) – Hedingham Omnibuses (Go-Ahead Group) 1515 (YN55 PZW), an East Lancs bodied Scania N94UD new to Metrobus in February 2006, seen in High Street, Colchester.

DSCF3139 Hedingham Omnibuses (Go-Ahead Group) T117…

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1203) – Hedingham Omnibuses (Go-Ahead Group) 739 (T117 DBW), an Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident new to City of Oxford (#117) in July 1999, passing First Essex 65683 (YR52 VEU), a Wright Solar bodied Scania L94UB new in November 2002 to Menzies (Car Parking), Heathrow Airport, in High Street, Colchester.

DSCF3119 Hedingham Omnibuses (Go-Ahead Group) YN06…

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1145) – Hedingham Omnibuses (Go-Ahead Group) 1517 (YN06 JYB), an East Lancs bodied Scania N94UD new to Metrobus in March 2006, seen in High Street, Colchester.

DSCF3117 Hedingham Omnibuses (Go-Ahead Group) YN06…

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1144) – Hedingham Omnibuses (Go-Ahead Group) 1517 (YN06 JYB), an East Lancs bodied Scania N94UD new to Metrobus in March 2006, seen in High Street, Colchester.

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1048) – Hedingham Omnibuses (Go-Ahead Group) 1514 (YN55 PZV), an East Lancs bodied Scania N94UD new to Metrobus in March 2006, seen in Osborne Street, Colchester.

DSCF3030 Hedingham Omnibuses (Go-Ahead Group) YN5…

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1021) – Hedingham Omnibuses (Go-Ahead Group) 1515 (YN55 PZW), an East Lancs bodied Scania N94UD new to Metrobus in February 2006, passing First Essex 66804 (MX05 CCO), a Wright Eclipse bodied Volvo B7RLE, in High Street, Colchester.

DSCF3143 Hedingham Omnibuses (Go-Ahead Group) SN1…

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1204) – Hedingham Omnibuses (Go-Ahead Group) 616 (SN10 CCV), an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400 bodied Trident new in June 2010 in High Street, Colchester.

DSCF3141 Buses in High Street, Colchester - 8 Apr…

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1204) – High Street, Colchester with buses of Hedingham Omnibuses (Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400 bodied Trident 616 (SN10 CCV)); Arriva Kent Thameside (Alexander ALX200 bodied Dennis Dart 3333 (W465 XKX)); and First Essex (Wright Solar bodied Scania L94UB 65687 (YS03 ZKG)).

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1147) – High Street, Colchester. Hedingham Omnibuses 256 (EU55 BWC), an Alexander bodied Plaxton Pointer style Dennis Dart (new November 2005), passes Stephensons of Essex 503 (EU59 BHX), an Optare Olympus bodied Scania N270UD (new December 2009). Two prominent Colchester landmarks dominate the backcloth - the Town Hall (opened in 1902) and the famous water tower (opened 1883).

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1147) - Stephensons of Essex 503 (EU59 BHX), an Optare Olympus bodied Scania N270UD new in December 2009, seen in High Street, Colchester. This body design originated as a product of East Lancashire Coachbuilders.

DSCF3077 Wholly, wholly, wholly - 8 Apr 2016

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Friday 8 April 2016 – A sign on a bus stop in Colchester ‘bus station’. ‘Wholly’ is not a word one often sees in use by bus people. Timetables for many bus services in Essex changed as of Monday 11 April 2016.

DSCF3102 Carters Coaches AY60 BVD - 8 Apr 2016

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1135) – Carters Coaches 260 (AY60 BVD) seen in High Street, Colchester. It is an MCV Evolution bodied VDL SB130 new in September 2010. In recent weeks Carters had agreed to sell their business to Ipswich Buses.

DSCF3045 Carters Coaches LX03 BTF - 8 Apr 2016

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1135) – Carters Coaches 406 (LX03 BTF) seen in High Street, Colchester. It is an Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident new to Stagecoach East London in March 2003 as their 17751. It later passed to Tower Transit and became their 33206 and that number was still carried. In recent weeks Carters had agreed to sell their business to Ipswich Buses.

DSCF3073 Panther Travel DC61 PAN (YX61 BXJ) - 8 Ap…

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Friday 8 April 2016 (1058) – Panther Travel DC61 PAN seen in Osborne Street, Colchester. It is an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro200 new to Mid Wales Travel in September 2011 registered YX61 BXJ.

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