First Manchester 39253 (BW65 DCU) in Leigh - 24 May 2019 (P1010971)

Friday 24 May 2019 (1141) – First Manchester Vantage services V1 and V2 start from Manchester Royal Infirmary travelling via Manchester city centre, Salford, A6, A580 (East Lancashire Road) to Ellenbrook where they join a Guided Busway to Tyldesley (Astley Street). At Tyldesley the V1 continues on the Busway to Leigh whereas the V2 diverges via normal roads to Atherton.

39253 (BW65 DCU), a Wright StreetDeck bodied Volvo B5LH new in February 2016, is seen in Leigh bus station having just arrived (1139) as the 1038 service V1 from MRI and is now ready to load for the return journey departing at 1150.