Tees and District 251 (B252 NVN) in Scarborough – 12 Aug 1994 (238-10)

Friday 12 August 1994 (approx. 1725) – Tees and District was created in February 1990 from the Cleveland and North Yorkshire coastal operating area of United Automobile Services which at the time was owned by Caldaire Holdings. In 1992 the company was acquired by the Westcourt Bus Group.

Eastern Coachworks bodied Leyland Olympian 251 (B251 NVN) had been new to United in May 1985. It was seen near Scarborough Railway Station on the return trip of service X57 to Hartlepool which was a ‘Seaside Flyer’ service to cater for day trip traffic operating down from the North East in the morning returning in the late afternoon.

The vehicle wasn’t doing much seaside flying here as it had taken the best part of 15 minutes to travel the short distance from the Somerset Terrace departure point. Road works in Falsgrave Road combined with Friday rush hour traffic creating significant delays. A United driver of another similar type service which departed Somerset Terrace 5 minutes later had travelled via York Place and the upper part of Westborough to then leave town via Northway and Burniston Road helped him avoid the delays.