HBM: Centrebus 635 (BU16 UWM) in Dunstable - 14 Apr 2023 (P1150078)

Friday 14 April 2023 (1221) - Centrebus 635 (BU16 UWM) seen on High Street South in Dunstable working Busway service B (Dunstable/Downside to Luton).

It is an MCV Evolution bodied Volvo B8RLE that had been new to Roberts Coaches, Hucclecote in March 2016 to operate the Leicester Park & Ride contract. From a batch of eight such buses that Roberts used on the contract Centrebus now has five of them. On my visit today I saw three of them (BU16 UWL/N/M) taking a ride on UWL.

In the past this was the main A5 road from London to the north now numbered A5189. The pedestrian area behind and right of the camera is The Square with the clock and shelter as a focal point.

The Square was the northbound pick-up point for various coach services including Yelloway heading to Lancashire. A number of local bus services used to start from here.