First West & North Yorkshire

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RE: First West & North Yorkshire

(05/06/2012 20:20)Wright Eclipse Wrote:  

Quote:37288/9 have 'FirstHuddersfield' above the door too. I would assume that given the two buses were sent to Huddersfield depot to coincide with the B9TLs being introduced on the 180/184 in Greater Manchester, then the re-paint is to coincide with the re-paint and new branding on the 180/184.

Has also been suggested that some Huddersfield B7TLs will be repainted too, possibly for the 363 but potentially for the 184 too.

wont be for 363 as this is now mainly operated by Wright Eclipses,ive heard they are to be branded for Manchester Rd Set of routes,that might explain why they havent branded the 2 B9TLs,maybe huddersfield intend on branding the 184 under there manchester road branding?

That could make sense actually. Something to back that up is the booklet I found on a 184 last week, which was supposed to be for drivers/employees rather than passengers about the new 180/184 branding. On the inside, it has a drawing of a double decker with the new livery and it has where the destination display is '184/185'.

So, it's probable that the Volvo B7TLs will be branded for the 185, given that they are regularly used on the route. Whether that will be the case for the 181/183 in Huddersfield, we'll have to wait and see given that they use different buses.