06 August 2010

Preserving the past

Yesterdays posting was all about buses which may serve with Plymouth Citybus in the future so today's is about preserving some of the buses that have served Citybus in the past. The Plymouth City Transport Preservation Group seems to be going from strength to strength over the last few years and now has quite a collection of former Citybus vehicles

Plymouth Citybus 131 STK131T PCTPG
131 seen at the WNPG Rally in July

Over on my sister site Plymothian Transit Extra you can find the current 'fleet list' for the group as it stands at the moment. These pages will generally be updated as any changes are made to the fleet.
The group has its eyes on yet more buses and currently has first refusal on the following:

9 NDR509J Leyland Atlantean Park Royal
125 STK125T Leyland Atlantean Roe open top
154 ATK154W Leyland Atlantean East Lancs open top
159 ODV203W Leyland Atlantean East Lancs open top
161 ATK161W Leyland Atlantean East Lancs open top
172 TTT172X Leyland Olympian East Lancs

I for one really hope we do see NDR509J back in Plymouth!

For more details on how you can support the group visit their web site www.plymouthcitytransport.co.uk.


PTOTPA: Class 37 - not quite
Musings in Monochrome (in color!): I aint movin Mum
Transport Illustrated: Pennines
A Transport of delight: New Plaxtons for National Express New to Lincolnshire
Omnibuses: Low floors and wheelchairs

7 comments:

  1. FIRST UGOBUS 15 WILL NO LONGER HAVE A SUNDAY SERVICE FROM AUG 29. NOT SURE WHY FIRST SEEM HELL BENT ON DESTROYING THEIR PROFITABLE ROUTES ????

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  2. Wow! I spotted ATK 161w for sale on e-bay a few months back & mentioned it to PCTPG, so i'm quite happy that PCTPG are attempting to save her

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  3. Well as pcb is the hot topic at the moment just thought i would let everyone no that us pcb staff had a meeting with the md last night. Most of the topics arent relevent but one that is, is we now know that arriving some point before xmas are 15 51 reg single door low floor buses and one coach. It wasnt metioned what they were but im sure someone knows what they could possibly be.

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  4. i have heard from a reliable source that they will be ex london general dual door darts.

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  5. I know they are indeed dual door darts from London but dont know which ones yet. I believe the coach is coming from the South Coast fleet but again not sure what yet.

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  6. Quite likely the Darts would be the 53 reg batch currently on route 170. They are 10.2m long and are being displaced by longer Darts transferred from Blue Triangle, plus new E200s.

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  7. Incoming coach is a Scania Irizar from Marchwood

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