YorkRailFan
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Ah my bad, they usually operate for Leeds Fest though so wouldn't be surprising if they're also operating for Roundhay Festival.
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The Leeds Festival is in school holidays.
York Pullman are fully committed on a weekday with school and college services.
YorkRailFan
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College Services are reduced, York College is now on school holidays until September as is Askham Bryan College.
Regardless of any of that, this new Roundhay Festival is much smaller, and held within civilisation, so the shuttle bus won’t be anywhere near as big an operation
The Leeds festival is held in the middle of nowhere and pretty much needs every spare bus with a valid MOT, not just York Pullman
The Leeds festival is held in the middle of nowhere and pretty much needs every spare bus with a valid MOT, not just York Pullman
Pit_buzzer
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First are advertising a normal service in York from tomorrow, we'll, quantity wise at least, there will however be no bus stops available outside the station which should add to the interest
YorkRailFan
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Looks like quite a few fleet movements as the Metrodeckers remain out of service today. As mentioned upthread, 37550 has transferred South from Aberdeen to York.
From Leeds to York:
Yutong E10s 68803 & 68807, Wrightbus Kite Electroliners 63570 & 63572
From Bradford to Leeds:
Ultroliner 35280
From Halifax to Leeds:
B7RLE 69557
From Huddersfield to Leeds:
Streetlite DF 63437 - I believe the only Streetlite in the Leeds fleet currently.
Repainted to Ultraviolet:
B9TL 37701
From Leeds to York:
Yutong E10s 68803 & 68807, Wrightbus Kite Electroliners 63570 & 63572
From Bradford to Leeds:
Ultroliner 35280
From Halifax to Leeds:
B7RLE 69557
From Huddersfield to Leeds:
Streetlite DF 63437 - I believe the only Streetlite in the Leeds fleet currently.
Repainted to Ultraviolet:
B9TL 37701
YorkRailFan
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It would be weird to have a diesel in York for passenger service as the few diesels left at James Street (all are Driver Trainers) have to be fueled off site.
It is just on loan, as it is very much required in Aberdeen.
stevieinselby
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With First now owning York Pullman, which is very much still a diesel operation and has a depot only a few miles from York, it's not unreasonable as a short term emergency measure. I'm sure other cities would be pretty miffed if their newest and nicest buses were all shipped off to York to cover for the problem.
YorkRailFan
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For a short term loan I think its no issue, but for a permanent loan it starts to become more of an inconvenience.
Metal Mickey
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I’m guessing it’s because they had spare vehicles available due to Universities and Schools being off for the summer - Scotland end of school year finishes up to 3 weeks earlier than England.
YorkRailFan
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First had 36312/36314 from Huddersfield, 33875/33878 from Halifax & at least 2 Streetdeck’s on them, buses seen also from DM Motor Services, one York Pullman B9TL Gemini in Lothian livery & at least 3 from Travel Xpress including a Tri axle EvoSeti & a 53 plate ALX400
YorkRailFan
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E400s 33909 & 33409 as well as B9TL 37739 are on loan to Leeds from Glasgow.
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The following Streetdeck Electroliners are on loan to York from Leeds:
36602, 36603, 36608 & 36593.
The following B9TLs are on loan to Leeds:
36283 from Eastern Counties & 37459 from Aberdeen.
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B7RLE 69507 has transferred to Leeds from South Yorkshire.
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Streetdeck Repower 71092 has transferred from First West of England to York.
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Three Streetdeck Repowers have transferred from Leeds to York:
71028, 71029 & 71030
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Metrodecker 39511 is tracking this morning on the 3. Can anyone confirm if its actually out or if its just a tracking error?
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West Yorkshire Service Changes from 19th July:
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Streetdeck Repower 71005 has transferred to York from Leicester.
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Streetdeck Repower 71090 - XIG 9290 has been diverted from First West Of England to York to cover Metrodeckers.
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Looks like Streetdeck Electroliner 36604 has transferred from Leeds to York.
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The following Streetdeck Electroliners are on loan to York from Leeds:
36602, 36603, 36608 & 36593.
The following B9TLs are on loan to Leeds:
36283 from Eastern Counties & 37459 from Aberdeen.
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B7RLE 69507 has transferred to Leeds from South Yorkshire.
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Streetdeck Repower 71092 has transferred from First West of England to York.
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Three Streetdeck Repowers have transferred from Leeds to York:
71028, 71029 & 71030
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Metrodecker 39511 is tracking this morning on the 3. Can anyone confirm if its actually out or if its just a tracking error?
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West Yorkshire Service Changes from 19th July:
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According to WYIS, this is 71028 tracking as 39511.
Streetdeck Repower 71005 has transferred to York from Leicester.
36603 did not come to York.
Apparently it broke down on the way to York.
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Streetdeck Repower 71090 - XIG 9290 has been diverted from First West Of England to York to cover Metrodeckers.
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Looks like Streetdeck Electroliner 36604 has transferred from Leeds to York.
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NorthernSpirit
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As for Leeds Festival - I still think its wasteful having a shuttle service between Bramham Park and Seacroft, when Wetherby is a lot closer (its got a Morrisons) and it'd make a lot more sense to have shuttle buses running between Leeds and Wetherby via Bramham Park Festival site, thus meaning the X28 or whatever the number is could run more frequently i.e. every 10 minutes.
Ballyheigue
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Tesco is significantly bigger and more importantly cheaper lol, it also helps that it's next to a bus station.
YorkRailFan
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Three Metrodeckers tracking on the 197 yesterday, although 2 ended their day in Rufforth according to the tracking so its most likely an error with York Pullman diesels using the Metrodeckers' ticket machines.
B9TL 37712 has been repainted to Ultraviolet.
B9TL 37712 has been repainted to Ultraviolet.
Pit_buzzer
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I think the metro deckers that appeared to be on the 197 were actually York Pullman geminis, I saw 3 of them at the station that weren't tracking as themselves. At least 4 metro deckers left James Street on 2nd July and I would imagine their ticket machines would have been removed before they left
dodecahedron67
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It was 3x York Pullman B9TLs that normally don't have ticket machines in them. Driven by FirstYork drivers though
Still remaining out of use with the loans continuing. 3 of the Leeds Repowers along with 2 in WestBus Green, 4 Electroliner’s & couple of Kite’s are in use along with at least 3 green Yutong’s
The loan’s at Leeds includes 36283 from Eastern Counties & 69507 from Olive Grove seen in the pictures along with others from Glasgow, Aberdeen, Bradford & Halifax
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YorkRailFan
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York has:
2 Yutongs from Leeds
2 Kites from Leeds
4 Electroliners from Leeds
3 Repowers from Leeds
2 Repowers diverted from West Of England
1 Repower from Leicester
1 B9 from Aberdeen that didn't make the full trip south
Leeds has:
1 Streetlite from Huddersfield
1 Eclipse 2 from Halifax
1 Eclipse 2 from Sheffield
1 B9 from Sheffield
1 B9 from Glasgow
1 B9 from Aberdeen
1 B9 from Eastern Counties
1 E400 from Glasgow
1 E400 MMC from Glasgow
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An update regarding fleet movements:
Streetdeck Electroliner 36606 has transferred from Leeds to York.
Streetdeck Ultroliner 35280 has transferred from Leeds to Bradford
B9TL 37708 has transferred from Bradford to Leeds.
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More fleet movements:
Streetdeck Electroliners 36589 has transferred from Leeds to York.
Streetdeck Electroliners 36602, 36608 & 36953 have transferred from York to Leeds.
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Pit_buzzer
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36594 is another transferred Leeds to York. Looks like the Leeds /York electroliner situation is pretty fluid
YorkRailFan
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Driver Trainer B7RLE 66975 has been repainted into the new pink Driver Training livery.
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Looks like York Pullman B9TLs have been loaned to First York now that the school term is over.
36172, 37721, 36168, 37720 & 37718 are all now on First York's fleetlist. Presuambly this is to allow loaned in buses from Leeds, Bath & Leicester to return home and the various loans in Leeds to be returned as well.
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B7RLE 69507 has returned to South Yorkshire from Bramley.
Looks like Leeds is loaning quite a few Streetdeck Electroliners to Glasgow. Seemingly for the Commonwealth Games?
Fleetnumbers: 36953, 36957, 36601, 36602, 36603, 36607, 36608, 36609, 36610, 36611.
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Looks like York Pullman B9TLs have been loaned to First York now that the school term is over.
36172, 37721, 36168, 37720 & 37718 are all now on First York's fleetlist. Presuambly this is to allow loaned in buses from Leeds, Bath & Leicester to return home and the various loans in Leeds to be returned as well.
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B7RLE 69507 has returned to South Yorkshire from Bramley.
Looks like Leeds is loaning quite a few Streetdeck Electroliners to Glasgow. Seemingly for the Commonwealth Games?
Fleetnumbers: 36953, 36957, 36601, 36602, 36603, 36607, 36608, 36609, 36610, 36611.
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YorkRailFan
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Pit_buzzer
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4 of the York Pullman geminis are in service in York today using metro decker ticket machines. Park and Ride frequencies increase from today so I would expect these to be cover for this rather than to release loaned electric vehicles most of which are also in use today
YorkRailFan
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That makes sense. I wonder if more Geminis will be loaned from Pullman to allow some of the loaned Electroliners to return to Leeds now that they're loaning buses to Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games. It would allow for the Streetdeck Ultroliners to return to Bradford from Leeds.
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B9TL 36168 has returned to York Pullman from loan at First York to cover for shuttle bus services to/from Univerisity of York.
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