Remaining Volvo B10m's/B10B's in service

[Blindtraveler]

Hi. Trying to do as many of these as possible before they go for good and could use your help to locate them. Where are they still opperating? A few PS Boddied examples with Scottish accents I know remain in Fife and Strathtay but as to others? Scottish ones are easiest but also north England and further away too.

Any help to locate would be just smashing. Thanks


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whereabouts of any step darts wanted also plus olies!

 

[anthony263]

Stagecoach Wales still have a few Volvo B10m's in service mostly out of the depot in Cwmbran so can normally be found on the following routes:

X3/X33 Cardiff - Pontypool - Abergavenny (The route is split at Pontypool and continues to Abergavenny as service X33, the same is used however) This generally operates every 30 minutes monday to saturdays

74 Newport - Chepstow

14/X14 Cwmbran -Newport - Chepstow - Bristol (It can be a bit hit & miss on this route as some journeys are operated by First are operated)

They do appear on some local routes which Stagecoach operate around Newport.
The majority of Stagecoach's Volvo B10m's are Alexander PS bodied including the example which has been re-painted back into the original Stagcoach livery.

There is an example at the depot in Brynmawr which is normally used only on school services but did make an appearance last week on service X4 Between Brynmawr and Cardiff since it is fitted with a tachograph.


They do appear on some local routes oocasionally around Merthyr Tydfil and the Blackwood depot has a Volvo B10B (Plaxton Verde body) which can appear on local services between school services, in fact it was out earlier this week on service 6 Blackwood - Wyllie

 

[Tomonthetrain]

East Kent still have some Plaxton Paladin and Alexander PS bodied B10ms in service. There's a Plaxton Verde bodied B10B and a Wright Endurance bodied one in wolverhampton operated by coastal liner.

Rotala had a pair of Volvo B10M double deckers in Redditch which were gained during the purchase of First Kidderminster and Redditch

First have some B10M deckers in Northampton and the Potteries

 

[Alan1310]

Go whippet has 1 and stagecoach Cambridge has 1 for driver training couldn't tell you what bodies though

 

[Tramfan]

Classic Bus North West, who operate services 12 and 22 in and around Blackpool, have 2 Volvo B10Ms with Alexander PS bodies (R898XVM and R899XVM) though I believe they sometimes work school services as well.

 

[Zamracene749]

Can't help you with high floor B10s around here, but regarding step darts Pygalls coaches operate N755 OYR a now pretty rare East Lancs bodied version M-F on service 230 between Sunderland and Hartlepool- a decent 50 minute ride out. Timetable here

http://durham.pindarcreative.co.uk/tt/230.pdf

There are still odd Olympians venturing out in the north east too, best place to look would be Haymarket in Newcastle for Arriva ex midlands ones or Stockton High Street for indigenous ex Transit Stagecoach examples. They are few and far between though....

 

[jonesy3001]

Morecambe have ex glenvale B10B 21007

 

[Shrimper]

Stagecoach Manchester have a few for training; there are also a couple based at Stockport used exclusively for school contracts.

 

[High Dyke]

According to the fleetlist Notts & Derby have a number listed.
http://www.derbybusdepot.co.uk/trentfleetlist.html

A number of independant operators across the East Midlands also have some on their books

 

[Drsatan]

I believe there are still a few in service with Stagecoach in Hampshire, typically found around Winchester.

 

[martinsh]

Coastal Liner of Wolverhampton have ex an ex Merseyside B10B which they normally use on route 905 around Bilston

 

[ushawk]

Deleted - Wrong type

 

[Charlie2555]

Damory Coaches of Blandford Forum in Dorset have three B10Bs with nice Plaxton Verde bodywork and are seen on many of their routes which are ex. Oxford Bus Company vehicles . They also have a big fleet of ex. Isle of White Leyland Olympians which are interesting amongst others. Worth a visit if you can

 

[Mutant Lemming]

There was this one in Orkney last November -

http://bus-and-coach-photos.com/picture/number9168.asp

and Photoflash had this one a few weeks back -

http://bus-and-coach-photos.com/picture/number10736.asp

 

[martinsh]

Don't think "further afield" meant this far, but there are still plenty of B10Ms in service in Latvia !

In fact one operator (Ekspress Adazi) has it's entire fleet (30 odd) of ex Swedish B10M / Saffle.

http://fotobus.msk.ru/photo/367470/

 

[Blindtraveler]

Don't think "further afield" meant this far, but there are still plenty of B10Ms in service in Latvia !

In fact one operator (Ekspress Adazi) has it's entire fleet (30 odd) of ex Swedish B10M / Saffle.

http://fotobus.msk.ru/photo/367470/

no it didnt! but loving that info all the same! Thanks also for all the replies to this, some mega planning to do to try get some of these done!

 

[MK Tom]

Aren't a few of Stagecoach Bedford's coaches Volvo B10Ms? I might be wrong though. I'm thinking the ones used on the 99 and the yellow school bus ones.

 

[CROMPTON 33]

stagecoach hastings have 6 B10'S in service. they are used on the 98 to eastbourne.

 

[richw]

d705ghy is running the 300 explorer round lands end in cornwall, believe there is another d***ghy as well on the 300. both open toppers

 

[CROMPTON 33]

take a look on here www.uk-buses.co.uk there are 6 pages listed of stagecoach B10's in service and in store. it will tell you what depot they are at.

 

[Eagle]

Damory Coaches of Blandford Forum in Dorset have three B10Bs with nice Plaxton Verde bodywork and are seen on many of their routes which are ex. Oxford Bus Company vehicles . They also have a big fleet of ex. Isle of White Leyland Olympians which are interesting amongst others. Worth a visit if you can

Damory haven't been based in Blandford since 2003. They are an arm of Wilts and Dorset and are based in Poole.

The old Blandford depot is now a pet shop...

 

[CatfordCat]

Think there must be quite a few B10M coaches still out there. A couple of the more unusual ones still in service -

Kettlewells, Retford have this one which is one of the very few remaining Jonckheere P90 'rear saloon' / one and a half deck coaches

http://www.flickr.com/photos/philrandle/8618972921/

Fairly recently given a thorough refurbishment (there was an article about it in 'Bus & Coach Preservation' mag a few months back)

Another rarity is this one

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58709930@N02/5503331066/

a 3 axle B10M-53B, with bodywork by Deltaplan (Ajokki) of Finland - one of only two coaches they sold to the UK.

Again fairly recently refurbished and with Just Travel, York.

Both are unlikely to see much local bus work, though...

 

[Mutant Lemming]

Aren't a few of Stagecoach Bedford's coaches Volvo B10Ms? I might be wrong though. I'm thinking the ones used on the 99 and the yellow school bus ones.

They use B7R's on the 99

http://bus-and-coach-photos.com/picture/number10480.asp