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Transdev York/Coastliner oddness

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spuddie

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Seen a fair few photos lately on Flickr where Keighley have had to loan York some Northern Counties Olympians to cover vehicle shortages, mainly the S--VNM Volvo ones but also H142/5GGS. All of which were new to BTS/London Sovereign many years ago.

The surprising thing they seem to be frequently appearing on the main coastliner service to Leeds, a far cry from the high spec Wright Eclipse double deckers. Great from an enthusiasts point of view but a few years ago this would have never happened and seems like a drastic drop in standards. Surely they could have been something else more suited that could have been lent to them to cover?
 
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No. These Olympians were used on the 844 (runs via Colton, and via Bishopthorpe) which is a York depot route.

Coastliner 843 etc always worked by gemini deckers.
 
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