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Volvo B10M / Plaxton Premiere 350 #20412
22 july 2014 - Newham Road, Truro. Seen here returning to Truro depot is one of the few remaining indigenous coaches in the First Devon & Cornwall fleet, now mostly confined to driver training duties.
Enterprise Plasma / Plaxton Primo #MX55 WDA
27 february 2014 - Tregothnan Road, Malpas Rd Est., Truro. Seen in its penultimate day in service is this vehicle before the route is withdrawn due to not being financially viable.
Author: shedinagarden
Optare Solo M920 #WK03 BTE
27 february 2014 - Richmond Hill, Truro. Hopleys are a small, independent operator with just a handful of stage carriage services and also a number of educational contracts. They keep their fleet smart and tidy, as shown by this Optare Solo: easily one of the best condition I have seen over 10 years old!
Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban #69223
27 february 2014 - Richmond Hill, Truro. The city centre here is closed for a long period of time to allow a new sewer main to be installed. Thus, almost all bus routes serving the city (especially those approaching from the North and West and others crossing the city) are on diversion. This vehicle is seen rejoining normal route having just used the diversion route to leave the city centre.
Author: shedinagarden
Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban #69206
27 february 2014 - Chacewater Hill, Chacewater, nr. Truro. The new FirstGroup livery is spreading rapidly across the UK, although the fleet in Cornwall has not yet painted any buses in to the scheme. In fact, if the non-corportate scheme being trialled in Taunton is seen as successful, it is likely the Cornish fleet will receive its own unique brand. However, there are 4 vehicles here in the new scheme as they were painted by former keepers in Manchester where the majority of vehicles are in the new livery.
Author: shedinagarden
Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban #69220
27 february 2014 - Station Road, Truro. Seen here passing the station building is this former Manchester vehicle which has been earning it`s keep much further south for over 5 years now.
Author: shedinagarden
Peugeot Boxer #HG59 HJZ
27 february 2014 - Truro Coach Park, Morlaix Avenue, Truro. For those who are unaware, Cornwall is a deeply rural area and some communities are dependant on minibus services operated as charities by volunteers. Both buses seen here are community minibuses registered as charities seen on scheduled shopping trips to Truro: the only city in Cornwall. On the left is the Rame Peninsular Community Bus, which has had the longest journey from near the county border with Devon. The Mercedes Sprinter is that of the Gorran Community Bus which has travelled less distance to visit the area, but both areas share one thing in common: they are sparsely populated and are largely unable to support `normal` buses.
Enterprise Plasma / Plaxton Primo #MX55 WDA
27 february 2014 - Malpas Road, Truro. Unfortunately, this operator who gallantly stepped in to cover routes dropped by larger operators has decided to discontinue all of their services, with the exception of this route. This is because the route can be used to shuttle ferry passengers to and from the city centre at low tide.
Author: shedinagarden
TransBus President #PJ02 PZP
10 february 2014 - St Clement`s Close, Truro. Seen here providing a daily shuttle service from one of Truros private schools to the nearest rail station is this vehicle, catching the rays of winter sun between the storms.
Enterprise Plasma / Plaxton Primo #MX55 WDA
9 january 2014 - Rosedale Road, Truro. This enterprising local operator is filling the niches left behind by larger operators pulling out of unprofitable routes. One such route js the Truro City Service, once operated by local operator `Truronian`, on a commercial basis as a gesture for the local residents, despite the route not being at all busy. When that operator was purchased by FirstGroup, the route was pulled off on the basis it was not profitable. Now, full-cycle, a new local independent operator has come to pick up the pieces.
Author: shedinagarden
Volvo Olympian / Alexander RH #R150 VPU
9 january 2014 - A3078, nr. Probus. This operator parks a number of vehicles away from the main depot in Par for school services, such as this example, seen resting between duties in a small rural yard.
Dennis Trident 2 / Alexander ALX400 #488
9 january 2014 - Hendra Road, Truro. Following a major depot fire in which 37 vehicles were destroyed, this operator has had to source a large number of replacement vehicles. As a result, 9 vehicles such as that pictured here have been purchased and only one so far has been repainted in to fleet livery. The remaining 8 look just as they day they came off the street in London - even with destination blind and Stagecoach logos!
Optare Solo M710SE #707
9 january 2014 - Pendower Road, Veryan. There are 4 "roundhouses" in this small Cornish village, in pairs at ether end of the village. Passing through the southernmost pair is this small Optare Solo, nearing the end of it`s trek from Truro.
Author: shedinagarden
Comments: 3
Mercedes-Benz 814 D / Plaxton Beaver 2 #500
9 january 2014 - Portloe, Roseland Peninsular. Seen climbing out of the picturesque Cornish fishing village of Portloe is this Mercedes Vario - perfectly suited in size for this very narrow and challenging route which I used to enjoy driving when I lived in this area.
Author: shedinagarden
Comments: 9
Mercedes-Benz 814 D / Plaxton Beaver 2 #500
9 january 2014 - Portloe, Roseland Peninsular. Seen here descending in to the narrow and very picturesque fishing village of Portloe on the Roseland Peninular area of Cornwall is this Mercedes Vario. This service should be operated by low-floor buses (normally small Optare Solos), but since a large depot fire this year that destroyed 37 vehicles it has been a case of "all hands on deck" to cover the routes.
Author: shedinagarden
Optare Solo M780SL #53826
27 october 2013 - Penzance, Alverton Road. When this vehicle was acquired by its current owner along with the business that purchased it new, it was almost immediately transferred to Penzance depot for use on the exceptionally narrow routes to the village of Mousehole in order to replace the step-entrance Mercedes Varios previously used on those routes.
Author: shedinagarden
Comments: 3
Optare Solo M920 #RIL3157
24 september 2013 - Truro, Feock, Feock Church. This early model Optare Solo bought wheelchair accessibility to this infrequent route, which was formerly the T16 with Truronian Ltd. Feock is a typically rural, narrow and picturesque village with spectacular houses overlooking the creeks of the river Fal.
Author: shedinagarden
Mercedes-Benz O530 II #64050
2 september 2013 - Truro, Threemilestone, Langarth Park & Ride. Seen here climbing away from the Park and Ride site, this bus is serving it`s new owners for the first day of this contract being operated by First Devon and Cornwall.
Author: shedinagarden
Scania L94UB / Wright Solar #YN06NXP
2 september 2013 - Truro, Threemilestone, Langarth Park Park & Ride. This vehicle, owned by Reading Transport is currently on hire to First Devon & Cornwall Ltd for temporary use on Park & Ride work in the city. It is seen here on the first day of the contract being operated by First Devon and Cornwall Ltd, pulling away from the Park and Ride site which can been seen in the background.
Author: shedinagarden
AEC Routemaster / Park Royal #RM1783
29 august 2010 - Okolice Penzance (Kornwalia).Taki klasyk napotkany przeze mnie gdzieś w drodze z najbardziej na zachód na najbardziej na południe wysunięty kraniec wyspy.
B10M #38005
29 august 2010 - Land's End (Cornwall).First Devon & Cornwall's 300 service provides an easy and comfortable (if there is no rain;) access to touristic attractions at Land's End. AFIR - the fare is even cheaper than the parking ticket.
Comments: 1
Bristol VRT #41
13 july 2006 - Plymouth.Autobus z Roselyn Coaches obecnie w prywatnych rekach
Comments: 2
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