HTL Buses

March 6th, 2011 OFS 684Y

LAST UPDATED 18/05/2012

Another Enviro200 noted here from Dawsonrentals is KX57 FMC!

LAST UPDATED 16/05/2012

The fleetnumbers os Optare Solos YJ12 GZG/H/K/L, are confirmed as 184/186/188/182 respectively.

Dawsonrentals Dart SLFs KX05 KFD & KX06 LXN and Enviro200s KX08 HME & KX59 CYW are all off the road in preparation for their return to Dawsonrentals.

Enviro200s DK57 OPY/Z as now withdrawn having been part exchanged for the Solos and are apparently now at Southdown PSV being prepared for onward sale.

The Fiat Ducato/Bluebird Orion demonstrator YX61 BFO has now left the fleet too!

LAST UPDATED 15/05/2012

Four new Optare Solo M710SEs have arrived, YJ12 GZG/H/K/L, all B22F and delivered in May 2012.

As yet the fleetnumbers for the new Solos are not yet confirmed, nor is any news as to which rental buses are expected to go back due to the arrival of these, I’ll update the list once more info is know.

Another demonstrator at HTL Buses is YX61 BFO which is a Fiat Ducato/Bluebird Orion.

Fleet Number Registration Number Chassis Type Body Type Layout Livery Date New Notes
47 L354 FPF Dennis Dart 9.8M Plaxton Pointer B40F HTL Buses 04/94 Ex Metrobus 754, 05/06 – New as East Surrey, South Godstone 49
53 R250 XDA Mercedes Benz Vario O.814 Alexander ALX100 B27F HTL Buses 12/97 Long Term VOR – Branded for the Asda Hunts Cross Free Bus – Ex Travel West Midlands 250, 2005
6 R192 DNM Mercedes Benz Vario O.810 Plaxton Beaver 2 B27F HTL Buses 05/98 Ex Arriva Southend 1192, 10/2005
2 S540 RKL Dennis Dart SLF 10.7M Plaxton Pointer 2 B39F HTL Buses 08/98 Long Term VOR – Unusually fitted with blue/green LED destination screens! – Ex Farmer, Ashford, 06/07
40 S253 XUY Dennis Dart SLF 10.7M Plaxton Pointer 2 B38F HTL Buses 10/98 Long Term VOR – Ex Whittle, Kidderminster, 03/07
65 S284 NRB Optare Solo M920 Optare B33F HTL Buses 10/98 Ex Nottingham City Transport 284, 03/08
81 V358 DLH Dennis Dart MPD 8.8M Marshall Capital B25F HTL Buses 11/99 Ex Metrobus 123, 03/09 – New as First London DM41358
62 V980 XUB Optare Solo M850 Optare B30F HTL Buses 02/00 Double glazed – Ex First Bristol 8980, 06/06
22 X475 ADB Renault Master Rohill Harrier B14F HTL Buses 11/00 Currently VOR
24 X338 SKJ Renault Master Rohill Harrier B14F HTL Buses 02/01
49 Y208 OEE Renault Master Rohill Harrier B18F HTL Buses 03/01 Ex Hackney Community Transport, 10/04
45 Y196 KNB Dennis Dart SPD 11.3M Alexander ALX200 B41F HTL Buses 06/01 Ex Manchester Airport, 01/07 – Ex B32F 01/07
13 YJ51 ZTM Optare Alero Optare B16F Merseytravel Yellow 02/02 Currently VOR
25 YR02 YTK Optare Alero Optare B12F HTL Buses 04/02 Currently VOR
80 YR02 YRX Optare Alero Optare B13F Yellow 07/02 Ex Wilts & Dorset 2001, 01/09
77 YP52 BRF Optare Alero Optare B16F White 10/02 Currently VOR
76 DE52 OJS Mercedes Benz Sprinter 411CDi Koch B12F White 02/03
8 DE52 OJT Mercedes Benz Sprinter 411CDi Koch B12F Merseytravel Joblink 02/03
12 DE52 OJV Mercedes Benz Sprinter 411CDi Koch B12F Merseytravel Joblink 02/03 Currently VOR
16 DK03 CWX Mercedes Benz Sprinter 411CDi Koch B12F Merseytravel Joblink 02/03
17 DK03 CWY Mercedes Benz Sprinter 411CDi Koch B12F Merseytravel Joblink 02/03 Long Term VOR
19 DK03 CWZ Mercedes Benz Sprinter 411CDi Koch B12F Merseytravel Joblink 04/03 Fitted with a manual gearbox
32 RX53 RYZ Renault Master Rohill Harrier B14F HTL Buses 10/03 Long Term VOR – Fitted with dot matrix displays
23 GN53 UJC Renault Master Rohill Harrier B14F Merseytravel Joblink 11/03 Fitted with dot matrix displays
26 GN53 UJD Renault Master Rohill Harrier B14F Merseytravel Joblink 11/03 Fitted with dot matrix displays
30 GN53 UJE Renault Master Rohill Harrier B14F HTL Buses 11/03 Fitted with dot matrix displays
?? YN53 YHD Optare Alero Optare B16F Yellow 11/03 Ex Aberdeenshire CC, 12/11
18 DK04 SUH TransBus Dart MPD 8.8M TransBus Pointer 2 B29F HTL Buses 05/04
11 YN54 LKU Optare Alero Optare B16F Yellow 10/04 Ex Hackney Community Transport
21 YN54 VWV Optare Alero Optare B16F Green 11/04 Ex Midsomer Norton & Radstock Ring & Ride
60 YN54 LLA Optare Alero Optare B16F ?????? 09/04 Ex Hackney Community Transport 01/11
67 YN04 YAY Optare Alero Optare B13F Yellow 02/05 ??????????????, ??/??
83 SF05 GGK Volkswagen LT46 VDL Kusters B9F White 07/05 ??????????????, 02/12
55 SN06 BMO Alexander Dennis Dart MPD 8.8M Alexander Dennis Pointer 2 B29F HTL Buses 03/06
56 SN06 BMU Alexander Dennis Dart MPD 8.8M Alexander Dennis Pointer 2 B29F HTL Buses 03/06
57 SN06 BMV Alexander Dennis Dart MPD 8.8M Alexander Dennis Pointer 2 B29F HTL Buses 03/06
58 SN06 BMY Alexander Dennis Dart MPD 8.8M Alexander Dennis Pointer 2 B29F HTL Buses 03/06
59 SN06 BMZ Alexander Dennis Dart MPD 8.8M Alexander Dennis Pointer 2 B29F HTL Buses 03/06
54 YJ56 ARZ Optare Alero Optare B16F Red/Grey with HTL Buses branding 09/06 Ex Midsomer Norton & Radstock Ring & Ride – Fitted with an LED destination
?? KX57 FMC Alexander Dennis Dart 4 8.9M Alexander Dennis Enviro200 B29F White 09/07 On loan from Dawsonrentals since 05/12
?? KX57 FMF Alexander Dennis Dart 4 8.9M Alexander Dennis Enviro200 B29F White 09/07 On loan from Dawsonrentals since 04/12
?? KX58 GVA Alexander Dennis Dart 4 8.9M Alexander Dennis Enviro200 B29F White 10/08 On loan from Dawsonrentals since 10/11
38 DK08 AYV Alexander Dennis Dart 4 8.9M Alexander Dennis Enviro200 B29F HTL Buses 04/08
72 DK08 AYU Alexander Dennis Dart 4 8.9M Alexander Dennis Enviro200 B29F HTL Buses 04/08
4 DK08 AZO Alexander Dennis Dart 4 8.9M Alexander Dennis Enviro200 B29F HTL Buses 04/08
?? KX59 CYV Alexander Dennis Dart 4 8.9M Alexander Dennis Enviro200 B29F White 09/09 On loan from Dawsonrentals since 10/11
?? KX59 CYY Alexander Dennis Dart 4 8.9M Alexander Dennis Enviro200 B29F White 09/09 On loan from Dawsonrentals since 10/11
?? KX59 CYZ Alexander Dennis Dart 4 8.9M Alexander Dennis Enviro200 B29F White 09/09 On loan from Dawsonrentals since 10/11
?? YJ10 EZB Optare Solo M880 Optare B28F Silver & Blue 03/10 Cummins engined Optare Demonstrator, on loan since 04/12
15 YJ11 EKG Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 05/11
51 YJ11 EKH Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 05/11
52 YJ11 EKK Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 05/11
61 YJ11 EKL Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 05/11
63 YJ11 EKM Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 05/11
74 YJ11 EKN Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 05/11
75 YJ11 EKO Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 06/11
79 YJ11 EKP Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 06/11
40 YJ61 MOA Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 01/12
32 YJ61 MOF Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 01/12
77 YJ61 MOU Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 01/12
22 YJ12 GXP Optare Solo M880 Optare B28F HTL Buses 03/12
8 YJ12 GXR Optare Solo M880 Optare B28F HTL Buses 03/12
184 YJ12 GZG Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 05/12
186 YJ12 GZH Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 05/12
188 YJ12 GZK Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 05/12
182 YJ12 GZL Optare Solo M710SE Optare B22F HTL Buses 05/12

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29 Responses to “HTL Buses”

  1. Quackdave says:
    07/03/2011 at 17:23

    Hi, thanks for uploading this list!

    A couple of observations:

    1) Google search for BX02 CLN and BX02 CLY suggests these have both been with Scarlet Band, County Durham for a few years.
    2) DK03 CVW, DK03 CWY and RX53 RYZ are all currently withdrawn (listed as SORN on DVLA website)

    Finally, a trivial issue I know, but any chance of sorting the list by something other than fleet number, given how chaotic these are? Perhaps by age, or better, by type and then within that, by age?

    Cheers
    Dave

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    • buses7675 says:
      07/03/2011 at 18:38

      Hi Dave,

      That might not be a bad idea actually to go by age as the fleet numbers seem far too random! Thanks for the advice too on those two 02 reg Mercs being sold!

      Cheers
      buses7675

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  2. Quackdave says:
    08/03/2011 at 16:04

    Ah yes, that’s definitely easier to take in!

    Sorry I forgot to mention – another couple of Aleros appear to have joined the fleet too, YN54 VWV, from the same source as YJ56 ARZ, is in allover green, and there’s also YN54 LLA, which I think was on the 883 (certainly, it was on the route of the 883 at about the time when an 883 was due!)

    Cheers
    Dave

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    • buses7675 says:
      08/03/2011 at 16:20

      Hi Dave,

      Thanks again for your updates!

      I’ve found details for YN54 VWV online so have managed to work out its date new data, however for YN54 LLA the only reference I can find online are sightings of it with HTL on the old forum.

      It appears to have arrived early Jan this year going by sightings, but I can only guess it has been re-registered somewhere along the way, thus there is little information about it available.

      Thanks again

      Steve

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      • Quackdave says:
        08/03/2011 at 17:17

        You’re right, info on this one does seem elusive! The one bit of info that I can find (from DVLA) is that it was first registered on 01/09/2004 – the first day of 54 registrations. Given this, and the fact that I’m fairly sure it was in a similar livery to LKU, one possibility is that it may be the one listed in buslistsontheweb.co.uk as YN04 TBJ, shown as new to Hackney Community Transport in 08/2004, and the only other one they had that year apart from LKU). If for whatever reason they delayed licensing it for a week or two, then that reg may have been voided and superseded; backing this suggestion up is the fact that DVLA shows a not found error for YN04 TBJ.

        Of course, the other possibility is that it’s one of the four from around that time shown as “not built or not traced” in buslistsontheweb.

        Cheers,
        Dave

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  3. Luke Caddick says:
    08/03/2011 at 21:16

    Thanks once again i knew there was another one from HCT but i didn’t know the reg! that green one is new to me! Also why don’t we get rig of the fleet numbers as it looks a bit messy.

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  4. Luke Caddick says:
    10/03/2011 at 19:05

    YN54LLA is EX Hackney Community Transport it still wears there livery.

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  5. Danny.Smith says:
    10/04/2011 at 17:09

    yn54 lla is in a yelllow and white hail and ride liverpool, with hail and ride in a similar font and colour to MTL NORTH’s logos on their buses.

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  6. QuackDave says:
    23/05/2011 at 16:58

    Renault Master / Rohill Harrier Y208 OEE is still here – it was on the 883 a few days ago.

    I also saw DK04 SUH yesterday, on Cronton Road; it’s still green, but without fleetnames, and I wasn’t able to see the legal lettering. I notice this one has been deleted from the list – I’m aware that SUU has gone, but is SUH still with HTL, or has it been sold locally?

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    • buses7675 says:
      23/05/2011 at 17:11

      Hi Dave – Interesting you say that, I saw Y208 OEE on the 883 today also!

      I’m not sure about the DK04 SUH, I’ll ask around and try to find out if it has been sold or for whatever reason just debranded.

      Thanks again

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      • QuackDave says:
        26/05/2011 at 19:00

        A new arrival is YJ11 EKG, an Optare Solo, which I believe is the same model as the similarly-registered ones in the Warrington fleet. It’s in full green livery with fleetnames.

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        • buses7675 says:
          26/05/2011 at 19:05

          Hi Dave,

          I saw similar YJ11 EKH on the 883 yesterday too! I will update the list shortly to add both in!

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          • QuackDave says:
            07/06/2011 at 19:41

            EKN is another one, seen on the 102 today along with EKH; meanwhile EKG was on 101.

            DVLA also shows EKM as a green Optare, so that’s most likely another one for HTL!

  7. QuackDave says:
    06/06/2011 at 20:28

    Another Alero here is YN04 YAY, in plain overall yellow, new 07/04. BLOTW lists it as a 13 seater new to Optare.

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    • QuackDave says:
      06/06/2011 at 21:43

      Most of the remaining Sprinters appear to be withdrawn, with OJT, OJV and CWX all listed as SORN on DVLA, and OJU clearly sold being pictured in Cardiff at http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidthedogsdad/5734910024/

      DK03 CWZ at least is still with us, and is now in plain white livery (seen on 899 today).

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      • QuackDave says:
        07/06/2011 at 19:43

        Just to confirm, DE52 OJS is also still in service, on the 897, from which it would seem to be immovable by anything short of an earthquake – I don’t think I’ve ever seen any other vehicle on that route, nor that vehicle on any other route!

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        • buses7675 says:
          07/06/2011 at 19:48

          Hi Dave,

          Thanks for all your updates! HTL have very kindly supplied a full complete fleetlist now, also confirming the identities and fleetnumbers for the 8 new Solos. they are 5 YJ11 EKG, 51 YJ11 EKH, 52 YJ11 EKK, 61 YJ11 EKL, 63 YJ11 EKM, 74 YJ11 EKN, 75 YJ11 EKO & 79 YJ11 EKP.

          They also confirm that due out of the fleet soon are Darts, 15 YN04 HHU, 51 W341 VGX, 52 W342 VGX, 61 V930 EWP, 64 V903 EWP, 74 P305 HDP, 75 P306 HDP & 79 W343 VGX, while Mercedes Sprinter 17 DK03 CWY, Renault Master 32 RX53 RYZ, Mercedes Vario 53 R250 XDA & Optare Alero 77 YP52 BRF are all long term VOR.

          The fleetlist will be updated shortly with all of your info and HTLs info!

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          • QuackDave says:
            09/06/2011 at 19:44

            Ah, in that case, I guess you already have confirmation that DK04 SUH is still in service – but just in case, it was on the 883 yesterday!

          • buses7675 says:
            15/06/2011 at 16:04

            Thanks for the update Dave! Always good to know what really is on the road as sometimes it can differ from the official lists. The list is now updated with all of the info from HTL and yourself and fleetnumbers are now known for the entire fleet!

    • QuackDave says:
      06/06/2011 at 21:47

      One more… X475 ADB also delicensed

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  8. QuackDave says:
    15/06/2011 at 21:16

    Y196 KNB is still here too – was on 258 last week!

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    • buses7675 says:
      15/06/2011 at 21:24

      Ah yeah, I saw it and photographed it last Tuesday too at LSP!

      I’ve just rechecked the list, it certainly is here still (and not due to go either), I must have missed that off when I checked it before!

      Thanks for letting me know!

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  9. DF57 OXF says:
    26/06/2011 at 17:21

    YJ11 EKK is on that list twice.

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  10. PO11 BAA (27701) says:
    07/07/2011 at 22:25

    Have Darts S253 XUY and S540 RKL left HTL?

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  11. PO11 BAA says:
    09/10/2011 at 18:24

    Enviro200s YX59 CYV, YX59 CYW and YX59 CYY are now on loan here.

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