PeoplesBus

[mathias]

RE: Peoplesbus
Managed to get a ride on this, on route 168 recently.....

https://www.flickr.com/photos/58375380@N07/14635552003/
(Photo Credit; Mark Youdan)

From a distance I thought it was 0712 (N659 EKD) the infamous B10B that's lingered around Merseyside for the past 18 years, then again, it was in new colours and looked a bit too small!

39 seater using Esteban Civic V0 seats, interior is clean and tidy with 'scribble' moquette on the seats (similar to the 02-plate CMT SPD Darts).
Seems to use the 3.9 litre turbo-diesel, rather than the bigger Cummins 5.9

One thing that puzzled me though, was the YJ (Yorkshire) registration index. Bit odd seeing as it went to Scotland.
Noticed a silver plaque at the bottom of the driver's cab 'Arriva Bus and Coach Sales'.
Ah, that explains it! Obviously registered in Yorkshire (as are most DAF imported chassis) brand new by Arriva.
Didn't Arriva Bus and Coach used to be Hughes-DAF?

The DAF DB250/ALX400 deckers new to London (S202 JUA) etc also have Yorkshire indexes ('UA' is Leeds) along with 'Arriva Bus and Coach Sales' plaques in the cabs, although the later (T2** FGN) ones didn't seem to get them ('GN' is the index for South West London).