Posts Tagged ‘Dawsons Rentals’

Rental buses and Demonstators of 2011

This is the first blog update for a while, but don’t worry all is well I’ve just been busy lately but as the final blog update of the year a little review of 2011 seemed quite apt! This year has certainly been a year with lots and lots of loan buses used on Merseyside, some Continue reading →

More bendibuses and loaned buses!

At least two more Mercedes Citaro O.530G articulated buses are now in service with Arriva Speke depot, those being 6006 BX04 MXC and 6033 BX04 NDG. These two are both in the new standard Arriva livery with an AB49D layout (no luggage racks like the dedicated route 501 vehicles), however at the moment they are Continue reading →

Dawson’s Rentals in St Helens

I was up in St Helens again today and managed to complete riding and photographing the four Darts that are on loan to Arriva St Helens depot from Dawson’s Rentals to cover for their own buses that are away “on holiday” in Malta! I had previously photographed 7903 KU52 RXV Dennis Dart SLF 10.7M/Alexander Pointer Continue reading →

Arriva Skelmersdale closes and yet more rental buses!

Over the weekend the Arriva depot in Skelmersdale finally closed with all services and buses reallocated to other Arriva depots, including those at Southport, Bootle and St Helens. Many buses had their legal lettering changed to Arriva Merseyside in advance of the closure as seen here on 4073 S243 JUA DAF DB250/Alexander ALX400, seen in Continue reading →

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