Snowy work

06/03/2018 WebSupport Features, Gallery
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Gareth Evans and Peter Jackson share a selection of photos showing coaches, buses and minibuses in last week’s snowy weather across the United Kingdom

Snow gallery

  • Stantons of Stoke MD, Keith Stanton, took this shot of the firm’s Caetano CT-bodied Mercedes-Benz OC500RF in the depot February 28
  • Thanks to the snow, this Optare Solo was going nowhere on March 2, all services being suspended. Tanat Valley Coaches driver Mark Hughes took the photo at the Welsh operator’s Llanrhaeadr-Ym-Mochnant depot
  • A.T.Brown of Telford driver Jordan Wright snapped this attractively composed wintry scene of a Bova Futura on March 1 at Colliers Way, around the corner from Thomas Telford School
  • The impact of snow is clear on this Rosso Wrightbus-bodied Volvo B7RLE. Ben Gleeson, who took the photo on March 1, told CBW: “This bus was working the 435 Rochdale to Buckstones route, but was forced to terminate at Broad Lane as snow drifts closed the road.”
  • Darren Moore snapped this lovely photo of a Holmeswood Beulas Spica-bodied MAN in Haughton on March 2
  • This lovely sight of an Irizar i6 quartet was captured at Tadworth, Surrey on March 1 by Mark Drury, Managing Director of Passenger Plus
  • This ADL Enviro200 operated by Ilkeston, Derbyshire-based Littles Travel was photographed by driver Michael John Rogan, who told CBW: “It was taken on March 1 in Ripley Market Place after all services through Crich were suspended owing to the weather.”
  • Tim Moss photographed this Nottingham City Transport ADL Enviro200 at Thorneywood Mount, Carlton, Nottingham on February 28. The atmospheric scene shows the bus working the ‘Blue Line’ 39 from Nottingham to Carlton Valley
  • The flakes continued to fall when Aaron Rooney snapped this photo of this Turas midicoach at the Hilltown, County Down depot of Eamonn Rooney
  • This wintry scene was taken by Stuart Montgomery in Edinburgh, who told CBW: “On February 28, Lothian’s Wrightbus Gemini 3-bodied Volvo B5TL number 402 (BN64 CDU) appears through the snow, gingerly descending Dundas Street around 1530hrs on a service 23.” A Majestic Tour double-decker can just be seen maintaining a safe distance behind
  • Daniel Wright of Northwich, Cheshire-based Wright Travel snapped this photo of the operator’s 16-seater Iveco while on a shuttle service at Manchester Airport on February 28
  • The depth of snow at County Durham operator Stanley Travel on March 1. Malcolm West, who took the photo, quipped: “This is for the ‘B’ in CBW.”
  • Phillip McAlinney snapped this scene of a Plaxton Leopard-bodied Volvo B9R in Holywood, County Down on March 28. The vehicle is operated by Northern Ireland’s Education Authority
  • Shropshire independent Regional Transport’s RMC1490 is seen at Newtown, Powys Railway Station on its way back from an emergency rail replacement job on March 1. The trusty former London bus with appropriate blinds was driven by the firm’s MD, Robert Thompson, who took this photo
  • Snow was falling when Mike White, Private Hire Manager at London Bus Company took this photo at the operator’s Northfleet depot on March 1
  • This was the sight that greeted Preston Bus Engineering Manager Paul Hilton at the operator’s Deepdale Road depot on March 1 at 0650hrs. Icicles formed on the Seddon Atkinson recovery truck and a Mercedes-Benz Citaro in spectacular style
  • “It’s a Yutong snow plough,” quipped Bretherton’s Jon Paul when he submitted this photo. The Yutong TC9 was caught on camera on Friday near the family-run operator’s depot in Chipping, Lancashire
  • In falling snow on February 26, Marshalls of Sutton-on-Trent driver Dan Maidment captured this picture postcard scene in Elston, Newark. The Optare Solo is seen working route 91, which links Newark with Bingham
  • Scott Cooper of Middlesborough operator Stagecarriage took this photo of a Mercedes-Benz Citaro at the firm’s depot in Teesport on February 28 before service that morning. Scott said: “The screen is showing our new part route destination hastily programmed before it left as the route was curtailed due to the snow!”
  • Karl Wilton took this photo of an Arriva North West Wrightbus Pulsar II-bodied VDL. In his own words: “Challenging days like today is exactly why I joined the bus industry. That reason? To keep local bus services running (as good as possible), ensuring people get to their destination, close liaison with depot duty supervisors, and our social media department keeping social feeds updated for both passengers and staff. ‘The Beast from the East’ certainly didn’t stop the ‘beasts’ here in the North West!”
  • Ashley Law of Quality Asset Management Ltd, trading as Bus62, snapped this scene in Essex on February 28. He told CBW: “This is our coach mid way through (hence it not being spotless) transporting UPS staff to work and back. The photo was taken at the UPS depot in the new docks at Stanford-Le-Hope.”
  • Ricky Trueman took this shot of a snowy Irizar i6 in the yard of Trueman’s Coaches in Ash Vale, Hampshire on February 28
  • One of Wales’ highest villages is the location of this photo – Bwlchgwyn, near Wrexham being 1,090 feet (333 m) above sea level. Coach driver James Masters Read photographed this Temsa Safari at its home. The vehicle is part of the smartly turned out fleet of family-run operator George Edwards
  • The calm before the storm: Lee Sutherland snapped this scene at the depot of AAA Coaches depot near Edinburgh before more snow fell
  • This King Long operated by Aberdeenshire firm Deveron was photographed on February 28. In the words of Peter Findlay, who took the photo: “Attempted, aborted, bus back home. It was taken at my house in Nether Dallachy, which is a nominated operating centre.”
  • National Express West Midlands driver Mark Fitchew snapped this wintry scene on Birmingham’s Corporation Street outside The Square Peg Wetherspoons pub at 1400hrs on March 2. The ADL Enviro200 was working route 82 to Bearwood
  • This Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini was photographed by Shiel Buses’ David Mc Geachan on March 1 at Corpach, Fort William
  • This Go South Coast Morebus ADL Enviro400 MMC was caught on camera at midday on March 2 in Ringwood, Hampshire by Morebus Supervisor Graeme Hall
  • This snow scene was taken by Grey’s of Ely MD Richard Grey in the firm’s Cambridgeshire depot on March 1