Hi Simon Long time no hear... hope you're ok! I travelled over to Pwllheli one Saturday when these were brand new in service with the aim of catching one on the 3, very excited at the prospect of going on a 'state of the art low floor bus' (I was very naive back then). However on arrival in Pwllheli I was distracted by SNL443 (YPL 443T) a B series ex London & Country National on route 23 to Morfa Garreg so my Red Rover ticket was put to good use on a couple of trips on this instead. I then settled for Caelloi Step Dart N459 EEY on route 3 to Portnmadog (jointly operated service with Crosville Wales as it still is today) so it was to be a while longer before I eventually got to sample a ride on SDC 521/2! In fact, if memory serves me correctly, they were actually numbered LDC521/2 for a short while when brand new, the 'L' denoting 'Low Floor'. I do remember how uninspiring the low floor livery was though!
Kind Regards Steve On Jan 3, 4:49 pm, "Simon Morris" <[email protected]> wrote: > Eh, that brings back some memories. > > I remember travelling on this one when it was new to service and in an > allover white livery (with the addition of a Gwynedd CC Quality Partnership > band round the waist of the bus). > > It was at Pwllheli, introduced as a low-floor bus on the Pwllheli – > Porthmadog. We were stuck on it for a while; it broke down outside the > holiday camp (some engine management problem caused by the ramp, ISTR) > > God knows how many years ago that was now..... > > Simon > > From: Cymru Coastliner > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 4:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: One I made earlier... > > ARRIVA Buses Wales Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer 2325 - R521 UCC stands > in Rhyl bus station at the end of its journey on route 12 from Llandudno. New > to Crosville Wales as SDC521, this was the very first of a long line of > Dennis Darts in the fleet. Not long after this photo the bus transferred to > ARRIVA Merseyside (St Helens depot) along with sister 2326, but both are now > withdrawn and most likely scrapped. > > January 2011 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en.
