I had only just heard about this visitor from Edinburgh when I saw it sweeping through one of the Victorian arches through York city walls.
The Reliance branding makes it clear that it is not just visiting, but it has been taken over by local company Reliance, a small local operator minly running rural services to the north of York, and a variety of schools services.
Although it retains the Lothian colour scheme, it has gained Reliance branding and the 'over 80 years of service' decoration that most of their fleet carry.
For the technically minded it is a Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini and was built in 2007. It is expected to carry this livery for around 3 months before it gets the traditional cream and green Reliance livery. No doubt before the repaint it will draw bus enthusiasts to the city to ride on and photograph it.
Thank you all for your lovely comments and fav, they are very much appreciated.
There is something rather pleasant about riding round on the top deck of one of these buses enjoying the view. During the summer there has been a Sunday Dalesbus from York to Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales and the upper deck views are very popular.
Richard, we do have a Routemaster in York, painted black and running an evening ghost tour. I've no idea how it gets round the council rules on emissions for buses, since they are all supposed to be Euro6 compliant now!
I suspect there is a clause somewhere that is large enough to drive a bus through. The rules will not be as simple as 'All buses into York must be Euro 6 compliant'!
Thank you all for your lovely comments and fav, they are very much appreciated.
There is something rather pleasant about riding round on the top deck of one of these buses enjoying the view. During the summer there has been a Sunday Dalesbus from York to Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales and the upper deck views are very popular.
Ian
Richard, we do have a Routemaster in York, painted black and running an evening ghost tour. I've no idea how it gets round the council rules on emissions for buses, since they are all supposed to be Euro6 compliant now!
Ian
I suspect there is a clause somewhere that is large enough to drive a bus through. The rules will not be as simple as 'All buses into York must be Euro 6 compliant'!
Ian
Thank you Nina
Ian