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Maroon buses in Tetley's Coach yard
Posted: Fri 06 Nov, 2015 3:41 pm
by tyke bhoy
I was on National Road the other day and noticed several Maroon and white double deck buses towards the river. Further investigation on google maps/streetview tells me that this is Tetley's Coaches yard, which was news to me. Now I am sure there are other towns and cities that ran maroon and white liveries but Edinburgh is the one that springs to my mind.
It does pose a bit of a double barreled question though. Why has a coach operator several buses on its premises and why of that livery?
One of the buses in the livery can be seen on streetview from June here
https://goo.gl/maps/Pfyxy6chrY32 . Although bizarrely the top deck appears to have been blurred out in the same way number plates and faces are. I am sure there was much more then the one this week.
Re: Maroon buses in Tetley's Coach yard
Posted: Fri 06 Nov, 2015 6:07 pm
by warringtonrhino
maroon and white/cream buses are/have also been used by East Kent, Tynemouth, Coventry, Wigan, Portsmouth, Oldham Burnley , Colne , Isle of man and Doncaster. Oldham seems to prefer the format shown on the google map page.
Re: Maroon buses in Tetley's Coach yard
Posted: Fri 06 Nov, 2015 6:07 pm
by warringtonrhino
maroon and white/cream buses are/have also been used by East Kent, Tynemouth, Coventry, Wigan, Portsmouth, Oldham Burnley , Colne , Isle of man and Doncaster. Oldham seems to prefer the format shown on the google map page.
Re: Maroon buses in Tetley's Coach yard
Posted: Sat 07 Nov, 2015 1:03 am
by Bruno
Re: Maroon buses in Tetley's Coach yard
Posted: Sat 07 Nov, 2015 1:27 am
by Bruno
I love the sign outside Tetley's depot as shown on the Streetview:
"24 hours access required at all times"
Re: Maroon buses in Tetley's Coach yard
Posted: Wed 18 Nov, 2015 10:27 am
by tyke bhoy
Possibly answered my own question over the last 24 hours. Last evening and again this morning I have seen maroon buses with the rear number board showing TLS. I only saw the front destination board on this mornings which was showing Capita Arlington. Given the location (bottom of Dewsbury Road) of last nights sighting that would be consistent with a shuttle service to Capita (formerly Ventura?) at the Arlington Centre off Beeston RingRoad. Tetley's use coaches to run a similar service to Leeds Valley Park on the A61 just down from Rothwell Haigh. I'm not sure whether that's for Capita, another resident company or perhaps even the LVP owners.
Re: Maroon buses in Tetley's Coach yard
Posted: Wed 18 Nov, 2015 10:38 am
by warringtonrhino
what is the significance of the 'Scarborough & District' lettering?
Re: Maroon buses in Tetley's Coach yard
Posted: Wed 18 Nov, 2015 12:31 pm
by tyke bhoy
warringtonrhino wrote:what is the significance of the 'Scarborough & District' lettering?
I think Bruno was just showing an example. It certainly looks more like being taken in Scarborough than Leeds
