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This is an East Lancs bodied Scania Omnidekka:

Front:
http://www.britishmodelbuses.com/Real_bus_pictures_Large_Images/East%20Lancs%20Omnidekka_Network%20Colchester_O_Large.jpg

Rear:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/scammell_amazon/8595064125

Completely different to NXWM's examples

The front looks the same and the back only has minor changes.  I seem to recall that most of the early N94's (such as 4697) were bodied with EL- designed but Scania-built bodies.

4697 has been nowhere near East Lancs.

Use the main fleetlist for details, not guesswork. It was bodied at the Scania plant in Poland

But that body was designed by East Lancs coachbuilding.

Where do you get that idea from?

If you lok at them, that's the first difference you see.  And 4697 has a EL OmniDekka body whereas the others have Scania OmniCity DD bodies.

And the front and rear head lights/tail lights are different on 4697 to the rest

That's the biggest difference.  4697 is bodied by East Lancs and the rest have Scania bodies.

When travelling on Trent's Red Arrow the driver gave passengers complementary day tickets when the expected coach turned out to be a 10 year old bus seated Optare Solo!

That's nice of him

Why did NXWM get 4697 (YN55PXB)?  They only have one of this type.

I put that I realise operators have to substitute occasionally, but read what I was replying to before posting obnoxious crap.

Under was told I  should be glad I  got a trident instead of a Gold, that 'bus spotter' attitude can drive passengers away and kill services.

Sometimes you get Darts, 2004 Tridents and even Solos on X4.  A 2006 Trident really isn't that bad.

SERVICE UPDATES

Changes to Northampton & Kettering routes from 25th June 2017
06 Jun 2017 to 02 Jul 2017
We are delighted to be serving the new development at Rushden Lakes from 25th June 2017. As a result, several routes will see route & timetable changes.

Routes 49 & 50

Route 49 will run Kettering, Barton Seagrave, Burton Latimer, Finedon, Irthlingborough, Higham Ferrers, Rushden, Rushden Lakes.

Route 50 will run Kettering, Barton Seagrave, Burton Latimer, Finedon, Irthlingborough, Rushden Lakes, Rushden, Sharnbrook, Radwell, Milton Earnest, Clapham & Bedford.

Route 50 will provide the fastest journey from Kettering running direct to Rushden Lakes from Irthlingborough via the A45 (no longer serving Higham Ferrers).

On Sundays Route 50 will serve Higham Ferrers but then run via Northampton Road, join the A45, serve Rushden Lakes and then Rushden and on to Bedford.

Routes X46 & X47

Buses will run from Wellingborough via Rushden Lakes then onto Rushden.

Unfortunately route X46/X47 will no longer be able to serve Irchester or Grangeway. There will however be a new hourly 14 route running between Wellingborough, Irchester, Grangeway & Rushden, Monday to Saturday.

One X46 journey on college days, in each direction will continue to run via Irchester to Northampton College.

Routes X1 & 19

There will be some very minor timing changes to a couple of journeys throughout

Route X4

The Monday to Friday 0610 Kettering to Milton Keynes will now leave at 0605 and run 5 minute earlier to Northampton. The times between Northampton to Milton Keynes remain unaffected.

https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-06/06/2017-12:19:49:469

That the same one as reported a couple of pages back, not a separate one :P

Thought that was 36163

19085 and 19091 have arrived and are at Rugby.

Repainted 36168 seen in Coventry in fleet livery ex 48 branded.

Another one unbranded?

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/sandwell/west-bromwich/2017/06/21/pile-up-closes-west-bromwich-high-street/

Diamond bus getting a bit cosy with a central bus i think? West Brom high Street

The solo has damage to the front, so there must be another vehicle involved too.

28627 - X7

Because the current Golds are only 61 plates, hardly old when Nuneaton have 60 plates on there main route!

But the Nuneaton 48s are being replaced this year

-and 48 is approximately 30 miles long whereas X4 is approxiamtely 75 miles long.

The seat backs on 2022 haven't had the etchings and lighter burns removed. So much for a refurb. Looks mint on the outside though!

Just a repaint?