Coniston Coaches

[PM]

New to Conistons Coaches 5281RU (S194HOK) Plaxton Beaver 2 recently aquired from County Coaches of Brentwood, Essex which as now closed. More info about the beaver 2's history can be found on the photos.  :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@N03/16124686490/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@N03/16126214407/

Low floor quality in action  ::)

[Tony]

New to Conistons Coaches 5281RU (S194HOK) Plaxton Beaver 2 recently aquired from County Coaches of Brentwood, Essex which as now closed. More info about the beaver 2's history can be found on the photos.  :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@N03/16124686490/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@N03/16126214407/

Low floor quality in action  ::)

I'd have had that as the main bus and the Dart spare, far better vehicle than any naff Dart

New to Thandi! (under the company name of Rest & Ride)

[PM]

New to Conistons Coaches 5281RU (S194HOK) Plaxton Beaver 2 recently aquired from County Coaches of Brentwood, Essex which as now closed. More info about the beaver 2's history can be found on the photos.  :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@N03/16124686490/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@N03/16126214407/

Low floor quality in action  ::)

I'd have had that as the main bus and the Dart spare, far better vehicle than any naff Dart

It's not DDA compliant as the law stipulated from 1/1/15... Plus it's 17 years old, not in their livery plus the fleetname of another operator which has collapsed...

Is the comment by LM172 consistent with service delivery quality seen by other people, eg late running/vehicles stopping to refuel etc?!

[PM]

New to Conistons Coaches 5281RU (S194HOK) Plaxton Beaver 2 recently aquired from County Coaches of Brentwood, Essex which as now closed. More info about the beaver 2's history can be found on the photos.  :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@N03/16124686490/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@N03/16126214407/

Low floor quality in action  ::)

I'd have had that as the main bus and the Dart spare, far better vehicle than any naff Dart

It's not DDA compliant as the law stipulated from 1/1/15... Plus it's 17 years old, not in their livery plus the fleetname of another operator which has collapsed...

Is the comment by LM172 consistent with service delivery quality seen by other people, eg late running/vehicles stopping to refuel etc?!

I'm not sure what you're going on about this time but Coniston are a popular well-known and reputable coach operator. They have more sense than to get into the habit of untertaking public service work. This vehicle could double up as a coach if needed too, I can't see the point of having more than one horrid Dart! Let alone a whole fleet of them, imagine how awful that would be!

Well, I'll simplify for you. First, "they have more sense than to get into the habit of un(d)ertaking public service work." They ARE doing public service work.

Second, as you know, after 1/1/15, DDA deadlines came into force that prohibit use of step entrance vehicles of this size on local registered bus service work. I'm wondering why appear to be using a vehicle that doesn't comply.

Thirdly, LM 172 made reference to late running due to a fuel stop. I then asked whether such things were happening regularly or if this was a one off.

Hope that clears up any confusion!

[the trainbasher]

It's only under 7.5t steppys that had to go by 1.1.15

Single decks over 7.5t is 31.12.15 Iirc

[Tony]

It's only under 7.5t steppys that had to go by 1.1.15

Single decks over 7.5t is 31.12.15 Iirc

Which also includes some darts

[PM]

It's only under 7.5t steppys that had to go by 1.1.15

Single decks over 7.5t is 31.12.15 Iirc

And double decks 2017, yes I know.

But varios seem to mostly fall below 7.5 tonnes.

You're right that b10b's etc have until next year and Olympians until the year after.

[Cedric]

Can not understand quite what is going on here , Coniston  have got one of the best turned out coach fleets in the Kidderminster area , and before
they took on running the 15 they only had one bus route  which  is only  two runs a day . and  one of there existing small coaches  is more than
suitable for the  few passangers it carrys a day  and the  and the coaches are suitable for there school contracts. they only been running 15
for a couple of weeks

[646]

New to Conistons Coaches 5281RU (S194HOK) Plaxton Beaver 2 recently aquired from County Coaches of Brentwood, Essex which as now closed. More info about the beaver 2's history can be found on the photos.  :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@N03/16124686490/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@N03/16126214407/

Low floor quality in action  ::)

I'd have had that as the main bus and the Dart spare, far better vehicle than any naff Dart

New to Thandi! (under the company name of Rest & Ride)

New and Thandi, not two words you hear in the same sentence very often!

As featured on page 28 of this month's Buses magazine

[Reece]

Seen Plaxton Beaver 2 5281RU (V771GCS) at Baxter College in Kidderminster today.

[Tony]

New to Conistons Coaches 5281RU (S194HOK) Plaxton Beaver 2 recently aquired from County Coaches of Brentwood, Essex which as now closed. More info about the beaver 2's history can be found on the photos.  :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@N03/16124686490/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@N03/16126214407/

Just checked this out. This is not S194 HOK as it states on that flikr page. It was new as V771 GCS

[Reece]

New to Conistons Coaches 5281RU (S194HOK) Plaxton Beaver 2 recently aquired from County Coaches of Brentwood, Essex which as now closed. More info about the beaver 2's history can be found on the photos.  :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@N03/16124686490/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@N03/16126214407/

Just checked this out. This is not S194 HOK as it states on that flikr page. It was new as V771 GCS

It was only a guess that it was originally S194HOK which was wrong. I had next to nothing to go on at the time and the other Plaxton Beaver 2 that County Coaches of Brentwood had was 9803RU (S195HOK) which Coniston Coaches had faved photos of on there flickr page. It was not 9803 because it had county coaches in red letters on the destination blind. So I went on Google Earth to find some old street view pictures of County Coaches old depot before it had closed last year. I could both PLAXTON beaver 2's one with red lettering and one with white lettering on the destination blind. At the time every thing was leading towards S194 HOK. I am sorry for getting it wrong but I did do my research.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/conistoncoaches/favorites/

[B61 ANDREW]

Cheers folks for sorting this one out, I need to hunt this one down ! It was new to Tait of Irvine.   :)

[Reece]

Cheers folks for sorting this one out, I need to hunt this one down ! It was new to Tait of Irvine.   :)

I have all ready found one photo of V771 GCS on Smug Mug.  :)

http://victoryguy.smugmug.com/keyword/irvine/i-XrnGjxH/A

[Cedric]

Coniston have been using N16 PJF on the HRC1 over recent weeks, not one of their fleet I have seen before recently

Coniston have been using N16 PJF on the HRC1 over recent weeks, not one of their fleet I have seen before recently

matt what sort of coach is   N16 PJF please
cedric