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1990's birmingham Leyland National

Started by chrisbus, January 02, 2017, 04:18:25 PM

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chrisbus

Hello there everyone, were they any independent operators in Birmingham operatiing Leyland Nationals, especially towards the late 1990's, Other than Chase, unless i got them mixed up with somewhere else?

Gareth

Nationals wer the vehicles of choice during the 90s. Here are some I can remember off the top of my head:
Frontline
Tame Valley
City Buslines
Serverse/Serveverse
City Buslines
Birmingham Coach Company / Diamond

There was also an operator who operated on the 63 who had a National into the early 2000's

2206

Quote from: Gareth on January 02, 2017, 06:08:02 PM
There was also an operator who operated on the 63 who had a National into the early 2000's
Travel Express.
Local Routes
94/95, 11A/11C, 28.

j789

Falcon Travel is another one from the 90s. Also Central but I think they were owned by WMT.
Midland Red West still had Nationals until around 2000 so some may have been on the 144/146 routes, as well.

fleetline6477

Choice Travel (Willenhall)

Burman Travel (Tamworth)

Stevensons of Uttoxeter

Midland Rider (Oldbury) operated 1 National

Thandi companies

Cave Buses (Solihull)

Zak's Bus and Coach (Great Barr)


winston


Walsall1955

Your Bus (running into / out of Birmingham) (eg. NHB892M 1988, then more LNs after WMT takeover)

Metrowest (running in Dudley area pre WMT takeover, but I did photograph a Metrowest LN in Birmingham after WMT takeover))

Stevensons

Solihull District (1986/87)

Glenstuart Travel (in Wolverhampton)

Vanguard Travel (in Coventry - they did run an X65 in B'ham but don't know if an LN ever ran into B'ham)

Tony


Matt77

Central Liner? I remember the 44 service from City to Longbridge but this may not have been late 90's
C6Y City - Solihull - Kings Heath - Northfield - City
72 Kitwell - City via QE Hospital
302 Stourport - Bromsgrove
653 Great Barr - Harborne

Solo1

Red Rider (Wolverhampton ) they ran 649/650  brum to kings heath circular
Didn't Hi Ride have a national  in red /brown livery

Lukeee

Quote from: fleetline6477 on January 02, 2017, 07:53:12 PM
Choice Travel (Willenhall)

Burman Travel (Tamworth)

Stevensons of Uttoxeter

Midland Rider (Oldbury) operated 1 National

Thandi companies

Cave Buses (Solihull)

Zak's Bus and Coach (Great Barr)

Dont recall midland rider having a national, I know they had a couple lynxes. How long did the national last with them?

winston



winston

Quote from: Lukeee on January 02, 2017, 10:45:34 PM
Thanks mate, although I was on about the midland rider operation (yellow and blue buses) that was sold to Midland/Choice. Thanks anyway

@Lukeee - Oh yeah sorry.

Here's Midland Riders 1:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44483738@N05/4356661187
https://www.flickr.com/photos/53055234@N08/16555985469/

chrisbus

Thanks guys for the information. what would the running costs of been like operating 20+ year old Leyland Nationals on often marginal routes such as that in my city Hull were North bank, pride of the road, revills and latterly Applebys roamed the streets, i imagine it must of been on a shoestring

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