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Post by driver6540 on Sept 26, 2022 21:32:29 GMT 1
37300 now in HD Connect.
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Post by driver6540 on Sept 26, 2022 21:45:00 GMT 1
37726 now in Hybrid Halifax Olympia-connect livery and now carries the name Jon Hilton who used to be on the Huddersfield Rota (503). RIP. I'm struggling a bit to understand this "hybrid" livery definition. Surely it's just Olympia but with the rear all in lilac/purple?, Call it what you will. Quite a few Huddersfield B7RLE's that are/were there have had that back end livery for a few years now.
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Sept 27, 2022 2:21:50 GMT 1
37726 now in Hybrid Halifax Olympia-connect livery and now carries the name Jon Hilton who used to be on the Huddersfield Rota (503). RIP. I'm struggling a bit to understand this "hybrid" livery definition. Surely it's just Olympia but with the rear all in lilac/purple?, Call it what you will. Quite a few Huddersfield B7RLE's that are/were there have had that back end livery for a few years now. That's what the painter at Hunslet calls it so best to ask him.
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Post by driver6540 on Sept 27, 2022 20:30:25 GMT 1
I'm struggling a bit to understand this "hybrid" livery definition. Surely it's just Olympia but with the rear all in lilac/purple?, Call it what you will. Quite a few Huddersfield B7RLE's that are/were there have had that back end livery for a few years now. That's what the painter at Hunslet calls it so best to ask him. Josh, send me his phone no, and i will do
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Sept 27, 2022 20:42:55 GMT 1
I can’t work out any logical reason why they’ve decided to go with this very minor change to Olympia. So minor even those of us here are debating whether it should be recorded as a different livery or not
Although to be honest HX Connect being exactly the same as HD Connect just a slightly different shade of blue never made great sense either. You could have imagined buses being transferred down the line and them wondering are we really going to spend money and bother repainting the front of the bus from dark blue to light blue
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Post by clifton on Oct 3, 2022 21:33:11 GMT 1
37083 & 37086 both in HD Connect livery on the X63 today.
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Post by 576 Gemini 2 on Oct 4, 2022 16:43:54 GMT 1
37722 has had it"s Leeds City Bus branding removed from the panel under the windscreen, 37735 in the Halifax hybrid Olympia livery
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Post by kendall17 on Oct 4, 2022 17:12:13 GMT 1
I can’t work out any logical reason why they’ve decided to go with this very minor change to Olympia. So minor even those of us here are debating whether it should be recorded as a different livery or not Doesn't the "hybrid" livery allow for local colours to be applied, as and when it's decided. Similar to that of the Glasgow red & Worcester purple?
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Post by driver6540 on Oct 18, 2022 22:20:38 GMT 1
37725 now in HD Connect. With regard to Kendall's comment above, he's correct. First Glasgow's route 77 livery is identical to HD Connect.
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Post by WYBS on Oct 21, 2022 15:54:11 GMT 1
Recently transferred Yellow Buses B9TL: 36314 (BL14 LTJ) has received Olympia livery for Halifax. This appears to be favoured over the God-awful HX Connect now.
Hybrid 39228 has received an overall advert for 'MetaGedu'.
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Post by Username on Oct 21, 2022 18:11:18 GMT 1
Recently transferred Yellow Buses B9TL: 36314 (BL14 LTJ) has received Olympia livery for Halifax. This appears to be favoured over the God-awful HX Connect now. Hybrid 39228 has received an overall advert for 'MetaGedu'. Preferred HX CONNECT if I am being honest. HX Connect was good until they removed the stripe and started lazily slapping their logos on to one pannel it's the same with the new Olympia it looks lazy compared to the real deal. I think they should scrap Hybrid Olympia and actually paint buses in normal olympia if they want to go back to it. I know as far as a passenger's perspective they wont care but for bus enthusiasts we do. I would love to see a tidy livery.
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Post by sidthesexist on Nov 3, 2022 20:20:35 GMT 1
37129 now with Halifax decals on LeedsCity
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Post by WYBS on Nov 4, 2022 14:28:48 GMT 1
36313 now in Olympia for Halifax
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Post by Jagga on Nov 11, 2022 17:21:59 GMT 1
37784 - LK59 CXA is now in HD Connect.
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Post by WYBS on Nov 28, 2022 10:25:43 GMT 1
Now that all of the new Streetdecks are out at York, can someone explain why four of them carry a red and black livery and appear to be allocated to any route? Is this the new standard York livery?
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Post by Jagga on Nov 28, 2022 17:29:27 GMT 1
37786 - LK59 CXC is now in HD Connect.
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Post by Ethan's Bus Adventures 2024 on Dec 21, 2022 13:24:18 GMT 1
69320 - YJ09 FWB now is Olympia Urban livery in Bradford, same as the default livery for Halifax. It doesn't seem like it has been repainted but more of a panel rebuild. Even wondering if City of Bradford is scrapped.
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Post by driver6540 on Dec 21, 2022 22:40:56 GMT 1
Hudds 37293 "Jack Taylor" now in HD Connect. Out of the MX07 batch, only 37298 remains in olympia.
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Post by driver6540 on Dec 21, 2022 23:07:03 GMT 1
69320 - YJ09 FWB now is Olympia Urban livery in Bradford, same as the default livery for Halifax. It doesn't seem like it has been repainted but more of a panel rebuild. Even wondering if City of Bradford is scrapped. The default livery for Halifax is somehow called Olympia "Hybrid", which is basically standard Olympia but with a totally lilac(?) back end. The Olympia Urban you refer to is slightly different again, in that is has a completely white(?) front. Hudd's new streetlite's are all in Urban as are several York buses. And Olympian Urban is now the new standard livery for First Greater Manchester. AFAIK there are no Olympia Urban painted buses operating in Halifax, but i'll stand to be corrected on that. I'd be very surprised if the City of Bradford livery has been dropped so quickly, but with First you never know. The HX Connect livery fell out of favour very quickly in Halifax.
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Post by Ethan's Bus Adventures 2024 on Dec 21, 2022 23:20:39 GMT 1
driver6540, when I am talking about Halifax's Olympia Urban livery, I talking about the default livery which has Olympia livery at the front and Urban at back. I wouldn't call it the hybrid Olympia as Olympia hybrid liveries are usually dedicated for hybrid buses.
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Post by driver6540 on Dec 21, 2022 23:31:34 GMT 1
driver6540 , when I am talking about Halifax's Olympia Urban livery, I talking about the default livery which has Olympia livery at the front and Urban at back. I wouldn't call it the hybrid Olympia as Olympia hybrid liveries are usually dedicated for hybrid buses. If you go back through this thread, you will see post's from Notjoshwereyourlad explaining why Halifax's livery is called Olympia "Hybrid", and no it has nothing to do with Hybrid buses.
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Dec 21, 2022 23:46:27 GMT 1
69320 - YJ09 FWB now is Olympia Urban livery in Bradford, same as the default livery for Halifax. It doesn't seem like it has been repainted but more of a panel rebuild. Even wondering if City of Bradford is scrapped. The default livery for Halifax is somehow called Olympia "Hybrid", which is basically standard Olympia but with a totally lilac(?) back end. The Olympia Urban you refer to is slightly different again, in that is has a completely white(?) front. Hudd's new streetlite's are all in Urban as are several York buses. And Olympian Urban is now the new standard livery for First Greater Manchester. AFAIK there are no Olympia Urban painted buses operating in Halifax, but i'll stand to be corrected on that. I'd be very surprised if the City of Bradford livery has been dropped so quickly, but with First you never know. The HX Connect livery fell out of favour very quickly in Halifax. Several ex-York buses are now operating in Halifax, so carry the Olympia Urban livery I read in the Bus&TrainUser blog that Paul Matthews, MD of First West Yorks is retiring soon, so when someone new comes in the livery direction may change again. I’d put money on it being a corporate suit rather than an innovative bus person though
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Post by jus363 on Dec 22, 2022 15:44:20 GMT 1
The default livery for Halifax is somehow called Olympia "Hybrid", which is basically standard Olympia but with a totally lilac(?) back end. The Olympia Urban you refer to is slightly different again, in that is has a completely white(?) front. Hudd's new streetlite's are all in Urban as are several York buses. And Olympian Urban is now the new standard livery for First Greater Manchester. AFAIK there are no Olympia Urban painted buses operating in Halifax, but i'll stand to be corrected on that. I'd be very surprised if the City of Bradford livery has been dropped so quickly, but with First you never know. The HX Connect livery fell out of favour very quickly in Halifax. Several ex-York buses are now operating in Halifax, so carry the Olympia Urban livery I read in the Bus&TrainUser blog that Paul Matthews, MD of First West Yorks is retiring soon, so when someone new comes in the livery direction may change again. I’d put money on it being a corporate suit rather than an innovative bus person though 69374 Ex advert & 47495 Ex HD connect now in the Olympia "Hybrid" livery
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2022 16:35:59 GMT 1
Now that all of the new Streetdecks are out at York, can someone explain why four of them carry a red and black livery and appear to be allocated to any route? Is this the new standard York livery? Yes it's the new York City livery although it's dark blue rather than Black, From what's been said the current plan is for all Streetdecks to gain this livery once the electric ones arrive for the Unibus in 2024,plus the Electric Wright SDs are also expected to be carrying it.
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Post by Ethan's Bus Adventures 2024 on Dec 22, 2022 18:19:25 GMT 1
First Leeds Volvo B5LH 39203 (BJ60 BZC) in the new LeedsCity livery, although I know some of you may have already known that.
First Halifax Volvo B9TL 37775 (LK59 CWP) in Olympia Urban livery.
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