A visit to Halifax and Huddersfield - 18/10/2013

Well, cutting a long story short, this is my first blog post since moving from Chester to Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. On Friday 18th October, I decided to embark on a tour around the local area and get to know what the local bus scene was about.

First of all, I decided to visit the town of Halifax.

This Yorkshire Tiger Optare Solo YJ59 NPN is on a 573 to Brighouse via the village of Rastrick.

This First Calderdale and Huddersfield Volvo B7TL W715 CWR is seen here not in service.

This First Calderdale and Huddersfield Volvo B7RLE is on a 542 to Norton Tower.

This TJ Walsh Plaxton Primo is on a 700 to Illingworth.

This TJ Walsh Mercedes Alexander minibus is seen here not in service.

This First Calderdale and Huddersfield Volvo B10BLE Wright Renown is seen here on a 579 to Sowerby.

This First Calderdale and Huddersfield Volvo B7RLE is seen here on a 521 to Illingworth.

This Yorkshire Tiger (Huddersfield Bus Company/Arriva Yorkshire) Optare Solo MX04 VMC is seen here on a 28A to Highroad Well.
This Yorkshire Tiger Optare Solo MX04 VMC is showing off its own new feminine side.
This First Calderdale and Huddersfield Volvo B7TL is seen here on a 503 to Huddersfield via Elland.

This K-Line Optare Solo MX04 VMC is seen here preparing to start a 343 to Huddersfield.



This surprised me... First Calderdale and Huddersfield Marshall Capital Dennis Dart SLF is seen here on a 579 to Sowerby. Notice the driver putting his fingers up. 



This First Calderdale and Huddersfield Volvo Olympian R929 WOE is seen here laying over before strangly starting a 503 to Huddersfield via Elland. An ultra-rare shot and this was possibly the most surprising find on the day.
 By this point, I decided to visit the town of Huddersfield and considering how frequent buses to Huddersfield are from Halifax, I decided to wait around for the 503 as this uses Volvo B7TL's on a Wright Eclipse Gemini Chassis,


Once I arrived in Huddersfield, more bus spotting commenced.

This Streamline Dennis Dart SLF T438 EBD is seen here on a 371 to Salendine Nook.

This First Calderdale and Huddersfield Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse Urban 2 is seen here on a 328 to Bradley. These batch of Eclipse 2's have Wi-Fi fitted.

This K-Line DAF Cadet is seen here on a 324 to Meltham.

This First Calderdale and Huddersfield Volvo B7TL is seen here on a 324 to Meltham.

This MetroConnect Optare Solo is seen here leaving the bus station on the free town bus which terminates at the Waterfront Quarter after serving the town centre.

First Calderdale and Huddersfield Volvo B7TL YJ06 XLW is seen here leaving the bus station on a 503 to Halifax via Elland, this vehicle is also branded for routes 501/503.  

This First Calderdale and Huddersfield Volvo Olympian T661 VWU is seen here on a 324 to Meltham Broadlands.

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