Current operations of the above vehicles, on schooldays - as at 07/01/07.
VEX291X - route H24 Reddish to Cheadle Hulme via Stockport and return in the afternoon
PFC515W - route H26 Hyde to Cheadle Hulme via Marple and Poynton and return
DPX685W - route 867 to Poynton High School via Bramhall and Hazel Grove and return
‘Dual purpose’ coach seated VEX291X.
Left to Right (excluding the Olympian) – DPX685W, PFC515W, DCA530X and VEX291X.
DPX685W.
DPX685W and MEF823W.
Happy Birthday! ‘Krazy Kids’ MEF823W resides in Hulme Hall’s depot when not in use, it normally ventures out on a Saturday afternoon. MEF was owned by Hulme Hall until two years ago. Hulme Hall also have two unserviceable Leyland Titans in their possession.
‘Warrington & District’ (A1 Minibus Services) DCA530X arrives at Hulme Hall’s yard from Warrington before 9am.
FAO427V is A1 Minibus Services other VR, photographed after arriving with DCA.
The extra buses for the day ran duplicates of the 379 service to the Poynton end of the route. FAO427V was at Grove Lane heading out for its first return trip to Poynton – it followed DPX685W on the 1034 from Grove Lane, returning at 1055 from Poynton.
DPX685W and FAO427V in Poynton near the ‘Pickwick Road’ terminus.
DPX685W and FAO427V at Grove Lane, DPX heading to the airport.
DPX685W at Handforth Dean Retail Park on the 1055 Poynton-Manchester Airport.
PFC515W outside Poynton County High School working the 1155 Poynton to Manchester Airport. PFC515W obviously used to have a centre exit but this has been replaced with a standard window and a sideways seat. PFC also has an automatic gearbox, quite rare on surviving VR’s.
DCA530X worked one return trip to Poynton, following DPX685W at 1234 from Grove Lane.
DCA530X outside Poynton County High School.
DCA530X and AJA408L from the top deck of WTU487W which was about to leave on a trip to Poynton.
Ian Johnson’s preserved ex Crosville WTU487W and VEX291X in the background.
WTU487W at Poynton. This did one return trip from Grove Lane.
PFC515W after leaving Grove Lane and turning into Acre Lane on the 1330 Manchester Airport to Poynton 379 – seen from upstairs on WTU487W.
Preserved ex SELNEC and GMPTE AJA408L at Hulme Hall depot.
FAO427V one stop west of Bramhall on its second return trip of the day.
PFC515W at Wythenshawe Bus Station on the 1425 Poynton-Manchester Airport. The 379 did not serve Wythenshawe until last weekend when the service was revised and the frequencies increased. Unfortunately this increase does not involve the regular use of VR’s(!) as enough Volvo B6’s and B10’s are owned to cover the two diagrams.
PFC515W at Manchester Airport bus station (which is in a totally different location than it used to be!) between the 1425 Poynton-Manchester Airport and 1530 return.
A developing fault with DPX saw Hulme Halls other decker replace it, Olympian WDL692Y which as per DPX spent many years on the Isle of Wight. Photo taken on London Road, Poynton - on the 1630 from the airport.
all photo's above copyright of Shaun C
