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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 10h

Enviro300 27615 which has been on loan to Stagecoach Cumbria at Morecambe is finally being transferred to the Merseyside fleet, where it was planned to go when released from the North East. It is being swapped with Enviro200 36173 which Merseyside received from Midlands but have not used

Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 1d

Trident was out with his friends at Delaine Buses and the Delaine Heritage Trust this morning for a rather special photoshoot. He is now busy editing the photos and says he will post a selection later this week. In the meantime he says here is a 'teaser' image........

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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · 1d

Now appearing at stations all over the North - these lovely new leaflets promoting destinations across the network.

Pick one up from a station near you!

Blackpool by train leaflet, new from Northern

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 2d

Please indulge a little (well, not so little) bear. If the RAF Red Arrows had been a few minutes later or this Stagecoach East Midlands ADL Enviro300 a few minutes later we might have managed a photo of them together..... and with the power of Photoshop it might of looked like this!

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 2d

A press and stakeholder event at Stansted Airport on January 29 1991 promoted regional services to the Midlands and the North West along with NSE services to London. Class 158 158755 operated a special from Peterborough with Class 322s 322481/82 running from London Liverpool St

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 2d

An extremely busy scene near Lichfield Trent Valley Low Level on March 31 1991 as recovery, clean up and repair work is continuing following the derailment of a Garston-Felixstowe Freightliner service on March 28th.

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 3d

On March 30 1991 the 1Z45 'Rat Requiem' rail tour ran with Class 91 91006 from London King's Cross to Leeds where Class 25 D7672 'Tamworth Castle' (25322, 25912) took over for the return run to Holyhead which we captured with sea mist hanging in the air on the North Wales Coast

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 3d

March 1991 and the Nuneaton avoiding line which allowed trains from the Leicester direction heading to Abbey Junction, and on to the Birmingham line, to avoid the need to run through Nuneaton station was still in use. Class 60 60019 'Wild Boar Fell' is pictured heading East.

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 3d

Transfers at Stagecoach East to Fenstanton for service 5/5A non-Busway services are Enviro200 36934 from Peterborough and Enviro300 27642 from Cambridge. Both were in the Strategic Reserve Fleet

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 5d

It was always a nervous wait pre-digital for films to be developed. There was extra pressure for this shot which was the first time I had used 3200asa film. On last day of loco-hauled TransPennine services, Class 47 47443 makes the York call with the 1M48 1819 Newcastle-Liverpool on 20/01/1991

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 6d

To release additional Busway-equipped vehicles with Stagecoach East at Fenstanton it is expected that service 5 will be operated from Monday with standard vehicles, transferred from other depots. The plans will certainly be demanding on the fleet.

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 7d

It looks like Stagecoach will be boosting the Busway fleet with the temporary transfer of a Scania/Enviro400 to Fenstanton depot from Bedford. Looks like it could be 15200 that is transferred

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 7d

The speed limit on the Cambridge Busway is being reduced to 30mph (20mph at crossing points) from next Monday (6th October) pending installation of fencing and barriers. Stagecoach has warned of 'significant' disruption and delays. Whippet is revising the timetable for the T1

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 8d

A bonus yesterday while working in Lincoln was the appearance of the @rafredarrows in 9-formation flying over the city - and they even put on the red, white and blue smoke.

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 8d

Nothing at all. Just parked at Bedford

Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 10d

On March 28th 1991 ScotRail 'launched' Class 303 EMU after its makeover in Glasgow Blue Train livery. The unit broke cover at Springburn and was then taken to Bowling, the location of where original Cuneo Glasgow Blue Train image.

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 10d

In early 1991 Tyseley depot decided to smarten up Class 117 DMU T305 (51410+59520+51368) which retained its GWR chocolate and cream livery. The repainted unit breaks cover allow photos to be taken including with some of the depot team involved in the repaint of the unit.

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Robert Knight @rupertairbear.bsky.social · 11d

It's Five Valleys Walk today, and I'm helping out. Not everyone is doing the entire walk, so there are shuttle buses to get people to/from the various checkpoints.

It's all for charity!

The Five Valleys Walk 2025 share.google/hxumFzG0XWjc...

A pair of Stagecoach Optares displaying 'Brimscombe shuttle' and 'Randwick shuttle' as their destinations.

A Stagecoach E200 showing 'Minch/Nailsworth shuttle' as the destination.

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 13d

I was in London earlier this week and saw an Arriva London Enviro400 training bus with seagulls in the front upper deck window & couple of bears like me sitting on the upper deck, I think they are training to be bus driving bears. If there are any photos I would like to see them

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 13d

I was in London earlier this week and saw an Arriva London Enviro400 training bus with seagulls in the front upper deck window & couple of bears like me sitting on the upper deck, I think they are training to be bus driving bears. If there are any photos I would like to see them

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 15d

Under a rather threatening sky, Stagecoach East ADL Enviro400 19619 departs from Peterborough's Queensgate bus station earlier today with a 33 service to Whittlesey

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 19d

When Trident is in Lincoln he enjoys spending an hour watching the buses at the City's Central Bus Station. Normally vehicle presentation from the major operator is superb, but yesterday he got the impression that standards have slipped and the appearance of some buses was poor

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 19d

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 19d

This new sign @lner.co.uk Peterborough is a little confusing. Its on Platform 7 but suggests to get to Platform 7 you should go up the stairs. It would be better pointing to the right. A similar situation exits with the sign on Platform 6. All too much for a 🐻!

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Trident The Bear 🐻 @tridentthebear.bsky.social · 21d

The two Enviro300s, 27558/59, being transferred on loan from Stagecoach South to Stagecoach Cumbria are heading north today while other loans are Enviro300 27659 and Enviro200 36139 to Stagecoach South West.

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