Mitchell Hurd
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Hello. I've been dying to start a Volvo B10M thread in particular so I thought I'd include the Leyland Tiger as this was still being produced alongside the B10M.
Any comments can include the bodywork on the Leyland Tiger and B10M chassis rather than just the type itself.
My first trip on a Volvo B10M that I can remember was on a Tappins Coaches Mark 3 Plaxton Paramount 3500 on a school trip down to the seaside from Fitzwaryn School for the day (probably Bournemouth or somewhere like that). I wasn't use to a long coach trip never mind a coach trip put it that way.
My first trip on a Leyland Tiger has to have been roughly 1999/2000 - in fact I remember going on 2 (I'm 26) from Fitzwaryn down to the seaside for the day (1 each year). These had the Plaxton Paramount bodies that featured metal bars and smooth dark wood interior. Lovely coaches too. I'm not sure if it was a 3200 or 3500. I remember 1 coach was plain white.
My first trip on a Volvo B10M bus was a 31 on a Sunday from Wantage roughly to the Mably Way roundabout or the stop before it, Autotype (some sort of servicing area). Stagecoach Oxford Alexander PS Euro 2 Voith example it was.
I'll say a bit more later on but the only B10M's that I've been on that were close to a breakdown were a Tappins Coaches Mark 3 Plaxton Paramount 3500 on a St. Gregory's School service (long story short - I was at that school from September to December in 2004) where the doors wouldn't open but did eventually - this was in like December 2004. The driver took it back to the depot (it meant my first visit to the Tappins Coaches depot ). The replacement coach was a Van Hool Alizee - I've a feeling it was roughly an L / K-reg model.
The other B10M Northern Counties Paladin-bodied example was a Stagecoach Oxford one on a 31 from Wantage (Autotype), 15:45ish back to the Vineyard in Abingdon in probably September / October 2005. I think the driver was reporting on the radio that the engine temperature was I think 90 degrees - hotter than it should have been. I then recall her saying something like it would be swapped for a Brookesbus in Oxford.
Apart from those 2, no breakdowns on a single B10M. My last trip on one was an "A"-registered preserved Van Hool Alizee at the Spring Gathering at Brooklands Bus Museum in Weybridge. The "A" indicates the registration being one of those with 3 letters and 4 numbers. The air-conditioning worked - amazing for what was a 32-year-old coach!I
Any comments can include the bodywork on the Leyland Tiger and B10M chassis rather than just the type itself.
My first trip on a Volvo B10M that I can remember was on a Tappins Coaches Mark 3 Plaxton Paramount 3500 on a school trip down to the seaside from Fitzwaryn School for the day (probably Bournemouth or somewhere like that). I wasn't use to a long coach trip never mind a coach trip put it that way.
My first trip on a Leyland Tiger has to have been roughly 1999/2000 - in fact I remember going on 2 (I'm 26) from Fitzwaryn down to the seaside for the day (1 each year). These had the Plaxton Paramount bodies that featured metal bars and smooth dark wood interior. Lovely coaches too. I'm not sure if it was a 3200 or 3500. I remember 1 coach was plain white.
My first trip on a Volvo B10M bus was a 31 on a Sunday from Wantage roughly to the Mably Way roundabout or the stop before it, Autotype (some sort of servicing area). Stagecoach Oxford Alexander PS Euro 2 Voith example it was.
I'll say a bit more later on but the only B10M's that I've been on that were close to a breakdown were a Tappins Coaches Mark 3 Plaxton Paramount 3500 on a St. Gregory's School service (long story short - I was at that school from September to December in 2004) where the doors wouldn't open but did eventually - this was in like December 2004. The driver took it back to the depot (it meant my first visit to the Tappins Coaches depot ). The replacement coach was a Van Hool Alizee - I've a feeling it was roughly an L / K-reg model.
The other B10M Northern Counties Paladin-bodied example was a Stagecoach Oxford one on a 31 from Wantage (Autotype), 15:45ish back to the Vineyard in Abingdon in probably September / October 2005. I think the driver was reporting on the radio that the engine temperature was I think 90 degrees - hotter than it should have been. I then recall her saying something like it would be swapped for a Brookesbus in Oxford.
Apart from those 2, no breakdowns on a single B10M. My last trip on one was an "A"-registered preserved Van Hool Alizee at the Spring Gathering at Brooklands Bus Museum in Weybridge. The "A" indicates the registration being one of those with 3 letters and 4 numbers. The air-conditioning worked - amazing for what was a 32-year-old coach!I