Parks of Hamilton have a few B11s with ***LSKPerhaps not directly related to the topic, but pretty much every operator within Scotland seems to have at least one "LSK ***" plate!
I thought the ex-Metroline B9s had Northern Irish plates because they were refurbished for Lothian by Wrightbus in Ballymena.Lothian have Northern Ireland RIG xxxx and LXZ xxxx on a lot of their second hand purchases acquired in the time period of roughly 2016-2019.
They stopped doing it after a while with later ex London stuff retaining original, dated marks.
They also similarly re-registered the 10x B9 / Geminis that went into the Motorcoaches division. Despite some (or maybe all?) of them being reallocated elsewhere they've retained the marks.
Main reasons are for show (it says your company name or similar) or to hide the true age of the vehicles. I'm sure enthusiasts would get behind it more if it tied into the fleet number too seeing as the ability to do that was squashed by the DVLA in 2001 when the current sequence was introduced with the number signifying the age.
I personally have my car re-registered with a "private" plate but it's definitely not to hide age as the mark suggests the car was registered six years before it even came out!
They didn't do all of them iirc. They are usually chosen because they are cheap and available in large blocks like the LXZs were?I thought the ex-Metroline B9s had Northern Irish plates because they were refurbished for Lothian by Wrightbus in Ballymena.
What's the significance of LSK? Do the letters mean something in that part of the world?Parks of Hamilton have a few B11s with ***LSK
What's the significance of LSK? Do the letters mean something in that part of the world?
Not sure. Only thing I can think of is Liskeard, but not sure why Stagecoach in Scotland would have plates with that on it.What's the significance of LSK? Do the letters mean something in that part of the world?
What's the significance of LSK? Do the letters mean something in that part of the world?
There is no significance. In some cases they're not even used to disguise the age of older vehicles. Park's is a good example - they stick their "cherished" plates on brand new vehicles and only re-register with normal plates when selling them on.Not sure. Only thing I can think of is Liskeard, but not sure why Stagecoach in Scotland would have plates with that on it.
There is no significance. In some cases they're not even used to disguise the age of older vehicles. Park's is a good example - they stick their "cherished" plates on brand new vehicles and only re-register with normal plates when selling them on.
I can't find a reference at the moment but the majority of the HSK/LSK plates are relatively recent issues. As Caithness did not having that great a demand for newly issued numbers there were quite a few unissued series when the switch was made to year identifiers, these were then made available for purchase or use by the dvla, or whatever they were called at the time, possibly in the early 90s. This is why operators such as Parks have so many in series.There is no significance. In some cases they're not even used to disguise the age of older vehicles. Park's is a good example - they stick their "cherished" plates on brand new vehicles and only re-register with normal plates when selling them on.
Once you own a "cherished" plate it's cheap enough to transfer it to another vehicle, which is why you see them in remain in circulation. Arriva London have a few double deckers with cherished plates, which I think they've had since RT days.
I really don't see the point of buying new cherished plates for buses, but I can see why operators might want to disguise the age of their fleet (e.g. Transdev Keighley on the Eclipses they use on the 662 Shuttle). But most cherished plates are not expensive, so it's one of those things that leaves me very very meh.