Transdev Yellow Buses
Encyclopedia
Yellow Buses is a bus
operator based in Bournemouth
, on the south coast of England, owned by the RATP Group, a company owned by the government of France
. Although most routes are restricted to the Bournemouth local authority area, an increasing number are expanding into the adjacent areas of Poole
, Christchurch
and East Dorset
. Some routes are in direct competition with another local operator, Wilts & Dorset
.
The company was formerly owned and operated by Bournemouth Borough Council and was known as Yellow Buses Bournemouth, and prior to that "Bournemouth Transport Ltd". The name was changed to Transdev Yellow Buses (TYB) when Transdev
bought the company in December 2005. On 2 July 2006, Transdev Yellow Buses redesigned its entire network. It concentrated on core, higher frequency services, with a corresponding colour coded map, aimed at making the network easier for the public. In parallel, Transdev simplified its fare structure and introduced a new livery. This remains largely yellow (a condition of the sale), albeit in a lighter shade of primrose rather than the more mustard of old; "The Brighter Bus Company" became the new strap line. Transdev's new network also provides a number of lower-frequency, non-core routes.
Further changes have followed, with the fare prices being altered, along with extension of routes and new routes being introduced.
The company is arguably one of the most successful bus operators in England with a patronage growth of 40% since 2005 and currently carrying 13 million passengers per annum.
In May 2010 an agreement was signed for the transfer of Yellow Buses (and also London United) to the RATP Group, a Transdev shareholder. On Thursday 3 March 2011, both companies became part of the RATP Group.
and Holdenhurst
when those areas were added to the borough of Bournemouth.
In 1933 the corporation began to operate trolleybuses
, and by 1936 replaced all the trams with trolleybuses. The trolleybuses were replaced by diesel buses between 1963 and 1959.
and subsequent deregulation
and privatisation of bus services, Bournemouth Transport Ltd, using the trading name Yellow Buses Bournemouth, became an arms-length commercial company, wholly owned by Bournemouth Borough Council. In spite of the sale of other municipal operators, the Conservative
-controlled council decided to hold on to its operator for the time being. Following a change of council control to the Liberal Democrats
, council financial pressures in the years to 2005, a perceived need to modernise the fleet and a realisation that full privatisation would better equip the operator to overcome the increasing competition it was facing from Wilts & Dorset
, the council offered the company for sale.
. The Council retained 10 per cent of the shareholding and a member on the Transdev Yellow Buses board.
Transdev then decided to make its mark on Yellow Buses by giving the entire network a complete overhaul. This became the Big Network Change of 2 July 2006, where each bus, each journey, and each route (even route numbers) was changed. To make sure that the public were made aware of these changes, Transdev Yellow Buses held road shows across Bournemouth
, Poole
and Christchurch
to publicise its new network, livery, branding and new fare structure. Since then, Transdev have made slight changes to the network with funding from Bournemouth Borough Council, including the introduction of routes 37 and 38, the extension of Route 41 at both ends to Boscombe Pier and to Throop Church
, and the re-introduction of Route 24 to Bournemouth and to bring back the route in the evenings and on Sundays between the Rail Station
and Alum Chine. Also, for the first time in recent years, Transdev Yellow Buses decided not to run services on New Year's Day 2007 except route 747, which ran a normal Monday service.
A revised timetable was introduced on Sunday 22 July 2007 and Monday 29 October 2007 saw TYB take over the operation of Routes 18 and 19 from Wilts & Dorset, combining them to make new route 18 between Broadstone
and Bournemouth. Unlike the old Wilts & Dorset route, there is no service between Broadstone and Corfe Mullen
, and no Sunday or evening buses.
Transdev Yellow Buses invested in a Real Time & Next Stop display system. Screens were put in most of the low-floor fleet and the system was in operation from end of April 2008.
In May 2008, new route 39 was started, with the help of Bournemouth Borough Council, when a timetable change saw Littledown
/Harewood Estates with no service. This is an hourly service running between Bournemouth Hospital and Bournemouth via Boscombe
.
Another revision to the timetable took place on 3 May 2009, with various improvements on routes 1 and 3 and many timing changes. Sunday 24 May saw the start of a brand new hourly Route 21 service, taking over from the Wilts & Dorset Route X12 Bournemouth to Burton
service and part of the C1 (the other part along with the C2 being run by Shamrock Buses
).
27 September 2009 saw the start of a new winter timetable with changes to routes 1, 6, and 25, and the merging of Routes 37 and 38 to make new route 36.
April 2010 saw TYB expand services into East Dorset
with the launch of an hourly Route 29 between Bournemouth, Winton
, Ferndown
and West Moors
.
May 2010 saw that start of three new services being the 20, 27 (both on May 4) and 40 (May 29). Route 20, which was a merge of routes 53 (operated by Wilts & Dorset) and 42 (operated by Shamrock Buses) ran between Poole and Castlepoint
via Lilliput, Penn Hill
, Square (Bourne Avenue)
, Winton and West Way. Route 27 ran between Kinson
and Poole via Bear Wood
and Alderney
and was a commercial replacement for Wilts & Dorset's Route 11 (although W&D will still be running the service as normal on Sundays and will run a services between Poole and Bear Wood on Mondays to Fridays). Route 27 ran hourly Monday to Saturday. Route 40 ran between Christchurch Civic Offices and Bournemouth Square/Pier. This was a partial replacement to the old Route 12 service, although it was run with single-deck buses and not Open Top Double Deckers. It ran via Tuckton Bridge, Hengistbury Head
and Boscombe Pier.
to the RATP Group.
May 15, 2011 saw a few changes made to routes 1, 3 & 5, either in frequency or timing. June 26th, 2011 saw see the start of the new summer timetable with changes to most routes including the withdrawal of routes 24, 29 & 49. Routes 24 was replaced with revised routes 2a, 2b and 20, and route 29 was renumbered 4c, with timeing changes. July 6, 2011 saw Shamrock Buses
go bust which meant that Yellow Buses started operation of the 111 on July 7th rather than the original planned date of July 25th and have also taken on a handful of School Routes. September 5th saw further changes with YB operating more school services as well as Routes 31 & 41 gained from Wilts & Dorset. October 23rd will see a new route starting, the 4d between Bournemouth and Wimborne (replacing the hourly 4a journey that operates between Bournemouth and Northbourne Roundabout), and a change of route for the 1b between Poole and Upper Parkstone. The 1b will operate via Poole College & Ashley Cross and the 1c will remain unchanged in its route.
(most of which had unusual Alexander AL type bodies as opposed to the AD type) and Leyland Atlantean
s. 20 Leyland Olympian
s with Marshall
bodies (the only ones of their kind) were also owned, as were a small number of Ford Transit
minibuses. Some of the Daimler/Leyland Fleetlines were convertible open-top buses for what was once an extensive summer service.
Five Volvo Citybuses, five with East Lancs coach-style bodywork
were purchased in 1986 (fleet numbers 200 to 204 inclusive). They spent much of their time in what was then the coaching division of the Yellows..."Yellow Coaches of Bournemouth". They eventually made their way to the Yellow Buses fleet and into regular service. Ten Volvo Citybuses with Alexander RV
-type bodies were bought, five in 1988 (fleet numbers 205 to 209 inclusive) and a further five in 1989 (210 to 214 inclusive).
18 Dennis Dominator
s with East Lancs E-type
bodies (built to Alexander R-type design) were purchased, and have turbo-charged Gardner 6LXCT engines: seven in 1990 (fleet numbers 251 to 257 inclusive), seven in 1991 (fleet numbers 258, 259 and 261 to 265 inclusive) and four in 1992 (fleet numbers 266 to 269 inclusive). Six East Lancs EL2000
-bodied Dennis Lance
s were bought in 1993 (fleet numbers 401 to 406 inclusive).
In 1995/6, a large batch of Dennis Dart
s with East Lancs EL2000 bodywork were purchased, and are worth noting as the bodies are wider than usual Darts (regardless of bodywork): 12 in 1995 (fleet numbers 451 to 462 inclusive) and 10 in 1996 (fleet numbers 463 to 472 inclusive). In the 1995 batch, fleet numbers 451, 452, 453 and 454 were originally in Super Route 17 livery, complete with Real Time equipment.
In 1997/8, delivery of Dennis Dart SLFs with East Lancs Spryte
bodywork: two in 1997 (fleet numbers 473 and 474) and eight in 1998 (fleet numbers 475 to 482 inclusive). The 1998 batch were originally in "Super Route 6" livery. In 1999 Yellow Buses took delivery of its first new double decks since 1992, being nine East Lancs Lolyne
-bodied Dennis Tridents
(fleet numbers 270 to 278 inclusive).
Eight East Lancs Vyking
bodied Volvo B7TL
s arrived in 2000 (fleet numbers 411 to 418 inclusive). 2002 saw another eight East Lancs Vyking bodied Volvo B7TLs being added to the fleet, three of them (430, 431 and 432) are convertible to open top format.
Yellow Buses took delivery six Volvo B7TLs in 2003, the bodywork of which were split equally between East Lancs Vyking
(fleet numbers 426 to 428 inclusive) and Wright Eclipse Gemini
(fleet numbers 180 to 182 inclusive). Again, this year also saw another one of the original 18 Dennis Dominator
/East Lancs E Type
s taken out of service. The company withdrew all six East Lancs EL2000
-bodied Dennis Lance
s. The Leyland Fleetline
s in the fleet were sold to Thamesdown
between 2003 and 2006.
The only deliveries in 2004 were a further six further Volvo B7TLs, yet again equally split between East Lancs
, this time with East Lancs Myllennium Vyking
bodywork (fleet numbers 110 to 112 inclusive), and Wright Eclipse Gemini
(fleet numbers 183 to 185 inclusive).
A further three East Lancs Myllennium Vyking Volvo B7TLs arrived in 2005 (fleet numbers 113 to 115 inclusive), plus four VDL SB120
/Wright Merits (fleet numbers 500 to 503), the latter in a revised livery (before the sale to Transdev) of yellow and white relieved with two blue upward sweeping bands to the rear.
In 2006, under Transdev ownership, a selection of 21 second-hand single decks arrived, all of which were low-floor Dennis Darts on either Plaxton Pointer
(three buses, fleet numbers 491 to 493 inclusive), East Lancs Spryte
(ten buses, fleet numbers 483 to 490 inclusive, along with 494 and 495) or Wright Crusader
bodies (eight buses, fleet numbers 150 to 157 inclusive), all in the new Transdev Yellow Buses livery. The remaining East Lancs coach-style Volvo Citybuses were withdrawn for sale.
In 2007 the company commenced repainting the remainder of the Volvo Citybuses, but this has now stopped since the company is looking into purchasing some double deckers. By the end of October, fleet numbers 205 and 206 had been sold.
The driver training fleet has also been changed. The company withdrew the last two East Lancs EL2000
-bodied Dennis Lance
s (fleet numbers 402 and 406). In their place, the 1997 batch of Dennis Dart SLFs with East Lancs Spryte
bodywork (fleet numbers 473 and 474) have been painted up in special yellow and purple driver training livery.
10 reasonably new buses arrived, all being 55-plate Alexander Dennis Dart
Pointers
, fleet numbers 504 to 513 inclusive. These came from Manchester Airport, and because Yellow Buses were due to stop running the Airport service in November, the buses had their luggage racks removed. To this end, a large part of the 1995 batch of Dennis Darts with East Lancs EL2000 bodywork (fleet numbers 451 to 459) were withdrawn and put up for sale by Ensignbus
. Two were sold to Brighton
-based independent The Big Lemon
. In November 2007, an ex-demonstrator Alexander Dennis Enviro400 with an '07 plate arrived. Its fleet number is 186.
A single deck Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart (with a 57 registration) went into service in mid-January 2008, numbered 515. In September 2008, 11 brand new Optare Versa
s arrived at the depot. These have registrations to match their fleet numbers in the Txx TYB range (18 to 28 inclusive) and entered service on Route 1a (Bournemouth-Somerford) on 1 October 2008. In November, an order was announced for 11 Optare Tempo
s to follow on from the Versa order.
Towards the end of the year, Dennis Dart East Lancs EL2000s 460 to 463 were withdrawn and put up for sale with Ensign Bus; one has since joined The Big Lemon
in Brighton.
Your Bus was also launched during September 2008 by TYB, to run the school specials they have contracts for, and currently there are 3 Volvo Citybuses (208, 211, 213) and one Dennis Dart East Lancs EL2000 (being 465) in the TYB "Your Bus" Livery. This fleet was expanded in September 2009 with the introduction of the Bournemouth & Poole College School Contract with extra Darts and an extra Volvo Citybus added to the fleet.
During the early part of 2009, Wright Crusader
156 was withdrawn for spares, and replacement bus 514, a 51 plate DAF SB120
/Wright Cadet
, entered service towards the end of June 2009. Its number plate is YJ51 ELX.
Eleven Optare Tempos entered service during May 2009. They, like the Optare Versas, have registrations to match their fleet numbers in the Rxx TYB range (7 to 17 inclusive)
Spring 2010 has seen the refurbishment of the Trident
Lolynes
(270 - 278 inclusive) with 270 first back from the refurbishment. Notable differences are the addition of a wheelchair ramp and area, more stop buttons on both decks, flooring to the same specification as the Optare single-deckers already in the fleet, new seating with different arrangements both on the lower and especially the upper deck where the seats are now spaced further apart, increasing leg-room, slightly reducing capacity, and improving CCTV.
June 2010 has seen the introduction of seven new Optare Tempos, fleet numbers 101 to 107 inclusive.
Spring 2011 saw the continuation of the refurbishment of the fleet with the East Lancs Myllennium Vyking
s (fleet numbers 110 to 115 inclusive) and the Wright Eclipse Gemini
s (fleet numbers 180 to 185 inclusive) receiving new flooring, seating and improved CCTV. 5 new Volvo B9TL
/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
s arrived in May 2011..
Summer 2011 saw the remaining Step Entrance Darts in the Your Bus fleet leave the fleet (N465 TPR is now with Gardbus & N466 TPR with Thompsons Tours) leaving only the Citybuses in the Your Bus fleet which will be covering the St Peter's School contracts from September 2011. Also, YB have acquired from sister company, London United, 4 ALX400 buses converted from dual door to single door format, 3 of which are Dennis Tridents (X201 to 203 UMS, fleet numbers 281 to 283 inclusive) and the other being a Volvo B7TL (V189 OOE, fleet number 284). YB have also acquired 5 Optare Solo's. 2 of which are from Door to Dorset, (Optare Solo's CE52 UWU fleet number 750 & CE52 UWR fleet number 751). The remaining 3 Optare Solo's origins are unknown.
Autumn 2011 saw 2 Alexander Dennis Enviro300 single deckers arrive in the depot these are believed to have originated from South Yorkshire.
Some years later, Yellow Buses decided to change some town centre routing further. This managed to confuse some of its drivers. It included buses towards Lansdowne
operating via Old Christchurch Road each day (except for routes 22 and 69, as above), including Sundays, and then all buses towards Lansdowne using Hinton Road and Bath Road after 6.00 pm.
During both these periods, outbound Charminster Road Buses (31/32/35) avoided Old Christchurch Road on evenings and Sundays by using the Bourne Avenue side of The Square.
This was changed slightly again when Transdev carried out their Big Network Change of July 2006, so that all buses towards Lansdowne before 6.00 pm operated via Old Christchurch Road. From 22 July 2007, all buses towards Lansdowne before 8.00 pm now operate via Old Christchurch Road.
The end of September 2009 saw a minor change to the town centre re-routing with all Route 6 buses running via Hinton Road and Bath Road instead of Old Christchurch Road all day.
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
operator based in Bournemouth
Bournemouth
Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...
, on the south coast of England, owned by the RATP Group, a company owned by the government of France
Government of France
The government of the French Republic is a semi-presidential system determined by the French Constitution of the fifth Republic. The nation declares itself to be an "indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic"...
. Although most routes are restricted to the Bournemouth local authority area, an increasing number are expanding into the adjacent areas of Poole
Poole
Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The Borough of Poole was made a unitary authority in 1997, gaining administrative independence from Dorset County Council...
, Christchurch
Christchurch, Dorset
Christchurch is a borough and town in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. The town adjoins Bournemouth in the west and the New Forest lies to the east. Historically in Hampshire, it joined Dorset with the reorganisation of local government in 1974 and is the most easterly borough in...
and East Dorset
East Dorset
East Dorset is a local government district in Dorset, England. Its council is based in Furzehill, near Wimborne Minster.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Wimborne Minster Urban District with part of the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District and the Wimborne and Cranborne...
. Some routes are in direct competition with another local operator, Wilts & Dorset
Wilts & Dorset
Wilts & Dorset is a bus company in England covering Poole, Bournemouth, East Dorset, South Wiltshire and West Hampshire. Its local headquarters is in Poole, but it is owned by the Go-Ahead Group, a major UK transport group....
.
The company was formerly owned and operated by Bournemouth Borough Council and was known as Yellow Buses Bournemouth, and prior to that "Bournemouth Transport Ltd". The name was changed to Transdev Yellow Buses (TYB) when Transdev
Transdev
Transdev was a major international public transport group based in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France and operating in several countries. Originally created as Société centrale pour l'équipement du territoire in 1955 and developing transportation activities since 1973, Transdev was a subsidiary...
bought the company in December 2005. On 2 July 2006, Transdev Yellow Buses redesigned its entire network. It concentrated on core, higher frequency services, with a corresponding colour coded map, aimed at making the network easier for the public. In parallel, Transdev simplified its fare structure and introduced a new livery. This remains largely yellow (a condition of the sale), albeit in a lighter shade of primrose rather than the more mustard of old; "The Brighter Bus Company" became the new strap line. Transdev's new network also provides a number of lower-frequency, non-core routes.
Further changes have followed, with the fare prices being altered, along with extension of routes and new routes being introduced.
The company is arguably one of the most successful bus operators in England with a patronage growth of 40% since 2005 and currently carrying 13 million passengers per annum.
In May 2010 an agreement was signed for the transfer of Yellow Buses (and also London United) to the RATP Group, a Transdev shareholder. On Thursday 3 March 2011, both companies became part of the RATP Group.
History
Origins
Yellow Buses traces its origins to 1902, when Bournemouth Corporation began to operate trams. Bus services were started in 1906 to act as feeders to the tram system. In 1930 more bus services were started away from the tram system, to serve KinsonKinson
Kinson is a former village which has been absorbed by the town of Bournemouth in the county of Dorset in England. The area became part of Bournemouth on 1 April 1931....
and Holdenhurst
Holdenhurst
Holdenhurst is a small isolated village situated in green belt land in the north-east suburbs of Bournemouth, England. The village comprises fewer than 30 dwellings, two farms and the parish church...
when those areas were added to the borough of Bournemouth.
In 1933 the corporation began to operate trolleybuses
Trolleybuses in Bournemouth
The Bournemouth trolleybus system once served the town of Bournemouth, then in Hampshire, but now in Dorset, England. Opened on , it gradually replaced the Bournemouth tramway network....
, and by 1936 replaced all the trams with trolleybuses. The trolleybuses were replaced by diesel buses between 1963 and 1959.
Bournemouth Transport Ltd
With the passing of the Transport Act 1985Transport Act 1985
The Transport Act 1985 was a Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It introduced deregulation of bus services throughout Great Britain, although a different system of franchised routes was applied in Greater London. It was introduced by the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher.Bus...
and subsequent deregulation
Deregulation
Deregulation is the removal or simplification of government rules and regulations that constrain the operation of market forces.Deregulation is the removal or simplification of government rules and regulations that constrain the operation of market forces.Deregulation is the removal or...
and privatisation of bus services, Bournemouth Transport Ltd, using the trading name Yellow Buses Bournemouth, became an arms-length commercial company, wholly owned by Bournemouth Borough Council. In spite of the sale of other municipal operators, the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
-controlled council decided to hold on to its operator for the time being. Following a change of council control to the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
, council financial pressures in the years to 2005, a perceived need to modernise the fleet and a realisation that full privatisation would better equip the operator to overcome the increasing competition it was facing from Wilts & Dorset
Wilts & Dorset
Wilts & Dorset is a bus company in England covering Poole, Bournemouth, East Dorset, South Wiltshire and West Hampshire. Its local headquarters is in Poole, but it is owned by the Go-Ahead Group, a major UK transport group....
, the council offered the company for sale.
Transdev
The sale process was a difficult one but, after over 100 years of municipal operation, Bournemouth Borough Council sold Yellow Buses in December 2005 to TransdevTransdev
Transdev was a major international public transport group based in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France and operating in several countries. Originally created as Société centrale pour l'équipement du territoire in 1955 and developing transportation activities since 1973, Transdev was a subsidiary...
. The Council retained 10 per cent of the shareholding and a member on the Transdev Yellow Buses board.
Bournemouth
Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...
, Poole
Poole
Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The Borough of Poole was made a unitary authority in 1997, gaining administrative independence from Dorset County Council...
and Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
to publicise its new network, livery, branding and new fare structure. Since then, Transdev have made slight changes to the network with funding from Bournemouth Borough Council, including the introduction of routes 37 and 38, the extension of Route 41 at both ends to Boscombe Pier and to Throop Church
Throop, Dorset
-Geography and Administration:Although within the historic county boundaries of Hampshire, at the time of the 1974 local government re-organization it was considered desirable that the whole of what is now called the South East Dorset conurbation, which includes Bournemouth and Poole, should be...
, and the re-introduction of Route 24 to Bournemouth and to bring back the route in the evenings and on Sundays between the Rail Station
Bournemouth railway station
Bournemouth railway station, originally known as Bournemouth East and then Bournemouth Central , is the main railway station serving the town of Bournemouth in Dorset, England. It is located on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth...
and Alum Chine. Also, for the first time in recent years, Transdev Yellow Buses decided not to run services on New Year's Day 2007 except route 747, which ran a normal Monday service.
A revised timetable was introduced on Sunday 22 July 2007 and Monday 29 October 2007 saw TYB take over the operation of Routes 18 and 19 from Wilts & Dorset, combining them to make new route 18 between Broadstone
Broadstone, Dorset
Broadstone is a town and suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. It is located from Hamworthy railway station and from Bournemouth International Airport. The town has a population of 10,256 according to the 2001 Census....
and Bournemouth. Unlike the old Wilts & Dorset route, there is no service between Broadstone and Corfe Mullen
Corfe Mullen
Corfe Mullen is a village in Dorset, England, on the north-western urban fringe of the South East Dorset conurbation and is part of the rural district of East Dorset. The population is 10,147 ....
, and no Sunday or evening buses.
Transdev Yellow Buses invested in a Real Time & Next Stop display system. Screens were put in most of the low-floor fleet and the system was in operation from end of April 2008.
In May 2008, new route 39 was started, with the help of Bournemouth Borough Council, when a timetable change saw Littledown
Littledown
Littledown is a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset. Originally it was a small settlement to the south of the much more important Holdenhurst Village, and for centuries it existed as a huddle of farm buildings clinging on to the edge of the heathland....
/Harewood Estates with no service. This is an hourly service running between Bournemouth Hospital and Bournemouth via Boscombe
Boscombe
Boscombe is a suburb of Bournemouth. Located to the east of Bournemouth town centre and west of Southbourne, It developed rapidly from a small village as a seaside resort alongside Bournemouth after the first Boscombe pier was built in 1888...
.
Another revision to the timetable took place on 3 May 2009, with various improvements on routes 1 and 3 and many timing changes. Sunday 24 May saw the start of a brand new hourly Route 21 service, taking over from the Wilts & Dorset Route X12 Bournemouth to Burton
Burton, Dorset
Burton Village is a village and parish in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset, England. It is situated some 2 miles north-east of Christchurch town centre...
service and part of the C1 (the other part along with the C2 being run by Shamrock Buses
Shamrock Buses
Shamrock Buses was a bus operator based in Poole on the south coast of England. It operated many contracted routes in Poole, Bournemouth and the surrounding area...
).
27 September 2009 saw the start of a new winter timetable with changes to routes 1, 6, and 25, and the merging of Routes 37 and 38 to make new route 36.
April 2010 saw TYB expand services into East Dorset
East Dorset
East Dorset is a local government district in Dorset, England. Its council is based in Furzehill, near Wimborne Minster.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Wimborne Minster Urban District with part of the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District and the Wimborne and Cranborne...
with the launch of an hourly Route 29 between Bournemouth, Winton
Winton, Dorset
Winton is a suburb of Bournemouth in Dorset, England. It lies approximately north of Bournemouth town centre, along Wimborne Road .-History:...
, Ferndown
Ferndown
Ferndown is a town and civil parish in the East Dorset district of Dorset in southern England, situated immediately to the north of unitary authorities of Poole and Bournemouth. The parish, which until 1972 was called Hampreston, includes the communities of Hampreston, Longham, Stapehill and...
and West Moors
West Moors
West Moors is a village in East Dorset, England, on the northern fringe of the Poole-Bournemouth conurbation, just outside the larger settlements of Ferndown and Verwood...
.
May 2010 saw that start of three new services being the 20, 27 (both on May 4) and 40 (May 29). Route 20, which was a merge of routes 53 (operated by Wilts & Dorset) and 42 (operated by Shamrock Buses) ran between Poole and Castlepoint
Castlepoint Shopping Centre
Castlepoint Shopping Centre is a retail park in Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom occupying a site containing around 40 shops, including major retailers such as Marks & Spencer, Gap, Topshop, Asda, Sainsbury's, and B&Q...
via Lilliput, Penn Hill
Penn Hill
Penn Hill is an electoral ward of Poole in Dorset, England, bordering on Branksome Park, Canford Cliffs, Sandbanks, Lilliput and Parkstone. It is effectively part of Parkstone.-Overview:* 10,293 people live in Penn Hill....
, Square (Bourne Avenue)
The Square, Bournemouth
The Square is a public square that marks the centre of Bournemouth, England. It has been almost totally pedestrianised since 2000. Prior to this it was a large roundabout.-History:...
, Winton and West Way. Route 27 ran between Kinson
Kinson
Kinson is a former village which has been absorbed by the town of Bournemouth in the county of Dorset in England. The area became part of Bournemouth on 1 April 1931....
and Poole via Bear Wood
Bear Wood
Bearwood is a suburb of the Dorset town of Poole in the UK. Although some think of it being in neighbouring Bournemouth as there is only one access road from the rest of Poole ....
and Alderney
Alderney, Dorset
Alderney is a suburb and electoral ward in the town of Poole in Dorset, England with a population of 11,196. It is Poole's second most densely populated area with 31 people to each hectare and suffers much higher than average levels of poverty, illiteracy and crime.-External links:...
and was a commercial replacement for Wilts & Dorset's Route 11 (although W&D will still be running the service as normal on Sundays and will run a services between Poole and Bear Wood on Mondays to Fridays). Route 27 ran hourly Monday to Saturday. Route 40 ran between Christchurch Civic Offices and Bournemouth Square/Pier. This was a partial replacement to the old Route 12 service, although it was run with single-deck buses and not Open Top Double Deckers. It ran via Tuckton Bridge, Hengistbury Head
Hengistbury Head
Hengistbury Head is a headland jutting into the English Channel between Bournemouth and Milford on Sea in the English county of Dorset.At the end is a spit which creates the narrow entrance to Christchurch Harbour.-Location:...
and Boscombe Pier.
RATP
On 3 March 2011 Yellow Buses changed hands officially, from TransdevTransdev
Transdev was a major international public transport group based in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France and operating in several countries. Originally created as Société centrale pour l'équipement du territoire in 1955 and developing transportation activities since 1973, Transdev was a subsidiary...
to the RATP Group.
May 15, 2011 saw a few changes made to routes 1, 3 & 5, either in frequency or timing. June 26th, 2011 saw see the start of the new summer timetable with changes to most routes including the withdrawal of routes 24, 29 & 49. Routes 24 was replaced with revised routes 2a, 2b and 20, and route 29 was renumbered 4c, with timeing changes. July 6, 2011 saw Shamrock Buses
Shamrock Buses
Shamrock Buses was a bus operator based in Poole on the south coast of England. It operated many contracted routes in Poole, Bournemouth and the surrounding area...
go bust which meant that Yellow Buses started operation of the 111 on July 7th rather than the original planned date of July 25th and have also taken on a handful of School Routes. September 5th saw further changes with YB operating more school services as well as Routes 31 & 41 gained from Wilts & Dorset. October 23rd will see a new route starting, the 4d between Bournemouth and Wimborne (replacing the hourly 4a journey that operates between Bournemouth and Northbourne Roundabout), and a change of route for the 1b between Poole and Upper Parkstone. The 1b will operate via Poole College & Ashley Cross and the 1c will remain unchanged in its route.
Awards
Over recent years, Bournemouth Transport/ Yellow Buses, its management and staff have picked up a few awards.- Winner - "Highest Placed Competitor from a Municipal Company, 2004" (Anthony Stakounis) - Bus Driver of the Year Awards
- Winner - "Optare Shire Operator of the Year, 2009" - UK Bus Awards
- Highly Commended - "Alexander Dennis Innovation Award, 2009" (Carbon Stoppers) - UK Bus Awards
- Runner Up - "Young Manager of the Year, 2009" (Ed Wills) - UK Bus Awards
- Winner - "Large Bus Operator (101+ vehicles) of the Year, 2010" - RouteOne Operator Excellence Awards 2010
- Winner - "Bus Driver of the Year, 2010" (Mark Dean) - Bus Driver of the Year Awards
- Winner - "Company Award, 2010" - Bus Driver of the Year Awards
- Winner - "Best Competitor from a depot in England, 2010" - Bus Driver of the Year Awards
- Winner - "Shire Operator of the Year, 2010" - UK Bus Awards
- Joint "Runners Up" with Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company - "UK Bus Operator of the Year, 2010" - UK Bus Awards
Routes
Yellow Buses has seen many changes over the years, particularly to do with route numbers. Please see the above page for all previous routes, current and future information.Fleet
Yellow Buses has a mixture of different vehicle types. Since Transdev acquired the company, most of the fleet has been renewed and is now almost entirely low-floor.1980s
In the 1980s the fleet mainly consisted of Daimler/Leyland FleetlinesDaimler Fleetline
The Daimler Fleetline is a rear-engined double-decker bus chassis built between 1960 and 1973 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, and from 1973 until 1980 in Farington, Lancashire, England. However, the last complete vehicle did not enter service until 1983...
(most of which had unusual Alexander AL type bodies as opposed to the AD type) and Leyland Atlantean
Leyland Atlantean
The Leyland Atlantean is a model of double-decker bus built by Leyland in the United Kingdom from 1958 to 1986....
s. 20 Leyland Olympian
Leyland Olympian
The Leyland Olympian was a double-decker bus built by British Leyland/Leyland Bus in the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1993. It was the last Leyland bus model in production before the demise of Leyland Bus.-Construction:...
s with Marshall
Marshall Bus
Marshall Bus was a British bus manufacturer between 1992 and 2002. The company's most popular product was the Marshall Capital, which was a single-decker bus body built between 1997 and 2003...
bodies (the only ones of their kind) were also owned, as were a small number of Ford Transit
Ford Transit
The Ford Transit is a range of panel vans, minibuses, and pickup trucks, produced by the Ford Motor Company in Europe.The Transit has been the best-selling light commercial vehicle in Europe for 40 years, and in some countries the term "Transit" has passed into common usage as a generic term...
minibuses. Some of the Daimler/Leyland Fleetlines were convertible open-top buses for what was once an extensive summer service.
Five Volvo Citybuses, five with East Lancs coach-style bodywork
East Lancs 1984-style double-deck body
The East Lancs 1984-style double-deck body is a type of bus body built on different chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.-Chassis:Several different chassis types were bodied with this style of bodywork...
were purchased in 1986 (fleet numbers 200 to 204 inclusive). They spent much of their time in what was then the coaching division of the Yellows..."Yellow Coaches of Bournemouth". They eventually made their way to the Yellow Buses fleet and into regular service. Ten Volvo Citybuses with Alexander RV
Walter Alexander Coachbuilders
Walter Alexander Coachbuilders was a Scottish bus coachbuilder and operater based in Falkirk.-History:Walter Alexander, notice a lack expasion by the Falkirk and District Tramways Company's especially in to Grangemouth which never hdd a tram line. In 1913 Alexander's Motor Service was created to...
-type bodies were bought, five in 1988 (fleet numbers 205 to 209 inclusive) and a further five in 1989 (210 to 214 inclusive).
1990s
Dennis Dominator
The Dennis Dominator was Dennis's first rear-engined double-decker bus chassis, it was launched in 1977. Dennis had been absent from the bus manufacturing market since the last Lolines were produced in 1967. The Dominator was described as bespoke, with numerous options...
s with East Lancs E-type
East Lancs E Type
The East Lancs E Type is a type of double-deck bus body built on different chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.-Chassis:Types bodied include the following:* Dennis Dominator* Dennis Arrow* Leyland Olympian* Scania N113DRB* Volvo B10M...
bodies (built to Alexander R-type design) were purchased, and have turbo-charged Gardner 6LXCT engines: seven in 1990 (fleet numbers 251 to 257 inclusive), seven in 1991 (fleet numbers 258, 259 and 261 to 265 inclusive) and four in 1992 (fleet numbers 266 to 269 inclusive). Six East Lancs EL2000
East Lancs EL2000
The East Lancs EL2000 is a type of single-deck bus body built on a wide variety of chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.-Chassis:Many different chassis types, both new and secondhand, were fitted with EL2000 bodywork...
-bodied Dennis Lance
Dennis Lance
The Dennis Lance is a single-decker bus built by Dennis between 1991 and 2000, replacing the Dennis Falcon. Its low-floor variant, the Dennis Lance SLF, was built between 1993 and 1996...
s were bought in 1993 (fleet numbers 401 to 406 inclusive).
In 1995/6, a large batch of Dennis Dart
Dennis Dart
The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus built by Dennis in the United Kingdom. More than 11,000 were built during 18 years of production....
s with East Lancs EL2000 bodywork were purchased, and are worth noting as the bodies are wider than usual Darts (regardless of bodywork): 12 in 1995 (fleet numbers 451 to 462 inclusive) and 10 in 1996 (fleet numbers 463 to 472 inclusive). In the 1995 batch, fleet numbers 451, 452, 453 and 454 were originally in Super Route 17 livery, complete with Real Time equipment.
In 1997/8, delivery of Dennis Dart SLFs with East Lancs Spryte
East Lancs Spryte
The East Lancs Spryte is a single-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. It was designed to body the Dennis Dart chassis, but a handful had been built on others, for example, the Volvo B6...
bodywork: two in 1997 (fleet numbers 473 and 474) and eight in 1998 (fleet numbers 475 to 482 inclusive). The 1998 batch were originally in "Super Route 6" livery. In 1999 Yellow Buses took delivery of its first new double decks since 1992, being nine East Lancs Lolyne
East Lancs Lolyne
The East Lancs Lolyne is a type of double-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. It is the double-deck version of the Spryte. It continued the long line of 'misspelt' names which continued until the Scania OmniDekka. It was built on the Dennis Trident 2 chassis.Later on in its life...
-bodied Dennis Tridents
Dennis Trident 2
Dennis Trident 2 is a 2-axle low-floor double-decker bus chassis originally built by Dennis in the United Kingdom, which was unveiled in 1997 and replaced the Dennis Arrow...
(fleet numbers 270 to 278 inclusive).
2000s
East Lancs Vyking
The East Lancs Vyking is a type of double-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. It is the double-deck version of the Spryte. It continued the long line of 'misspelt' names which continued until the Scania OmniDekka...
bodied Volvo B7TL
Volvo B7TL
Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double-decker bus which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian...
s arrived in 2000 (fleet numbers 411 to 418 inclusive). 2002 saw another eight East Lancs Vyking bodied Volvo B7TLs being added to the fleet, three of them (430, 431 and 432) are convertible to open top format.
Yellow Buses took delivery six Volvo B7TLs in 2003, the bodywork of which were split equally between East Lancs Vyking
East Lancs Vyking
The East Lancs Vyking is a type of double-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. It is the double-deck version of the Spryte. It continued the long line of 'misspelt' names which continued until the Scania OmniDekka...
(fleet numbers 426 to 428 inclusive) and Wright Eclipse Gemini
Wright Eclipse Gemini
The Wright Eclipse Gemini is a type of double-decker bus body built for Volvo B7TL and later Volvo B9TL and Volvo B5L Hybrid for use in the United Kingdom....
(fleet numbers 180 to 182 inclusive). Again, this year also saw another one of the original 18 Dennis Dominator
Dennis Dominator
The Dennis Dominator was Dennis's first rear-engined double-decker bus chassis, it was launched in 1977. Dennis had been absent from the bus manufacturing market since the last Lolines were produced in 1967. The Dominator was described as bespoke, with numerous options...
/East Lancs E Type
East Lancs E Type
The East Lancs E Type is a type of double-deck bus body built on different chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.-Chassis:Types bodied include the following:* Dennis Dominator* Dennis Arrow* Leyland Olympian* Scania N113DRB* Volvo B10M...
s taken out of service. The company withdrew all six East Lancs EL2000
East Lancs EL2000
The East Lancs EL2000 is a type of single-deck bus body built on a wide variety of chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.-Chassis:Many different chassis types, both new and secondhand, were fitted with EL2000 bodywork...
-bodied Dennis Lance
Dennis Lance
The Dennis Lance is a single-decker bus built by Dennis between 1991 and 2000, replacing the Dennis Falcon. Its low-floor variant, the Dennis Lance SLF, was built between 1993 and 1996...
s. The Leyland Fleetline
Daimler Fleetline
The Daimler Fleetline is a rear-engined double-decker bus chassis built between 1960 and 1973 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, and from 1973 until 1980 in Farington, Lancashire, England. However, the last complete vehicle did not enter service until 1983...
s in the fleet were sold to Thamesdown
Thamesdown Transport
Thamesdown Transport is a bus operator serving the town of Swindon and the surrounding area in the Borough of Swindon and county of Wiltshire. The company is owned by Thamesdown Transport Ltd and Swindon Borough Council holds almost all of the shares...
between 2003 and 2006.
The only deliveries in 2004 were a further six further Volvo B7TLs, yet again equally split between East Lancs
East Lancashire Coachbuilders
East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a manufacturer of bus bodies and carriages founded in 1934 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.In 1994 the company expanded in to new premises and commenced a programme of development that resulted in a range of single and double deck buses which was the...
, this time with East Lancs Myllennium Vyking
East Lancs Myllennium Vyking
The East Lancs Myllennium Vyking is a type of bus body built on the Volvo B7TL chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.-History:The Myllennium Vyking superseded the East Lancs Vyking. The Vyking was also the East Lancs body for the Volvo B7TL, but in 2000, was given a facelift with East Lancs'...
bodywork (fleet numbers 110 to 112 inclusive), and Wright Eclipse Gemini
Wright Eclipse Gemini
The Wright Eclipse Gemini is a type of double-decker bus body built for Volvo B7TL and later Volvo B9TL and Volvo B5L Hybrid for use in the United Kingdom....
(fleet numbers 183 to 185 inclusive).
A further three East Lancs Myllennium Vyking Volvo B7TLs arrived in 2005 (fleet numbers 113 to 115 inclusive), plus four VDL SB120
VDL SB120
The VDL SB120 is a low-floor light-weight midibus produced from 1999 by VDL Bus International of the Netherlands primarily for the UK market....
/Wright Merits (fleet numbers 500 to 503), the latter in a revised livery (before the sale to Transdev) of yellow and white relieved with two blue upward sweeping bands to the rear.
In 2006, under Transdev ownership, a selection of 21 second-hand single decks arrived, all of which were low-floor Dennis Darts on either Plaxton Pointer
Plaxton Pointer
The Plaxton Pointer is a successful single-decker bus body manufactured during the 1990s by Plaxton and latterly built by Alexander Dennis.With the launch of the Dennis Dart in 1989, Plaxton's subsidiary Reeve Burgess made the Pointer body on the short 8.5 m...
(three buses, fleet numbers 491 to 493 inclusive), East Lancs Spryte
East Lancs Spryte
The East Lancs Spryte is a single-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. It was designed to body the Dennis Dart chassis, but a handful had been built on others, for example, the Volvo B6...
(ten buses, fleet numbers 483 to 490 inclusive, along with 494 and 495) or Wright Crusader
Wright Crusader
The Wright Crusader is a single-decker bus body built by Wright on Dennis Dart SLF and Volvo B6LE chassis. The Wright Crusader 2 was built on the B6LE's successor, the Volvo B6BLE....
bodies (eight buses, fleet numbers 150 to 157 inclusive), all in the new Transdev Yellow Buses livery. The remaining East Lancs coach-style Volvo Citybuses were withdrawn for sale.
In 2007 the company commenced repainting the remainder of the Volvo Citybuses, but this has now stopped since the company is looking into purchasing some double deckers. By the end of October, fleet numbers 205 and 206 had been sold.
The driver training fleet has also been changed. The company withdrew the last two East Lancs EL2000
East Lancs EL2000
The East Lancs EL2000 is a type of single-deck bus body built on a wide variety of chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.-Chassis:Many different chassis types, both new and secondhand, were fitted with EL2000 bodywork...
-bodied Dennis Lance
Dennis Lance
The Dennis Lance is a single-decker bus built by Dennis between 1991 and 2000, replacing the Dennis Falcon. Its low-floor variant, the Dennis Lance SLF, was built between 1993 and 1996...
s (fleet numbers 402 and 406). In their place, the 1997 batch of Dennis Dart SLFs with East Lancs Spryte
East Lancs Spryte
The East Lancs Spryte is a single-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. It was designed to body the Dennis Dart chassis, but a handful had been built on others, for example, the Volvo B6...
bodywork (fleet numbers 473 and 474) have been painted up in special yellow and purple driver training livery.
10 reasonably new buses arrived, all being 55-plate Alexander Dennis Dart
Dennis Dart
The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus built by Dennis in the United Kingdom. More than 11,000 were built during 18 years of production....
Pointers
Plaxton Pointer
The Plaxton Pointer is a successful single-decker bus body manufactured during the 1990s by Plaxton and latterly built by Alexander Dennis.With the launch of the Dennis Dart in 1989, Plaxton's subsidiary Reeve Burgess made the Pointer body on the short 8.5 m...
, fleet numbers 504 to 513 inclusive. These came from Manchester Airport, and because Yellow Buses were due to stop running the Airport service in November, the buses had their luggage racks removed. To this end, a large part of the 1995 batch of Dennis Darts with East Lancs EL2000 bodywork (fleet numbers 451 to 459) were withdrawn and put up for sale by Ensignbus
Ensignbus
Ensignbus is a Purfleet-based bus and coach dealer, open top bus tour operator and bus service operator. Ensignbus has amassed 20 ex-London vehicles of various ages and conditions in a ....
. Two were sold to Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
-based independent The Big Lemon
The Big Lemon
The Big Lemon is a bus operator in Brighton, East Sussex, England, operating public bus services and private hire operations as well as festival travel and waste oil collection...
. In November 2007, an ex-demonstrator Alexander Dennis Enviro400 with an '07 plate arrived. Its fleet number is 186.
A single deck Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart (with a 57 registration) went into service in mid-January 2008, numbered 515. In September 2008, 11 brand new Optare Versa
Optare Versa
The Optare Versa is a midibus built by Optare in its Leeds factory. It was officially launched in Britain at the Euro Bus Expo 2006 at the NEC, Birmingham, on 7 November 2006, with the first order of 25 buses being placed by Stagecoach on the same day....
s arrived at the depot. These have registrations to match their fleet numbers in the Txx TYB range (18 to 28 inclusive) and entered service on Route 1a (Bournemouth-Somerford) on 1 October 2008. In November, an order was announced for 11 Optare Tempo
Optare Tempo
The Optare Tempo is a full-size single-deck bus manufactured by Optare and was launched in late 2004. It is marketed and sold as the replacement for the Optare Excel.It is designed as a lightweight bus, to use less fuel than traditional heavy duty integrals....
s to follow on from the Versa order.
Towards the end of the year, Dennis Dart East Lancs EL2000s 460 to 463 were withdrawn and put up for sale with Ensign Bus; one has since joined The Big Lemon
The Big Lemon
The Big Lemon is a bus operator in Brighton, East Sussex, England, operating public bus services and private hire operations as well as festival travel and waste oil collection...
in Brighton.
Your Bus was also launched during September 2008 by TYB, to run the school specials they have contracts for, and currently there are 3 Volvo Citybuses (208, 211, 213) and one Dennis Dart East Lancs EL2000 (being 465) in the TYB "Your Bus" Livery. This fleet was expanded in September 2009 with the introduction of the Bournemouth & Poole College School Contract with extra Darts and an extra Volvo Citybus added to the fleet.
During the early part of 2009, Wright Crusader
Wright Crusader
The Wright Crusader is a single-decker bus body built by Wright on Dennis Dart SLF and Volvo B6LE chassis. The Wright Crusader 2 was built on the B6LE's successor, the Volvo B6BLE....
156 was withdrawn for spares, and replacement bus 514, a 51 plate DAF SB120
VDL SB120
The VDL SB120 is a low-floor light-weight midibus produced from 1999 by VDL Bus International of the Netherlands primarily for the UK market....
/Wright Cadet
Wright Cadet
The Wright Cadet was a midibus body built by British coachbuilder Wrightbus, solely on the DAF/VDL SB120; it was sold via VDL dealer Arriva Bus & Coach. For a time, Volvo additionally sold the chassis/body combination, however the body was marketed as the Merit.The Cadet was replaced by the Wright...
, entered service towards the end of June 2009. Its number plate is YJ51 ELX.
Eleven Optare Tempos entered service during May 2009. They, like the Optare Versas, have registrations to match their fleet numbers in the Rxx TYB range (7 to 17 inclusive)
2010s
The early part of 2010 saw the withdrawal of the remaining Volvo Citybuses that are not currently in the Your Bus section of TYB.Spring 2010 has seen the refurbishment of the Trident
Dennis Trident 2
Dennis Trident 2 is a 2-axle low-floor double-decker bus chassis originally built by Dennis in the United Kingdom, which was unveiled in 1997 and replaced the Dennis Arrow...
Lolynes
East Lancs Lolyne
The East Lancs Lolyne is a type of double-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. It is the double-deck version of the Spryte. It continued the long line of 'misspelt' names which continued until the Scania OmniDekka. It was built on the Dennis Trident 2 chassis.Later on in its life...
(270 - 278 inclusive) with 270 first back from the refurbishment. Notable differences are the addition of a wheelchair ramp and area, more stop buttons on both decks, flooring to the same specification as the Optare single-deckers already in the fleet, new seating with different arrangements both on the lower and especially the upper deck where the seats are now spaced further apart, increasing leg-room, slightly reducing capacity, and improving CCTV.
June 2010 has seen the introduction of seven new Optare Tempos, fleet numbers 101 to 107 inclusive.
Spring 2011 saw the continuation of the refurbishment of the fleet with the East Lancs Myllennium Vyking
East Lancs Myllennium Vyking
The East Lancs Myllennium Vyking is a type of bus body built on the Volvo B7TL chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.-History:The Myllennium Vyking superseded the East Lancs Vyking. The Vyking was also the East Lancs body for the Volvo B7TL, but in 2000, was given a facelift with East Lancs'...
s (fleet numbers 110 to 115 inclusive) and the Wright Eclipse Gemini
Wright Eclipse Gemini
The Wright Eclipse Gemini is a type of double-decker bus body built for Volvo B7TL and later Volvo B9TL and Volvo B5L Hybrid for use in the United Kingdom....
s (fleet numbers 180 to 185 inclusive) receiving new flooring, seating and improved CCTV. 5 new Volvo B9TL
Volvo B9TL
The Volvo B9TL is a low-floor double-decker bus built by Volvo Buses since 2002. It superseded the older Volvo B10TL and the Volvo B7TL.-Chassis:...
/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Wright Eclipse Gemini
The Wright Eclipse Gemini is a type of double-decker bus body built for Volvo B7TL and later Volvo B9TL and Volvo B5L Hybrid for use in the United Kingdom....
s arrived in May 2011..
Summer 2011 saw the remaining Step Entrance Darts in the Your Bus fleet leave the fleet (N465 TPR is now with Gardbus & N466 TPR with Thompsons Tours) leaving only the Citybuses in the Your Bus fleet which will be covering the St Peter's School contracts from September 2011. Also, YB have acquired from sister company, London United, 4 ALX400 buses converted from dual door to single door format, 3 of which are Dennis Tridents (X201 to 203 UMS, fleet numbers 281 to 283 inclusive) and the other being a Volvo B7TL (V189 OOE, fleet number 284). YB have also acquired 5 Optare Solo's. 2 of which are from Door to Dorset, (Optare Solo's CE52 UWU fleet number 750 & CE52 UWR fleet number 751). The remaining 3 Optare Solo's origins are unknown.
Autumn 2011 saw 2 Alexander Dennis Enviro300 single deckers arrive in the depot these are believed to have originated from South Yorkshire.
Bournemouth Town Centre re-routing
In September 2002, Yellow Buses decided to use Old Christchurch Road for most outbound journeys, but use Bath Road for inbound journeys. Buses in both directions in the evenings and on Sundays, however, used Bath Road. The poster to the right illustrates the changes. Services unaffected by this re-routing were 22 and 69, which used Hinton Road and Bath Road all day, every day.Lansdowne
-People:* George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne created baron in 1712, title extinct on his death* The Marquess of Lansdowne, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain...
operating via Old Christchurch Road each day (except for routes 22 and 69, as above), including Sundays, and then all buses towards Lansdowne using Hinton Road and Bath Road after 6.00 pm.
During both these periods, outbound Charminster Road Buses (31/32/35) avoided Old Christchurch Road on evenings and Sundays by using the Bourne Avenue side of The Square.
This was changed slightly again when Transdev carried out their Big Network Change of July 2006, so that all buses towards Lansdowne before 6.00 pm operated via Old Christchurch Road. From 22 July 2007, all buses towards Lansdowne before 8.00 pm now operate via Old Christchurch Road.
The end of September 2009 saw a minor change to the town centre re-routing with all Route 6 buses running via Hinton Road and Bath Road instead of Old Christchurch Road all day.