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First Bradford

Transferred from Halifax and reinstated to service are Volvo Olympian/Alexander Royale 30790/1/7 and Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine II 34045/7.
Leyland Olympians 34610-34621 and Volvo B7RLEs 69251-69253 have been withdrawn and transferred to First Devon & Cornwall.
Volvo Olympian 30784 has been withdrawn and demonstrator 68500 has been transferred to First South Yorkshire.
Volvo B7TL/Alexander ALX400 31146 & 31147 have returned to Leeds Hunslet Park.
Transferred from Leeds are Volvo Olympians 30815, 30834, 31677, 31769, 31812, 31813 and Volvo B7RLE 66708 & 66709.

First Halifax

Acquired is a further Dennis Dart SLF/Marshall Capital from First London 41322 (V322GBY).
The last Volvo B10B/Alexander Strider 60781 has been withdrawn. Withdrawn Volvo Olympian/Alexander Royale 30786/30787 have been reinstated at Halifax.
Scrapped are withdrawn Volvo B10B/Alexander Strider 60781, 60783 & 60797.

First Huddersfield

Withdrawn coaches 20407 & 20409 have been sold to Lloyd, Bagillt via dealers. Scrapped are withdrawn Volvo Citybuses 30377, 30379, 31127 and Leyland Olympian 30736.

First Leeds

From Sunday 26th October, Cherry Row depot stopped being used as a normal operational depot. It is now being used as parking area for the school bus fleet, opening Monday to Fridays only and with all engineering facilities being carried out at Bramley and Hunslet Park.
The school bus fleet at Cherry Row consists of Volvo Olympians 30238-30247, 30836-30839, 31760 (all ex-Bramley), 31767 (ex-Hunslet Park), 31771-31775, 31805-31808 & 31811 (all ex-Bramley) and BMC Condors 68613, 68614, 68616-68628, 68639 & 68653 (all ex-Bramley).
Services 18/18A, 35/45/71/X35, 56 & 64/64A have transferred from Cherry Row to Bramley along with Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 37645-37666, Scania L113/Wright Axcess Ultralow 61069-61078 and Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban 69315-69350.
Services 37, 51/55 & 98/99/X98 have transferred from Cherry Row to Hunslet Park along with Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 32692-32697, 37025-37042 and Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban 69412-69415.
Service 42 has also moved, from Hunslet Park to Bramley along with Volvo B7TL/Alexander ALX400 30922-30928 & 30941-30944.

Volvo B7TL/Alexander ALX400 31146 & 31147 have returned from Bradford to Leeds Hunslet Park. Transferred from Leeds Bramley and Hunslet Park to Bradford are Volvo Olympians 30815, 30834, 31677, 31769, 31812, 31813 and Volvo B7RLE 66708 & 66709. Scrapped are withdrawn Leyland Olympian/Leyland 30709, 30713, 30714, Scania/Alexander RH 36922, Dennis Dart/Alexander Dash 40609, 40613, 40615, 40632, Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer 40600, 40638, 40639, 40640, 40641, 40642, 40643, 40644, 40647, 40650, 40654, 40662 , Scania/Alexander Strider  61046, 61048, 61049, 61082, 61100, 61110, 61125, 61128

First York

60900 has gained an overall advert for Hudson Moody

Updated fleetlists are available in the fleetlists section

Geldards Coaches

Acquired are Scania N113/East Lancs N381/383/384/385OTY
Leyland Olympians 329 G760VRT & 330 G365YUR have been sold
315 (J811HMC), 317 (J817HMC), 341 (L205SKD) & 344 (YJ51ZVE) have been repainted into light blue fleet livery. 345 (YJ51ZVH) now carries an overall advert for OK Nightclub

Godsons

Acquired is Transbus Enviro 300 KW02DRO. Volvo/Caetano coach N786ORY has been sold

J&B Travel/Hunters Coaches

New is minicoach JT58JBT. replacing KE03UEJ and WJ02KDU which have been sold. Acquired are coaches C7TYR and E599UHS

Updated fleetlists are available in the fleetlists section

First Bradford

New are the last of 20 Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse Urban's 69485 and three further Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini's 37754-37756.
Leyland Olympians 34606-34609 and Volvo B7RLEs 69245-69250 have been withdrawn and transferred to First Devon & Cornwall.
Volvo B7TL/Alexander ALX400s 30866-30869, 30890-30897 are now dedicated school buses.
Scrapped are withdrawn Leyland Olympians 30651, 30652, 30676, 30687, 30691, 30706, 30761.

First Halifax

Acquired are 7 Dennis Dart SLF/Marshall Capital from First London 41281-41284, 41317, 41320, 41321.
Withdrawn are Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties 30737-30739, Volvo Olympian/Alexander Royale 30786, 30787, 30790, 30791, 30796, 30797, Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine II 34045, 34047, Dennis Dart/Alexander Dash 40635, Mercedes Benz/Plaxton Beaver 50252, 50269 and Volvo B10B/Alexander Strider 60776, 60780, 60783-60785, 60788, 60790-60792, 60795, 60796, 60797.
Scrapped are withdrawn Leyland Olympians 30231, 30655, 30657, 30660, 30662, 30666, 30668, 31151, Mercedes Benz/Plaxton Beaver 50263 and Volvo B10B/Alexander Strider 60768, 60774, 60775, 60780, 60788, 60791, 60796. 
Volvo B10B/Alexander Strider 60784 has been sold for preservation

First Huddersfield

Transferred from Keighley & District are Metro MyBus BMC Condors 68694-68696.
Withdrawn are Volvo B10M/Plaxton coaches 20407/20409. 20407 has been sold to P&O Lloyd, North Wales.
Scrapped are withdrawn Volvo Citybus 30362 Leyland Olympian 30735 and Dennis Lance/Plaxton Verde 60957.

First Leeds

New are a further 2 Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 37752-37753 at Bramley.
Acquired are 8 Dennis Dart SLF/Marshall Capital from First London 41247/8, 41253-41256, 41315/6 at Hunslet Park.
Volvo B7LA/Wright Eclipse Fusion 10038/10041/10043 are now in service at Hunslet Park.
Withdrawn are Dennis Dart/Alexander Dash 40632, Scania/Alexander Strider 61047-61049, 61126, 61128, Scania/East Lancs Maxci 61134 & Scania/East Lancs Flyte 64808.
Transfers have also taken place within Leeds
Bramley to Hunslet Park - 32461-32462, 37045, 37046
Cherry Row to Bramley - 61068
Cherry Row to Hunslet Park - 30855-30862
Hunslet Park to Bramley - 40575-40579, 40587, 62116, 62117
Scrapped are withdrawn Scania/Alexander RH 31092, 31097, Dennis Dart/Alexander Dash 40608, 40614, 40626, Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer 40651, 40652, 40659, Scania/Alexander Strider 61047, 61121, 61123 and Scania/East Lancs Flyte 64808. Scania/Alexander Striders 61117 & 61126 have been sold for preservation

First York

60877 has lost it's overall advert and is back in normal fleet livery

First West Yorkshire

Various transfers between First West Yorkshire depots have taken place as follows:
Bradford to Leeds Bramley - 68639, 68653 and training bus 67039
Bradford to Leeds Hunslet Park - 37060-37062
Bradford to Halifax - 37054, 60815, 60816, 60827
Bradford to Huddersfield - 61288, 61289
Halifax to Huddersfield - 32514-32520
Huddersfield to Halifax - 30845, 40345, 40346, 40876-40879, 42110, 42175, 42178, 42179, 42181, 66740-66743
Huddersfield to Leeds Bramley - 68613, 68614
Leeds Bramley to Bradford - 31814-31816, 31818, 66710-66715
Leeds Cherry Row to Huddersfield - 30863-30865
Leeds Hunslet Park to Huddersfield - 34234, 34238
Leeds Hunslet Park to Bradford - 31146, 31147, 31770, 31686
Leeds Hunslet Park to Halifax - 30811-30813, 54098
York to Leeds Bramley - Training bus 61363

Updated fleetlists are available in the fleetlists section

CT Plus

New are 7 Metro Accessbuses, Optare Solos YJ09KZS, YJ09KZT, YJ09KZY, YJ09KZZ, YJ09LAA, YJ09LAE & YJ09LAO. A further 8th vehicle is also expected

TLC Travel

New are 7 Metro Accessbuses, Optare Solos YJ09KZN/KZO/KZP/KZR/KZU/KZV & KZW. An 8th vehicle is also expected

Transdev Harrogate & District

Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renowns 1064 & 1092 have been transferred from Burnley & Pendle
Volvo B7TL/Plaxton Presidents 2704 & 2706 have been withdrawn
Dennis Dart V545JBH has now been converted into a driving training vehicle and carries a new Eclipse Training livery
Buses on service 36 are in the process of being repainted and rebranded, 3601-3605 & 3610 have been done so far and carry the new style livery

Transdev Keighley & District

Dennis Dart MPD 781 has been withdrawn. BMC Condors 101-103 have been withdrawn and returned to Metro for further use

Transdev York

DAF/Wright Cadet 1000 has been sold to Transdev Yellow Buses. Leyland Olympian C147KBT has been sold to Keighley Bus Museum

Updated fleetlists are available in the fleetlists section

Geldards

Acquired is Dennis Trident/East Lancs V903FEC

Halifax Joint Committee

MCW Metrobus B203WUL has been withdrawn

Huddersfield Bus Company

Acquired are two Optare Solos 335/336 (X235/236MBJ)
Leyland Olympian 803 (K3YCL) has been repainted into Huddersfield Bus Company livery
Two tone green liveried vehicles 523, 524 & 719-724 have all now received "Go Green" branding

K-Line

DAF/Ikarus Citibus 736 (R11WAL) now carries an overall advert for Direct Discounts

M Travel

Acquired are DAF/Optare Spectras K304/306/307FYG
DAF/Optare Delta G252EHD has been scrapped
Optare Excel V79JKG and MCW Metrobus NOA443X now carry fleet livery, POG516Y has route branding for service 183

Updated fleetlists are available in the fleetlists section

First Bradford

New are 17 Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 37704-37709, 37720-37723, 37729-37735 and 19 Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse Urban 69466-69484.
Withdrawn are Leyland Olympian/Northern Counties 30672-30676/30678 and Leyland Olympian/Alexander RL 30685, 30687-30701, 30704-30706.
Scrapped are withdrawn Leyland Olympians 30672-30675 & 30705.

First Halifax and Huddersfield

Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 32509-32513 have been transferred from Halifax to Huddersfield.
Leyland Olympians 30229/30231 & 31739 were transferred from Huddersfield to Halifax but have subsequently been withdrawn.
Dennis Dart SLFs 40869, 40871-40873 have been transferred from Huddersfield to Halifax.

From Halifax, Leyland Olympian/Northern Counties 30655, 30657, 30659-30663, 30666, 30668, 31737, 31738, 31740, Leyland Olympian/Alexander RH 31150-31152, Dennis Dart/Alexander Dash 40634 and Volvo B10B/Alexander Strider 60769/70, 60773/74, 60779, 60786/87, 60794 have been withdrawn.
From Huddersfield, Leyland Olympian/Northern Counties 30730/1/4, Leyland Olympian/Alexander RH 30735/6, Volvo Citybus/Alexander RV 30350/9, 30362/5, 30377/9, 31127, 31269/70, 31284/97, 31315 and Dennis Lance/Plaxton Verde 60939, 60955/7/9, 60967, 60974 have been withdrawn

Scrapped are withdrawn Leyland Olympians 30658, 30659, 30661, 30663, 30664, 30665, 30670, 30730, 30731, 31150, 31152, 31737-31740, Mercedes Benz/Plaxton Beaver 50264, 50265 and Volvo B10B/Alexander Striders 60769/73/79/86/93/94

First Leeds

New are a further 37 Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 37686-37703 for Hunslet Park and 37710-37719 & 37724-37728 at Bramley
New are a further 17 Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban 69316, 69318/19, 69321, 69324/25, 69327/28, 69412-69415 at Cherry Row and 69416-69420 at Bramley

Volvo B7LA/Wright Eclipse Fusion 10040 is now in service at Hunslet Park
Transfers within Leeds are Volvo B7TL/Alexander ALX400 30941-30953 from Bramley to Hunslet Park, Volvo B7TL/Alexander ALX400 31146/31147 and Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 37021-37024 from Cherry Row to Hunslet Park, Scania L94/Wright Floline 61042 and Scania L113/Wright Access Ultralow 61055/6, 61058-61067 from Cherry Row to Bramley and Scania L113/Wright Access Ultralow 61048/49/41 from Hunslet Park to Bramley

Withdrawn are Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer 40600, 40650/2/4, 40662, Dennis Dart/Alexander Dash 40608/9, 40613/5/8, 40624/6, 40631, Scania L113/Alexander Strider 61046 and Scania N113/Alexander Striders 61080/9, 61094/5/6, 61101, 61111/2/4/5/6/7/9, 61120-5/7 plus training buses 61129-61133

Sold for scrap are withdrawn vehicles 30710/2/5/7/8, 36930/2, 40617/24, 40631, 61080/8/9, 61094/5/6, 61101/3/7, 61111/2/4/5/6/9 & 61120/2/7. Leyland Olympian 30713 has been sold to WYPTE for use as a tree lopper and 30720 has been sold to a community group

First York

New are 5 Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban 69306-69310 with leather seats. They are to used on new service X64 to Leeds
Volvo B7TL/Alexander ALX300 30958 is now back in service
Volvo B7LA/Wright Streetcar 'ftr' 19029 has been transferred to First Cymru
Volvo B7LA/Wright Streetcar 'ftr' 19001 now carries an overall advert for York Dungeon and Volvo B7L/Wright Eclipse 60876 now has an overall advert for Pryers Solicitors

First West Yorkshire

Transfers out from Leeds to other parts of First West Yorkshire are on loan Scania K230UB/Wright Solar 68500 and Volvo B7TL/Alexander ALX400 30866-30869 from Hunslet Park to Bradford, Volvo Olympian/Alexander Royales 30786-30801, 30808-30810 & 30835 to Halifax and Volvo B7TL/Alexander ALX400 30846-30848, 30850-30854, 30916-30921 & Volvo Olympian/Alexander Royales 31673/4/6 to Huddersfield

Transfers into Leeds are Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 37043-37047 from Bradford to Bramley and Volvo B6BLE/Wright Crusader 2 40575-40579, 40587 from York to Hunslet Park plus Dennis Lance/Plaxton Verde training bus 60944 from Huddersfield to Bramley

Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 37048-37050, 37052, 37053 from Bradford to Halifax

Updated fleetlists are available in the fleetlists section

Transdev Harrogate & District/Keighley & District/York/Yorkshire Coastliner

First West Yorkshire