Glasgow Buses 2019
The
Glasgow bus scene in 2019 is quite a colourful affair. The main operator, Firstbus, operating as
First Glasgow, has introduced route branding across the city with brightly
coloured fronts to indicate the routes the buses are operating on. First
Glasgow introduced a fleet of 75 new buses at the end of 2018. These ADL Enviro 400 MMC double-deckers are
in the new ‘simplified’ First corporate livery featuring coloured fronts and
are seen in this DVD programme.
Stagecoach also operate a number of inter-urban services in the Glasgow
region in their corporate livery as well as a number of ‘route branded’
services. The Scottish Citylink livery
of blue and yellow is seen on coaches operated by Parks of Hamilton and other
contractors. Also featured in this
programme are a number of buses operated by local independents including
McGill’s, Stuarts and West Coast Motors (some branded as Glasgow Citybus).
Our filming takes place at many locations
across the city. Our first is Killermont
Street, home to the massive Buchanan Bus Station. Here we see buses from the variety of fleets
arriving and leaving to all parts of the city and Scotland! Other locations featured are Bath Street,
Cathedral Street, North Hanover Street and George Square. Our cameraman then captures the action of the
buses running through the many streets of the city with backdrops of the superb
architecture that can be found in central Glasgow including the ‘Merchant City’
area. This includes Ingram Street, High
Street, Trongate, Saltmarket, Crown Street, Gorbals Street, Argyle Street and
Renfield Street to name but a few. A
further visit is made to Buchanan Bus Station.
A brief visit is then taken to the Scottish Bus Museum at
Lathalmond. During the 2019 Open Weekend,
Firstbus sent four vehicles for display, that included from First Scotland East
67762 (SN62 AUJ), an Enviro300 single-decker branded for the X36 route from
Stirling to Glasgow and sporting ‘Midland’ fleet names. First Glasgow displayed 33101 (SK19 EOM) a
brand new ADL Enviro 400City double-decker in a two tone purple livery for the
500 Buchanan Bus Station to Glasgow Airport service and two Volvo B9TL/Wright
Gemini double-deckers, 37738 (SF09 LDJ) and 37751 (SF09 LFB), both in liveries
celebrating 125 years of buses in Glasgow (1894-2019). 37738 is painted in Glasgow Corporation
livery and 37751 in the Greater Glasgow scheme of green, yellow and white.
We now open up our archives with some cine
film taken by Malcolm King filmed at Buchanan Bus Station in the 1970s
featuring Bristol Lodekkas and many Alexander ‘Y’ type single-deckers. Malcolm returned in the 1990s when the scene
had changed considerably following deregulation with a variety of liveries and
vehicle types. The bright orange and black liveried Strathclyde’s Buses
really stand out with many of the former Scottish Bus Group buses wearing
various livery styles and fleet names. We see Volvo Ailsa double-deckers, Volvo B10M
Citybuses, Leyland Atlanteans, Olympians, MCW Metrobuses as well as many
Alexander ‘Y’ type single-deckers.
Locations include Buchanan Bus Station, Johnstone, Old Kilpatrick and
Clydebank. So much for you enjoy!
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Filmed
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2019 |
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Duration
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61 mins
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Price
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Within UK - £16 |
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Rest of world -
£18 |
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Format
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DVD -R |
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Picture Aspect 16:9 |
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Order
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D367 |