Yourbus 3506 on Y28

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Yourbus 3506 on Y28
Yourbus 3506 on Y28

The Yourbus old-style Citaros are something I mostly associate with the Y28, even though I saw them on other routes too. In fact, it's this particular photo that first springs to mind when I do think of the 03/53 plate Mercs in the Yourbus fleet - despite it not actually being a great photo.

Under the shadows of the trees on Milton Street in Nottingham city centre, the bright sunlight all around created a lot of contrast and reflections... problems that would reappear years later when trying to photograph the Brown Line Enviro 400 CBGs. Here, 3506 is passing NCT 621 while making its way over to the Y28 stand outside Victoria Centre. A reflection also reveals one of the orange 35 Omnidekkas further back.

The 'old' Citaros were dual door, as can be seen here. As far as I know this configuration was something Yourbus just put up with, as opposed to providing any actual reduction to dwell times on busy routes, and 03/53s were chucked out on secondary services as spares. When I took this I think the Y28 was on the brink of withdrawal anyway, so the fact it didn't have an 11 plate or newer rostered didn't matter.

One strange thing about the dual door Citaros is that the second door set is taller than the front ones, and reach almost up to roof height.

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Taken 12.8.16
Uploaded 30.7.24

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Taken on: August 12, 2016
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