Paul Varley

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Paul Varley
Paul Varley

Seen running down Rishworth New Road in Rishworth is a First Halifax Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse Urban on a euro 4 emissions engine doing the 586 from Commons to Halifax via Rishworth, Ripponden and Sowerby Bridge.

This vehicle is 69307 - YJ09 FWB and was new to First York for the express X64 service between York and Leeds in 2009. Due to low customer patronage, the X64 service was withdrawn and customers connecting between York and Leeds were encouraged to use the 840, 843 and 844 services with Transdev Yorkshire Coastliner. This meant that this vehicle was quickly repainted out of X64 branding and was transferred to Old Fieldhouse Lane Depot for local services across the First Huddersfield network.

This vehicle remained in Huddersfield for seven years between 2010 and 2017 and went through one repaint into the First Olympia livery which was the new standard livery for buses across the First Bus UK network.

In 2017, this vehicle transferred over to the Skircoat Road Depot for local services across the First Halifax network to places such as Illingworth, Mixenden, Southowram, Brighouse, Rasterick, Sowerby Bridge, Norton Tower, Siddal and even further places such as Todmorden, Burnley, Rochdale, Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield.

As part of a new branding scheme for the First Halifax services along the Calder Valley floor this service was repainted in the new Calder Connect livery. This meant that 69307 had to be shifted over to the Millwood Outstation depot in Todmorden.

In May 2017 one of the oldest senior drivers for First Halifax sadly passed away so this vehicle was renamed Paul Varley in memory of him.

In 2020, it was decided that First Halifax would get rid of all their route brands to standardise the fleet which meant this vehicle was the first of the Calder Connect batch to be repainted back into the First Olympia Livery with Halifax Skylines.



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Taken on: October 26, 2022
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