Arriva Midlands 4777 (YJ56 KFL)

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Arriva Midlands 4777 (YJ56 KFL)
Arriva Midlands 4777 (YJ56 KFL)

Upon repaint into the Interurban livery in the mid-2010s, some of the VDL DB250/Wright Pulsar Geminis had a white line across the front between the lower and upper decks connecting the 'cow horns' on either side, in common with the Volvo B7TL and B9TL/Wright Eclipse Geminis.
Eventually, all of the Pulsar Geminis lost the stripe, but the two B9TL/Eclipse Geminis remaining in Leicester still have the line on the front, so it's a subtle clue to tell the difference between a VDL and a Volvo, at least in Arriva's fleet.
The daytime journeys of the 126 were eventually replaced by an extended service 16 between Loughborough and Coalville and additional journeys of the 127 between Leicester and Shepshed. The remaining services of the 126 were withdrawn this April, with the one morning working towards Leicester only, which between Coalville and Loughborough is effectively a duplicate of the once-daily X16 which avoids Shepshed town centre. Gone is the heyday of Arriva's principal bus service between Leicester and Shepshed, which once ran to a peak frequency of every ten minutes.
Now-withdrawn Pulsar Gemini 4777 is seen on Epinal Way in Loughborough with a service service 126 to Coalville.

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Taken on: January 1, 2015
Sets appears in:   • Withdrawn/scrapped buses    • DAF/VDL buses    more » • Wrightbuses    • Arriva Leicestershire    • Buses in suburban Loughborough    « less
Groups appears in:   • DAF/VDL Bus DB250   
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