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The plight of Leeds 306, and Leeds 31, 32 and 33
Should a modern (80s/90s) Single Decker be preserved eventually?

Present Group Vehicles
Leeds City Transport 591 Leyland Atlantean/Roe
Leeds City Transport 574/874 Daimler CVG6/Roe
West Yorkshire PTE 1807 Leyland Cub/Optare
West Yorkshire PTE 45 Bristol LHS/ECW
West Yorkshire PTE 1705 Freight Rover Sherpa/Optare
West Yorkshire PTE 1751 Freight Rover Sherpa/Dormobile
West Yorkshire PTE 5507 Leyland Olympian/Optare
A possible future acquisition
Yorkshire Rider 2004 Mercedes Benz 811D/Optare

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Comparing early and late preserved Olympians

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Is there a place in preservation for one of the modern single deck designs which Rider operated in the 1990s?

Other than various single decks used on certain routes (i.e. 8/9 Ring Road) it wasn't until the early 1990s that single deckers became prelevant in Leeds. Various designs operated with Yorkshire Rider, and these designs are now approaching the end of their lives. With FirstGroup's disposal policy (in general, this operator does not sell vehicles on to smaller operators, meaning that when First have finished with vehicles, they are sent on a one-way trip to the Barnsley scrapyards) the time to consider the long term future of some of the below is now.


DAF SB220 with Optare Delta body (1251-1255, G251JYG-G255JYG plus 1256 J994GCP)
DAF SB220 with Ikarus Citibus body (1201-1208, J421NCP-J426NCP, K527RJX & K528RJX and Quickstep 16-18 L516EHD-L518EHD)
Volvo B10M with Plaxton Bustler body (1451-1460, G451JYG-G460JYG)
Scania N113 with Alexander Strider body (8601-8634)
Scania N113 with Alexander Strider body in Superbus form (8636-8655 L636PWR-L655PWR)
Volvo B10B with Alexander Strider body (1001-1030, K101HUM-K120HUM and L121-130PWR)
Volvo B6 with Alexander Dash body (3001-3006, L101PWR-L106PWR)
Dennis Dart with Alexander Dash body (3219-3268, M219VWW-M268VWW)
Dennis Lance with Plaxton Pointer body (3201-3218, 3269-3298 M201VWW-M218VWW,)
Dennis Lance with Plaxton Verde body (4001-4078 M401VWW-M448VWW, N449JUG-N478JUG)

Which of the above do you think should be saved, and would you like to contribute towards this?

Check our fate list to see which of the above still survive (at least one of each, at the time of writing).

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