Lol Andy, yeah....i wonder how they ended up that far away.. You can always tell a Metrobus coming behind you by the noise lol. Funny though, the long single decker EYMS buses (not sure what make) the ones with the metal rails over the seats, that do the 66 and 41 services, they remind me of Metrobuses when they are running, must have similar retarders. Stagecoach had a few too, but they got rid and ended up with them horrid ones currently running 1's and 2's. Ugh, always cold on them buses.
Yes a few LAT Vs ended up sightseeing in London. LAT503V is now sightseeing in Washington I believe and 505V is in Malaysia. A bit different to Boothferry Estate!
When i lived in London, i saw one of these old KHCT Metrobus's being used as an open top sight seeing bus, it was an LAT ###V.....honest, I can't forget one a bus i used to use every day when it used to run service No2 to Boothferry Estate lol!
thanks zorg and gitface(!) for the comments - it was a 3 speed voith.
I used to love the scania metropolitans too - the way the front lifted as they took off from bus stops! I never got to drive them sadly - they'd all gone a couple of years before i passed my test.
I did get to drive the next generation of scanias though, the G and H reg, they were pretty fast too - good for the 11pm last bus. But my favourite still has to be the metrobus! Best buses KHCT had......cue Atlantean fans.... :)
As a 26 year old hull lad I had a very depressing trip home last month. Gone is the old bus station the EYMS VR's and KHCT replaced by a new interchange and lots of London cast offs. Used to live just off Ings Rd and catch the 12 to Hull as a real young un and look forward to a treat of a trip on one of the PRH-G atlanteans or better still a Metropolitan (can remember these even though I was only about 4/5 when they went!)
If only we'd had youtube and affordable video cams in the 80's/90's!
OMG OMG Andy, look at me with that tash!! Well the tash and bus might have gone, but were still going strong!! God i knew how to make them Metro's scream!!
does anyone know what happeded to LAT 511 V ?
cgd27 8 months ago
You cannot beat a Voith screaming gearbox
jamesdieselpower09 10 months ago
Lol Andy, yeah....i wonder how they ended up that far away.. You can always tell a Metrobus coming behind you by the noise lol. Funny though, the long single decker EYMS buses (not sure what make) the ones with the metal rails over the seats, that do the 66 and 41 services, they remind me of Metrobuses when they are running, must have similar retarders. Stagecoach had a few too, but they got rid and ended up with them horrid ones currently running 1's and 2's. Ugh, always cold on them buses.
jaredini 2 years ago
Yes a few LAT Vs ended up sightseeing in London. LAT503V is now sightseeing in Washington I believe and 505V is in Malaysia. A bit different to Boothferry Estate!
andytom34 2 years ago
When i lived in London, i saw one of these old KHCT Metrobus's being used as an open top sight seeing bus, it was an LAT ###V.....honest, I can't forget one a bus i used to use every day when it used to run service No2 to Boothferry Estate lol!
jaredini 2 years ago
brill andy a work for firstbus in glasgow
the have layland olypians ans have 2 volvo ailsa b55 u can get just over 65 mph on the moterway lol there one of the best same as metro
zorg007765 2 years ago
thanks zorg and gitface(!) for the comments - it was a 3 speed voith.
I used to love the scania metropolitans too - the way the front lifted as they took off from bus stops! I never got to drive them sadly - they'd all gone a couple of years before i passed my test.
I did get to drive the next generation of scanias though, the G and H reg, they were pretty fast too - good for the 11pm last bus. But my favourite still has to be the metrobus! Best buses KHCT had......cue Atlantean fans.... :)
andytom34 2 years ago
great vidio andaytom34 that metrobus 4 speed or 3 voith
zorg007765 2 years ago
ther all gone sad day
zorg007765 2 years ago
As a 26 year old hull lad I had a very depressing trip home last month. Gone is the old bus station the EYMS VR's and KHCT replaced by a new interchange and lots of London cast offs. Used to live just off Ings Rd and catch the 12 to Hull as a real young un and look forward to a treat of a trip on one of the PRH-G atlanteans or better still a Metropolitan (can remember these even though I was only about 4/5 when they went!)
If only we'd had youtube and affordable video cams in the 80's/90's!
gitface007 2 years ago
Thats ok mate excellent video shame she was scrapped sounds really smooth
MetrobusChris 2 years ago
Thanks metrobuschris and yes I think this one was scrapped quite soon after we took this video! Great shame.
andytom34 2 years ago
is this metro scappred then?
hobsholelane06 3 years ago
Thats a fantastic video of him driving the Metrobus well done.
MetrobusChris 3 years ago
More hair on your top lip than on your head now mostyn,just kidding,great video andy,brings back happy memories,happy,happy days
norbertpaxman 3 years ago
OMG OMG Andy, look at me with that tash!! Well the tash and bus might have gone, but were still going strong!! God i knew how to make them Metro's scream!!
paulmorfitt 3 years ago