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    Future Infrastructure Developments

    By jove WH, that takes me back a long time. I took hundreds of those statement letters all round the city. I had them stacked in my highways van, and I dropped them off at Travel Agents where ever I was working all over the city and called to collect them when I returned to to work in the...
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    Leeds Bradford - General Thread

    Going back a month or so ago, I read that Jet2 were going to make a big announcement in November. I thought it was on this thread, but I can't find it now.
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    Jet2.com

    Manchester is not a bigger city than Leeds. They claim it is, but they include the surrounding cities round about ie Greater Manchester. Leeds is the next biggest stand alone city after Birmingham.
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    Random Stuff!

    And Yorkshire Tiger had ordered some StreetLights for the 757
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    Aviation Nostalgia Thread

    And also a light aircraft blowing at tyre on 32
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    Random Stuff!

    Also Arriva and Transdev have orders. Some still on delivery to Arriva. Trandsev have diverted it's order for the five buses for the CityZap to Alexander Dennis.
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    Aviation Nostalgia Thread

    Didn't the Hispania 757 re-incarnate into the Air 2000 fleet?
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    Aviation Nostalgia Thread

    Yes I can remember that too.
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    Road, Rail & Access Issues

    Or a system as in Harrogate where they charge up in the bus station with an overhead pantogragh. The new electric buses in in York are ones like the one tried in Leeds a couple of years or so and are for the Park and Ride routes There has been a single deck Optare electic bus been on trial in...
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    Road, Rail & Access Issues

    Just as a correction about Leeds City Council buying non electric buses. The First Group are responsible for buying the new buses. York are having about twenty new all electric buses (battery) for the Park and Ride services. These buses have been ordered with large government grants, and will...
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    Leeds Bradford - General Thread

    I understand the LNER will commence a 2 hourly service Harrogate to Kings Cross calling at Horforth in Dec
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    Jet2.com

    Talking of the 733s There was a return trip to Naples yesterday with a 045A code (according to FR24) Anyone know what this was for?
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    Airport Consultative Committee [Questions & Responses]

    Didn't Aer Lingus also bring one in on a demo flight for civic dignitaries?
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    Airport Consultative Committee [Questions & Responses]

    Going back to the Uber question and taxis at the airport. Uber are Private Hire Vehicles and not taxis and must be pre- ordered, and are not allowed to be hailed as a taxi.
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    What services you are using?

    Yep, we were going to use that 600 service. We were staying near Ormeau Park but we would have had to go across the city centre, as the buses were being diverted because of the St Patrick's Day parade, so the train was more convenient as we were not too far from Lanyon Station
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    What services you are using?

    Returned from Belfast yesterday afternoon. Caught the Bangor train from Lanyon Place Station (not far out of the city centre. Off the train at Sydenham, over the footbridge to the other side of the parallel dual carriage way. Found a passenger gate near the end of the steps of the bridge, and a...
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    Archive Spotting Movements Log & Heads Up

    There is a photo on yesterdays Manchester Evening News web site.
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    Archive Spotting Movements Log & Heads Up

    One to look out for is BA A319 G-EUPJ, painted in BEA colours. Was in Man Yesterday
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    Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

    Leeds is the next largest city after Birmingham - it overtook Glasgow about two years ago. Last time I checked Leeds population was in excess of 760,000
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    Jet2.com

    Read elsewhere that it was rejected as not being in a good enough condition
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