5 Optare Solos operate from Yeovil depot and are usually allocated to town route 1. One of 4 such examples that originated with First PMT is 40006 (T159BBF), pictured in Yeovil bus station. These are expected to be passed over to FHD in April.
Route 57 has been registered by First Hants & Dorset and will continue to operate after the changes. What will operate the route is open to debate - 46226 (N226KAE) is illustrative of the usual allocation on route 57 today.
Route 4 is to be withdrawn in April - at present just a stop-gap for the bus allocated to route 52 or short route 58s. Former London Buslines 46729 (P629CGM) is pictured in Yeovil bus station on Tuesday.
Yeovil depot operate on Dart SLF with Marshall bodywork - fleetnumber 41129 (P129NLW), pictured here on town route 2. Route 2 and 3 interwork and operate at a frequency of every half hour each.
Long after Weymouth got rid of their last Mercedes-Benz 811D, the FHD may soon acquire another - 51212 (L652CJT). The 33 seat minibus is heading back to Yeovil depot having arrived on a 54B from Taunton earlier that morning. The 54B will be withdrawn after the April changes.
Two Mercedes-Benz 711Ds operate from Yeovil depot at the moment, usually on town services 2 and 3. 51745 (P445KYC) is pictured at Yeovil Borough, in the town centre.
Wells operate into Yeovil on route 377. Route 377 connects with route 376, which operates half hourly from Wells to Bristol. it is usually operated by very new Volvo B7RLEs with Wright Eclipse Urban mark 2 bodywork, as illustrated to 69435 (WX59BYM), pictured arriving into Yeovil along Central Road. However, sometimes Wells operate Volvo B10BLEs or Dennis Darts on route 377, illustrated in the second photo by B10BLE 66107 (R907BOU) heading back to Wells. After the April changes, it is expected FHD will outstation one FSA bus for the early morning route 377 departures.
Route 54, connecting Taunton to Yeovil, will pass fully to Taunton depot after April. Four Volvo B7RLEs will be allocated to the route, with 2 possibly outstationed in Yeovil. However, to the travelling public, there will be few changes that will be obvious, although a more varied allocation on route 54 is expected. Illustrating that more varied route allocation is Volvo B7L 60913 (YG02DLY), which visited Yeovil from Taunton on Tuesday.
The changes have now been confirmed by various sources within First.
* Route 1, 2, 3, 52, 57 and 58 will pass from First Somerset & Avon to First Hants & Dorset.
* Route 4 and some journeys on the other routes, along with Sunday services, will be withdrawn. Sunday services may be reregistered under other routes - this hasn't been confirmed yet.
* Route 54 will pass to Taunton but with two Volvo B7RLEs outstationed at Yeovil
* Route 377 will continue as before, with one bus outstationed in Yeovil.
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