Halton Transport

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RE: Halton Transport

(01/05/2013 21:22)HaltonNational Wrote:  

(30/04/2013 21:36)WidnesRuncornBus Wrote:  Yes it is good they have never really done anything with the old power blinds. I remember when Halton bought there first few ELCs and they were fitted with power blinds, but then to my surprise one comes round the corner with LEDs not 8 weeks after delivery!!! I was quite confused by halton, its seemed a bit silly. I was in there depot about a year ago and they still had the old ELC powerblinds as well as a bunch of other ones from old Leyland Lynx's as well as some other spare numbers and stuff it was pretty cool. I keep meaning to enquire about a purchase price for 1 or 2 I would just love to own one, I really dont know why! But that brings me on to something, I am really missing haltons old lynx's they were up there as one of my favorite fleets ever. I loved the roar of the engine, the interior, the smell, the speed!! Although some did get a bit sluggish in there old age. Id do anything just to see them parked up in the yard next to a solo, and id do even more to see them working a long 14 and even more to ride one on a long 14, just one last time!!

Ive already enquired about the blinds a few months ago when 30 and 33 were fitted with the LED ones. I was told they were not for sale. I feel the exact sameway about the Lynxs i certainly miss everything about them they were such a unique bus with so many qualitys. Most schooldays i used to go out and get a lynx (that was rarely on a normal route towards the end of there life) from ditchfield road about 14.25 the last 12 of the day and ride it to Green Oaks were expired turned into a 2 to Halebank and then im presuming ran a school/college service from there. It was a fantastic ride mostly empty the whole way. I used to love the mix and match seats in them. From the old cream swirls on the royal red background to the multi coloured pattern. God i miss them. Nothing in Haltons fleet currently has that much character.

They did have a lot of character, they were great. I used to love them old red with white swirl seats as well as there being the mix and match ones. I hope that halton will maybe one day do a special with one of the preserved lynx's . I know you can still ride them occasionaly but I want to ride one on a Runcorn to Liverpool 14. Also does anyone know if any of haltons sold lynx's are still in service with any other operater. It is funny that the refuse to sell you a few blinds. They have quite a few there that have never been used and quite a few that are old ones that halton will never use again just like the old lynx ones. Its bizarre as well how they just leave the blinds that are in the old darts now which are in a bad way when they have never used ones in mint condition. I remember my last ever ride on a lynx on a commercial service, it was a 14 to Liverpool!!!!!! It was on the 29th of july 2010. I was really astonished that it was on a long 14 as it was becoming quite rare to see a Marshall Capital on a Liverpool 14 let alone a lynx!!!! Does anyone know when its last commercial service was?