History of Don Valley Buses (Read 1,378 times)

[swfcforever]

Does anybody know the Historyof Don valley Buses-I know they were started by Skills and ran Mercedes-Benz's, when SYPTE ran Renault-Dodge's. Didn't some Eager Beavers get transferred to Don Valley Buses. Weren't the depot on Petre Street? and when SYPTE tookover they went to Greenland Road.

I remember they ran the evening and Sunday 45 to Birley.

Alsowhat routes did they run and I think the livery was white and Green. What was the Don Valley in Doncaster, what the ex Wilfreda Darts operated on?

[captainsharpe1]

Jun 25, 2008 19:55:24 GMT swfcforever said:

Does anybody know the Historyof Don valley Buses-I know they were started by Skills and ran Mercedes-Benz's, when SYPTE ran Renault-Dodge's. Didn't some Eager Beavers get transferred to Don Valley Buses. Weren't the depot on Petre Street? and when SYPTE tookover they went to Greenland Road.

I remember they ran the evening and Sunday 45 to Birley.

Alsowhat routes did they run and I think the livery was white and Green. What was the Don Valley in Doncaster, what the ex Wilfreda Darts operated on?

Used to travel on them regularly service M19 darnall-swallownest, started with nottingham dodges on hire. later on recieved mk1 dodges from mainline on buyout. remember taking F70 LAL a mercedes down to STI as a changeover for a dominator with a poorly exhaust on X7 maltby, driver took one look and another at the people waiting and elected to carry on with dominator. Most of don valley staff ended up at halfway.

[swfcforever]

M19 Darnall-Swallownest,what route did that take? Was it a busy route?

[captainsharpe1]

Jun 25, 2008 20:35:09 GMT swfcforever said:

M19 Darnall-Swallownest,what route did that take? Was it a busy route?

Darnall/littledale/castlebeck/fishponds/stradbroke/woodhouse/woodhouse mill/fence/wetherby/swallownest/dinington? started with dennis dominos.

[manclad]

Skills operated the 271 Wombwell-Sheffield when SYT withdrew from the route. This later went on to be operated by Don Valley Buses using a variety of mini buses.

They also operated, for a time, the X32 for the short period that service operated on a Sunday.

[morrisminor]

I'm sure they ran the Sunday tendered service on the 36 at one point. (City - Batemoor).

The green, white & red livery looked particularly smart on the ex-SYT mk.1 dodges. 129 & 139 ?

[swfcforever]

Did Don Valley Buses run the 85 to Worksop?

What was the Don Valley fleet in Doncaster? Was it a low-cost unit. Was it in White with Blue Skirt? Why was it around?

Sean

[morrisminor]

A couple of photos for you, including the ex-SYT Dodges...

[swfcforever]

thank you, i remember a couple of the minibuses had number cards in the windscreens

[swfcforever]

Just read in back of Buses Mag that Stevensons of Uttoxeter had a shareholding in a company in Sheffield. Was it Don Valley Buses? Im asking because, I seem to recall Beenak on the legals??

[zebedee]

I thought it was Rotherham & District that was part owned by Stevenson's. Despite the name, they ran in Sheffield on the 5 - Sheffield - Ecclesall Road - Hunters Bar - Dore, with Routemasters but I definitely remember seeing Stevenson's livery from time to time.

[The Captain]

Aug 15, 2016 16:38:18 GMT zebedee said:

I thought it was Rotherham & District that was part owned by Stevenson's. Despite the name, they ran in Sheffield on the 5 - Sheffield - Ecclesall Road - Hunters Bar - Dore, with Routemasters but I definitely remember seeing Stevenson's livery from time to time.

Rotherham and District used DMS's on hire from Stevensons to cover for problems with its RMs, it then aqquired 2 MK1 Nationals TUG814R/AWT 702S from Yorkshire Woollen of which AWT was painted in R&D colours while the other was short lived iirc both being passed to Terrier in Lieu of loan/maintenace bills.