UK Bus Scrap Yard Visit

[@christopherhulse8385]

Optare Solo's make great camper conversions.

[@robinsbusvideos]

They do. With them being suitable for many rural services, they're still quite popular within fleets although in the later years I can see this being more common.

[@Busoccultation]

The hybrid E400MMC you saw was Stagecoach London 12372 which hit a tree in Woolwich last year that obviously sustained serious front end damage that took out the whole cab into to pieces and the chassis was damaged in the process so it was deemed as a write off.

[@JAmoahGranite58]

That's one of the biggest reasons MMC's ripped off by Woolwich casually thrown down from last year out on a route 122. Although 16 reg softened with low branches on the high road.

[@Lucario0007]

That’s why it’s there

[@EnviroExplorer]

Very interesting watch. Hits hard seeing buses you remember riding in service

[@chrislewis7528]

This is the best scrap yard video KZbin by far the many glad I went with you really enjoyed it

[@robinsbusvideos]

❤ love this comment haha Was a good day mate thankyou for being a part of it

[@pi6706]

They certainly think of some good names for the different makes & models of them buses!

[@terrys1595]

My local bus company down here in Kent run plenty of buses of this age, although they are slowly getting newer ones in thier fleet. One of my regular rides is a 05 reg Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer SLF 8.5m, which unfortunately is currently off the road waiting a repair to the fan i believe.

[@StuartChau500]

That Dart at 11:10 was 34418, ex-Stagecoach South. I learnt to drive and got my licence in that Dart! 36017 just behind it I also used to drive when it was at Worthing.

[@robinsbusvideos]

Congratulations on passing pal, thanks for the comment.

[@Robstew9000]

Hello just found your video.Im a ex arriva bus driver. I used to drive darts commander’s and spectra’s in Wakefield.That scrap yard was a playground for us kids back in the 80’s.

[@robinsbusvideos]

Hi there mate, yeah one of the arriva spectras were up for sale a couple of weeks ago, 709. Thanks for your comment.

[@WithCars9]

It is ashamed to see things being abandoned or scrapped but visiting a place like that is just kind of cool and eerie. Whether it be this place, remains of an old castle, or even the burnt down Brighton Pier, its just such a cool feeling, comment below if you know what I mean!

[@Fcutdlady]

Buses get accident damage or as they get older they become more expensive to run and take more expensive fuel . As expenses rise ticket prices would have to do the same to cover costs . No.passengers would agree to that .

[@ianholmes3761]

Looks like Millwall fan's have visited 😊

[@robinsbusvideos]

Haha, certainly..

[@marski-vv4qb]

Make a mobile home out of the old buses double decker would be the best

[@robinsbusvideos]

Some that haven't already been cannibalised and in good condition overall, possibly. But some of them there would require a full pocket to get them back in good shape.

[@uhsheepman9958]

Idk why but this really interests me, thanks for sharing, odd as it may seem, I thoroughly enjoyed

[@calebmumby5803]

thank you for sharing this such a shame seeing these buses being scrapped or being stripped for parts

[@alexturton2910]

Sad to see so many good buses go to scrap😢

[@aleddavies770]

Who gives a shit about buses 😂😂

[@rikkilamb]

​@aleddavies770 Says an ignorant idiot who wants to own crappy ford escort rust buckets...

[@owensteele1645]

@9:09 to 9:48 I used to drive this bus 47586 YK05CAV on the Exeter city services between 2013 and 2015. I can hear that loud indicator 'beep' just by looking at the cabs of these old Optare Solos. So many memories for me. How long has this been off the road now?

[@robinsbusvideos]

The classic indicator beep, oh it does bring back memories. We used to have some 55 plate 6 cylinder cummins engined Solos and they had that classic sound, I'd sleep to that 😂

[@thomas-jamesbailey8134]

@0:39 E300, Originally was in a Grey and Purple Livery in East Scotland, Dunfermline for the route 747 Between Halbeath P&R to Edinburgh Airport Via Inverkeithing, Original Reg Plate was WLT 427 and was changed to SV57 BYX, I remember being on this bus literally a month ago!

[@JAMIE-ko9fr]

Great bus to drive

[@FM60260]

That Pilkington Spectra had a ZF gearbox, it was an unusual vehicle.

[@merseysidebuses]

Great video! It's strange to think I remember quite a lot of those featured when they were new.

[@robinsbusvideos]

Think we need a walking stick don't you 😂

[@Iombardia]

Maybe I'm a weirdo but I'd be happy to live in one of those to save money for a while, especially a double-decker 😁

[@robinsbusvideos]

Nothing wrong with that my friend. Many pcvs are converted into homes.

[@BusesQueen]

I'd definitely want to live that Stagecoach ALX400 Trident bus or Arriva East Lancs Lowlander that I've had around in my entire childhood in Yorkshire.

[@AliGroves450]

8:31 I had a feeling this bus was familiar. 19098 originally belonged to us at Stagecoach South. Also sad to see 36017 there too which I think have seen a few times in service in the Basingstoke area. I also believe the Dart at 11:10 is one of ours too.

[@mikepaolo3169]

We had 19098 new at Princess Rd in Manchester....then when PS shut in 2011 it went to the newly built Sharston depot. Before cascaded down Hampshire

[@AliGroves450]

@@mikepaolo3169 Yeah, few of our E400's are ex Manchester.

[@avancefarter2]

Wow Robin stunning vlog and as a bus enthousiast I could walk there for hours 🤩 Subbed, Jack from The Netherlands 💪

[@robinsbusvideos]

Thanks for subscribing, Jack 🎉 -Robin

[@avancefarter2]

@@robinsbusvideos My pleasure Robin and keep those vlogs coming 😃 And hope you don't mind all my playlists because they are all about letting off 💨💨💨 Just for a laugh though 😅

[@Londonlife2024]

What a amazing video thank you, its a shame to see these beautiful buses in such a state 😞

[@robinsbusvideos]

Thanks a lot Dave. Start of a new chapter of 2000-2010 vehicles now in majority of scrap yards. Darts, Solos, tridents, etc.

[@AndyMayfield-d7u]

It’s amazing they paint them into the new livery and them scrap them soon after

[@bmused55]

The Optare Solo, 47258, I drove it's sisters when they were brand new to the Dunfermline yard of Stagecoach Fife. Lovely driving machines, felt like a big van. Always cooking their coolant though, had to top them up at every visit to the station! 47258 was mostly seen kicking around Perth. No idea what happened to her to end up in a scrapyard so early. Maybe the constant overheating? Gone are the days of buses putting in a 30 year shift before being retired.

[@robinsbusvideos]

Oh absolutely.. gonna be hard to replace the Solo.

[@ThermalAbuse]

This is cool.

[@robinsbusvideos]

Thanks Mike, glad you liked it.

[@BusOnDiversion]

i wanna keep and refurbish the darts (they're cute)

[@robinsbusvideos]

Join the club pal. Save them all 😂

[@edrisgabo915]

Bus Enthusiast 🚌 ❤🎉

[@LJ07EBP]

Decent video keep it up

[@northampton2134]

Everything seen here is absolutely brilliant to the electric crap we have nowadays shame to see all of these once in service ending their lives destroyed. Great Video I recommend doing more talks

[@omardude39]

Not everything seen here is absolutely brilliant. The Tempo demonstrator was a bag of shite

[@DanielsUKT]

Great video the amount of ex stagecoach buses here is pretty noticeable

[@leehowson440]

If this is the yard in between Wombwell and Low valley/ Darfield, I used to work there when I was 12 yrs old in the summer holidays from school 😄 Loved it

[@leelizington9501]

Shotties island Carlton -Cudworth Geoff Ripley I believe

[@TheHobohobbit]

At 3:31 It is the same logo as Pilkington Glass. As a bit of speculation it could have been a staff bus run by the company to get to and from their factory but i'm not sure where in the country it would have run or what route it would take

[@stevenbusadl]

half of them would still be deemed fit for service where i am 😅 25 is the life span

[@robinsbusvideos]

It certainly used to be! these days 15s the minimum now although mainly the case at Stagecoach.

[@andrewskinner5860]

Great vid a probably built half these vehicles at adl in Falkirk that stagecoach isn't that old the white and purple one such a shame to see them scrapped already cheers👍👍

[@robinsbusvideos]

Hi Andew, thanks for your comment. A lot of ADL stuff here yes, well Alexander/transbus originally ofcourse. Glad you liked the video.

[@procta2343]

mad thing is i remember most of these been in service on the roads where i live, not that long ago. Go north east had a load of dart buses, and i remember them even having one bendy bus that would do the Metro centre route. stage coach ran the Alexander Dennis buses Be interesting to see what mileage these have before they are scrapped off, id bet they are well into the hundreds easy.

[@NicksPokeStop]

I went on 35130 in Grimsby not that long ago

[@TheProG2010]

Some of these should have been in a museum

[@JBFlytography]

Weird to see all those Metroliners still there! Thought they’d have gone ages ago!

[@leswall3061]

The Hunters bus might have once been with Vision of Bolton, great viewing

[@robinsbusvideos]

Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed it.

[@DarrenMartin-x9v]

12:57. What is that red Library Bus on the far left? Is that a Bristol VR?

[@robinsbusvideos]

It is mate yeah.

[@onthebeer77]

Looks like an ex-Dublin Bus AW, or at least the front half of it at 14:00, still in Dublin Bus colours!

[@alexanderbarton2609]

That trident at the start of the video used to be at stagecoach Ashford kent

[@asd36f]

Some prime Big Van banger material!

[@thechickenmanuk]

The optare at the start of video was mine EGD reg one of two that went within the last few weeks Replaced with new vehicles one was Mercedes one was MAN engined Nothing really wrong with them just old and then out of test I literally couldn’t give them away so they went for scrap simple as that

[@DTPORT5723]

11:23 rip 32597 one of glasgow's best b7tls...need to go down here for parts some point

[@XC43285]

Do you know where it is

[@DTPORT5723]

Barnsley, there's several yards

[@scottishtransportvideos264]

Was on 47258 only a couple of months ago, she was such a cracking little solo. Gutted to see she has ended her life like this :( also she was an Ex Perth/Dundee bus new too strathtay :)

[@robinsbusvideos]

Makes you feel old seeing them there doesn't it 😂😢

[@gh7319]

Wonder if any of the ones from Stagecoach's Hatston depot in Kirkwall, Orkney, ended up there. They had to replace pretty much their entire fleet there not long ago (pretty much all '72 plates now) after the sheer number of passenger complaints and inspection failures they'd been getting as up to that point most of them were worn out cast-offs from other depots sent up here basically to die.

[@angelajones9958]

Saw one of our ex Yellow Buses from Bournemouth. Saw the Yellow Bus insignia above the door, when he was in the bus next to it.

[@carllockpick6179]

And not a Gardner engine, in sight. Usually taken out straight away, and shipped abroad.

[@CharlieWhittingham-gu4dl]

I remember getting on the yellow buses

[@BusesinLondon345]

14:07 interesting to see that in the UK. Looks like an ex Berlin BVG MAN SD200

[@mikepaolo3169]

Everything to the left of the 19098 here has been cut up ..apart from the two deckers far left....19098 has47036 parked right up to the front of it.

[@5HADOW-The-Silverado]

that red rear access panel with 114 on it is from BD57 WDT one of my Ex Brighton Route 25 O530Gs (seen earlier on) unsure if WDT is still in existance within that yard or id they dismantled it prior to your visit

[@willhorton5991]

we have those diamond bus in the west midlands

[@anonymous-kk6ol]

when did he see the e400mmc?

[@vinniepizzapartyhat6735]

This has to be in Caerphilly for sure because there’s a Harris coaches bus or the red and cream bus could be a Cardiff bus livery

[@robinsbusvideos]

Nope.

[@peterthornton2396]

This is a good Stagecoach fleet if in Orkney haha

[@robinsbusvideos]

tons of older darts and tridents about.

[@peterthornton2396]

@@robinsbusvideos I’m a psv mechanic you probably know more than me haha

[@TBrobloxNEWS]

love buses.

[@millercool21]

Could you show more photos of that crashed MMC! i would love to see a part 2

[@Jeannette-op5qe]

Where are they all scrap yards?

[@eastlancsesteem]

R.I.P to all of those buses. :(

[@sheldonslater284]

Such a shame to see these here

[@Thatspuremental]

Time must move on we cant keep the past it aint economically viable

[@madmania056]

Seeing these keeps the ones on the roads going.. can't save em all

[@DJ_K666]

Trust me they're all plastic trash. Not worth keeping on the road. There are plenty of them still on the road so they're not endangered just yet.

[@NicksPokeStop]

I literally went on 35130 a few months ago in Grimsby. I guess I know where its gone

[@richardphillips8371]

27540 & 47258 are ex east Scotland ones 27540 was at Dunfermline depot & 47258 was at Perth depot

[@annstenson324]

So many spare parts eg: windows / seats / lights / engine parts that can be reused on other buses typical of the uk to just scrap and crush them

[@LondonMidlandBuses]

Bro some of those steering wheels look really good condition I would personally salvage them

[@itsonlyme9938]

In my home city one of the bus company has been using double decker electric buses on short routes and I have been on them and they are very very quite. I wonder how they are going to scrap them when the time comes with those batteries ?

[@JackHymers-cq6kt]

18331 used to serve my hometown, so sad to see it in a scrapyard

[@papiekian1631]

Can anyone go in

[@robinsbusvideos]

Hi there, no, i had permission so was allowed to go in.

[@NicksPokeStop]

I went on 35130 a good few months ago in Grimsby. Its such a shame to see it here

[@robinsbusvideos]

Can't beat the darts mate.

[@NicksPokeStop]

@robinsbusvideos indeed especially since they're one of the buses from my childhood. When I went on it there was nothing wrong with it

[@markdurson8250]

HAPPY TUESDAY 🎉

[@joeyjohnson926]

35179 ex stagecoach midlands it was a nice dart but horrible at the same time kept breaking down

[@robinsbusvideos]

Makes you feel old seeing ADL and Transbus Plaxton Pointer 2 Darts there doesn't it 😂. As I mentioned in the video, particularly the plaxton pointers, it's common for them to rot underneath.

[@RobertFoulger-s6p]

Pilkingtons are from Accrington

[@Handdryersroblox]

Such a shame. I’m lucky as my bus company has loads of Geminis and Evolutions in great condition, and they’ve even got EvoRas and EvoSetis.

[@robinsbusvideos]

Sounds like a good selection there my friend!

[@londonbusfanrex]

They should atleast preserve the undamaged ones and if the window is damaged then it’s just a window so fix it. Nice driver seat 15:25!

[@jaggass]

I know which scrapyards this is and where they but won't give the names and location out. I do visit it alot to get spares and they're a great bunch of guys. I remember the ex SEM Darts when new and to get 17 yrs out of them isn't bad. Every Stagecoach MAN E300 will end up in scrapyards as nobody wants them due to being so unreliable.

[@itsonlyme9938]

Seat belt on buses never seen that before. How good was the bus driver ?

[@terrys1595]

Usually it means that the bus has been available for school hire.

[@JohnPlayz22]

Some of buses are Rest of UK buses and London Buses

[@shoeibahmad275]

Anyone know if the engines or axles are for sale

[@robinsbusvideos]

Hi there, would you like the number? Please contact me on Facebook and i can forward you the number. - facebook.com/robin.chambers.3344

[@richardpiper4828]

Excuse my ignorance but what is the sense in not breaking up the majority of decommissioned buses almost as soon as they arrive at the knackers yard? I can see the value in holding onto more modern vehicles that have had to be scrapped through accident damage or a major mechanical failure but surely the rest could just be stripped of parts likely to be needed for vehicles of the same age to keep them on the road a bit longer. Do the big operators have a replacement policy based on age or mileage or is it more subjective and based on the condition of each vehicle. Do they deliberately take some vehicles of a particular model out of service to cannibalise for spare parts for the rest of the fleet. It seems that London buses and those in large metropolitan areas are replaced sooner than those operating out in the sticks by independent companies. That said most of the Arriva buses running in my neck of the woods appear be 15-20 years old. Besides possibly had replacement engines, gearboxes etc would they have had a full refurbishment and repaint during their lives? Presumably every bus goes through a very exacting MoT so is this the time when the axe falls?

[@robinsbusvideos]

Most companies are replacing the older stuff now. The pandemic has had an effect on it.

[@LiamCraig121]

47258 was from Perth

[@robinsbusvideos]

It looked the part- sort of 😂

[@thekenjirosangaarena]

6:19 we have a Xenomorph problem, but we was too late for the party🤣

[@kieranstravels]

Sad to see the 6pot based 55 plate solo there 😔

[@callumthomas653]

Last few buses I’ve been on I’ve clocked the mileage etc as I was getting off all 500k with eml lights on 🙄

[@scottmontague4890]

Where is this?

[@nathy2k10]

Pilkington bus is from accrington lancashire

[@anthonyfeeney1210]

Have a Beer 🍻

[@bottletopgirl]

That training bus dart was 34418.

[@BusesInPlumstead]

Where was the scrapyard

[@jaymarlon7460]

They could of fix stagecoach London enviro 400 hybrid mmc 12372 as they managed to fix stagecoach London enviro 400 10194 after it was set on fire on the 208

[@IC-qf7ev]

Can't be fixed since it's chassis was bent in the crash it had

[@jaymarlon7460]

@@IC-qf7ev oh

[@elisabethj.v.beardsell9853]

Why not transfer the unused bus seats to trains( save money by re- cycling!)

[@ChangesOneTim]

Is the 'Vote Leave' campaign bus there?

[@robinsbusvideos]

I didnt see it buddy, no.

[@alanrobertson5665]

Sp55 Stagecoach bus is an old Perth bus

[@andyfalconer18]

Are any of the stagecoaches from Hull

[@robinsbusvideos]

Yes. The MAN e200 in local is ex Hull.

[@mikepaolo3169]

I know which yard this is ...did you ring them in advance to ask to visit or turn up on the day??

[@robinsbusvideos]

Yes.

[@robinsbusvideos]

It was planned.

[@vee_e3e196]

Why is it most of them from stagecoach ?😂

[@ramblingrob4693]

The small metto hopper with Seatbelts must of been for School children

[@terrys1595]

Yeah, someone else mentioned that they've never seen a bus with seatbelts, so I replied that's what it's been used for, usually when schools hire them I believe.

[@lewisbirchall8221]

The daf is ex Brighton and hove

[@wendymeredith1308]

Dennis Darts from Guildford like me

[@StagecoachMANALX300]

WTF? 😲 A few plain Scania's (not sure if they're Omnicitys or Omnilinks?) then lots of Dart Pointers in Beachball MKI, MKII plus one in training livery too. All could have been sold for preservation or to a smaller operator and kept on the road! 😟 A scrapped MANviro! 😭💔

[@glosbusspotter7561]

Not every bus can be saved

[@supertrains156.66]

Rip dart busses as they were my 1st fravet bus

[@transport-enthusiast]

They have seatbelts? London doesnt

[@terrys1595]

3rd reply about this. A bus with seatbelts will be one that schools can hire for school trips etc, by law they have to have seat belts fitted.

[@mikepaolo3169]

Sadly the Optare Tempo has gone too