Belshotmuir Depot, taken over by Scottish Citylink models, incl. Code 3 Citylink Gold & Megabus.

Belshotmuir Main Street and Bus/Coach Depot.

Main Street is quiet with only a handful of passengers awaiting local services in both east and westbound directions. To the far right of frame, the rear of a Scottish Ambulance Service Driver Training Unit (DTU) can be seen, followed eastbound by a London style Taxi wearing all over advertising for Scotland’s other national drink, Barrs Irn Bru! Coming into frame westbound is a Roads Policing Unit (RPU) or “Traffic” Police Car of Strathclyde Police. As they pass, a selection of Scottish Citylink coaches in differing liveries from throughout the years, sit in at the local depot.

Closest to the Main Street, partially obscured by an advertising board for GoCompare.com, is a DAF Van Hool Alizee of West Coast Motors, bearing the cherished VRM of P100 WCM. Representing the oldest of the livery iterations on display here, it has the tag line “Citylinking...Smart Thinking” built into the fleetname. This model is only barely technically a Code 3, having received an updated destination board showing service 914 for Glasgow. This is a change from the Campbeltown destination upon release by Corgi Diecast.

Behind, and reversed into the garage for engine maintenance sits P492 FAS of Rapsons in a slightly more modern version of the livery, still maintaining the “Smart Thinking” slogan.

Directly behind FAS is my Code 3 repainted representation of a Scania Irizar PB showing the modern Citylink Gold service. Gold services are more restricted in their destinations, stops enroute and timetables, however have their perks to offset this. These include leather seats, free WiFi, free hot and cold drinks and snacks.

Finally, to the rear of the Gold Irizar is V74 DSN in a modern yellow, dark and sky blue with red lining, also with an updated tag line of “Connecting Scotland”. The rear of this model also features an updated contact telephone number, and for the first time, a web address - www.citylink.co.uk. DSN was owned by Tayside Public Transport, a subsidiary of the National Express Group which would later become Travel Dundee, and subsequently Xplore Dundee.

The overall Citylink operation has been in existence since March of 1985, undergoing a number of changes since then. It is now run as a joint venture between Stagecoach and ComfortDelGro.

Taken on: June 24, 2020

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