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The bus that would make any Yorkshireman proud!

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So true! I wasn't sure if this was just an advertisement for Yorkshire or if this bus was a former Yorkshire bus that is now moving south...

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Looking at photos of this bus from Flickr and other websites, this particular bus has been doing the Heathrow run with 'HotelHoppa/National Express' since at least 2009 (presumably it's been doing this route all its life), and has had the 'Yorkshire' livery since 2015, so I think it's just an advertisement. The Scottish registration is used as these buses are made around the Falkirk area of Scotland.

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So just a good advertiser then!
I remember from a young age wondering why the buses in my area often had Scottish plates, so one day I got around to looking into it and discovered that they were registered at the time of production, rather than by the companies that operated them

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Exactly, 'Welcome to Yorkshire' have been advertising the county for a while now, and manage to advertise some big-budget events worldwide such as the 'Tour de Yorkshire' and various different markets across the county. I even visited their HQ in Leeds a few years ago for a university project.

Yeah that always fascinated me too regarding the plate codes. It's interesting though, as I often see London-registered buses in York, which were previously used in London before being used here, plus because of the manufacturer registration, you also see Scottish-registered buses in Brighton too.

Often you may see buses/coaches with Yorkshire plates affixed too, as there are multiple bus manufacturers in the region, such as Plaxton (Scarborough) and Optare (Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds), plus the main importer of Van Hool, VDL, BMC, Otokar, Yutong, Scania-Higer buses is based near Castleford, so they just register the buses at the nearest office.

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