Jim Stones Coaches B1 JYM in Leigh - 24 May 2019 (P1020026)

Friday 24 May 2019 (1231) – Jim Stones Coaches B1 JYM, an Alexander Dennis Enviro200D new in October 2016, seen in Leigh Road, Leigh. Photographed from on board First Manchester 33740 (SN12 ANX), an Alexander Dennis Enviro400D new in June 2012 initially assigned to First Games Transport for work at the 2012 Olympics.


Jim Stones has an immaculate fleet of around a dozen buses most of which carry creative registration numbers some having been used multiple times since the 1990s. The letters ‘BUS’ feature in most of them but there are also some ‘JYM’ plates and a JB51 plate, both plays on the owners name (James Barrington Stones).

(Currently the registrations in use include BUS 1S, BUS 1T, B1 BUS, M1 BUS, JB51 BUS, BUS 51T, BUS 1N, J5 BUS, H1 JYM, B1 JYM, B10 JYM plus BU52 LEE (Bus to Leigh)).