New in February 1995 to Yorkshire Rider, 40608 originally numbered 3235 was part of a large fleet of Dennis Darts with Alexander Dash body. The buses were mainly based at Leeds which replaced slightly older Volvo B6s with again Alexander Dash bodywork. Unlike the buses they replaced, the Dennis Darts were initially painted into the then-new Badgerline inspired Yorkshire Rider livery. They were seen on many of the lesser mainstream corridors around Leeds before they eventually split up for transfer to Badgerline and York whilst some stayed in Leeds.
3235 never got to wear the Leeds City Link colours as it retained its original livery for just a bit longer until the bus was repainted into the Barbie 2 livery sometime around 2001.
After being renumbered as 40608, the bus was repainted into the Barbie 3 livery and was eventually working out of Hunslet Park after transfer away from Bramley depot.
Towards the end, 40608 was fitted with an LED destination display before eventual withdrawal in the late 2000s as it was until 2009 when all of First West Yorkshire's step entry bus fleet was withdrawn, preserved or scrapped.
Route 46 had a few changes having replaced AJC's and Quickstep's 68 service. Once the route extended to Woodhouse but the route latterly served Shadwell in the latter years before the 64 replaced it. Today we have the 65 service which is served mainly by Wright StreetDeck diesels and electrics.
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