National Express Dundee has made a local lad very happy by naming a bus after him.
Taylor Porteous (8) thought he was visiting the Dock Street depot to see a friend and was surprised and delighted to find his name on the front and side of his favourite vehicle.
His mum, Jamie Crossan, said: ”He’s ecstatic, it’s made his day it’s made his year.
”He’s been saying since he was two that he wants to be a bus driver. He’s going to be especially looking out for this bus now the one with his name on it.”
The Craigowl Primary pupil is a keen follower of the bus industry, and knows the Dundee timetables inside out.
He is known by all the drivers on his local route, St Marys, who take great pleasure in greeting the youngster.
Jamie added: ”All his toys are buses he’s got all the timetables, the route maps in his bedroom. He’s even got an old ticket machine, a conductor’s hat and every single DVD of On the Buses.”
NX Dundee was glad to support the schoolboy’s passion for buses, while Taylor is delighted to be the only person in Dundee with a bus named in his honour.
He said: ”I’m going to tell everyone at school I’ve got my own bus.”
He said the highlight of his trip was ”getting to sit in the cab and seeing my favourite bus with my name on it”.