Saturday At The Beach

A total of three coaches were observed at Great Yarmouth's Beach Coach Station during yesterday evening.




They were Bland's Coaches' Volvo B11R / Plaxton Panther 3 FP 9224, Caledonian Travel's Temsa Safari YJ24 AXG and Maynards Coaches' Scania Interlink YT19 EBZ.

Roy

First Norwich Gemini to receive new livery

 Norwich based Volvo B9TL 36180 BD11CDZ is the first of its type to gain the new corporate livery

Thanks to Sheldon at First for the photo.

Grahame.

Three Days in Dereham

Chad Lovick provides photos of First Eastern Counties' bus activity on three consecutive days in Dereham this week.



The first shows Volvo B9 36183 BN12 JYF in heritage livery running through the town on Tuesday whilst working the Excel D service.



On Wednesday he saw similar, but Charcoal Line branded, 36182 BF12 KXV also on the same route arriving in Dereham. It subsequently travelled further the following day on the Excel B to Peterborough.



My thanks to Chad for his photos

Roy

J&M Preservations Latest Addition

J&M Preservations has announced the latest addition to its collection and (naturally) its a Dennis Dart!



It is an East Lancs-bodied version registered M454 LLJ, which has been safely recovered to group's Suffolk premises by Manchetts Recovery and are grateful for their expert help in getting the vehicle delivered.

New in the mid-90s, M454 LLJ was previously with Vale Travel of Aylesbury and before that was a former Yellow Buses vehicle, sporting its distinctive East Lancs EL2000 bodywork. Over the years, it’s seen a wide variety of use; from busy public routes leading towards its retirement as a spare support bus. Tired but not forgotten, it’s managed to survive the scrapyard and is now ready for a new chapter.

Follow its future progress on the J&M Preservations Facebook page. I'm grateful to Mason Lee for the information and photos

Roy

Service Alterations Registered ~ 28th May 2025

There are a few changes to local bus services listed in today's East of England Traffic Commissioner's Notices and Proceedings Report.

BorderBus has amended the route, start and finish point, stopping places and timetable of its Bungay to Great Yarmouth 580 service from 17th May 2025

Sanders Coaches has altered the route, stopping places and timetable of its X55/55B services between North Walsham Post Office and Norwich city centre from 18th May 2025. On the same day it changed the timetable of its 54 route between North Walsham and Norwich Bus Station

The full report is now available to view here.

Roy

Latest Loans

Grahame provides a quick update from Great Yarmouth's Caister Road depot which includes the loan of a couple of deckers from Norwich.

They are Wright StreetDeck Ultroliner 35141 SN65 OMJ and Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 36268 BG12 YKA. He suggests one could be cover for 36198 BN12 WNY, which caught fire last week and featured prominently in local media.

My thanks to Grahame for the update

Roy

Beach Coach Station ~ Sunday Evening

Yesterday evening I called in at Great Yarmouth's Beach Coach Station on the way home after dining out.



I discovered four coaches present with all of them being Mercedes-Benz Tourismos and two of them from the same fleet. The twosome were Alfa Travel's A159 BV25 LZO and A135 BV22 WTR; the latter a regular visitor to the resort



Green Line Holiday's GH19 GLC was parked next to them with Worcester-based Elgar Coach Holidays' EC15 PTC parked away from the others.



Roy