First Norwich In Town

The use of two First Norwich double-deckers to Great Yarmouth made for some unusual sightings in the town yesterday with Luke Champeny recording the events.



A surprise was the appearance of pink coloured Wright StreetDeck 35194 SK16 GVT in Market Gates on the X11 service to Norwich



35194 was also viewed in Gorleston High Street and its not the first time a Pink Line decker has been seen in the town as 35198 SK16 GVX visited in June last year.



Also seen at Market Gates was on loan Norwich StreetDeck 35676 MF22 SYH on the 8s to the James Paget Hospital.

My thanks to Luke for the photos.

Roy

Norwich Activity

A couple of photos from Dan High's observations in Norwich's Castle Meadow earlier today. The first shows Mercedes-Benz Tourismo BJ15 BCY from the Norwich School fleet. It was new to Evo Travel of Acton in March 2015.



Also seen was First Eastern Counties Coastal Clipper branded Volvo B9 37570 AU58 ECT on the 7 from Great Yarmouth via Caister, Filby and Fleggburgh.



I am grateful to Dan for the continuous supply of photos.

Roy

Service Alterations Registered ~ 4th March 2026

The latest East of England Traffic Commissioner's Notices and Proceedings Report contains no entries regarding any changes to our local bus services. The full Report can be viewed here soon

Roy

Our Bus Vehicles For Disposal

A number of Our Bus vehicles are being advertised for sale on Facebook Marketplace with Plaxton Panther bodied Iveco Eurorider KV05 YRO and Optare Solo MX58 AAY being specifically highlighted. The latter is seen on St Stephens Street in Norwich in November 2021.

Apparently 'due to a change in the business model', more vehicles including Optare Solos and Volvo coaches will become available from mid April.

Our thanks to Jamie Skinner for bringing the information to our attention.

Roy

Further Jubilee Arrivals

We have already reported the recent arrival of Setra TIG 1295 at Rollesby-based Jubilee Coaches but there are another two additions to the fleet.

The first is another Setra (this time its model type is S416GT-HD) BF61 HCD which replaces Volvo B12BT W28 JCR and also takes that registration.

The second vehicle is Mercedes-Benz Tourismo BF67 WKS which was new to JFS Travel of Blandford, Dorset in January 2018. Its arrival means the departure of similar YR16 JCR.

My thanks to former Jubilee driver Kevan Portas with photos supplied by Simon Moore.

Roy

Southwold Shuttles

A total of five BorderBus double deckers were in use for shuttling people to Southwold Pier for the half marathon earlier this morning.

I am grateful to Andy Swan for the photo

Roy

Belle's New Delivery

The latest addition to the Belle Coaches fleet is brand new Mercedes- Benz Tourismo BC26 BEL which was announced on their Facebook site yesterday.

Its first outing is expected on Monday with a trip to North Devon.

Roy