More Electroliners

As mentioned in the previous post, dental appointments awaited my wife and I this morning and I was hopeful of some photos of the new First Bus Wright StreetDeck Electroliners.



With very limited parking times in the High Street, I had to move the car after my appointment which provided some more opportunity for photos.



In the end I took four pictures of the newcomers, three of which I hadn't seen before and were still to appear on the blog!



In order of appearance they are 36697 BF26 ZVK, 36694 BF26 ZVG and 36696 BF26 ZVJ all on the 8s

Roy

Gorleston Trio

Driving down to Gorleston's High Street this morning for a dental appointment, I passed three Sanders Coaches unloading schoolchildren visiting the East Norfolk Sixth Form College on Church Lane.



I later received two photos from 'Reg Vardy' of the aforementioned threesome at rest on Pier Gardens with the first, Volvo B7R / Plaxton Profile 915 E21 APY, parked outside the Pavilion.

The others present were Volvo B9R / Plaxton Elite 915 PVF377 with Volvo B12M / Plaxton Panther 904 SGF 965 parked behind.

My thanks to 'Reg' for the photos.

Roy

Electroliner Enters Service

Another of FirstBus Great Yarmouth’s new Wright StreetDeck Electroliners arrived at Caister Road depot this morning.

36698 BF26 ZVL was almost immediately pressed in to service being used on two outward and return journeys on the 8s between Caister's Second Avenue and the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston

While I did see it in service, unfortunately I was unable to get a photo as driving at the time.

Roy

Norwich Today

This morning Dan High was in his usual position observing activity in Norwich's Castle Meadow where he obtained a photo of Coastal Clipper Volvo B9 37565 AU58 ECD in the city centre.



Also seen was Sunbeam Coaches' Mercedes-Benz O814D YN06 CYX. New to Weaver of Newbury in March 2006, Sunbeam acquired it from Wormall of Grantham in April 2023.



The Norwich Sightseer 100 service was running with open topper ADL Enviro400 33427 LK58 KHL in use.



Roy

Gorleston Visitors

There were two orange coloured coaches visiting the Pier Gardens area of Gorleston this morning.

The first was Rollesby-based Jubilee Coaches Setra S415GT-HD TIG 1295 which had recently been acquired from Crosskeys Coaches of Folkestone where it was previously registered BX07 NKG.

The second was Sanders Coaches' Volvo B9R /Plaxton Elite 917 YVJ 677 which had earlier operated the 834 Bacton to Gorleston East Norfolk Sixth Form College working.

Roy

In The Hot Seat

Dan High was enduring the heat in Norwich’s Castle Meadow earlier today while observing bus activity with drivers suffering in the hot seat!

His first contribution is a Yutong GT12 vehicle from the locally-based ICT Coaches in the form of their YH24 MGE.

The subject of the next photo is Eastons’ Mercedes-Benz Tourismo B8 AWE which appears to be on its way to a Take That concert in the London area.

Unusually appearing on the FirstBus 7 service from Great Yarmouth via Caister, Filby and Fleggburgh was Coastal Clipper liveried Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 37572 AU58 ECW.

Also noted was FirstBus Wright StreetLite 63170 SN64 CJX which was working the 37 Hellesdon to Mulbarton service for most of the day.

My thanks to Dan for his photos and to the drivers for enduring such high temperatures while working.

Roy

First Great Yarmouth Update

The first thing to report on this update from First Great Yarmouth is that new Wright StreetDeck Electroliner 36694 BF26 ZVG entered service yesterday

A couple of Coastlink liveried ADL Enviro400s are feeling a little unwell; 33815 YX63 LKD requires a new fuel tank to be fitted while 33814 YX63 LKC is undergoing repair.. Meanwhile, Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 37566 AU58 ECE is at Lowestoft awaiting a decision on repairs following accident damage.

Having their MOT test today are open top 37069 CRZ 622 and 36202 BN12 WOC

My thanks to Steve N for the information

Roy