Sunny Skegness

Regular Contributor Toby Cullum made the trip up to Lincolnshire today and photographed some of the very colourful fleet of Stagecoach East Midlands Open Toppers at work in Skegness. With the Yarmouth Open Top fleet about to hit the road for the summer season once again its always nice to see these vehicles in action.

 First up is " Sweetie The Seasider" DAZ5455, which is 12026 in the fleet, Formerly MX60BVB.

 The next one is "Rocky The Seasider" TIL7901, which is 12029, Formerly MX10MVT.

 "Sunny The Seasider" is up next, S815BWC which is 12034, Formerly MX10MVZ.

 12047 BLZ1423 (ex.MX60BVO) is named "Candy The Seasider"

 

Final shot is closed top "Milly The Seasider", 12030 PSU764 (ex. MX10MVU). This is one of two non open tops with Seasider branding.

In all there are currently12 vehicles in the Seasider fleet at Skegness.

Many Thanks to Toby for letting us share his photos.

Grahame.

Great Yarmouth Electroliners Latest

Registration details of the 10  Wright bodied Streetdeck Electoliners due for Caister Road have been published online and they are as follows.

The batch will be numbered 36689 - 36698.

36689    BF26ZVA

36690    BF26ZVB

36691    BF26ZVC

36692    BF26ZVD

36693    BF26ZVE

36694    BF26ZVG

36695    BF26ZVH

36696    BF26ZVJ

36697    BF26ZVK

36698    BF26ZVL

36692 has been noted on test runs at the factory, the front end being updated to the ones in use at Norwich.

Grahame. 

On Their Way

Two First Eastern Counties partial open top buses made their return to First Great Yarmouth earlier today having been stored in the Norwich area.

Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B9TL 37069 CRZ 622 is pictured at Castle Meadow with another, 37066 CRZ 366, waiting for traffic to clear as Prince of Wales Road was closed due to a road traffic accident. The latter went back to Norwich so that 37533 CRZ 166 could be returned to Great Yarmouth.

My thanks to Michael for the photo.

Roy

Norwich Saloons

Chosen from todays observations from Dan High is this photo showing the contrast between these two saloons pictured on Norwich's Castle Meadow earlier.



Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse 69551 BF12 KWN heads for Long Stratton on the 36 passing Wright GB Kite Electroliner 63644 BK24 ADF picking up passengers for the 23A to Longwater Retail Park.



Another single decker, Wright StreetLite 63168 SN64 CJU, catches the sun on the 21 to the Norfolk & Norfolk University Hospital; the route is usually the preserve of Wright StreetDeck Electroliners.

My thanks to Dan for the photos.

Roy

First Great Yarmouth Latest

Around a week ago First Eastern Counties Wright StreetLite 47655 SN15 AEV was towed from Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth's Caister Road premises for engine replacement. It has since been towed from there to an undisclosed site where the work will now be undertaken.



However, Coastlink ADL Enviro400 33803 YX63 LJF is still awaiting gearbox replacement while Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B9TL 37532 MXZ 3342 has just passed its MOT.

My thanks to Steven N for the information and photo.

Roy

Clipper Returns

There has been a couple of developments at First Great Yarmouth’s Caister Road depot with the first being the return of partial open top Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 37068 CRZ 599 from storage ready for the commencement of Coastal Clipper 1C services from 2nd May. You may also notice in the background of the photo the preparations taking place to receive the Electroliners due later this year.

Wright StreetDeck 35287 SL67 VXR has returned to First Norwich off loan and has been replaced by similar 35286 SL67 VXP.

My thanks to Steve N for the information and photo

Roy

Service Alterations Registered ~ 22nd April 2026

Today's East of England Traffic Commissioner’s Notices and Proceedings Report includes more changes to services in the local area which may be of interest.

Simonds of Botesdale introduced a new 482 service between Diss Bus Station and Bridge Street, Framlingham from 13th April 2026

First Eastern Counties is to amend the route and timetable of its 99 / 998 services between Lowestoft Bus Station and Pier Avenue in Southwold from 24th May 2026.
The operator has also amended the timetables of its 40/ 40A / X41/ 41A / 41 Halesworth/Bungay to Norwich services from 2nd November 2025.
Also noted was the start of the 100 Norwich Sightseeing service from 23rd May 2026 with a revised timetable.

The full report can be viewed here soon on the Government’s website.

Roy