Service Alterations Registered ~ 8th April 2026

Today's East of England Traffic Commissioner’s Notices and Proceedings Report includes some items which may be of interest.

Ourhire Limited, operating as Our Bus, is to cancel its 80 service between Dereham and Wroxham from 13th April 2026.

Central Connect Transport Limited has received approval for two new operating centres including one for six vehicles at Postwick Park & Ride site on the outskirts of Norwich . The other is located at Diss.

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

Roy

Blue Line

Today was the first time that ex First Kernow Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 36222 BD12 SZY worked the First Norwich 25 service between the University of East Anglia and Norwich Railway Station.

The former Doncaster liveried bus was noted on the Blue Line route by Dan High who photographed it on Castle Meadow. It received First Ultraviolet colours just over fortnight ago.

My thanks to Dan for the photo.

Roy

Soccer Specials

Good Friday is traditionally when football matches are played and Norwich City were involved in their first game today over the Easter period. Local travel to home matches is regularly provided by Sanders Coaches and this is Volvo B8L / MCV eVoSeti 127 ED23 SAN on the NC2 to Carrow Road from Fakenham.

At the football ground two vehicles were of interest with the first being Phoenix Bussing’s Kassbohrer Setra S431D double decker N90 PBS operated by Romsey Coaches Limited.

Behind is the Portsmouth Team bus Lucketts’ Mercedes-Benz Tourismo BG22 NTJ.

My thanks to Dan High for the photos.

Roy

Sanders Coach Repaint

Today is the first day back in service of Sanders Coaches’ Volvo B8RLE / MCV eVoRa BV23 NUW following a repaint from all over white into the standard single deck orange livery.

Number 532 has also received the 6/X6 branding for its Cromer to Great Yarmouth service via North Walsham and Stalham.

My thanks to Reg Vardy for the information and photos

Roy

North Walsham Area Sightings

Another different location for Dan High’s sightings today when he visited North Norfolk and specifically the North Walsham area.

His photos feature three of Sanders Coaches’ MCV eVoRa bodied Volvo B8RLE Coasthopper’s with the first showing 518 BV21 OOA.

The second is of the North Walsham Travel Hub with another eVoRa, 521 BV21 OOD, awaiting its next duty.

The last is of a third eVoRa, 519 BV21 OOB, working the 54 service from North Walsham to Norwich. 

My thanks to Dan for the photos.

Roy

Top Ten

With a couple of early family taxi runs this morning, the last one found me in Great Yarmouth so I decided to see what was lurking about the coach station and the seafront area.

My trawl netted me ten coaches including three each from Alfa Holidays and Caledonian Travel with the former providing a couple at the coach station. They were Mercedes-Benz Tourismos 120 BV20 HND and 136 BV22 WTT.

The only one from the Caledonian fleet there was another Mercedes-Benz Tourismo UMO 58, which was formerly NH69 RHH when with National Holidays.

Also present was a Leons Holidays VDL Futura from Stafford with its special plate LE23 EON.

Hiding behind those four was Go South Coasts' Mercedes-Benz Tourismo 91 MB19 ENZ parked in a very difficult position to get a reasonable photo.

The other two coaches there were both Yutong GT12s conveniently parked together - Yorkshire Rose YK74 PCY and KM Travel's 4465 KM (reported here yesterday in Norwich)

Continuing my journey along the seafront, Alfa Travel's Mercedes-Benz Tourismo 139 BF23 CFE was parked outside the New Beach Hotel with Caledonian Travel's Mercedes-Benz Tourismo BV22 WUW and Volvo 9700 LSK 814 about to leave their position opposite the Wellington Pier.

Roy

Lowestoft Yesterday

Dan High had a change of scenery yesterday and decided to cross the border into Suffolk to see what was lurking at Lowestoft Bus Station.

His first photo is of Great Yarmouth's Wright Eclipse Gemini 36215 BJ12 VWX leaving the bus station returning north on an X1 service.

ADL Enviro200 44532 SN62 DBO departs on the 106 circular service to Burnt Hill with its destination screen looking a little the worse for wear.

Also observed was Wright StreetLite 47646 SN15 AFF on another Lowestoft service, the 109 to Hollow Grove.

Thanks again to Dan for the photos.

Roy