Two Completely

After photographing yesterday's five photos in the previous post, I returned to the car and almost immediately witnessed two Completely Coach Travel's double deck coaches pull up.



They comprised Van Hool X28 CCT, still in Oxford Tube colours, and VDL Berkhof bodied Volvo K28 CCT. The latter's origins and previous identity are not known.



The pair were transporting workers on the approximately one hour's journey to the Banham Poultry factory.

Roy

Beach Coach Station Five

I looked in at Great Yarmouth's Beach Coach Station yesterday afternoon and found five coaches on site.



The first photo shows Felixstowe Travel's VDL/ Berkhof M30 FXO and GDS Travel's Volvo/ Jonckheere V100 GDS. Noticeably the former's fleet names have been removed.



The second pairing was of Roselyn of Cornwall's Neoplan HGZ 7544 and Caledonian Travel's Mercedes-Benz Tourismo HN15 NDH



Standing on its own was Alfa Travel's Mercedes-Benz Tourismo A147 BF24 AOV.

Roy

Simonds Surprise

Our Norwich contributor Dan High observed the unusual appearance of an Alexander Dennis Enviro400 on Simonds' 82 route earlier today.



SN11 BTU was previously with the London Borough of Redbridge and I am assuming it's now with Central Conect. The decker was new to the then First Capital in June 2011.

My thanks to Dan for the photo.

Roy

Service Alterations Registered ~ 11th September 2024

There are no entries of 'local' interest in today's East of England Traffic Commissioner's Notices and Proceedings Report. However, the full report will be available to be viewed here soon.

Roy

Anglian Exiles in Essex

Mark Doggett was in Clacton earlier today where he noticed three former Anglianbus vehicles now in use with Hedingham. I searched through my photos and found the same buses when with Anglian so I thought I would do a now and then comparison for each one.



His first contribution shows Hedingham's 852 AO57 HCD on Pier Avenue on the 76 to Colchester. The Anglian photo shows it in Gorleston High Street on 27th July 2016. The Scania CN230UD was new to the Beccles operator in February 2008



Next up is Scania K230UB 456 AN61 BUS also pictured on Pier Avenue. It was new to Anglian in October 2011 and is shown in Gorleston's Magdalen Square on the short lived 61 service two days earlier than the HCD photo.




Mark's final contribution is Hedingham's 460 YN05 HFF in an all over advert for Great Hits Radio. The Scania N94UB was new to Metrobus in April 2005 and transferred to Anglian in May 2012. It is seen in its Anglian days on a diverted 61 service heading into Yarmouth Way in Great Yarmouth on 3rd July 2012




My thanks to Mark for the Hedingham photos

Roy

2024 Cycling Tour of Britain

The six day men's 2024 cycling Tour of Britain ended today with a final run from Lowestoft to Felixstowe.

It started off in the Scottish Borders on Tuesday travelling through County Durham, Yorkshire, Derbyshire Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire.

The Suffolk leg left Lowestoft's Promenade this morning weaving its way through Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth, Framlingham, Saxmundham, Aldeburgh, Wickham Market and Martlesham prior to a sprint to the finish line in Sea Road, Felixstowe.

Paul Bennet was kind enough to send a large number of photos of the variety of the coaches used by the support teams. Thanks Paul.

Roy

Gull Wing Bridge Opens

Lowestoft's Gull Wing bridge, which has been under construction since 2021, was officially opened to traffic today. The £145 million pound bridge is the third crossing over Lake Lothing, which runs through the centre of town.

During the afternoon, the first motorists crossed the bridge, led by two vintage buses from the East Anglia Transport Museum. They comprised former Lowestoft Corporation Transport AEC Regents 8 918NRT and 21 GBJ192. They departed from either end of the bridge and passed one another on the opening span.



One of Tim Major's photos also shows the twosome assembled together outside the Corporation's former Rotterdam Road bus/tram premises.



As Tim points out, the new bridge does open up one or two different photo opportunities of a transport interest; the bus/tram depot plus railway activity.

My thanks to Tim for the photos and report

Roy