#TBT ~ Beach Coach Station August 1994 (Part Five)

Today's Throw Back Thursday (#TBT) is the penultimate part of our series featuring visitors appearing at Great Yarmouth's Beach Coach Station during August 1994.

This week's offering is a more 'local' bus in the form of Ipswich Buses Optare Delta bodied DAF SB220 L182ADX. The forty-four seat bus was purchased new in April 1994 acquiring fleet number 182. It later appeared at Manchester's Victoria Station on rail replacement duties during December 2008 with Hunter of Moorstown having received their two tone blue livery. My thanks to Paul Turner for the correction

It was subsequently reported in the January 2010 issue of the PSV Circle's Overseas Journal as having been exported to Cyprus where it became TKWU129 as part of the PEAL Larnaca fleet.

Roy

Service Alterations Registered ~ 30th August 2017

A small number of changes to local bus services feature in today's Notices & Proceedings Report published by the East of England Traffic Commissioner.

Applications to Vary Existing Services
Southwold Town Council is to amend the route, stopping places and timetable of its Southwold Shuttle service from 6th September 2017. The service, which runs from Southwold Caravan Site to the Kings Head Public House will additionally call at Oaklands and the Adnams Distribution Centre.

Applications to Vary Existing Services Granted Under Short Notice
Konectbus is to alter the route, stopping places and timetable of its 53C Old Catton to Broadland High School service from 6th September 2017.

Cancellations of Existing Services Granted Under Short Notice
Sanders Coaches is to cease providing its 51 service between Bridge Road, Banningham and Easton College from 3rd September 2017.

The complete Notice & Proceedings Report, covering all of the Eastern Traffic Commissioner's Area, can be viewed HERE

Roy

East Coast Truckers

Not many of the residents in the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft area would have been unaware of the East Coast Truckers convoy held every year during the Sunday prior to the August Bank Holiday. If you didn't hear the noise of the truckers horns you may have been held up in the traffic!

Peelings Plaxton Paragon bodied Volvo B12M JJZ9130 nearing the end of its journey 

The event is arranged by the East Coast Truckers charity raising monies for the many disadvantaged children in East Anglia. This year some 80 trucks took part in the run from Norwich's County Hall to Pleasurewood Hills at Lowestoft via Great Yarmouth.

As usual coaches were used to transfer support staff to the event with Dolphin Travel and Peelings Coaches providing the transport. The

former used Bova Futura S57TNA whilst the latter supplied Volvo B10M T9TPK and B12M JJZ9130

My thanks to Robert Kelly for supplying the photos. I had intended to get my own photos from the event but the camera decided it didn't want to take any (!) and unbelievably Robert was standing only a few yards from me and I didn't realise it!

Roy

New for Coach Services

The first 67 plate vehicle noted for the area has been delivered to its new owners in time for the 1st of September.

CS67BUS is a Volvo/MCV and joins the fleet of Coach Services based in Thetford.

Many Thanks to Richard Mann of Volvo Bus for use of the Photograph.

Additional Saturday Sightings

Further to Roy's post yesterday, i was also able to capture a few photographs whilst out and about. Firstly First Norwich Gemini 36199 (BN12WNZ) remains in use from Caister Road and i finally caught up with it working the 8's on Barnard Avenue.

Secondly we reported new arrivals at Reynolds of Caister last week and i managed to come across one of them freshly outshopped in Reynolds livery with names now applied. AT07GTZ has become 'Lady Lydia' and is pictured below at their Ormesby Road Garage yesterday afternoon.

Grahame.

Saturday Bits & Pieces

Unfortunately not many reports have appeared over the last couple of weeks or so due to me having a life to lead outside the hobby (some won't believe that!) and having little spare time to seek out news, activity etc.

Our Bus recent acquisition Solo YJ59NNL crosses the River Bure on its way back to Vauxhall Holiday Park 

Today I managed to get out and and about and I am able to provide some photo reports and some news. Firstly, I had made a mental note earlier in the summer to capture some Our Bus activity in the town although I have now left it a little late in the season! Early this afternoon the operator was (as usual) employing an Optare Solo on its 200 circular route from Vauxhall Holiday Park via the seafront. However, the 29 seater being used was YJ59NNL which was news to me! It must have recently been acquired from Heyfordian of Bicester who purchased it new in December 2009. 

This Plaxton bodied Panther has previously seen service with Stagecoach in Scotland

I next looked in at Beach Coach Station where I was attracted to Plaxton Panther bodied Volvo B12B SF07ANV as it was displaying 'Seaside Excursion' on its destination screen. What was more unusual was fleet number 54032 appearing above the entrance. The legals showed that it was owned Long Mile Limited of Milton Keynes which provided a case for further investigation. An internet search revealed that it was delivered to Stagecoach Scotland as their 54032 in April 2007 and had been used on some Scottish Citylink services.

Another coach with a Scottish connection was Mil-Ken Travel's OIG8935

The Scottish link was maintained when Littleport-based Mil-Ken Travel's Jonckheere bodied Volvo OIG8935 was observed. This was formerly with Lochs and Glens as their BJ13TXP

Meanwhile, news from First Eastern Counties is that former First Northampton's Wright Eclipse 66344 (MV02VCX) is to receive a new engine.

Roy

#TBT ~ Beach Coach Station August 1994 (Part Four)

Today's Throw Back Thursday (#TBT) features the fourth part of our series of visitors appearing at Great Yarmouth's Beach Coach Station during August 1994.

Until now we have concentrated primarily on double deckers appearing but today we start our look at the single deck variety. Our subject is a Duple 340 bodied Dennis Javelin from the East Yorkshire fleet. The coach was one of a number carrying the cherished EYD1T registration.

The operator's origins can be traced back to the late 1920s and more recently was the subject of an eight part documentary series 'On the Yorkshire Buses' shown on Channel 5 from July 2014.

Roy