Former Norwich Geminis In Cornwall

Dave King has contacted us to advise that 'all ten examples of the former First Norwich Geminis are now in Cornwall with several in service, although it's not all good news!'



He continues '36168 BD11 CFN was the latest to enter service last week and I enclose a couple of photo's of it on Thursday 8th August which was it's second day in use. Firstly it is seen in a wet Newquay on a U1A service to Falmouth and later the same day in Falmouth heading back to Newquay!


Number 36166 BD11 CFK unfortunately suffered a serious engine issue in mid-July and is still out of use, hopefully it will be repaired and back in traffic soon.

Volvo B9s 36171 to 36174 were the last batch delivered to Cornwall but have not yet entered service.'

My special thanks to Dave for the information and photos.

Roy

Surprise Saturday Sighting

There are the usual haunts around Great Yarmouth to find visiting Bus and Coaches but today a very odd place to spot one was Northgate Street, normally plenty of cars and vans from local businesses in the area but to my surprise whilst driving in to town this morning i was greeted by something very shiny and very new!

YY24GZL is a brand new ADL E40D operated by Goldline Executive Travel of Leytonstone.

Grahame.

Two From Norwich

Today, Dan High has kindly provided a couple of images of buses taken at Norwich Bus Station.



Featured is First Eastern Counties Scania N250UD / Enviro400 City double-decker 36911 YN69 XZR on the Excel C route to Peterborough.



Although the final photo was snapped quickly (and despite the unfortunate placement of the ruddy lamppost!) it confirms that the BorderBus Scania OmniCity saloon YT11 LUP has been assigned fleet number 114.

Thanks to Dan for sharing the pictures.

Roy

BorderBus Further Update

After reading our recent BorderBus post about the operator's comings and goings, Steve Blackburn thought he would pay a visit to Moor Business Park yesterday afternoon on his way in to Beccles.

He found Scania Omnicity decker LX 08 ECD on site in its previous livery with no fleet number visible. The anticipated arrival was also in the yard and identified as ADL Enviro400 MMC YX22 OJB in all over white.



Regarding the Newport Transport Scania saloons he observed YT11 LUP now bearing fleet number 114, previously shown in Andrew' Watts' photo (above) as 112. - the number carried when at Newport. YT11 LUH was also present in the yard bearing fleet number 116 whilst there was no sign of YT11 LUF (possibly 115?) and was presumably the one referred to by Andrew Pursey as being repainted

My thanks to Steve for the information.

Roy

Brylaine Update

Following the recent sale of four Volvo B9 buses by BorderBus to Lincolnshire's Brylaine, Mark Doggett has reported on their acquisition of three First Bus vehicles.



Two of them, formerly based in Great Yarmouth (37021 YJ06 XKK) and Lowestoft (37060 YJ06 XMM), currently sport the Coastal Reds livery. The third bus, previously Great Yarmouth's 37174 SF07 FDE, has been re-registered as X33 XBT and repainted red with a blue skirt. None of the three buses have entered service yet.

Thanks for the info Mark

Roy

Ex Great Yarmouth Bus Now A Trainer

Regular contributor Mark Doggett paid a visit to Road Train, an HGV/LGV training centre at their DVSA test site in West Thurrock today.



The training centre recently acquired former First Great Yarmouth Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 37023 YJ06 XKM, which has been re-registered as R10 PSV. The Road Train's representative kindly assisted in positioning the vehicle for photographs.



Special thanks to Nick at Road Train and to Mark for providing the photos.

Roy

Beach Five

Five coaches were present at Great Yarmouth's Beach Coach Station when I passed by late yesterday afternoon.



Four of them were Mercedes-Benz Tourismos, with the exception being a Scania K410CB6/Irizar i6 PR24 DOR from Prospect Coaches of Lye in the West Midlands, which was new in May.



The other operators present were Caledonian Coaches, Alfa Travel and Greenline. The first supplied NH15 MDH and LE60 HOL, both former National Holidays vehicles, the latter previously known as NH69 DHH.



The remaining two companies provided regular visitors - Alfa Travel's BV22 WTO and Greenline's GC22 GLC.

Roy