Meanwhile ~ In a Norfolk Barn....

Regular contact Liam S visited a barn on the outskirts of Norwich at the weekend and found these two double deckers under restoration there.

The first was PLZ 2876 an Eastern Coach Works bodied Leyland Olympian coach which was new to Eastern National as D510 PPU and was one of only three full length, low height Olympian coaches built for the UK market.

It has been with a number of local operators including Sanders Coaches, Lodges of High Easter and Flagfinders of Essex where it was re-registered. It subsequently moved to Tony Glew of Colchester before spending its last years with Venturer Coachways of Brightwell. Following that operator's demise it was privately aquired and preserved spending some time at the Our Bus premises at South Burlingham.

The other vehicle was B198 WUL is a MCW Metrobus Mk I with open-top MCW bodywork. It was new to London Transport in March 1985 as a conventional closed top bus with fleet number M1198. It passed to Metroline on privatisation and withdrawal came in July 2003 and was acquired by Ensign Bus of Purfleet a month later. The same month it was purchased by Scenic Shoreline Suncruiser of Scarborough to operate an open top seafront service in the town

My thanks to Liam S for the photos

Roy

Sanders Rail Replacement + Update

Another frustrating night for Rail travellers on Saturday evening at Great Yarmouth which meant they were treated to a journey aboard one of Sanders recent aquisitions.

FJ11GMY is a Volvo B9R/Caetano Levante new to Edwards of Llantwit Fadre in Wales. It was previously used for National Express duties. It has now gained the colourful livery of Sanders and is seen above awaiting passengers at Yarmouth Rail Station.

After contacting Sanders we can give you an update on recent arrivals and can confirm more Volvo B9R's have also been aquired, Registrations below,

FJ11GKU
FJ11GKV
FJ11GLZ
FJ11GMU
FJ11GNF

Many Thanks to Sanders for the Information.

Grahame.

National Holidays' Tourismo

After successfully negotiating all the road works in Great Yarmouth this morning I discovered a National Holidays' coach on North Drive

It was Mercedes Benz Tourismo NH18HGH which was being prepared for its day's outing.

Roy

Service Alterations Registered ~ 8th January 2020

There are no changes to local bus services included in today’s Notices and Proceedings Report published by the East of England Traffic Commissioner. The full report will be available to view here soon.

Roy

Excel On X2

First's X2/X22 services between Lowestoft and Norwich had an EXCEL branded ADL Enviro400 operating on them earlier this afternoon.

Tim Miller saw it passing through Beccles on the X22 Norwich bound journey but he was not in a good position for photo! However, he did manage to get a shot of 33822 YX63LKM on the return X2 to Lowestoft in Beccles.

My thanks to Tim for the photo. I expect this will become more commonplace when the cascade of the current EXCEL fleet to the coast takes place following the fleet upgrade on the route.

Roy

PTS Group's Latest Arrival

You may remember that on News Years Day I referred to information that the PTS Group had taken delivery of a new coach just before Christmas.

Thanks to Matthew Wright, I am now able to confirm that it is a Kassbohrer Setra 416GT-HD with the registration W25PTS. It was new to Majestic Travel as BF62 JYO and has also seen service with Poynters Coaches.

Its latest registration has been taken from the operator's Ford Tourneo, which becomes W90PTS.

My thanks to Matthew for the information

Roy

Sunday Shearings

During a wonder along Great Yarmouth's seafront around lunch time today I found a Shearings' Mercedes Benz coach parked up.

It was 154 BU18YTJ and is seen here on Marine Parade opposite the SeaLife Centre

Roy