Megabus Service Changes

With assistance from David Slater, I have details of the latest Megabus changes affecting Norfolk routes

Norwich-Stratford (East London) service M16

This service (operated by Freestones) becomes two trips each way every day (running at the same times every day). The ‘Cambridge South Babraham Crossroads’ stop has been discontinued.

From Norwich (Bus Station):
0600 via UEA 0615 arriving Stratford 0845
1345 via UEA 1400, Thetford 1445 arriving Stratford 1630

From Stratford:
1000 to UEA 1230 and Norwich (Bus Station) arriving 1245
1745 to Thetford 1930, UEA 2015 and Norwich (Bus Station) arriving 2030

These times are shown until Thursday 7 April 2022 (one week before Easter). From Friday 8 April 2022 the timetable will change with additional trips.

Norwich-Birmingham service M37

The 0955 service from Norwich which returns from Birmingham at 1600 (operated by Freestones) will cease operation after Monday 31 January 2022. No further timings for those trips are currently shown on the website which gives information up to Saturday 9 April 2022.

The 1110 service from Birmingham which returns from Norwich at 1615 (operated by Prospect Coaches) will be the only remaining trips on this service operated Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays only. The Megabus website shows this service pattern until Saturday 9 April 2022 (one week before Easter).

My thanks to David for the information

Roy

Grebe's Latest Arrival

The latest arrival at Beccles based Grebe Coaches is an Optare Solo M880; which is an unusual type for the operator as almost all of the fleet are Mercedes Benz mini coaches

The Solo is registered MIL 1417, a plate formerly carried by one of their mini coaches. Its previous identity was YJ10 EZP and was new to Nottingham Community Transport in May 2010

Mark Beaumont has also supplied a photo to our Facebook site which is reproduced here

My thanks to the operator and Mark for the photos and to Neil for the information

Roy

Yellow Decker On The Road

Yesterday afternoon my daughter was on her way to Worthing town centre when she saw this yellow decker, presumably having just completed a school run

Y416 CFX is an East Lanc Vyking bodied Volvo B7TL which was new to Yellow Buses of Bournemouth in May 2001.

As reported earlier (A Week In Worthing - 3rd December 2021) it is currently owned by Seven Sisters Bus & Coach of Sussex but presently on loan to Compass Bus. 

Roy

Service Alterations Registered ~ 26th January 2022

Today's Notices and Proceedings Report, published by the East of England Traffic Commissioner, contains information on a couple of changes to local bus services.

Sanders Coaches has altered the timetable of its 44 /X44/ 44A Holt to Sheringham services from the 8th January 2022.

BorderBus has amended the stopping places and timetable of its 146 Kessingland to Norwich service from the same date.

The full Notices and Proceedings Reports can be viewed here soon.

Roy

Jubilee At The Double

A visit to the Great Yarmouth Campus of the East Coast College yesterday afternoon revealed two Jubilee Coaches parked up on Suffolk Road.

The twosome were Dennis Javelin/Plaxton Profile YU05 ZHT and Van Hool bodied Scania W27 JCR. They were both involved in transporting pupils from Lynn Grove Academy to the college.

Roy

Surprise Visitor

A surprise visitor to Norwich City Centre yesterday was a former London Transport Eastern Coach Works bodied Guy Vixen of 1953 vintage.

Privately preserved MXX 317 is similar to the six buses hired by London Transport to Great Yarmouth Corporation in 1958 for one man operation trials

My thanks to my sister-in-law for the photo.

Roy

West In The East

It's been a couple of months now since Volvo B7 Gemini 32345 LK53 LZF moved to First Eastern Counties from the First West of England depot at Weston-Super-Mare.



This morning it was working the 09.27 James Paget Hospital to Caister Marram Drive 8 service and I witnessed its arrival at Market Gates. Not only did I get a photo of its departure to Caister but I also got one of the First West of England branding still above the entrance door.

Roy