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Thursday, 20 January 2011
Service Withdrawal
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End of an era
The blog which started it all is coming to a close.
Firstly I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has read and contributed to this blog over the last couple of years. It is with some sadness I make this announcement. This blog has inspired many others to start blogging and I wish them every success. It will remain online as an archive for people to refer to.
There are many reasons why this blog is ending. The first is it has served its purpose. It was created for me to post observations and general musings. The main theme was FEC's X2 route, however I use this less than once a month now so do no observe what is going on. I rarely see any buses other than Anglian ones doing light runs. I spend more of my life on the train now. I also have little free time with working, family life, looking for a proper job and all those little things which need doing. I also am part of the Admin team on Anglia and Thames Valley Bus Forum so have chosen to devote my “bus time” to this. I encourage readers who are not already to come and join us.
Thank you once again for reading.
Best wishes,
Sam
Firstly I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has read and contributed to this blog over the last couple of years. It is with some sadness I make this announcement. This blog has inspired many others to start blogging and I wish them every success. It will remain online as an archive for people to refer to.
There are many reasons why this blog is ending. The first is it has served its purpose. It was created for me to post observations and general musings. The main theme was FEC's X2 route, however I use this less than once a month now so do no observe what is going on. I rarely see any buses other than Anglian ones doing light runs. I spend more of my life on the train now. I also have little free time with working, family life, looking for a proper job and all those little things which need doing. I also am part of the Admin team on Anglia and Thames Valley Bus Forum so have chosen to devote my “bus time” to this. I encourage readers who are not already to come and join us.
Thank you once again for reading.
Best wishes,
Sam
X2 Summary 2010
January-April
The beginning of 2010 saw many of the usual vehicles return; the Royales and Palatines and old friend THE BEAST 20107. the M-SBA darts appeared a few times. Geminis made a large handful of appearances (except in March where few seemed to venture out) both of the Lowestoft and Kings Lynn breeds.
On 09/02 loan B9TL covering for 37571 37562 FJ08FYN strayed off its usual K17 X1 diagram onto 007 schools and the 17:28 X2 to Lowestoft. The next day (10/02) 60863 R641CVR also of X1 fame from Yarmouth worked the 7:08 commuter turn into the city and return.
April saw faithfully 60306 M511PNA finally being withdrawn. It last worked the X2 on 22/04 doing the 6:38 from Lowestoft and 8:38 return. 20127 P767XHS visited from Yarmouth (probably having stayed overnight at Lowestoft off the X1s) and worked the 8:03 to Norwich and return at 9:38.
May-August
May 6th saw Triaxle Olympian from Yarmouth 30097 K481EUX (now all withdrawn) work the morning X2 schools to SJLHS. The first B7TL President (ex-London) worked on 30th being 32207 LT52WTN. This operated the 11:38 to Norwich and 13:10 return.
The next day 32212 LT52WTV failed on the 13:10 from Norwich just before The Feathers. A timetable change happened at the end of June resulting in an extra 2 minutes being added to the running time, buses arriving into Norwich at 00/30 past the hour and leaving at 10/40.
Royales carried on working most of the journeys complimented by Palatines Gemini's and a sole President; 32207.
September-December
September saw the Royales leave the route. All 7 were transferred over to Yarmouth with the rest of the B7TL Presidents coming the other way. The route became entirely low floor, except for the occasional Palatine working – these survived into 2011 just but with cancellation of daytime 99 on 16/01/11 how long they last remains to be seen.
The route gained competition from AnglianBus at the beginning of September with their hourly Lowestoft-Beccles 525. This started with ex-Menzies Scania Sds, however now Wright Streetlites are used. The school portion of the route was cancelled with Anglian working 3 separate journeys with slight different routes numbered 525A/B/C.
A daily B7TL Gemini visitor become very common. The year finished however just how it started. 34112 W432CWX came back to Lowestoft on loan. On Christmas Eve it was noted working the 11:08 to Norwich and return journey at 12:40.
2011 could be a year of change for the X2. The last few has seen a number changes occurring It could, however, stay as is ticking over being full low floor. This will all depend on the X1. As nothing seems to be happening and I don't use the route much I will no longer be logging journeys. Any unusual turns will appear on the Anglia and Thames Valley Bus Forum.
Sam
The beginning of 2010 saw many of the usual vehicles return; the Royales and Palatines and old friend THE BEAST 20107. the M-SBA darts appeared a few times. Geminis made a large handful of appearances (except in March where few seemed to venture out) both of the Lowestoft and Kings Lynn breeds.
On 09/02 loan B9TL covering for 37571 37562 FJ08FYN strayed off its usual K17 X1 diagram onto 007 schools and the 17:28 X2 to Lowestoft. The next day (10/02) 60863 R641CVR also of X1 fame from Yarmouth worked the 7:08 commuter turn into the city and return.
April saw faithfully 60306 M511PNA finally being withdrawn. It last worked the X2 on 22/04 doing the 6:38 from Lowestoft and 8:38 return. 20127 P767XHS visited from Yarmouth (probably having stayed overnight at Lowestoft off the X1s) and worked the 8:03 to Norwich and return at 9:38.
May-August
May 6th saw Triaxle Olympian from Yarmouth 30097 K481EUX (now all withdrawn) work the morning X2 schools to SJLHS. The first B7TL President (ex-London) worked on 30th being 32207 LT52WTN. This operated the 11:38 to Norwich and 13:10 return.
The next day 32212 LT52WTV failed on the 13:10 from Norwich just before The Feathers. A timetable change happened at the end of June resulting in an extra 2 minutes being added to the running time, buses arriving into Norwich at 00/30 past the hour and leaving at 10/40.
Royales carried on working most of the journeys complimented by Palatines Gemini's and a sole President; 32207.
September-December
September saw the Royales leave the route. All 7 were transferred over to Yarmouth with the rest of the B7TL Presidents coming the other way. The route became entirely low floor, except for the occasional Palatine working – these survived into 2011 just but with cancellation of daytime 99 on 16/01/11 how long they last remains to be seen.
The route gained competition from AnglianBus at the beginning of September with their hourly Lowestoft-Beccles 525. This started with ex-Menzies Scania Sds, however now Wright Streetlites are used. The school portion of the route was cancelled with Anglian working 3 separate journeys with slight different routes numbered 525A/B/C.
A daily B7TL Gemini visitor become very common. The year finished however just how it started. 34112 W432CWX came back to Lowestoft on loan. On Christmas Eve it was noted working the 11:08 to Norwich and return journey at 12:40.
2011 could be a year of change for the X2. The last few has seen a number changes occurring It could, however, stay as is ticking over being full low floor. This will all depend on the X1. As nothing seems to be happening and I don't use the route much I will no longer be logging journeys. Any unusual turns will appear on the Anglia and Thames Valley Bus Forum.
Sam
Sunday, 3 October 2010
Update
Hi All,
Haven't really updated this in a very long time. Same reasons as before really, I'm not using the X2 anymore (only on the odd Friday) so don't have much to report. However, I have missed 2 main things. The first is the Royales, these are now based at Yarmouth (although I'm told can occasionally appear still!). These have been replaced with Volvo B7TL Plaxton Presidents 32207-14 LT52WTN/O/R/U/V/W/X (excluding 32209 LT52WTP at NOR). It's a sad day to see the Royales go.
The other news is competition. Many of you will remember this post, well Anglian must have been watching as from 06/09/10 service 525 Beccles-Lowestoft was launched with an hourly frequency to Beccles and inter-hourly to Carlton Colville (although I don't think it actually goes there...) SD Ex-Menzies Scanias are used although the E300 was used on the first day.
There will be one more post on this blog; this will be in the new year to wrap up 2010. From then on I plan to not make anymore posts, unless something comes up which is worth commenting on. Thank you all for your time reading this over the years I have been writing. For all your bus news may I recommend the sites in the links section.
Sam
Haven't really updated this in a very long time. Same reasons as before really, I'm not using the X2 anymore (only on the odd Friday) so don't have much to report. However, I have missed 2 main things. The first is the Royales, these are now based at Yarmouth (although I'm told can occasionally appear still!). These have been replaced with Volvo B7TL Plaxton Presidents 32207-14 LT52WTN/O/R/U/V/W/X (excluding 32209 LT52WTP at NOR). It's a sad day to see the Royales go.
The other news is competition. Many of you will remember this post, well Anglian must have been watching as from 06/09/10 service 525 Beccles-Lowestoft was launched with an hourly frequency to Beccles and inter-hourly to Carlton Colville (although I don't think it actually goes there...) SD Ex-Menzies Scanias are used although the E300 was used on the first day.
There will be one more post on this blog; this will be in the new year to wrap up 2010. From then on I plan to not make anymore posts, unless something comes up which is worth commenting on. Thank you all for your time reading this over the years I have been writing. For all your bus news may I recommend the sites in the links section.
Sam
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
Anglia Plus 3 in 7: Trip 1 & 2
As I haven't been to Ipswich before I decided to go and catch up on all their vehicles. A return was expensive but an Anglia Plus seemed more reasonable. As I wanted to visit Bury St Edmunds too I got the 3 in 7. on 24th I went to Ipswich and managed to catch most of the vehicles, especially wanting to catch all step Darts which I did. There was a small number of vehicles missing but these are VOR/withdrawn. On 25th I went to Bury to complete the rest of the vehicles. Missing 43433 I walked down to Cotton Ln to find it. After getting very lost I was in luck to find it just inside the depot. As BSE had nothing else to offer I returned to Ipswich to see if I could find the others. I was in luck to find 65547 but none of the VOR vehicles. I took a few pictures but I can't get these off the camera due to a technical issue.
For trip 3 I'm going to pop into Lowestoft tomorrow
Sam
For trip 3 I'm going to pop into Lowestoft tomorrow
Sam
Thursday, 17 June 2010
Royale Rumble
All photos from the day can be found here.
Sam
Friday, 11 June 2010
Last Duty - Thursday 10th June
Well Thursday was my last day of university. I'm glad to be finished! Unfortunately due to this I won't be getting the X2 for a while, if again so feel a blog is needed to mark the occasion. On my penultimate journey I was treated to B9TL 37565 AU58ECD, my final journey however was 34158 P658UFB.
As some of you may know the timetable has been changed, services leave Norwich 2 minutes later and have a small waiting period in Beccles. Stops have been changed in Beccles with Lowestoft bound services now stopping at Tescos instead of the Bus Station. I feel this helps ease congestion on the poorly designed station. However, a passenger was being very loud and critical of it being moved, saying he was going to write to First and the press. If he writes to the press I look forward to reading what he has to say, as I like the new change!
All for a while
Sam
As some of you may know the timetable has been changed, services leave Norwich 2 minutes later and have a small waiting period in Beccles. Stops have been changed in Beccles with Lowestoft bound services now stopping at Tescos instead of the Bus Station. I feel this helps ease congestion on the poorly designed station. However, a passenger was being very loud and critical of it being moved, saying he was going to write to First and the press. If he writes to the press I look forward to reading what he has to say, as I like the new change!
All for a while
Sam
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