DECEMBER CHANGES

CHANGES TO COME IN DECEMBER

IB Scania 70 found its way on to the 11's on the 16th November a change from its Chantry workings

Not too much too report further to last weeks blog, however at long last you can now obtain copies of the changes that First Ipswich are making to local services, just go to the First Norfolk and Suffolk site and go to the timetables page, then forthcoming timetables, in brief the 75 to Felixstowe will now revert to its previous routing via Spring Road which will bring it into contact with Ipswich Buses new service 17 to the Hospital, service 88/A to Stowmarket will now only serve Ipswich Hospital off peak, will Stowmarket Town service will be routed to serve the Violet Hill medical clinic. The two new tridents for IB are numbered 20/21 Y436/58 NHK, 20 has already entered service on Tuesday on the 8 to Whitehouse thanks to IB's Twitter.

ANGLIAN TO COMPETE WITH FIRST ON X22

 MORE COMPETITON FOR FIRST IN SUFFOLK/NORFOLK

Though strictly not within our boundary of area it's worth remarking on further competition for First on their X22 from Norwich to Beccles beginning on December 3rd, when Anglian will now directly run their previous 525 service now renumbered to 146 over exactly the same route as First, maybe Go Ahead are now upping the game and are trying to further their ambitions with new services around the Norwich area, timetables will be availiable directly from the Anglian website at the end of the month.

69432 AU58 FFV the last Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse with an overall advert for the Cooperative supermarkets at Tower Ramparts on the 12 th November

IPSWICH BUSES REROUTE SERVICE X3 TO JOHN LEWIS/WAITROSE

IB route X3 which previously served Ravenswood has now been rerouted to serve the new John Lewis and Waitrose superstores as of last Friday, while service 1 and 3 will still Ravenswood as will First's service 70, still unavailiable to me so far are new timetables and routeings for the changes First are making in December on the Stowmarket and Felixstowe routes

IB trident LG02 FEM one of the two buses involved on new service 17 yesterday

ANGLIAN TO GO UP AGAINST FIRST

FEC Dart SLF 43488 at Tower Ramparts 5/11/12 whilst on a 56 to Broke Hall

Anglian have registered a 164 Saxmundham to Ipswich service which will go head to head with First's 64 and will operate Monday to Saturday, service will begin on the 10th December and i'm presuming here, will operate to a route very similar to First's, no timetables are availiable yet so i am not sure to what frequency they will operate. Stephensons X14 to Bury St Edmunds is being run with a little help from Ipswich Buses, if you buy a return ticket for £7 you can travel back home for free if you present your ticket to the driver.

IB SERVICE 17 STARTS

Service 17 to Heath Road Hospital began today, with very few if any passengers using the service, one of the new ex Stagecoach London Tridents for the route did appear whilst at Tower Ramparts on test and was 17458 Y458 NHK previously allocated to their Barking Depot



As the two ex Stagecoach London Tridents are not available yet IB used DAF lowlander 56 PN52 XBF was one of the 2 in service today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIRST BROUGHT TO ACCOUNT

FEC 69010 AUO5 DMY a Volvo B7RLE at Broke Hall Shops on a 56 to Tower Ramparts

First in Ipswich are to be brought in front of the Traffic Commissioners over poor service levels on Felixstowe routes, by Felixstowe Town Council who say buses have failed to show up with buses going through Trimley St Martin halved in frequency, First have admitted that the roadworks currently taking place in and around Ipswich Town Centre have caused severe delays at times, you can read more about this from the Ipswich Evening Star http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/felixstowe_anger_on_the_buses_as_complaints_are_taken_to_commissioners_1_1674351