SATURDAY IN IPSWICH

A SATURDAY IN IPSWICH BRINGS VARIETY

Not taken today but on Tuesday was IB Trident 21 on the 4 which usually uses a dedicated dart, bringing back memories of travelling on the top in those younger days.

Unusually for a Saturday i ventured into Ipswich Town Centre due to the previous day being a wet and windy Friday and i quite glad that i did, as quite a bit was happening, unusually First were using mainly the OLD scanias on towns with only 65690 bring any relief, usually there is at least 4 of the Volvo B7rles on the town services but today there was none are First running down  the Town services? noted today was 65528,65550,65588,65590,43477,43488 and 65690 as mentioned. IB had two tridents out on the 3 to Ravenswood one being the East Lancs Lolyne 10 and one on the X5 to the Hospital, again both routes are usually Dart operated. On Tuesday a unusual visitor to the new 17 service to the Hospital was Trident 19 now equipped with a LED display from ex Olympian 39 it can presumably now operate on towns services, although it is worth mentioned that after the 17 service finishes at around 1500 it then picks up at St Albans school for a 11A school duty. Recent changes on the town network for IB have seen a 10p rise in the basic fare to £1.30 still cheaper than First on certain routes, the 6A now sees a regular duty for an Optare Solo instead of the Enviro 300 which is now to be seen on the 3 to Ravenswood. In fleet news Carters have yet another dart in the form of ex Metrobus Dennis Dart/Marshall LT02 ZDO which Metrobus took over from First in the Orpington area with fleet no 41460  and surprisingly retains Firsts red livery and group interior.