IB PROMOTION AND BEESTONS NEW 39 SERVICE

Optare Solo KX54 NLD on new service 39 to Rushmere Road operated by Beestons.

IB have just launched a new Summer Smiles ticket which sees one Adult and one Child travel on one journey for £2, promotion will last for the duration of the summer holidays. Service 39 operated by Beestons started last Monday with the use of a hired in Optare Solo KX54 NLD, loadings seem to be pretty high, although from the times i have seen it have been operating behind schedule, complaints however have been made in the Ipswich Star that certain sections of the 2 previous routes the 22/31 have not been included in the new one including the connection to Ipswich Hospital. As a result of recent changes which saw Carters no longer operating routes 30/31 has seen a few changes to the fleet including the sale of Dennis Dart MPD SN51 SXU, Dart/Marshall LT02 ZDO and Dennis Dart/EL Spryte P455 DCW to Ensign while Plaxton Primo BU08 ACV has also been withdrawn, which was often the spare bus for these routes, Carters now have only a fleet of 10 buses, 9 Double deck of which 6 are Dennis Tridents/ALX 400's, 3 Volvo Olympians and just the 1 single decker an MCV Evolution.

32494 AU53 HKM a Transbus/ALX 400 Trident looking rather smart in the sun in Great Colman Street in Ipswich