REVIEW OF 2013

REVIEW OF 2013

Let's not forget that the both bus stations were closed at the same time!

The last P reg Scania to leave the fleet in 2013 was 65550

Well what one can say about 2013, in one blog, for me personally it's not been a good year, but in the heaven of the bus world, it's been one rollercoaster ride, in the main it's been the bus war which has captured the public's eye, so we have said goodbye to routes 56, 70, and 87 from First Ipswich while we have seen them take on Ipswich Buses on Chantry, with little success, while Ipswich Buses said goodbye to route 17 to the Hospital via Spring Road, as well as the last ECW Olympians departing and the beginning of an new era with four Enviro 200s and Optare Versas on Park and Ride. First Ipswich probably had the most changes as far as the fleet went, out went the original superoute 88 P Reg scanias, and the remaining R-GSF scanias, some only here for a short time, while coming in was more Scania single deckers in the form of 65628/30-32,65691/92,65670/76  from Basildon, while at the tail end of the year a further 2 Volvo B7TLs came from Lowestoft and out went two ex Park and Ride Volvo B7RLE's

Seen here in the height of the glorious summer is 65631  V831 FSC one of the transfers in from Basildon