MINIBUS REVOLUTION

Originally with Bristol, then with Yorkshire Rider a batch of eleven found themselves cascaded to Eastern Counties in 1995 these were the Dormobile bodied Mercedes L608D seen here in Kings Lynn.

You either loved them or loathed them much like First's new livery, Eastern counties had dabbled with Minibuses way back into the early 1970's, but in the first half of the 1980's operators found that they could get shot of Single Decker and Double Deckers and replace them with Mini Buses with higher frequency and lower paid drivers, however after a time it was found that places needed bigger buses and a long came the Dennis Dart.

Two for the price one, 717 C717 BEX a Alexander Bodied Mercedes L608D with 1081 F702 MBC an ex Leicester Iveco/Carlyre seen here at Felixstowe Bus Station, today the Bus Depot is gone and the minibus routes added on the main Ipswich to Felixstowe service.

One of two Mercedes Benz/Reeve Burgess 609D's originally bought for Stowmarket services this one MB 759 D759 LEX both had short lives with counties and had departed by the mid 1990's

C895 BEX was one of many Ford Transits bought in the Mid 1980's for services right around Eastern Counties, the only place avoiding them was Ipswich although seven were allocated for Felixstowe , this one being C895 BEX TH 895 these were an engineers dream!