END OF THE LINE FOR THE SCANIAS AND ROUTE 55

Wednesday saw the end of a fine period of service for the Scanias 65579/88 T579 JNG/V588 DVF when i would imagine they withdrawn from service on the same day that the 55 to Bixley ended,Scanias have been in use since the Summer of 1997 when 10 541-50 P541-50 RNG were delivered to operate the Superoute 88, the 55 to Bixley was a spin off from the current route 4 currently operated by Ipswich Buses, which First took over in late 1999, renumbered to 62 a few years later this continued until 2012 when the route was split into two the 55 and 56, the 56 was withdrawn the following year after stiff competition from Ipswich Buses who resumed the 4 in September 2012. There is one other Scania 65670 left which has just been Mot'd whether it will see service before it's transfer to Colchester in early January, is unknown.

65569 S569 TPW seen here back in 2012 had two spells at Ipswich and has just been withdrawn from service at Colchester.

And finally the one that kicked it all off seen here back in 2009 is 65541 P549 RNG the early Scanias were of course designated as L113 the later ones as L94.