300TH BLOG AND FINALLY WHAT IPSWICH BUSES ARE BUYING

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Welcome to the 300th Blog, as can be seen from the above headline Ipswich Buses have finally let us know that 3 Mercedes Benz Citario's are on order believed to be used on the current X5 service although this has not been confirmed so take it with a pinch of salt, Ipswich Buses have already trialled a Citario this year on the Park and Ride service as seen below BG63 VVE, seen above is an Cardiff Bus example which entered service at the tail end of last year 104 CE63 NYX, but it's not the only Citario that's around at the moment as Galloway's have been trialling one around Stowmarket seen below is a photograph from Mark Smith, who's copyright it remains is BP14 FYZ.

300TH BLOG SPECIAL BONUS PHOTO

As it's the 300th Blog today, I have raided my archive of slides and negatives for this rather colourful Eastern Counties Leyland National LN 771 XNG 771S with a Glasswells of Norwich all over ad, taken at the old Norwich Bus Station probably in the late 1980's as we can just about see to the right is a Series 2 VR still in NBC red livery and at the top you can just about make out VR 204 XNG 204S.