JEREMY COOPER INTERVIEW IN CBW

A rare event today to see an IB Scania/Optare Olympus 68 YJ60 KGX anywhere apart from the 10, however in years to come that may not be the case, seen today on the X.

If you want to read the Jeremy Cooper full interview it can be found in Coach And Bus Weekly available from WH Smith until next Wednesday or by subscribing on-line at http://coachandbusweek.co/.

I have selected a few bits from the interview mainly as i have covered some of the facts in the interview with him during the Summer.

Ipswich Buses have a near perfect record of MOT passes, mainly due to the buses being slightly over maintained however this gives them a low rate of breakdowns, currently the fleet average is 11 years which some may see as being high, this partly due to the company breaking even, recent changes, such as introducing School Buses back into Afternoon peaks and switching buses from Double Deckers to Single, have minimised the amount of time the larger buses are in use therefore saving costs,this result will see 4 ADL 200's being delivered next year possibly replacing Double Deckers, X Reg Spectras 51-53?

£3.50 Day ticket got First Ipswich worried to the extent that over the summer holidays they introduced a £1 single fare on services both companies were competing, he also mentioned that it was sad to see First cut the frequency on the 66 to Martlesham, that they also get complaints about First services as buses now use the First Ipswich fleet name.

Visitors to the town see Beestons Volvo B12BT/Van Hool 523 FN and Thompsons of Framlingham WJ02 VRT a Volvo B12M/Van Hool Alizee T9 ex Soames.