FIRST IPSWICH CANCEL 53 TO PINEWOOD

Usually the preserve of 3 of the 4 transferred in E 200's 44516-44519 back in 2014 when they were being refurbished freshly repainted Volvo B7RLE 69008 AU05 DMV appeared on the 53.

Due to further cuts in the amount of reimbursement from Suffolk County Council, First Ipswich are to cancel the 53 to Pinewood which was in competition with Ipswich Buses 13, originally starting out as an every 10 mins services this slowly evaporated into every 15 mins last year, with the level of funding now being reduced for concessionary fares more routes are likely to vanish, so the big question is why are their free passes when a lot of elderly people can no longer use the bus because there are no bus services to use. Other changes announced see mainly timetable alterations to existing First Ipswich routes 64/A/X64,65,964,X7, the change to the Aldeburgh routes i believe is to tie the services into connections with the Ipswich to Lowestoft Rail service. The H66/X66 to Martlesham BT will also see changes to the route and timetable alterations.

Possibly my favourite bus in the Ipswich fleet is Volvo B7TL/ALX 400 32479 AU53 HJV in a livery which suits the body style seen here yesterday on a rare foray on town routes 60/61, i can confirm that she should be appearing at the Ipswich Bus Rally in March.