So far only two of the 14 Scania Omnicity Double Deckers for Ipswich Buses have entered service those being 35 YR61 RTV which saw it on the X5 for the best part of the day before coming off and finishing the day on the X1 to Greenwich see above, usually prior to being on the X5 one particularly 40 starts the day with a solo trip on the 15. 40 YR61 RUW is seen below sweeping out of Tower Ramparts on the X5. Today I experienced 40 on the X5 and was fairly impressed, acceleration and stopping was very good, the only minus is the ridiculously hard seating which seems fairly common these days, but in London you wouldn't expect to be sitting for very long, currently these Buses have First Group interiors, being previously owned by them prior to Metroline. Thanks to Steve's Bus and Train page the total cost of the 14 comes to £1.1 Million from a loan by Ipswich Borough Council one mistake was mentioning them as Euro 6 when they're Euro 5, as a result of these newer Deckers being numbered 30-43, the Ex Carters Olympian 42 has been renumbered to 29.
An unusual catch for me was this on Thursday Volvo B9R Caetano Levante FN62 CCD of Galloways on National Express work, nowadays you have to go to Cardinal Park to snap them after SCC cocked up the bay in the Old Cattle Market seen parked up on St Franciscan Way.
Seen laying over in Crown Street is Fords of Althorne former Kings Ferry Scania K114EB6/Berkhof Axial 100 strangely my picture is the only one of it in this livery as currently this is not on Flickr.
IB 83 Alexander Dennis Enviro 300 SK07 DYA straying yesterday on the 1 usually the preserve of the East Lancs Darts 89-99. Ipswich Buses...
We are now arriving back into the 1970'S now and the first two pictures show the dreaded AEC Swifts already the bane of London Tran...
Coming in at the start of the decade was 4 ex West Yorkshire PTE and formally Leeds City Transport Atlanteans registered UNW 401-04W one 4...
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