I was very fortunate to catch this coming past me this morning along West End Road, before it reached Constantine Road depot this was a Mellors Coachcraft Mercedes Benz Strata LO67 CGX not the greatest of photos but never mind this particular version seats has three configurations 1/ Passengers seated 18, standing 3 and one wheelchair, 2/ Passengers seated 21 and one standing and 3/ Passengers seated 14, 6 standing and two wheelchairs, length is 7.7m and 2.3m with a MPG of 22 miles, many operators have taken similar designed minibuses including Stagecoach East Kent, obviously IB are thinking of replacing the 15 year old Optare Solo's.
Currently Mercedes Benz Citaro 154 is off the road, seen in the depot yard this morning so Double Deckers have been substituting with Lowlander 58 today and Trident 12 LG02 FDC as seen above, Scania Omnicity 74 replacing 154 on Tuesday. Other unusual spots the last three days have SPD Dart 135 on the 4 on Tuesday, 137 the following day along with Scania Omnicity 75, yesterday saw 4 Versa's off the road with Scania Omnicity 71 on the X1 and Dart 87 on the X3, whilst Lowlander 100 had a rare day out today on the 15A and 2 journeys on the 6/A.
IB Scania Omnicity 75 at the Martlesham Tesco end of route 4 which finishes in just over two weeks.
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