IB NEW ROUTES CHANGES PART ONE

Yesterday Scania Omnidekka/East Lancs 60 PJ54 YZT found itself unusually on the XI one of the routes undergoing change.
As in total the changes take up 8 pages from the VOSA site on Word i'm going to divide into two blogs the first part will include all the routes which are changing numbers or are new, two routes definitely going are the 14 and the Open Top circular 30, a chance for First Ipswich to take on the Ipswich and Felixstowe tours?
As can be see both the X1-3 have been withdrawn and renumbered as followed what is essentially the X3 to John Lewis becomes the 1 and the X1 to Greenwich becomes the 3, the 6 and 6A to Ipswich Hospital remain but the 6 will no longer have an evening service, that maybe because new route 2 covers pretty much the same ground, new service 7 will replace service 19 and be extended through  Castle Hill and Mereidith Road through to Asda. If this news hadn't come out i would have done unusual types on different routes, another one is pictured below the Notices and Proceedings.

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·         Registration number

PF0000147/109

·         Licence Number

PF0000147

·         Variation number

0

·         Status

Registered

·         Service number.

ROUTE 1

·         Service type

Normal Stopping

·         Start point

tower ramparts bus station ipswich

·         Finish point

john lewis at home crane boulevard ipswich

·         Via

waterfront university greenwich & ravenswood

·         Date received

22 Dec 2017

·         Effective date

18 Feb 2018

    Registration number

PF0000147/110

·         Licence Number

PF0000147

·         Variation number

0

·         Status

Registered

·         Service number.

ROUTE 2

·         Service type

Normal Stopping

·         Start point

tower ramparts bus station ipswich

·         Finish point

ipswich hospital garrett anderson centre

·         Via

waterfront universtiy cliff lane ravenswood & sainsbury's warren heath

·         Service number.

ROUTE 7

·         Service type

Normal Stopping

·         Start point

tower ramparts bus station ipswich

·         Finish point

anglia retail park

·         Via

dale hall, henly road, stratford court, meredith road

·         Date received

22 Dec 2017

·         Effective date

18 Feb 2018

·         Registration number

PF0000147/78

·         Licence Number

PF0000147

·         Variation number

10

·         Status

Registered

·         Service number.

3

·         Service type

Normal Stopping

·         Start point

Ipswich, Tower Ramparts Bus Station

·         Finish point

Greenwich Holbrook Road

·         Via

·         Date received

22 Dec 2017

·         Effective date

18 Feb 2018

Another unusual spot yesterday was IB Scania Omnicity 70 YN56 NVB on the 6A

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

Dennis Trident 16 LG02 FDN seen here yesterday on a rare working on a Sunday service 6.

Firstly i would like to make amends to what i said on the last post regarding Ipswich Buses as a blog i should remain impartial and that was not what happened, IB have made significant improvements in the fleet this year with 4 economical Enviro 200's 105-108 as well as the significant investment in the 14 Scania Omnicity Deckers, with 5 already entering service this will reduce the Dennis Tridents down to just 4, when completed by April next year,

the Deckers being Euro 5, cuts are being made all over the country and while not nice they have to be made, people need to use the bus, significant improvement is hopefully going to made with First Ipswich to help speed up Buses getting into Ipswich which isn't helping people getting into town, Friday was an excellent example of this with the busiest traffic of the year, and both companies did well to get extra Buses on when they could.

MB Citaro 153 BF65 HVT seen yesterday on the 9/10 to Whitton and Castle Hill.

BUSES IN USE FRIDAY 23RD DECEMBER

X1 Versa's 148/149/152, Omnicity 75, Dart 85/87, Trident 12
X3 Versa's 146/150/151, Dart 135
4  Versa 145, E200 82, Scania 69
X5  Omnicity Decker 30/35, Lowlander 55/58, Scania Omnidekka 61/62
6/A  Trident 12/13/21, Versa 147/152, Scania 69, Scania Omnidekka 60, Lowlander 57, Optare Excel 172, E200 81/107, Dart SPD 134 .
8   Scania Omnicity 70/73, Dart SPD 136/137, E200 103 and Versa 149
9  MB Citaro 153-55, Scania Omnicity 74
10 E200 77/101 Scania Omnicity Decker 40
12 E200 80/104/107
13 E200 106, E300 83, Dart 84/88, Excel 171, Scania Omnicity 71.
14 243
15/A Trident 22/25, E200 102/103/80/105, Excel 173, Omnicity 72, Dart 93/134
16 Dart 93 Versa 151
19 Dart 135/ Solo 243

Note some buses swap over during the day hence more than one apperance.