UPDATED INFORMATION FOR NEW ROUTES

Just some amendments to make to my previous Ipswich Buses post, Service 1 to Ravenswood still operates to Ipswich Rail Station the 3 will not, the X3 from Ipswich Tower Ramparts is also a new service and will operate every 20 mins throughout the day to Ravenswood, all First's new services will depart from the current stop outside Ipswich Buses Canteen, that will be fun watching that happen! In terms of the new buses 65690 from Basildon is the only bus to come this week that is not a Volvo B7RLE and is a Scania/Wrightbus Solar.

The Last Arrivals

Recent Arrival From Norwich Scania/Wright Solar 65674(SN51 UYH) on the last day of the 62 to Bixley




Contrary to exception the bus that has arrived from Newcastle Upon Lyme is 66850 MX05 CHD  a  Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse Urban and has been joined by 69005/9 from Norwich, AU05 DME/X which have rejoined their sisters 69007/8 AU05 DMO/V at Ipswich. The last day of the 62 was in the capable hands of recent arrival 65674 and 65589 Scania saloons, while 65543/6 were on the 61, interestingly 69007 was found working the 88 along with 32488. Yesterday on the 62 an unusual appearance saw 43477 on the 62 whether this was a replacement for a Scania i wouldn't know.

First's New buses arriving

Further to yesterdays post 3 buses have arrived in Ipswich for the launch of the new routes from Sunday first in are 69007/8 2 05 plate Volvo B7RLES from Norwich and 65690 a 03 Plate Scania L94/Wright from Basildon, 2 more Volvo B7RLES are coming tomorrow from Norwich and a further Scania L94/Wright from the Midlands.

IB ROUTE 4 CONFIRMED

Confirmed today was the registration of route 4 to Broke Hall/Bixley Farm via Felixstowe Road with the traffic commissionaire service will start from the 23rd September and will run Mondays to Saturdays from approx 7am to 7pm, meanwhile the timetable for the 192F has now appeared and will run off peak from 9.28 to around 15.00 in the afternoon. There is still no news on what is arriving at Ipswich for the new First routes, some sites have suggested a number of different types of bus but it's a case of wait and see.

Ipswich Buses Changes

Ipswich Buses make their changes a week later than First on the 30th July, with some new routes in competition with First and others with route alterations and changes to times, service 3 to Warren Heath via Ravenswood and Gainsborough continues on a 30 minute frequency, combining with service 1 to give an every 15 minute frequency to the Gainsborough area this will be up against Firsts 70/X on exactly the same route, both services will only work on a Monday to Saturday basis with some new extra evenings journeys, both IB 1/3 will no longer work through to the railway station, although First's X70 in early mornings will . The X5 is a non stop version of the current service 5 to Ipswich Hospital via Foxhall Road on a twenty minute frequency, giving a combined every 10 minute frequency to Foxhall Road, this will be up against First's 55/56 to Bixley/Broke Hall on a 15minute frequency. Service 6 will also now only operate to Tower Ramparts and not the Rail Station, however a new service competing partly with First's 60/61 is the 6A which will work via Duke Street to Greenwich every 30 minutes Mondays to Saturdays daytime. There is also minor timetable changes to route 8 and 13. One piece of good news this week is the return of  Ipswich Buses to Broke Hall to Felixstowe Rd which will recommence with the old service number 4 in late September. http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ipswich_bus_campaigners_joy_at_saved_route_1_1455272

BUS WARS IN BUSES MAGAZINE

An article on the Bus War is included in Buses Magazine this month for those who are interested. On the 62 in Ipswich today was 65674 a recent transfer from Norwich, didn't see any others from the batch of 4,if anyone spots anything unusual, please let me know and i will put it up on my page, photos too.

BUS WARS PART 2

More on the bus war in Ipswich is included in tonights Star newspaper http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ipswich_not_so_long_long_ago_bus_wars_flared_up_in_the_empire_1_1451069