Syd says " The impossible has finally happened and 20107 is back at Lowestoft fully roadworthy and ready to go. Meanwhile 20103 has finally left Gasworks Road, but I am not sure to where...perhaps someone will confirm its new resting place. It was earmarked for Vulcan Road for spares".
Well great news on 107, but what was unexpected was its immediate return to X1 frontline duty replacing Royale 34108 which had done the morning part of L11. This meant 'The Beast' was back at King's Lynn this evening.
Bruce and myself managed to see all the X1 turns today with the exception of K14, which turned out to be 20126 ! 37566 must have had a lightning MOT, as it was back in action on Y13 today. A few X1s travelled the correct route out of Wisbech today including Y7 with 37565, one minute early, Y13 with 566 likewise, K17 with 37562 4 late, K1 with 37569 5 late and K2 also 5 down with 37564.
The unavailability of 37578 was the cause of L11 dropping to non low-floor power. Following our request for information on the whereabouts of 20121, Michael Bryant reports it in use in Norwich on Thursday last on the school contract normally worked by 20115 - no surprise there then, Lynn do the graft and MOT it and then we get 115 burning oil everywhere in exchange. The latter should just see out the last two weeks of Hunstanton schools before retiring.
This is the unofficial blog for the Peterborough - Norwich XL bus service operated by First Group. Originally reporting the introduction of the 'Gemini' double deckers and the phasing out of coaches, the blog is now incredibly in its twelfth year and in 2021 the new fleet of state of the art double deckers enter their second year in traffic. To contact me with your observations/experiences on the XL, email gerardtcc@gmail.com .
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