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21/09/2010

Sunday 19th September 2010 ~ Handing It To The Opposition

37572 at Walpole Highway this lunchtime working the 09.48 from Lowestoft
You have to hand it to Norfolk Green. They have begun to work the 46 route on a Sunday between King's Lynn and March. The timetable is a bit strange, with departures from Wisbech to Lynn at 09.45, 11.45, 14.15 and 16.45 and the route is unlikely to attract X1 travellers, taking in as it does West Walton Church and Wiggenhall St. Germans with a journey time of 41 minutes as opposed to the X1 at 28. Nevertheless, it does call at Walpole Highway and Terrington St. John, so in the event of an X1 catastrophe, it is an alternatiive.
This afternoon saw such an event when the 13.10 X1 from Peterborough was 19 late at Walpole Highway and the Norfolk Green service arrived first, successfully poaching the X1 passengers who had been patiently waiting for about 30 minutes. The demon 37568 was of course the bus concerned, however, it did Des a favour on his journey back from Newport Gwent, as the late running meant a convenient connection off his train at Lynn. The NG46 departures from Lynn don't pose much of a threat as they leave at 10.00, 12.30, 15.00 and 17.25, whereas the X1 departs at ten to the hour.  The X1 was entirely B9 worked today.

The 13.45 March to King's Lynn with Norfolk Green Optare Solo no. 605, followed by............ 

The 13.10 Peterborough - Lowestoft with 37568 running 19 late this afternoon.

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