Lately Friday timekeeping has been pretty good overall, but today things went pear shaped. Here in the west the worst time was mid afternoon. Y13 with 37160 was a respectable 8 late on the 13.56 Wisbech to Lowestoft, but K14 with 37567 was seen by Bruce already 20 late going eastbound. K15 with 37573 was viewed 48 late through Walpole Highway en route to Lowestoft and K17 with 37575 was 21 late heading east. K18 with 37157 managed a 20 minute deficit, but things then gradually improved eastbound. Meanwhile 37158 on K3 was seen just 3 late on the 08.56 Wisbech to Lowestoft, but returning tonight was no less than 28 late. 37574 following on K4 was a mere 5 late, so Peterborough bound services left Wisbech at 17.16 and 17.20.
37566 is reported as being under repair at Yarmouth, so with 37565 being examined today, 'The Beast' made another sortie out on the X1 working L10 and thus successfully thwarting a complete low floor service.
Confirmation today that the three Hunstanton schools contracts have gone over to whatever vehicles are available, following an opt out clause in the contract with NCC over mandatory seatbelts. 20118 will therefore work no more, although there is still an outside possibility that 20123 will be re-engined.
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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