Not a good day for the B9s today. 37565 was stopped at Lowestoft, presumably to sort out its problems we related yesterday, 37570 was likewise at Yarmouth, 37571 still awaiting MOT and 37573 out of service at Volvo. This meant that when 37572 on L8 was unable, through late running I would think, to turn round at Lowestoft to do the 15.25 to Peterborough, 'The Beast' was procured to work it instead. This was 20107's first X1 run since July 26th.
Two other coaches were in use today, being 20126 on K1 and 20514 on K3. The shortfall at Yarmouth seems to have been alleviated by 37156 being sent from Lowestoft and this did Y13.
Punctuality was all over the place today. K2 with 37567 was almost 2 minutes early at Walpole Highway on the 08.31 to Lowestoft, but due to an accident closing the A47/A17 Pullover roundabout for a couple of hours from 15.00, it was 32 late through Wisbech on the 16.18 to Peterborough ! K3 with 20514 was seen departing Wisbech at 17.13, so only 25 late and after this the situation improved. 37566 on Y6 was boarded by Jamie R at Walpole Highway running just 3 minutes late on the 18.03 to Peterborough. At lunchtime, 37577 on K15 12.45 Lynn - Peterborough was in excess of 18 late, by which time my sandwiches were calling.
Eagle eyed Marc from Peterborough reports 20514 as having full First Eastern legals and thus poses the question, will it be here for longer than its anticipated spell replacing 37571 ?
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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