The annual Lowestoft Airshow is on currently and Sam thinks this may be partly why two B9 Geminis were seen on the X2 route today. Michael Bryant saw 37564 which worked the 06.55 Lowestoft - Norwich, a short to Beccles then the 10.10 ex Norwich. 37565 was then seen on the 10.38 from Lowestoft, meaning that at some point 564 & 565 passed each other - a definite rarity for the X2.
34108 having recovered from its misdemeanours in the early hours was used on Y7 06.10 from Yarmouth, but this afternoon it was swapped for 37565 after its X2 jaunt.
Timekeeping was very good today, although there was a blip this evening. B7 37159 on L10 19.50 King's Lynn - Peterborough was 10 late going west and 37563 on L12 was very late from Lynn on the 20.50, so maybe this turned round at Wisbech ?
Loan Paragon 20514 was again used on K3 today, this time with its destination screen in working order. For the first time since the closure of Nene Quay in Wisbech northbound due to the flood defence work, four consecutive X1s passed by this route this afternoon. These were the 14.18 departure to Peterborough (K17) one minute early with 37578, K18 with 37160 4 minutes late, K19 with 37570 on time and K1 with 37567 a minute early. The driver of K17 was well in command of 37578 and this was on time at Walpole Highway at 14.03 which very few services ever manage.
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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