Syd writes, "Hi Gerard, an interesting, although possibly short term, situation has come about as a result of the Anglian competion on the Lowestoft-Beccles route. FEC withdrew the schools journeys ( with a sigh of relief ) at once and the bus now spare is used elsewhere. Lowestoft buses now work the 1508 X2 Ex Norwich to Beccles only, previously a Norwich duty, which then goes light to Bernard Mathews to work a Contract to Lowestoft at 1628, followed by 1803 X2 to Beccles, light to Lowestoft for a layover prior to the 23.15 99 to Southwold and light to Bernard Mathews yet again for the 0040 Contract back to Lowestoft. Why am I telling you this? Well the diagram that has been amended is the one the White Elephants are normally used on when one is spare, and 37575 was performing the duty today in its entirety, probably unlikely to last, but in the meantime, Bernies workers are having a touch of class".
What makes the above more surprising in todays case, is that L10 was worked by 20107, suggesting that there may have been a problem early on with 37575.
Over at Great Yarmouth, our regular correspondent tells me that former X1 coach and now Driver Trainer 20128 is having its MOT as is possible X1 substitute 20115. Driver trainers 20109 & 20121 are still present. At King's Lynn the visits of 20107 provide the only sightings of a working B10M. Rowan Road, for the record contains 20104/5/6/18/23/27/31. Of these 20105/18 were simply switched off when their bodywork became beyond repair and 20123 is in good nick, other than needing a new engine. The others are in varying states of decay. Terence says that Olympian 34333, H132FLX still sees occasional X1 use on the shuttles and yesterday worked the 09.00 Gorleston JPH to Norwich.
On the X1 today, Paul reports the following : K17 37571, K14 37566, K4 37563, K5 37577, Y9 37156 & L10 20107. Bruce was on duty at this end as I was working at Long Sutton, his log shows the remaining services as : K1 37564, K2 37570, K3 37158, Y6 37565, Y7 37578, L8 37568, L11 37567 22 late, L12 37572, Y13 37157, K15 37576, K16 37573, K18 37160 and K19 37579.
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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