269 Premier Travel Services UTF 478M - 27 Jul 1985 (Ref 849-10)

Saturday 27 July 1985 - Premier Travel Services 269 (UTF 478M), a Plaxton Panorama Elite bodied AEC Reliance. In 1977 PTS acquired five secondhand coaches of a similar style - this one had been new to Cross of Padgate near Warrington in 1974. I had this coach all day working the Skegness service. I can’t recall where I took this photograph although I seem to recall it was at Huntingdon bus station around 1745 perhaps waiting for 275 (RVE 297S) which did the evening feeder service back to Bedford and Luton. I started by driving empty from Cambridge to Luton to work what was the 0840 feeder service (service 34) from there to Huntingdon to connect with the Haverhill-Cambridge-Skegness service 3. The feeder on reaching Bedford (0915) also became the feeder service for the joint Premier Travel/Yorks Northampton-Hunstanton-Cromer service 40. Today, two coaches were required between Huntingdon and Skegness. I worked through from Luton to Skegness meeting up at Huntingdon with 302 (GFL 528Y) which had worked through from Haverhill. My return journey was as a through service 3 from Skegness to Cambridge duplicating 302 which covered Skegness to Haverhill. (Ref: 849-10)