Express Travel Services G453 VSL on the A11 at Red Lodge - Summer 1993

Summer 1993 – Express Travel Services 453 (G453 VSL) seen cruising along the A11 Red Lodge by-pass in Suffolk when working the 1030 London-Lowestoft service (arriving 1435) National Express service 597. It would return as the 1615 Lowestoft-London service (arriving 2020). Service 597 was largely worked by Ambassador Travel (Anglia) Limited but during the period of the summer schedules in 1993 this one round trip was worked by an ETS coach between its overnight Scotland-London and London-Scotland runs. 453 is a Plaxton Expressliner I bodied Volvo B10M new in June 190. Now carrying National Express ‘Rapide’ livery when new it carried the blue and white variant and Caledonian Express fleetnames of the National Express Scottish subsidiary.