Ambassador Travel 893 (CDG 208Y) at Barton Mills - 28 Apr 1985

Sunday 28 April 1985 – Ambassador Travel 893 (CDG 208Y) seen passing Barton Mills at 1419 working the 1230 London-Norwich-Great Yarmouth National Express ‘Rapide’ service 599 which was launched this day. ‘Rapide’ services offered featured toilet and refreshment facilities the latter served by a steward/stewardess. Ambassador Travel received four Plaxton Paramount 3200 bodied Leyland Tigers from other National Bus Company affiliates to work on this improved service. Normally it wouldn’t have been at all safe to venture on to this piece of the A11 which did not have a footpath but today the road was being resurfaced and the traffic was only crawling along as a result.