Stagecoach East 13911 (BU69 XYM) in Impington - 18 Feb 2020 (P1060449)

Tuesday 18 February 2020 (1209) – In readiness for the relaunch of the services on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway Stagecoach East took delivery of twelve 98 seat Alexander Dennis Enviro400XLB bodied Volvo B8L tri-axle double deckers in December 2019. Until the relaunch the new have been operating in an unlettered plain Ocean Green livery, one of the new recently introduced designs of the Stagecoach Group which identify vehicles on ‘specialist’ services.

However, the relaunch has been deferred until completion of the rebuilding of an overbridge carrying the A14 trunk road over the Busway between Histon/Impington and Orchard Park. The late running bridge works (and apparently some construction damage to the Busway track beneath it) have resulted in that section of Busway being closed since June 2019.

Having just left the Busway, which crosses the road in the background, 13911 (BU69 XYM) is seen in Cambridge Road, Impington when heading towards Cambridge city centre.

The Busway was built on the alignment of the former railway track. 'Histon and Impington' railway station was to the left of the traffic signal on the left of the photograph. The pub in the centre background carries a name from those earlier days and is named 'The Railway Vue'. Perhaps it should be renamed 'The Busway Vue'?!