Mulleys Motorways MX08 DHN and Stagecoach East 15214 (YN15 KHL) in Bury St. Edmunds - 24 Jun 2021 (P1080819)

Thursday 24 June 2021 (0900) – Mulleys Motorways Optare Solo MX08 DHN seen just after leaving Bury St. Edmunds bus station when working the 0855 departure of Suffolk County Council contracted service 377 to Rougham and Bradfield St. George. It had been new to Tyrers of Nelson, Lancashire in March 2008 although was latterly operated by Wheelers Travel, Southampton.

Passing by in the background is Stagecoach East 15214 (YN15 KHL) which, despite wearing the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway livery and lettering, was arriving from Cambridge and Newmarket on service 11. It is an Alexander Dennis Enviro400 bodied Scania N230UD new in August 2015. For many years vehicles on the services to/from Newmarket would leave the A14 at the ‘Sugar Beet Roundabout’ (junction 43) to then travel to the Bus Station. However, more recently a timing point has been introduced at West Suffolk College on all timings on every trip (Mondays to Saturdays). In the past the buses used to come up the hill of St. Andrew’s Street North (from the right) whereas now they arrive by travelling down the hill (from the left).