Whippet Coaches (Flixbus contractor) FX33 at Trumpington - 23 Jul 2022 (P1120734)

Saturday 23 July 2022 (1917) – Whippet Coaches FX33 (OU22 ZWW), a Neoplan Tourliner new in early 2022, seen at the Trumpington Park and Ride site, Cambridge taking over the working of the Manchester to Paris Flixbus service N603.

This coach had worked from Paris at 2225 on Friday evening but was taken out of service at Cambridge Services due to a fault with the entrance door. Caetano Levante bodied Scania K440 FX29 (BV67 JZP) continued to Manchester and then returned from there at 1450 arriving back at Trumpington at 1907. FX29 was new in January 2018 for the National Express contracts the company operated at the time.

Just before departure the destination display was changed to show service number N603 and Paris. Beneath the latter it scrolled via Birmingham, Cambridge, Stratford and Greenwich.