Stagecoach East 15087 (LX09 AGO) in Fordham - 10 Oct 2022 (P1130653)

Monday 10 October 2022 (1125) - Stagecoach East (Cambus) 15087 (LX09 AGO) seen passing the Co-op store in Fordham when working the 1051 service 12 from Ely to Newmaket and Cambridge. It is a Scania N230UD OmniCity new to Stagecoach London (Selkent) in May 2009 that was transferred to Cambus in Autumn 2019.

During mid-September 2022 Stagecoach East announced its intention to withdraw quite a number of bus services which it said were no longer commercially sustainable. Their services 11/X11 ceased after operation on Saturday 29 October 2022 along with the Cambridge-Newmarket-Ely service 12. Replacement services were introduced by Stephensons of Essex from Monday 31 October 2022.

Using the tracker on the Bus Times website this bus was shown as running the following trips today:

0710 Ely-Waterbeach-Cambridge 0808 (9)
0825 Cambridge-Newmarket-Ely 0956 (12)
1051 Ely-Newmarket-Cambridge 1227 (12)
1250 Cambridge-Newmarket 1407 (11)
1424 Newmarket-Bury St. Edmunds 1449 (11)
1505 Bury St. Edmunds-Cambridge 1659 (11)
1715 Cambridge-Newmarket 1832 (11)
Empty to Cambridge Depot 1900