Stagecoach East 15659 (AE10 HFC) in Bury St. Edmunds - 11 Oct 2022 (P1130714)

Tuesday 11 October 2022 (1207) – Stagecoach East 15659 (AE10 HFC) seen loading in Bury St. Edmunds bus station when working the 1205 service 11 to Newmarket and Cambridge. It is an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400 bodied Scania N230UD, was new in June 2010 for operation on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway although now has had the necessary guide wheels removed. The livery is the 'greener, smarter travel' in a livery of three shades of green but here the bright sunshine has distorted the shades of green somewhat.

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:

0543 Empty Depot to Newmarket
0615 Newmarket-Bury St. Edmunds 0640 (11)
0645 Bury St. Edmunds-Cambridge 0754 (X11)
0950 Cambridge-Newmarket 1107 (11)
1124 Newmarket-Bury St. Edmunds 1149 (11)
1205 Bury St. Edmunds-Cambridge 1359 (11)

1835 Cambridge-Bury St. Edmunds 1942 (X11)
1945 Bury St. Edmunds-Newmarket 2015 (11)
Empty to Cambridge Depot 2050

(On other days this duty also included the 1425 Cambridge-Ely 1556 (12) and 1651 Ely-Cambridge 1827 (12) trips but Bus Times for this day showed no vehicle at all operating these two runs).