DSCF5787 Centrebus 759 (AN09 BUS) in Empingham - 28 Oct 2016

Friday 28 October 2016 (1021) – Centrebus 759 (AN09 BUS) seen in Main Street, Empingham, Rutland when working the 0835 service 19 from Nottingham to Peterborough. It is a Wright bodied VDL SB200 that was new in April 2009 to Kimes Buses of Folkingham where it carried fleet number S9. The Kimes business was acquired by Centrebus in July 2011. Service 19 runs hourly and has an end to end journey time of just a few minutes short of three hours. Prior to 1st December 2013 Centrebus operated two separate services either side of Oakham which had originated with Kimes Buses (from Peterborough via Stamford) and Paul James Coaches (Veolia) (from Nottingham via Melton Mowbray). Centrebus linked the two services with through running although different service numbers were used (9 and 19 respectively). From 28 August 2016 the service was numbered 19 throughout.