DSCN7898 Former Eastern Counties Omnibus Company KNG 718 and First Eastern Counties Buses P435 NEX in Bury St. Edmunds - 31 Mar 2012

Saturday 31 March 2012 (1855) – The last departure from Bury St Edmunds bus station by First Eastern Counties was the 1832 service 81 to the Mildenhall Road and Howard Estates which was worked by Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart 43435 (P435 NEX) seen here passing West Suffolk College followed by former Eastern Counties Omnibus Company Eastern Coachworks bodied Bristol LL718 (KNG 718) dating from August 1950. The Eastern Counties Road Car Company Limited, an ancestor of FEC, established a base in Bury St Edmunds sometime in the 1920s and the closure ended a presence by the company and its predecessors spanning more than 80 years.