Stagecoach East 13904 (BU69 XYC) in St. Ives - 1 Sep 2022 (P1130189)

Thursday 1 September 2022 (1156) – Stagecoach East 13904 (BU69 XYC), one of twelve 98 seat Alexander Dennis Enviro400XLB bodied Volvo B8L tri-axle double deckers delivered in December 2019, seen turning from Market Road to Station Road in St. Ives.

It was working the 1056 Busway service B from Hinchingbrooke Hospital to Cambridge (Drummer Street bus station) which was actually due here at 1140.

Using the Bus Times website tracker I could see that 13904 had run on time for the first trip of the day (0634 Cambridge-Hinchingbrooke arriving 0719). It had departed Hinchingbrooke on time with the 0736 service to Cambridge but arrived 23 minutes late at Drummer Street (Due 0901/actual 0924). Making an almost immediate turn round it departed as the 0915 service at 0926 arriving in Hinchingbrooke twenty minutes late at 1100. With another immediate turn round it departed Hinchingbrooke at 1102 just 6 minutes late but was already 14 minutes late in this photo - time that it never re-couped on the way to Cambridge (Due 1221/actual 1236). With another quick turn round it seemed to maintain the schedule for the rest of the day.

Quite possibly the delays were as a result of a road closure and diversions in Ramsey Road, St. Ives (?)

I travelled on this service to Histon, the last of my five Busway rides today which were:
13907 Histon to Longstanton
21233 Longstanton to Histon
13902 Histon to Longstanton
21366 Longstanton to St. Ives
13904 St. Ives to Histon