Stagecoach East 15218 (YN15 KHO) in Newmarket - 11 Oct 2022 (P1130749)

Tuesday 11 October 2022 (1244) – Stagecoach East 15218 (YN15 KHO) seen at The Guineas Bus Station in Newmarket when working the 1151 Ely-Newmarket-Cambridge service 12 (departing Newmarket at 1253). It is an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400 bodied Scania N230UD that was new in August 2015.

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:

0716 Empty from parking location in Haverhill to Kedington
0730 Kedington-Cambridge 0846 (X13)
0925 Cambridge-Newmarket-Ely 1056 (12)
1151 Ely-Newmarket-Cambridge 1327 (12)
1450 Cambridge-Oakington 1517 (6)
1520 Oakington-Cambridge 1548 (6)
1550 Cambridge-Oakington 1617 (6)
1620 Oakington-Cambridge 1648 (6)
1715 Cambridge-Haverhill 1821 (X13)
1948 Haverhill-Cambridge 2050 (13)
2140 Cambridge-Haverhill 2246 (13)
2248 Haverhill-Sainsburys 2303 (13)
Empty to parking location in Haverhill