HBM: Ambassador Travel 112 (G512 MNG) at King Street, Mildenhall – 8 May 1993 (191-21)

Saturday 8 May 1993 (0900) - Ambassador Travel 112 (G512 MNG), a Plaxton Paramount 3500 bodied Volvo B10M new in April 1990, seen in the lay-by at King Street, Mildenhall when working the National Express service 095 from Cromer to London (Victoria).

From Sunday 23 May 1993 when National Express introduced the summer schedules the service was re-numbered as 495 and the short stop of 10 minutes here for passengers to use the local toilet facilities was eliminated. The bus station had not been built yet so the public toilets in the nearby car park had to suffice.

This coach was one of a number of such vehicles that did not feature destination blinds. The service number and destination were displayed in a frame above the windscreen cross bar. Note there is a sign behind the driver’s seat showing 064 which is the London-Brighton service. The working diagram for this coach includes a London-Brighton round trip before the coach works back to East Anglia around 1800.