Simonds of Botesdale (Flixbus contractor) 418 (YK25 OME) in Thetford - 17 Apr 2025 (P1200801)

Maundy Thursday 17 April 2025 (0809) – This was the day that Flixbus introduced a new service between Norwich (Bus Station) and London (Stratford, City Bus Station). There are two daily departures leaving Norwich Bus Station at 0700 and 1430 which depart UEA (University of East Anglia) 15 minutes later and Thetford (Bus Interchange) 65 minutes after Norwich Bus Station. The overall journey time is 2 hours 50 minutes. Departures from Stratford to Norwich are at 1100 and 1820.

The services are operated by Simonds of Botesdale Limited based in Diss, a company acquired by Vectare in May 2024.

418 (YK25 OME), a Yutong GT12 new in April 2025, is seen at Thetford on the inaugural 0700 Norwich-Stratford journey. Quite a few passengers boarded here.

(The same coach worked both trips today. It passed Barton Mill at 1951 on the 1820 service from Stratford).