TMS/Konectbuses 104 (BU18 YRR) in Bury St. Edmunds - 4 Nov 2025 (P1220643)

Tuesday 4 November 2025 (1220) – Konectbuses Essex and Suffolk 104 (BU18 YRR), a Mercedes-Benz City Sprinter that had been new to City of Oxford (974) in June 2018, seen in Bury St. Edmunds bus station.

It was parked between trips of service 45 having worked the 0915 trip from Sudbury to Bury St. Edmunds (arriving 1032) via Long Melford, Bridge Street, Shimpling, Shimpling Street, Cockfield, Lawshall, Hawstead and Nowton. The return trip departed at 1300 (arriving Sudbury at 1410).

According to the tracker on the Bus Times website other work carried out by this vehicle today included the morning and afternoon Hedingham School contract HD9 (from/to Blackmore End) followed by the 1802 Sudbury-Bury St. Edmunds service 43B (arriving 1907) returning to Sudbury on the 1910 service 42 (arriving 1957).

In late September 2025 the Go-Ahead Group had sold its Go East Anglia operations to Transport Made Simple (TMS). The purchase included the Konectbus brand (in Norfolk) and the Konectbuses brand (in Essex and Suffolk). The latter had only been created a short time before the sale when Go Ahead merged its Hedingham and Chambers businesses which had been owned for some years and managed by Konectbus.