Simonds of Botesdale (Flixbus contractor) 418 (YK25 OME) at Fiveways, Barton Mills - 8 Dec 2025 (P1220706)

Monday 8 December 2025 (1239) – Simonds of Botesdale Limited 418 (YK25 OME), a Yutong GT12 new in April 2025, seen at Fiveways, Barton Mills when working the 1100 Flixbus service 007 from Stratford (East London) to Norwich. The scheduled arrival time at Thetford was 1245 so was running just a few minutes late. After Thetford the service calls at UEA 1335 and Norwich bus station 1350.

Flixbus introduced this service on Thursday 17 April 2025 which is operated by Simonds. There are two daily departures leaving Norwich Bus Station at 0700 and 1430 which call at 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 (City Bus Station) to Norwich are at 1100 and 1820.

The Simonds business was acquired by Vectare in May 2024. Although based in Diss, the company head office is now Advanced Technology Innovation Centre, Loughborough LE11 3QF.