Norwich - 11 Jan 2019

Friday 11 January 2019 (0942) – A view from the upper deck of Konectbus 631 (SN65 OAM) in Norwich bus station. Left to right: Sanders YN06 JWP (East Lancs Omnidekka bodied Scania N230UD); First Eastern Counties Buses 36186 (BN12 JYJ) (Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B9TL); and Konectbus OU57 FHA (Alexander Dennis Enviro200 transferred from Carousel Buses)

Friday 12 January 2019 (1050) – First Eastern Counties Buses 36193 (BN12 JYT) seen passing the Anglia Television building in Norwich. It is a Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B9TL new in June 2012 initially assigned to First Games Transport to work at the 2012 Olympic Games. It wears a red front for operation on the ‘Red Line’ group of services 23/24.

Friday 11 January 2019 (1214) – Border Bus 207 (BB53 BUS), a Scania OmniCity double decker, seen in St. Stephen’s Street, Norwich working service 146 from Southwold and Beccles.

Friday 11 January 2019 (1216) – Border Bus 207 (BB53 BUS), a Scania OmniCity double decker, seen in St. Stephen’s Street, Norwich working service 146 to Beccles and Southwold.

Friday 12 January 2019 (1002) – The Norwich Park and Ride service 501 operated by Go-Ahead owned Konectbus calls at the terminal building of Norwich Airport. The driver of 629 (SN65 OAJ), an Alexander Dennis Enviro400 new in September 2015, taps in a code to gain access to the restricted road along the front of the main building. The airport is to the north of the city on a site originally established as a World War II air station named RAF Horsham St. Faith. One of the principal airlines serving Norwich for many years has been KLM that has daily flights from here to Schipol, Amsterdam which connect to the KLM global network.

Friday 12 January 2019 (1002) – Go-Ahead owned Konectbus 631 (SN65 OAM) seen passing the Terminal Building at Norwich Airport working the Park and Ride service 501 to the City Centre. It is an Alexander Dennis Enviro400 new in September 2015. The airport is to the north of the city on a site originally established as a World War II air station named RAF Horsham St. Faith. One of the principal airlines serving Norwich for many years has been KLM whose advertisement appears on the building. They have daily flights from here to Schipol, Amsterdam which connect to the KLM global network.

Friday 12 January 2019 (1002) – Go-Ahead owned Konectbus 631 (SN65 OAM) seen at Norwich Airport working the Park and Ride service 501 to the City Centre. It is an Alexander Dennis Enviro400 new in September 2015. The airport is to the north of the city on a site originally established as a World War II air station named RAF Horsham St. Faith. Alongside the bus stop is retired RAF Hawk XX312 built by British Aerospace.

Friday 11 January 2019 (1102) – Sanders Coaches of Holt 107 (PM03 EHR) in Tombland, Norwich. It is an East Lancs Mylennium Lowlander bodied VDL DB250 that had been new to Bus Vannin on Isle of Man.

Friday 11 January 2019 (1102) – Go-Ahead owned Konectbus 624 (SN65 OAC), an Alexander Dennis Enviro400 new in September 2015, seen in Tombland, Norwich. The restaurant on the corner of the street carries the name of Edith Cavell, the nurse who was a native of Swardeston near Norwich. She had lived in Belgium prior to World War I and is celebrated for nursing and tending soldiers from any side indiscriminately when war started. She helped numerous Allied soldiers escape German occupied Belgium for which she was sentenced and shot by a German firing squad in 1915. Edith is buried in the grounds of the nearby Norwich Cathedral.

Friday 11 January 2019 (1112) – Countrywide the First Group has outshopped a number of buses in the old colours and liveries of the many different constituent bus companies absorbed over the years. First Eastern Counties Buses 60916 (YG02 DKU) seen in Norwich is a Volvo B7L with Wright Eclipse Urban bodywork that had been new to First York in March 2002. Not only does it wear the post privatisation Eastern Counties livery but it also carries a pseudo alpha numeric fleet number in the style once used by the company (VW916).

Friday 11 January 2019 (1110) – Countrywide the First Group has outshopped a number of buses in the old colours and liveries of the many different constituent bus companies absorbed over the years. First Eastern Counties Buses 60916 (YG02 DKU) seen in Norwich is a Volvo B7L with Wright Eclipse Urban bodywork that had been new to First York in March 2002. Not only does it wear the post privatisation Eastern Counties livery but it also carries a pseudo alpha numeric fleet number in the style once used by the company (VW916).

Friday 11 January 2019 (0959) – Sanders Coaches 109 (LJ53 NHV), a Wright Pulsar Gemini bodied DAF DE02 that was new to Arriva London South (DW30) in October 2003, seen from the upper deck of Konectbus 631 (SN65 OAM) on the A140 near Norwich Airport.

Friday 11 January 2019 (1220) – Sanders Coaches 112 (YN53 CFD) seen in St. Stephen’s Street, Norwich. It is an East Lancs Omnidekka bodied Scania N93UD that was new to Nottingham City Transport (719) in October 2003.

Friday 11 January 2019 (1220) – Sanders Coaches 112 (YN53 CFD) seen in St. Stephen’s Street, Norwich. It is an East Lancs Omnidekka bodied Scania N93UD that was new to Nottingham City Transport (719) in October 2003.

Friday 11 January 2019 (1051) – First Eastern Counties Buses 36177 (BD11 CGF) was seen passing the Anglia Television building in Norwich. It is a Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B9TL that was new in July 2011 and wears a blue front for operation on the ‘Blue Line’ group of services 25/26.

Friday 11 January 2019 (1056) – With the spire of Norwich Cathedral just visible through the trees, First Eastern Counties Buses 33160 (LR02 LXV) sets down in Tombland on an ‘Orange Line’ branded service. It is a Plaxton President bodied Dennis Trident that was new in June 2002 to First Centrewest in London as their TN1160.

Friday 11 January 2019 (1113) – First Eastern Counties Buses 35197 (SK16 GVW), a Wright Streetdeck new in April 2016, seen in Castle Meadow, Norwich. It wears a pink front for operation on the ‘Pink Line’ group of services 11/12. The Streetdeck is an integral model which, I believe, is powered with a Daimler engine.

Friday 11 January 2019 (1118) – Belle Coaches (Shreeve) of Lowestoft LIL 9713 standing in Castle Meadow below Norwich Castle. It is a Setra S315GT-HD that had been new to Redwing (Pullmanor) in March 2000 registered W215 UGX. Displaying a board in the windscreen ‘558 Norwich’ implies it had arrived on the ‘Norwich Shopper’ service 558 from Hopton.