National Express coaches 2020s

Friday 22 August 2025 (0955) – King Street, Mildenhall. As the bus I was riding on, Coach Services Limited BU16 OZN, an MCV eVolution bodied Volvo B8RLE, departed we encountered Ambassador Travel 303 (BV22 VSZ), a Caetano Levante III bodied Scania K410 new in August 2022, the 0750 National Express service 727 from Great Yarmouth to Stansted Airport.

Friday 22 August 2025 – Information displays fixed to a bus stop in Mildenhall bus station. Bothe very useful although they face away from where waiting passengers stand! The upper National Express display is mounted quite high too so possibly out of reach of some people! However, the same poster was also Sellotaped on the window beyond

Friday 27 February 2026 (1200) - National Express Limited 362 (BV23 ZVH) seen in Emmanuel Street, Cambridge. Having departed from Parkside at 1042 working the 1040 service 786 to Luton Airport, the tyre on the rear offside tag axle suffered a puncture. The tyre fitter was now in attendance working on the problem. Rear end advertising and side lettering is carried for the service between London (Victoria) and Luton Airport.

Friday 27 February 2026 (approx. 1135) - National Express Limited 362 (BV23 ZVH) quite unusually stopped in Emmanuel Street, Cambridge It had departed from Parkside at 1042 working the 1040 service 786 to Luton Airport but the tyre on the rear offside tag axle suffered a puncture. A tyre fitter came to resolve the issue and when I passed by on board a bus to Babraham Road Park and Ride at 1203 he was working on the problem. Rear end advertising and side lettering is carried for the service between London (Victoria) and Luton Airport.

Friday 27 February 2026 (approx. 1134) - National Express Limited 362 (BV23 ZVH) quite unusually stopped in Emmanuel Street, Cambridge It had departed from Parkside at 1042 working the 1040 service 786 to Luton Airport but the tyre on the rear offside tag axle suffered a puncture. A tyre fitter came to resolve the issue and when I passed by on board a bus to Babraham Road Park and Ride at 1203 he was working on the problem. Rear end advertising and side lettering is carried for the service between London (Victoria) and Luton Airport.

Friday 27 February 2026 (approx. 1135) - National Express Limited 362 (BV23 ZVH) quite unusually stopped in Emmanuel Street, Cambridge It had departed from Parkside at 1042 working the 1040 service 786 to Luton Airport but the tyre on the rear offside tag axle suffered a puncture. A tyre fitter came to resolve the issue and when I passed by on board a bus to Babraham Road Park and Ride at 1203 he was working on the problem. Rear end advertising and side lettering is carried for the service between London (Victoria) and Luton Airport.

Friday 27 February 2026 (approx. 1134) - National Express Limited 362 (BV23 ZVH) quite unusually stopped in Emmanuel Street, Cambridge It had departed from Parkside at 1042 working the 1040 service 786 to Luton Airport but the tyre on the rear offside tag axle suffered a puncture. A tyre fitter came to resolve the issue and when I passed by on board a bus to Babraham Road Park and Ride at 1203 he was working on the problem. Rear end advertising and side lettering is carried for the service between London (Victoria) and Luton Airport.

Friday 27 February 2026 (approx. 1134) - National Express Limited 362 (BV23 ZVH) quite unusually stopped in Emmanuel Street, Cambridge It had departed from Parkside at 1042 working the 1040 service 786 to Luton Airport but the tyre on the rear offside tag axle suffered a puncture. A tyre fitter came to resolve the issue and when I passed by on board a bus to Babraham Road Park and Ride at 1203 he was working on the problem. Rear end advertising and side lettering is carried for the service between London (Victoria) and Luton Airport.

Friday 27 February 2026 (1153) – Ambassador Travel 215 (BV19 XPU) seen in Parker Street, Cambridge just after departing from the Coach Stops in Parkside. It was working the 0930 National Express service 491 from Great Yarmouth to London (Victoria Coach Station) (due 1350). The only intermediate points served on this service are Norwich (1005-1015) and Cambridge (1140-1150). It is a Caetano Levante bodied Scania K360 new in June 2019. For some years now Parkside has been used for coach departures after being moved from kerbside stops in the area where the two buses in the background are. Drummer Street Bus Station itself is beyond those.

Friday 27 February 2026 (1149) – Ambassador Travel 215 (BV19 XPU) seen at Parkside, Cambridge when working the 0930 National Express service 491 from Great Yarmouth to London (Victoria Coach Station) (due 1350). The only intermediate points served on this service are Norwich (1005-1015) and Cambridge (1140-1150). It is a Caetano Levante bodied Scania K360 new in June 2019. In the background is Whippet Coaches WC33 (OU22 ZWW), a Neoplan Tourliner new in June 2022, awaiting departure as the 1205 service X91 ‘Blue Arrow’ service to Peterborough. (This coach carried the Flixbus livery when new at a time when Whippet operated a number of services on Flixbus contracts).

Friday 27 February 2026 (1144) – Two Ambassador Travel coaches seen at Parkside, Cambridge working National Express services. Nearest the camera is 215 (BV19 XPU) working the 0930 service 491 from Great Yarmouth to London (Victoria Coach Station) (due 1350). The only intermediate points served on this service are Norwich (1005-1015) and Cambridge (1140-1150). It is a Caetano Levante bodied Scania K360 new in June 2019. Parked in front is 301 (BV22 VSX) working the 0855 service 728 from Heathrow Airport (Terminal 5) to Norwich/UEA (University of East Anglia) calling at Heathrow (Central) (0905-0915), Stansted Airport (1035-1045), Trumpington (1120), Cambridge (Parkside) (1135-1145), Newmarket (1215), Mildenhall (1235), Thetford (1255), Norwich (Bus Station) (1340-1345) and UEA (1400) . It is a Caetano Levante III bodied Scania K410 new in August 2022.

Friday 27 February 2026 (1144) – Two Ambassador Travel coaches seen at Parkside, Cambridge working National Express services. Nearest the camera is 215 (BV19 XPU) working the 0930 service 491 from Great Yarmouth to London (Victoria Coach Station) (due 1350). The only intermediate points served on this service are Norwich (1005-1015) and Cambridge (1140-1150). It is a Caetano Levante bodied Scania K360 new in June 2019. Parked in front is 301 (BV22 VSX) working the 0855 service 728 from Heathrow Airport (Terminal 5) to Norwich/UEA (University of East Anglia) calling at Heathrow (Central) (0905-0915), Stansted Airport (1035-1045), Trumpington (1120), Cambridge (Parkside) (1135-1145), Newmarket (1215), Mildenhall (1235), Thetford (1255), Norwich (Bus Station) (1340-1345) and UEA (1400) . It is a Caetano Levante III bodied Scania K410 new in August 2022.