Stagecoach East - Album 3

Thursday 14 November 2024 (1135) – Stagecoach East (Cambus) 21231 (AE12 CJJ), seen close to Cambridge railway station working Busway service A to St. Ives. The service has buses every 10 minutes but they face late running all the time due to traffic congestion on the non-Busway sections of route - in Cambridge city centre, St. Ives and within the Addenbrooke’s Hospital grounds. The tracker on the Bus Times website shows the following situation regarding this bus. In the following text the actual timings are shown in brackets following the times the bus should have run: 0621 (0621) Edison Road, St. Ives to Trumpington P&R 0755 (0800) 0806 (0807) Trumpington P&R to St. Ives, Edison Road 0933 (0956) 0936 (0957) Edison Road, St. Ives to Addenbrookes/Royal Papworth Hospital 1059 (1131). The bus was turned here rather than completing the full run to Trumpington P&R where it was due to arrive at 1105 and then depart as the 1116 service to St. Ives. It ran out of service from Addenbrookes/Royal Papworth Hospital to Cambridge Railway Station following two previous city bound service A buses in order to get back on time at the Railway Station at 1136. It was seen here from the rear window of 21234 (AE12 CJV) that was working the 1106 Trumpington Park & Ride to St. Ives service. This had departed 1 minute late at 1107 and was now 11 minutes late having got delayed within the Addenbrookes Hospital grounds. I was travelling to Parkside in the city centre. On my outing today I travelled on three different vehicles. I had initially travelled from Mildenhall to Trumpington on Ambassador Travel 304 (BV72 XFA), a Caetano Levante III bodied Scania K410 new in November 2022, working the 0750 National Express service 727 from Great Yarmouth to Stansted Airport. The third bus was Stephensons 802 (EU24 LWV) working the 1218 service 12 from Cambridge to Newmarket which continued as the 1300 service 16 to Bury St. Edmunds/West Suffolk Hospital via Mildenhall. Two Whippet Coaches vehicles can be seen in the background.

Thursday 14 November 2024 (1129) – A bollard controlled roadway used by buses on the Biomedical Campus site, Cambridge. The road links Robinson Way (where the bus I am travelling on was) with Francis Crick Avenue passing the Royal Papworth Hospital which is in the view. Little did I know that just 32 days later I would be transported to that esteemed heart hospital in an ambulance with flashing blue lights. Stagecoach East (Cambus) 21232 (AE12 CJO) seen from on board similar bus 21234 (AE12 CJV), both are Wright bodied Volvo B7RLE new in July 2012 working Busway service A journeys. 21232 was the 0956 from St. Ives to Trumpington Park & Ride and 21234 the 1106 from Trumpington Park & Ride to St. Ives. I was travelling to Parkside in the city centre on the second of three vehicles on this outing today. I had initially travelled from Mildenhall to Trumpington on Ambassador Travel 304 (BV72 XFA), a Caetano Levante III bodied Scania K410 new in November 2022, working the 0750 National Express service 727 from Great Yarmouth to Stansted Airport. The third bus was Stephensons 802 (EU24 LWV) working the 1218 service 12 from Cambridge to Newmarket which continued as the 1300 service 16 to Bury St. Edmunds/West Suffolk Hospital via Mildenhall.

Thursday 10 April 2025 (0917) – One of the twelve 98 seat Alexander Dennis Enviro400XLB bodied Volvo B8L tri-axle double deckers delivered to Stagecoach East in December 2019 for use on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway. Seen from multi-storey car park 2 on the Biomedical Campus, Cambridge. With the aid of the tracker on the Bus Times website the bus could be 13902 (BU69 XYA) that had worked the 0715 service B from Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon which had terminated at the Rosie Maternity Hospital (on time from Cambridge Regent Street at 0901 but, with it being school holidays, had arrived at the Rosie quite early!). It was running out of service (to St. Ives Park & Ride arriving approx. 0950). The windsock (bottom right) is close to the landing point used by the Air Ambulance Service helicopters.

Thursday 10 April 2025 (0904) – The Addenbrooke’s Hospital bus station in Cambridge with Stagecoach East buses present. Two MCV bodied Volvo BZL electric double deckers new in April 2023 flank 10789 (SN66 VZL), an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400D MMC new in December 2016. (The bus on the right is 86017 (BV23 NSN). Seen from the passenger seat of my daughter’s car.

Thursday 10 April 2025 (1247) – Stagecoach East 10465 (SN65 NZY), an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400D new in January 2016 to Stagecoach owned Greater Manchester South, seen on Queen Edith’s Way, Cambridge on cross city service 1. Photograph taken from the passenger seat of my daughter’s car.