Ipswich Buses Ltd

Tuesday 4 September 2007 (approx 1000) – Ipswich Buses 92 (X92 LBJ), an East Lancs Spryte bodied Dennis Dart SLF new in September 2000, seen in Friars Street, Ipswich. Ipswich Buses names it’s buses and this one is Ceres. In mythology the goddess of agriculture and crops, In astronomy a dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter.

Friday 22 May 2015 (1026) - Ipswich Buses 93 (X93 LBJ), an East Lancs Spryte bodied Dennis Dart new in September 2000. An older bus carrying the newer livery which it seems to carry quite well.

Friday 22 May 2015 (1059) - Ipswich Buses 95 (X195 LBJ), an East Lancs Spryte bodied Dennis Dart new in September 2000. Eleven buses formed this batch numbered 89-99. Most had matching fleet and registration numbers although 90 carried X901 LBJ, 95 carried X195 LBJ and 99 carried X199 LBJ. Presumably X90, X95 and X99 were sought after by other people.

Tuesday 4 September 2007 (approx 1030) – Ipswich Buses 97 (X97 LBJ), East Lancs Spryte bodied Dennis Dart (new Sep 2000), on service 12 at the Old Cattle Market. (Optare Solo 244 behind).

Tuesday 4 September 2007 (approx 1020) – Ipswich Buses 98 (X98 LBJ), East Lancs Spryte bodied Dennis Dart (new Sep 2000) seen at Old Cattle Market. Side advertising livery with company livery on front.

Friday 22 May 2015 (1100) - Ipswich Buses 98 (X98 LBJ), an East Lancs Spryte bodied Dennis Dart new in September 2000. An older bus carrying the newer livery which it seems to carry quite well.

Friday 22 May 2015 (1059) - Ipswich Buses 98 (X98 LBJ), an East Lancs Spryte bodied Dennis Dart new in September 2000. An older bus carrying the newer livery which it seems to carry quite well.

Friday 22 May 2015 (1101) - Ipswich Buses 98 (X98 LBJ), an East Lancs Spryte bodied Dennis Dart new in September 2000, leaving Tower Ramparts bus station. An older bus carrying the newer livery which it seems to carry quite well.

Tuesday 4 September 2007 (approx 0950) – Ipswich Buses 99 (X199 LBJ), an East Lancs Spryte bodied Dennis Dart new in September 2000), seen at Tower Ramparts bus station.

Friday 22 May 2015 (1036) – Ipswich Buses 100 (PN52 XBM) still carries the special livery to commemorate the centenary of Ipswich’s buses marked way back in 2003. East Lancs Lowlander bodied DAF DB250LF new in October 2002. Behind it is open top number 9 (MRT 9P), a Roe bodied Leyland Atlantean new in May 1976 (as a normal covered top bus).

Friday 22 May 2015 (1036) – Ipswich Buses 100 (PN52 XBM) still carries the special livery to commemorate the centenary of Ipswich’s buses marked way back in 2003. East Lancs Lowlander bodied DAF DB250LF new in October 2002. Open top number 9 (MRT 9P), a Roe bodied Leyland Atlantean new in May 1976 (as a normal covered top bus) stands behind.

Saturday 25 June 2016 (1208) - Ipswich Buses 100 (PN52 XBM) still carries the special livery to commemorate the centenary of Ipswich’s buses marked way back in 2003. East Lancs Lowlander bodied DAF DB250LF new in October 2002 seen in Foxhall Road, Ipswich operating service X5 between Ipswich Hospital and the Town Centre.

Friday 2 February 2018 (1128) – Ipswich Buses 100 (PN52 XBM) leaving the Old Cattle Market bus station in Ipswich destined for Maningtree on service 92. It is an East Lancs Lowlander bodied DAF DB250LF new in October 2002 wearing the special livery to commemorate the centenary of Ipswich’s buses marked way way back in 2003. 'The Mill' towering in the background, the tallest building in Suffolk, features around 300 apartments with retail outlets, a dance school and restaurants at ground level. The shell of the building had been completed in 2009 but the developer went into administration. The shell stood empty for some years and was an eyesore becoming nicknamed 'The Winerack'.

Friday 2 February 2018 (1130) – Ipswich Buses 100 (PN52 XBM) passing First Eastern Counties 67760 (SN62 AUC) near the Old Cattle Market in Ipswich. Ipswich Buses 100 (PN52 XBM) is an East Lancs Lowlander bodied DAF DB250LF new in October 2002 wearing the special livery to commemorate the centenary of Ipswich’s buses marked way way back in 2003. First Eastern Counties 67760 is an Alexander Dennis Enviro300 that was new to First Glasgow No 1, Scotland in February 2013 and was working the cross town Park and Ride service 800 to Martlesham P&R.

Friday 22 May 2015 (1056) - Ipswich Buses East Lancs bodied double decker in the latest colour scheme passing Tower Ramparts bus station.

Friday 2 February 2018 (1158) – Ipswich Buses in Tower Ramparts bus station. Left is 101 (SN16 OGG), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 new in March 2016. Right is 87 (PJ53 OLH), an East Lancs Myllenium bodied Transbus Dart new in November 2003. The Sailmakers Shopping Centre was once known as the Tower Ramparts Shopping Centre.

Friday 2 February 2018 (1158) – Ipswich Buses 101 (SN16 OGG), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 new in March 2016, seen leaving Tower Ramparts bus station.

October 1987 – Ipswich Buses 115 (B115 LDX) seen at Tower Ramparts bus station. It is an Alexander (Belfast) N type bodied Leyland B21, one of four similar buses added to the Ipswich fleet in the Spring of 1985 which were part of a cancelled export order destined for the Egged Co-operative in Israel. The four buses were registered B114-117 LDX and ran with fleet numbers 114-117 for some time although they were later renumbered to become 144-147. The B21 was a chassis based alternative for export customers using components common with the integral Leyland National. Apparently two British Leyland factories participated in the production of the chassis. First that at Workington (the Leyland National plant) and then that at Brislington, Bristol (the former Bristol Commercial Vehicles plant). The bus carries a Bristol badge although sources quote that the DVLA records showed them as Leylands from the outset. These were the only B21s placed in service in mainland Britain. Ulsterbus and Citybus in Northern Ireland took delivery of six B21s and in 1991 Ipswich acquired these secondhand. To operate all ten B21s in mainland Britain made Ipswich Buses unique.