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After receiving their first DAF DB250 in 1996, with Optare Spectra bodywork, 26 years later they are saying goodbye to their last examples. On Saturday 30th July 2022 the service 5 between Tower Ramparts Bus Station and Ipswich Hospital was operated by 3 of the 4 final East Lancs Lowlanders in the council owned fleet operating every 15 minutes throughout the day. In October 2002, Ipswich Buses took delivery of 4 East Lancashire Coachbuilder bodied DAF DB250s (55-57 & 100). … Continue reading “Ipswich Buses: DB250 Farewell”

South East Bus Festival 2022   Saturday the 2nd of April 2022 saw the annual South East Bus Festival return to the Kent County Showground at Detling, with a total of 136 buses & coaches in attendance with a huge variation of classic cars, fire engines and tractors to compliment the good turnout. Starting at 10am, preserved and service vehicles turned up in their numbers including the Arriva Tunbridge Wells feeder service consisting of Volvo B7TL Wright Eclipse Geminis 6136 … Continue reading “SEBF 2022”

Spring 2021 saw the introduction of Lothian Buses’ first straight diesel single deck vehicles since 2013. A batch of 30 Volvo B8RLE/MCV Evoras were delivered to Lothian’s Longstone depot for use primarily on cross-city service 30, between Clovenstone and Musselburgh. These 13.2m buses displaced the Volvo 7900Hs from the route to other city services, allowing the Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urbans to be retired from frontline duty. Breaking the mould These buses spark a new relationship between Lothian Buses and MCV, … Continue reading “Egypt to Edinburgh”