Just after d-reg East Midland had an operation in East Anglia but had a service from Chesterfield or was it Mansfield to East Anglia which only ran once a week mostly as a positioning journey.
Service X90 timetable dated 31 July 1987 shows departures Fridays and Sundays. From Mansfield 1655 via Newstead Abbey Gates, Nottingham Victoria Bus Sta, Tollerton, Upper Broughton, Melton Mowbray, Burton Lazars, Langham, Oakham, Empingham, RAF Wittering, Norman Cross, Huntingdon, Girton College, Cambridge Silver Street, Trumpington, Stump Cross, Bishops Stortford, Sawbridgeworth, Harlow Mill Station and Tyler's Green to Ongar (Two Brewers), arriving 2110.
Return was from Ongar 1730, arriving Mansfield Bus Station 2145. Services in both directions were scheduled at Huntingdon Bus Station arr 1915, dep 1925, thus allowing drivers to swap and return home but vehicles to continue.
No fares given on the leaflet but it states: "Frontrunner X90 has no pretensions. It is a straightforward service at straightforward fares. It is cheap and ideally priced for students, senior citizens and indeed everyone." No pretentions indeed as the low-cost Frontrunner unit established in Essex would likely have been mostly Leyland Nationals.
