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Konnectbuses have canceled approx 50 services already today in Essex and Suffolk due to lack of staff.including some on the 50 which is a BSIP route I believe? Still hasn't stopped them offering rail replacement services on behalf of Greater Anglia however.

Ipswich Buses have had 4x Brand New Enviro 400MMCs delivered in the boring white livery. Are they leased or have the council given them a bundle of cash?

The thing is that SCC need to take some flak for this as well as they are approving BSIP grants for routes that shouldn't be and vice versa.

The black bit underneath the windscreen is now a curved, semi circle shape similar to the Evolution 2, the original Evora is more squared off.

So in short in Suffolk: With Ipswich Buses we are seeing funding being thrown at some very minor improvements in areas where things have tried and failed before and to prop up services that were apparently going to withdrawn/cut back despite that seeming unlikely. With First we are seeing some...

The MCV Evora is getting a slight frontal redesign. The first ones have been delivered to Bernard Kavanagh in Ireland. https://www.facebook.com/VolvoBusUK/posts/these-three-shiny-108m-volvo-b8rle-mcv-evora-single-deck-buses-were-recently-han/780710557944928/

I think that a bit of common sense needs applied here. You would be amazed at how many routes suddenly are deemed to be 'marginal' by their operator all of a sudden when things like BSIP grants become available, that have never been deemed marginal previously. I'm not against funds being used...

This year there is a change in the TV deal which means a lot more games will be moved for TV in the Championship to Sundays. 1755300799 This has always happened through the years though hasn't it. When an operator knows that there is likely to be some money around (and let's be frank, over...

Konnectbuses has their new timetables up. https://images-hedinghamandchambers.passenger-website.com/downloads/DL_Suffolk%20timetables%20-2025-PROOF4.pdf A lot of service renumbering is happening here and the 50 (formerly 90) service timetable in the week between Hadleigh and Sudbury now leaves...

KonectBuses are doing a mass renumbering of much of their routes from the end of this month. They also cancelled a number of services today because of a lack of staff. Lets hope the service expansion they are doing later this month backed with taxpayers hard earned funds s backed up with a...

There shouldn't really be any problem for Beestons on the 91 corridor, but whether there will be in reality will be is another matter and depends how much First and Go-Ahead want to flex their muscles. Incidentally when Beestons were running the 90 they were getting about £300 a week in terms...

PSV Recycling is essentially the dealer arm of Beestons. Apparently Beestons were due 2 in 2024, 2 in 2025 and 2 in 2026 but for some reason another two turned up in 2025 that were not expected. Not quite sure what the full story is there, but apparently that is the reason that two are now for...

I believe First currently operate the routes as a subcontractor (Kura). I wonder if the above means that they will now operate them directly? O8 is currently with Suffolk Travel Ltd and the O11 and O12 are new routes it would seem. Makes you wonder what happened to O10? The O8 is quite...

It was seen with the plate on in the depot when it was first delivered.

That article from LBC suggests it's the trains running on the real life lines, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's the trains that are the problem. It could also be issues with the infrastructure they are running on is not what was expected or it needs further work. So I wouldn't be so quick...

What happened on the 17:53 from LST to Southend today? Reports of it being cancelled due to a train fault at stations but journeycheck says Did a driver fail to stop at a booked station call or was it because of a train fault that made them unable to? Looks like Romford was the station it...

A further two Irizar i6s have now entered service (25112 and 25117) meaning a total of eight are now in service with two more still due to be delivered. This has allowed the withdrawal of the final two 2018 Plaxton Panthers operating from Belfast (20936, 20939) that have now joined the other...

On the reverse, I can tell you having worked in places that an employee voted for director on the board are much more effective than a NED who has been hand picked by the company to be independent but is not really and has no accountability to the staff.

DVLA records show that MUN 57N was re-registered under another plate, don't know what it is so if it's still in the fleet, it's got a different registration now. Meanwhile it's confirmed that NSV 371 has now become BUS 91D and NSV 372 has become BUS 91E

Realistically though how much of the current results is because of the management team and how much of it is because the hard yards that have been put in before them? The trading so far in Bus is based on the structure that the previous management of the division implemented and most of the...