On a visit to Norwich on Thursday 5th November I was greeted with the First Norwich Volvo B9TL/Wright Gemini 2, 36177 & 36175 at forecourt of Norwich rail station. Outside Norwich rail station I board the Konectbus Alexandra Dennis Enivro400 619 to Norwich Bus Station.
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| Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 36177 (BD11 CGF) & 36175 (BD11 CFZ) |
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| On the top deck of the Alexander Dennis Enviro400 619 (SK15 HKC) |
After a quick chat with the driver he gain me permission to take some photographs of the top deck of the Alexander Dennis Enviro400 619. The vehicles features leather headrests and traditional moquette seating, wood-effect flooring, free wifi, and USB charing points.
At Norwich Bus Station I was given permission to take photographs, it was very busy couple of hours especially with Konectbus having alot of the Alexander Dennis Enviro400s on service operating Norwich Park and Ride, Konectbusexpress 8 & route 3 to Watton.
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| Alexander Dennis Enviro400 630 (SN65 0AL) |
In additional to this at Norwich Bus Station was Stagecoach Norfolk Green Alexander Dennis Enviro300 27642 in its new livery & the Optare Solo 47907 in its Coasthopper livery which were both on the X29 service between Norwich & Fakenham.
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| Alexander Dennis Enviro300 27642 GX10 HBU & Optare Solo 47907 (YJ09 LBF) |
At the end my visit of the Norwich Bus Station today the Megabus (Freestones) Scania K114EB4/Irizar Century arrival and then I move across to see what bus activities where happening on St Stephens street. I firstly notice First Norwich Dennis Dart SLF Caetano Slimbus 43861 was still in its Lowestoft livery on the Purple Line route 39.
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| Dennis Dart SLF Caetano Slimbus 43861 (EG52 FGJ) |
While I was walking along up St Stephens Street it came to my attention one of the brand new Wright Streetlite Max 63322 on the Green Line service. The batch of Wright Streetlite Maxes are number 63317-63327, there are much larger vehicles than current batch with 45 seaters and free wifi as well.
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Wright Streetlite Max 63322 (SK65 PXC)
In other news I came across the Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse-Urban 66977 looking very smart in its purple livery working the Purple Line to Mulbarton. The 66977 firstly was used on the streets of Colchester and then was transferred to First Ipswich in early 2014 before being painted into Ipswich livery. In May 2015 it was transferred again to First Norwich and paint into the purple livery.
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| Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse-Urban 66977 (KX05 MHA) |
While walking along Castle Meadow I noted that an other Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse-Urban 66976 which within just a month was repainted twice. In September 2015 the 66976 was painted a darker yellow which lead to some confusion as to weather it was on the Orange Line or Yellow Line. 66976 was repainted into a lighter shade of yellow so no confuse was made.
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| Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse-Urban 66976 (KX05 MGZ) |
Approaching me on the top of Castle Meadow was an old National Express coach now forming a First Lowestoft ex X1 Volvo B12M Plaxton Paragon 20515 which is used on rail replacement services these days, was heading up to Castle Meadow showing the 'Out of Service' on its display board.
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| Volvo B12M Plaxton Paragon 20515 (WV02 EUR) |
Very nice pictures. Quite a lot of town buses are branded in colour schemes now. . Thamesdown tried it with their hospital service and Park and Ride now just the hospital service remains.
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