Ipswich Park & Ride

Full report coming up in the next few days. 

Optare V1110 Versa 150 (YK08 EPJ)

First Ipswich town centre Foundation Street depot

This afternoon I was walking past the First Ipswich town centre Foundation Street depot and I noticed the following buses parked up 69422, 69426, 69425 (All three ex Ipswich Park and Ride service) , 66957,66959 (Both Ex First Norwich) , 66985 (ex First Essex) , 66987 (First Leicester) , 32494 & 32491. All buses were painted in the new Ipswich liveried and appeared very smart.   

 Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse-Urban 69422 (AU58 FFJ), 69426 (AU58 FFN) & 69425 (AU58 FFM)

Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse-Urban 66957 (WX55 TZU), 66959 (WX55 TZW) & 66985 (KX05 MHO)

Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse-Urban 66957 (KX05 MHV)

Volvo B7TL Transbus/Alexander Dennis ALX400 32494 (AU53 HKM) & 32491 (AU53 HKJ)

First Suffolk Raising Money for Prostate Cancer

To all my friends and family, 

First Group have chosen Prostrate Cancer UK as there chosen charity, Ipswich depot are using two exercise bikes from 10 am tomorrow until 10 am Sunday at the Old Cattle Market Bus Station to raise money. 

Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse-Urban 69424 (AU58 FFL)

Exclusive

I took a quick visit into town this afternoon to see if I could see the First's heritage liveried Volvo AU53HJV back in service. I managed to get on the Ipswich Bus 73 Scania CN84UB OmniCity ,16.05 to Tower Ramparts and then I walked to Old Cattle Market. At 17.12 the beautiful First's heritage liveried Volvo 32479 AU53HJV turned up and it departed at 17.16 for Martlesham Heath. On the way home I got the 88a (bus display board showing 88) at 17.20 which was a First Ipswich 66850. 

   

First Heritage livery Volvo B7TL 32479 (AU53HJV)

Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse-Urban 66850 (MX05 CHD)

22nd October 2015

This afternoon I took a visit around the Ipswich area to see what was going on. The  69434 was parked up in the Volvo truck and bus yard at Ransomes Europark.      

First Essex Volvo B7RLE/ Wright Eclipse (EU58 JWZ)

I then moved to HB Commercial Ltd where I noticed a 326 was having safety check undertaken. 

 

Galloway Coach Travel Van Hool TX16 (YJ14 CDX)

Alexander Dennis Enviro200 (YX09 ACY) & Wright Eclipse-Urban (KX05 MHO)  

In Ipswich town centre Foundation Street depot   there was the 44517 and 66985 parked within the garage and then I was inform that 44517 is going into to service at Old Cattle Market bus station this afternoon. 

Optare Solo SR 330 (YJ14 BGE)

At Old Cattle Market bus station it was very quite, 330 &120 where both in service today on 119 route.

Wright Eclipse- Urban 66986,66984 (KX05 MHU & KX05 MHN) & Transbus Alexander Dennis 400 32491( AU53 HKJ)

Also present at Old Cattle Market was the 66986 which was on route 71 & 66984 on 89  32491 on 66. Just before heading over to Tower Ramparts I noticed the 45119 departing on route 70 to Woodbridge. The 45119 was transferred from Norwich in August where it mostly undertook the purple line routes & before this it was based in Lowestoft. It was visible to me today that First Suffolk buses need bit of wash espycially the 66986 & 45119. 

Alexander Dennis Trident Enviro200 45119 (RT09 JPT)

My arrival at Tower Ramparts was met with a 153, Tower Ramparts was much busier with bus activity than Old Cattle Market. This Afternoon Ipswich Buses had all three Mercedes Benz Citaros in service 153,154 & 155 , all three buses looked very smart with the blacked out glass and white display boards. 

Mercedes Benz Citaros 153 (BF65 HVT)

Mercedes Benz Citaros 154 (BF65 HVU)

Mercedes Benz Citaros 155 (BF65 HVV)

While photographing 155 I noticed the 83 reserving up having a broken plastic light cover on the left hand side. More photography of today's visit will be upload to flicker.   

Alexander Dennis Enviro200 83 (YX63 LGF)

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Pictures and full story of goings on in Ipswich this afternoon