Friend Peter Rose recently spent some time in Norwich and has forwarded a selection of images which I am pleased to share with you.
As usual with Peter’s work, his images are reproduced here with his consent and my thanks.
I recently had a letter published in ‘Buses’ magazine where I enthused about the merits of bus companies using a variety of colours to identify its buses.
This is an alternative to the traditional form of identification where all the buses in a fleet carry the same livery.
I intend to post a small number of blogs illustrating my point.
Part 1 was posted on 07/01/2022 and part 2 on 10/01/2022.
Like other companies in ‘First’ group, the front of the bus was given a fresh coat of paint in a different colour and still carrying the
‘network Norwich’ branding together with additional route information.
Now, the intending passenger can tell from a distance what bus is approaching.
BG12 YJX ‘First Eastern Counties’ No. 36265 ‘network Norwich’ 28/29/X29 YELLOW LINE’.
Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘First Games Transport’ who were a ‘First’ group company that was tasked with providing transport for the Olympic games held around the UK in 2012.
They also provided transport for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
BN12 JYS ‘First Eastern Counties’ No. 36192 ‘network Norwich’ 23/24.
Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘First Games Transport’ who were a ‘First’ group company that was tasked with providing transport for the Olympic games held around the UK in 2012.
They also provided transport for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
BD11 CFY ‘First Eastern Counties’ No. 36192 ‘network Norwich’ BLUE LINE 25/26.
Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
SN65 OMT ‘First Eastern Counties’ No. 35149 ‘network Norwich’.
Wright Streetdeck
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘First Bristol’.
Every fleet that has a high percentage of its number in route branded or otherwise dedicated buses has to have spares so that the loss of a branded bus for whatever reason can be covered.
In ‘First Eastern Counties’ case it is with lilac fronted buses such as this.
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