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Correct Scania Fleet and News

Now as Ipswich Buses have all Scania OmniCity decker’s in the fleet and replaced the Dennis Tridents but the Scania buses were in the incorrect order within number-plates and fleet lists – the Scania’s have also replaced some other buses within their list – although the original batch was 16 buses until a few months later they ordered a further 2.

Alphabetical list for the Scania buses for Ipswich Buses has been updated from the Ipswich Transport Museum cleaner.

Some of the fleet list with the registrations plates haven’t been in the precise alphabetical order since the first one came into service October 2017.

30	YR61RPV
31	YR61RPX
32	YR61RPY
33	YR61RRU
34	YR61RRV
35	YR61RRZ
36	YR61RSV
37	YR61RTV
38	YR61RUC
39	YR61RUH
40	YR61RUU
41	YR61RUV
42	YR61RUW
43	YR61RVA
44	YR61RVE
45	YR61RVF
46	YR61RVJ
47	YR61RVL

I have industrialised a modern and accurate fleet list with registrations in the correct order.

 Now moving onto some other news relating to buses, and it has established that First Ipswich has two different buses within the last month and transferred from Chelmsford for the extra capacity for rural services as single-deckers were crowded with customers. The buses themselves are 32652 (AU05MUP) and 32654 (AU05MUW) – 32654 was on-loan to Ipswich a few years ago and then transferred to Chelmsford.

Atlantean 9 has legitimately retired from its 42 year old career as it instigated as a closed-top bus between 1976 and 1984 until one firework managed to set it on fire and has been since converted to open-top duties since the late-80’s to the present-day. Two other Atlantean’s have survived with closed-tops and original liveries such as MRT6P at the Ipswich Transport Museum and SDX35R which has been preserved by an Ipswich Buses driver. 

Also in other news that Volvo Olympian 29 (915RYO) has left Ipswich Buses for the closing time and has now been preserved for the new titleholder.