Central Suffolk Bus Blog: X7 bus service and 60A service.

Central Suffolk Bus Blog: X7 bus service and 60A service.: On Monday, I decided to have a ride to Felixstowe on the improved timetabled X7 route which goes non-stop on the A14. I boarded the 11:0...

X7 bus service and 60A service.

On Monday, I decided to have a ride to Felixstowe on the improved timetabled X7 route which goes non-stop on the A14. I boarded the 11:00 service which just had a few passengers on and everyone obviously got off at Felixstowe including myself because the driver had a 10 minute break at Great Eastern Square which was a bit infuriating for a postponement but an admirable occasion to take a snapshot of the amended X7

69008, AU05DMV at Great Eastern Square

 

On the left, this is a snapshot of the occasion of a perfect image of a Wright Eclipse Urban / Volvo B7RLE at Great Eastern Square, Felixstowe. 

Although I took some more photo's throughout the day, I won't upload a great number on this specific publish; I took some at the next stop comprising Ipswich Buses' Optare Solo M950, 244, and that was very blurred due to the weather.

On the way back however, I took the self-same route back to Ipswich. It was a decent run to and from my destinations, but the disadvantage was that arrival to the station in Ipswich, the driver had 5 minutes before he could proceed; and was talking to another driver during the short break.

For the timetable for the Felixstowe services:Click Here 

Now back to the town routes in Ipswich served by Eastern Counties, they have amended the timetable to every 15 minutes instead of 10 minutes, so that's more greater. 

AU58FFM doing the 60A on Monday. 

The 60A replaces the 61, and evening services will do a route named 60E (E stands for evening)

For the timetable, please Click Here

First Changes and IB fares goes up (and down)

In the past weeks, bus enthusiasts and standard customers have learnt that First Eastern Counties (Ipswich) are changing some of their services slightly. 

The current route 61 which serves between Tower Ramparts and Greenwich via Nacton Road (Holbrook Road), and from 18th November, this will become the 60A service and will no longer operate the loop around Sandyhill Lane and Robeck Road. The current 60 will become the self-same nonetheless this will will now operate a one-way loop via Clapgate Lane, Hossack Road, Shannon Road and Reynolds Road. Buses will no longer serve Mildmay Road and Boyton Road due to seriously nanoscopic quantities of passengers using the service in these areas.The 60E however will become evening services from 19:00 (Monday to Saturday) and 18:10 (Sundays and Bank Holidays), from Tower Ramparts. From Greenwich (Holbrook Road), 19:00 (Mondays to Saturdays), and 18:19 (Sundays and Bank Holidays).

For the Felixstowe services, the 76 and 77 will no longer serve Felixstowe Road, Cobham Road, and John Lewis and Waitrose, so they will be serving the self-same service as the standard 75 but they will not go into the actual hospital itself, so customers needing the hospital for general appointments will need to cross a congested road, substantially the customers who are in a wheelchair for example or an elderly person. 

However, the X7 will be increasing services which means more people would be able to get to Felixstowe much more quicker (unless the Orwell Bridge is closed). The X7 will begin from Old Cattle Market between 10:00 to 16:00 (every 60 minutes), and between 16:10, 16:40, 17:10 and 17:40 (every 30 minutes). No X7 services will run between Ipswich and Felixstowe or the other way round on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Now for Ipswich Buses, they are changing their fares which'll increase slightly from a standard fare from £2.00 to £2.10, but transfer tickets will suffer from £2.50 to £2.70 which sounds a lot for some passengers using the services provided by Ipswich Buses. 
The only good thing they have done is reduced the adult return tickets which raises on a leaflet. The bad news is that the town rovers will be increasing; a standard adult rover will cost £4.50, under 20 (required ID) £2.70, and a family ticket will cost £6 which is an increase of £1. 
- This changes on 25th November - 

I will be going to Felixstowe Monday to take some pictures of the increased X7 services and some in Ipswich.