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Saturday 17 November 2018

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. 


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