Freestone’s Coaches (Megabus contractor) YT68 GXM at Barton Mills - 5 Apr 2020 (P1060626)

Sunday 5 April 2020 (1344 BST) – Freestones Coaches YT68 GXM, a Scania K410 with Higer bodywork new in October 2018, seen on the A11 at Barton Mills when working the 1220 Megabus service M37 from Norwich to Birmingham. It would return from Birmingham as the 1800 service.

This was to be the last M37 trip for some time as a result the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic restrictions and, like National Express, Megabus was ceasing to operate services after today until further notice.

Having left Norwich (University of East Anglia) at 1235 the coach, on a busy day, would normally pass here 45 minutes later. I had waited in a decent spot on the roundabout from 1305 and by 1340 I decided to give up. Just after I moved off the coach passed by nearly 25 minutes behind schedule. The next timetabled point was Cambridge at 1355 about 25 minutes run on the roads that were very lightly trafficked in the current crisis.