Stagecoach in Bedford 10877 (YX67 VDO) in Cambridge - 1 Sep 2020 (P1070488)

Tuesday 1 September 2020 (0810) – Quite recently the Stagecoach Cambridge to Oxford X5 service was split at Bedford with the Bedford-Oxford section retaining service number X5 and the Bedford-Cambridge section becoming service 905.

Stagecoach in Bedford 10877 (YX67 VDO), an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400D MMC new in October 2017, is seen at Parkside, Cambridge about to work the 0800 departure of service 905 to Bedford. The service is registered in two sections (Cambridge-St. Neots/St. Neots-Bedford), two shorter sections which keeps it within the rules of domestic driving hours and formalities.

Standing behind is City of Oxford Motor Services Limited 59 (BM68 AHU), a Caetano Levante bodied Volvo B11RT new in February 2019, which was between trips on National Express service 737. It had worked the 0630 trip from Stansted arriving here at 0715 and departed at 0820 for Oxford (arriving there at 1300). Looking at the timetable it looked like it may have previously worked the 0200 service from Oxford to Stansted (arriving at 0535).