Stagecoach East 15201 (YN64 ANV) in Kentford - 3 Oct 2022 (P1130611)

Monday 3 October 2022 (1132) – Stagecoach East 15201 (YN64 ANV) seen passing The Bell Inn in Kentford when working the 1124 service 11 from Newmarket to Bury St. Edmunds.

It is an Alexander Dennis Enviro400 bodied Scania N230UD that was new in November 2014 for operation on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway. It carries the Busway livery.

Kentford has two hostelries, one at each end of the village, both of which have been used as timetable points on services 11 and X11. ‘The Kentford’ at the eastern end of the village is still referred to by its old historical name of The Cock Inn. The Bell Inn is located at the western end of the village although, because of it standing on the boundary with the neighbouring village of Kennett, has a formal address of the latter!

During mid-September 2022 Stagecoach East announced its intention to withdraw quite a number of bus services which it said were no longer commercially sustainable. Their services 11/X11 ceased after operation on Saturday 29 October 2022 along with the Cambridge-Newmarket-Ely service 12. Replacement services were introduced by Stephensons of Essex from Monday 31 October 2022.

Using the tracker on the Bus Times website this bus was shown as running the following trips today:

0615 Newmarket-Bury St. Edmunds 0640 (11)
0645 Bury St. Edmunds-Cambridge 0754 (X11)
0950 Cambridge-Newmarket 1107 (11)
1124 Newmarket-Bury St. Edmunds 1149 (11)
1205 Bury St. Edmunds-Cambridge 1359 (11)
1425 Cambridge-Ely 1556 (12)
1651 Ely-Cambridge 1827 (12)
1835 Cambridge-Bury St. Edmunds 1942 (X11)
1945 Bury St. Edmunds-Newmarket 2015 (11)