Stephensons of Essex 642 (YN55 NKC) in Cambridge - 9 Feb 2024 (P1170336)

Friday 9 February 2024 (1020) – Stephensons of Essex 642 (YN55 NKC) seen leaving Drummer Street bus station, Cambridge working the 1018 service 12 to Newmarket via Bottisham. This was one of the services Stephensons took on after Stagecoach East made a wholesale withdrawal of their Newmarket area services after 29 October 2022.

It is an East Lancs Omnidekka bodied Scania N94UD that had been new to London Sovereign as their SLE34 in October 2005.

According to the tracker on the Bus Times website this bus had worked the following trips earlier:

0725 Exning-Newmarket-Bury St. Edmunds 0832 (311)
0855 Bury St. Edmunds-Kentford-Newmarket 0925 (X16)
0930 Newmarket-Cambridge 1010 (12)
1018 Cambridge-Newmarket 1055 (12)
then
1100 Newmarket-Mildenhall-Bury St. Edmunds 1222 (16)
1300 Bury St. Edmunds-Mildenhall-Newmarket 1418 (16)
1427 Newmarket-Cambridge 1507 (12)
1518 Cambridge-Newmarket 1600 (12)
1600 Newmarket Town Circular 1615 (12A)
1630 Newmarket-Mildenhall-Bury St. Edmunds 1752 (16)
1800 Bury St. Edmunds-Mildenhall-Newmarket 1918 (16)