P1180638

A bus ticket issued for a journey on the 0850 Simonds of Botesdale service 304 from Bury St. Edmunds to Stanton on Wednesday 19 June 2024. The service continued to Diss where the company is based. In May 2024 the Simonds business was acquired by Vectare and the Simonds services are to be rebranded.

The bus was SN56 AGV, a Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TL that had been new to Lothian Buses (813) in December 2006. It had been operated by Xelabus (as G14 XEL) then Weardale Travel, Stanhope before joining the Simonds fleet.