Coach Services Limited YT09 YHN in Barton Mills - 6 Sep 2024 (P1190670)

Friday 6 September 2024 (0828) – Coach Services Limited of Thetford YT09 YHN seen in Barton Mills when working the 0755 service 357 from Cavenham to Mildenhall. It is an East Lancs bodied Scania N270UD that was new to Nottingham City Transport in May 2009 as their 966.

Coach Services began operating the Suffolk County Council sponsored services 357 and 358 on Monday 2 September 2024 which had until the previous Saturday (31 August) been operated by Mulleys Motorways. (No services run on Sundays).

The outline of service remains very much the same as before although with some minor alterations to the schedule which is now:

0755 Cavenham-Tuddenham-Herringswell-Red Lodge-Barton Mills- Mildenhall-MCA/The Hub 0835 (Schooldays only) (357)

0900 Mildenhall-West Row-Mildenhall 0928 (358)
0930 Mildenhall-Worlington-Freckenham- Red Lodge-Herringswell-Tuddenham-Cavenham-Risby-Bury St. Edmunds 1021 (357)
1025 Bury St. Edmunds-Risby-Cavenham-Tuddenham-Herringswell-Red Lodge-Freckenham-Worlington-Mildenhall 1115 (357)
1117 Mildenhall-West Row-Mildenhall 1145 (358)
1230 Mildenhall-Worlington-Freckenham- Red Lodge-Herringswell-Tuddenham-Cavenham-Risby-Bury St. Edmunds 1321 (357)
1325 Bury St. Edmunds-Risby-Cavenham-Tuddenham-Herringswell-Red Lodge-Freckenham-Worlington-Mildenhall 1415 (357)
1417 Mildenhall-West Row-Mildenhall 1445 (358)

1540 MCA/The Hub-Mildenhall-Barton Mills-Red Lodge-Herringswell-Tuddenham-Cavenham-Risby-Bury St. Edmunds 1637 (Schooldays only) (357)

1735 Bury St. Edmunds-Risby-Cavenham-Tuddenham-Herringswell-Red Lodge (Monday to Friday) 357

Whereas Mulleys used the same bus on the services all day, Coach Services interwork services 357/358 with their Thetford-Brandon-Mildenhall services 200/201 resulting in the three West Row circular services being covered by three different buses Mondays to Fridays.