David Slater (Spoddendale)'s photos with the keyword: Solent Clipper

Monday 10 January 2006 - On Monday 3 January 2006 Burtons Coaches introduced a new commercially operated service 356 between Mildenhall and Bury St. Edmunds competing with the Suffolk County Council supported services along the same route. W903 UJM, an Alexander ALX200 bodied Volvo B10BLE, carried the 'Timesaver' and route branding for the service. It had been transferred to Burtons from Tellings-Golden Miller at Portsmouth where it had been employed on the X27/X47 'Solent Clipper' services linking Portsmouth and Southampton. Milldenhall's controversial bus station was set to open the following Monday (17 January) and until then Bury St. Edmunds departures were from outside Bussens and Parkin's store in King Street which had limited space. Consequently we parked the bus outside St. Mary's Church in the High Street until it was time to load for the return trip.

Monday 16 January 2006 - Mildenhall's controversial bus station opened for business today (although the official opening took place the following day) which occupied the site of the town car park and a small bus lay-by - which had closed one year and one week earlier on 10 January 2005. Burtons Coaches W903 UJM, an Alexander ALX200 bodied Volvo B10BLE, is seen on stand A prior to working the 1024 service 356 to Bury St. Edmunds. This was a new commercially operated service which commenced on Monday 3 January 2006 competing with the Suffolk County Council supported services along the same route. W903 UJM came to Burtons Coaches from Tellings-Golden Miller at Portsmouth where it had been employed on the X27/X47 'Solent Clipper' services linking Portsmouth and Southampton

Wednesday 22 September 2005 (approx 1035) - W903 UJM, an Alexander ALX200 bodied Volvo B10BLE, came to Burtons Coaches from Tellings-Golden Miller at Portsmouth where it had been employed on the X27/X47 'Solent Clipper' services linking Portsmouth and Southampton. The bus was put into service before the removal of he branding/lettering etc market that service which made it look a little out of place in East Anglia! It is seen here at Red Lodge when working the 1015 Newmarket-Thetford service 200. On 3 January 2006 it became the regular bus on a new commercially operated service 356 between Mildenhall and Bury St. Edmunds I which I regularly drove.

Wednesday 22 September 2005 (approx 1035) - W903 UJM, an Alexander ALX200 bodied Volvo B10BLE, came to Burtons Coaches from Tellings-Golden Miller at Portsmouth where it had been employed on the X27/X47 'Solent Clipper' services linking Portsmouth and Southampton. The bus was put into service before the removal of he branding/lettering etc market that service which made it look a little out of place in East Anglia! It is seen here at Red Lodge when working the 1015 Newmarket-Thetford service 200. On 3 January 2006 it became the regular bus on a new commercially operated service 356 between Mildenhall and Bury St. Edmunds I which I regularly drove.

Wednesday 22 September 2005 (approx 1035) - W903 UJM, an Alexander ALX200 bodied Volvo B10BLE, came to Burtons Coaches from Tellings-Golden Miller at Portsmouth where it had been employed on the X27/X47 'Solent Clipper' services linking Portsmouth and Southampton. The bus was put into service before the removal of he branding/lettering etc market that service which made it look a little out of place in East Anglia! It is seen here at Red Lodge when working the 1015 Newmarket-Thetford service 200. On 3 January 2006 it became the regular bus on a new commercially operated service 356 between Mildenhall and Bury St. Edmunds I which I regularly drove.