Brylaine YK57 FHM
The InterConnect 5 has changed a bit since I last saw it... sort of.
Like the InterConnect 7 I saw in Skeg at the end of summer, the IC-prefixed route number has been swapped with a B-prefixed one, presumably standing for Brylaine (or BinterConnect?!). Unfortunately, this means it's now got a number in the same series as the Stagecoach Bakkavor works contract routes. While the chance of any kind if mix-up is probably low realistically, the clarity of the 'IC' prefix is gone, and it does leave you wondering why the change was even necessary in the first place.
The other change I'd already bore witness to, in that the route into and out of Lincoln is now up past the County Hospital rather than entering from the south like before. Only at the time, it was a necessary change due to Pelham Bridge being closed, and the IC5 was going that way as a diversionary route. The bridge reopened, but the conventional route didn't change back. However. a weekday B5X variant and the Saturday B5s (covered by Black Cat Travel and PC Coaches) still run to the original IC5 route.
Entering the city by what is now the standard way for the route, Optare Tempo YK57 FHM makes its way down Pelham Street towards the bus station on 22.9.22
Brylaine YK57 FHM
The InterConnect 5 has changed a bit since I last saw it... sort of.
Like the InterConnect 7 I saw in Skeg at the end of summer, the IC-prefixed route number has been swapped with a B-prefixed one, presumably standing for Brylaine (or BinterConnect?!). Unfortunately, this means it's now got a number in the same series as the Stagecoach Bakkavor works contract routes. While the chance of any kind if mix-up is probably low realistically, the clarity of the 'IC' prefix is gone, and it does leave you wondering why the change was even necessary in the first place.
The other change I'd already bore witness to, in that the route into and out of Lincoln is now up past the County Hospital rather than entering from the south like before. Only at the time, it was a necessary change due to Pelham Bridge being closed, and the IC5 was going that way as a diversionary route. The bridge reopened, but the conventional route didn't change back. However. a weekday B5X variant and the Saturday B5s (covered by Black Cat Travel and PC Coaches) still run to the original IC5 route.
Entering the city by what is now the standard way for the route, Optare Tempo YK57 FHM makes its way down Pelham Street towards the bus station on 22.9.22