Konectbus 412 1212hrs Sheringham to Norwich 240113
Taken exactly ten years ago today on a sub-zero 24th January 2013, Konectbus Optare Tempo type number 412 - YJ09 MHY is captured on the A148 Runton Road between East Runton and Cromer as it works the above Norwich bound service 2 journey. In the background we can see the houses on Wyndham Park which run at right angles down to the cliff edge and beyond, the Beeston Bump can be seen on the skyline just to the left of the telegraph pole to the right.
My trusty Canon EOS 1100D had been purchased in Norwich the previous day - 23rd January 2013 - and this was the very first shot of a bus that I had taken with it. Since then the shutter has clicked well over 46,000 times, although many of these shots have been consigned to the bin.
On Sunday 18th November 2012, Konectbus had introduced service 2 between Sheringham and Norwich via Cromer which prompted a response from Sanders who introduced timing changes and additional journeys on their services. Then on Monday 15th April 2013 Konectbus extended service 2 through to Holt with the Sheringham - Holt section numbered as service 2A. Again Sanders responded to this challenge.
As a result the total number of journeys being provided by both operators each way along the A140/A148 between Norwich and North Norfolk increased dramatically. An example was the Monday to Friday evening peak in July 2013 when no less than twelve buses departed from Norwich Bus Station between 1600hrs and 1815hrs to make the north bound journey. (Sanders 8/Konectbus 4) Some of these terminated at Sheringham, but most continued to Holt and as a consequence when combined with other Sanders services and the then Norfolk Green operated Coasthopper, there were seventeen buses from Cromer to Sheringham and/or Holt between 1701hrs and 1925hrs.
Scrutiny of the April 1978 timetable offered by Eastern Counties, the then incumbent operator, reveals that Monday to Friday there were only fourteen journeys all day (0710hrs to 2240hrs) from Norwich to the coast. Most of them terminated at Cromer with onwards travel to Sheringham and Holt involving a wait and change of bus. During the Monday to Friday evening peak period just five buses departed for Cromer from Norwich with three onward connections to Sheringham/Holt and a Sheringham short.
The Konectbus services 2 Sheringham - Cromer - Norwich and 2A Holt - Sheringham subsequently ceased after operations on Sunday 1st November 2015.
Konectbus 412 1212hrs Sheringham to Norwich 240113
Taken exactly ten years ago today on a sub-zero 24th January 2013, Konectbus Optare Tempo type number 412 - YJ09 MHY is captured on the A148 Runton Road between East Runton and Cromer as it works the above Norwich bound service 2 journey. In the background we can see the houses on Wyndham Park which run at right angles down to the cliff edge and beyond, the Beeston Bump can be seen on the skyline just to the left of the telegraph pole to the right.
My trusty Canon EOS 1100D had been purchased in Norwich the previous day - 23rd January 2013 - and this was the very first shot of a bus that I had taken with it. Since then the shutter has clicked well over 46,000 times, although many of these shots have been consigned to the bin.
On Sunday 18th November 2012, Konectbus had introduced service 2 between Sheringham and Norwich via Cromer which prompted a response from Sanders who introduced timing changes and additional journeys on their services. Then on Monday 15th April 2013 Konectbus extended service 2 through to Holt with the Sheringham - Holt section numbered as service 2A. Again Sanders responded to this challenge.
As a result the total number of journeys being provided by both operators each way along the A140/A148 between Norwich and North Norfolk increased dramatically. An example was the Monday to Friday evening peak in July 2013 when no less than twelve buses departed from Norwich Bus Station between 1600hrs and 1815hrs to make the north bound journey. (Sanders 8/Konectbus 4) Some of these terminated at Sheringham, but most continued to Holt and as a consequence when combined with other Sanders services and the then Norfolk Green operated Coasthopper, there were seventeen buses from Cromer to Sheringham and/or Holt between 1701hrs and 1925hrs.
Scrutiny of the April 1978 timetable offered by Eastern Counties, the then incumbent operator, reveals that Monday to Friday there were only fourteen journeys all day (0710hrs to 2240hrs) from Norwich to the coast. Most of them terminated at Cromer with onwards travel to Sheringham and Holt involving a wait and change of bus. During the Monday to Friday evening peak period just five buses departed for Cromer from Norwich with three onward connections to Sheringham/Holt and a Sheringham short.
The Konectbus services 2 Sheringham - Cromer - Norwich and 2A Holt - Sheringham subsequently ceased after operations on Sunday 1st November 2015.