Stagecoach East Midlands 27764
Stagecoach East Midlands ADL Enviro 300 FX61HGL (27764) seen as it crosses the Lincoln to Barnetby line at Holton le Moor whilst operating the 10:40 Grimsby-Lincoln 53.
The allocation on Grimsby's 51 and 53 'InterConnect' services theoretically changed from Scania E400s to B7RLE Eclipses in August last year after the five of the former type allocated to the depot were moved to Worksop. I say theoretically as, as mentioned in the caption for my photograph of 19074 in October, the Eclipses do not seem to have taken well to this longer distance work for some reason. This was the fourth occasion I have attempted to photograph one, and the fourth occasion when a different vehicle type appeared. 27764 was one of five integral E300s to move from Mansfield to Grimsby in August as fleet strength replacements for the departed Scania E400s, and these seem to be particularly common on the 53.
Grimsby's input on the 53 consists of an all-day duty on the full route, plus two peak extra duties. The other two buses on the route are operated from Lincoln and comprise the other full route duty plus the vehicle for the short journeys between Lincoln and Market Rasen. This is a route which has been consistently scaled back over the past decade or so. A would-be flagship service was introduced in 2010 with new Scania E400s operating hourly between Newark, Lincoln, and Grimsby under the auspicious of the 3/X3. The section south of Lincoln was soon discontinued, whilst in 2012 the service was reduced to two-hourly between Lincoln and Grimsby, with short workings operating between Lincoln and Market Rasen to maintain an hourly frequency on that leg. It has become commonplace to see single deckers on the route in recent years, a trend which the replacement of the Scanias with the B7RLEs will only increase.
Stagecoach East Midlands 27764
Stagecoach East Midlands ADL Enviro 300 FX61HGL (27764) seen as it crosses the Lincoln to Barnetby line at Holton le Moor whilst operating the 10:40 Grimsby-Lincoln 53.
The allocation on Grimsby's 51 and 53 'InterConnect' services theoretically changed from Scania E400s to B7RLE Eclipses in August last year after the five of the former type allocated to the depot were moved to Worksop. I say theoretically as, as mentioned in the caption for my photograph of 19074 in October, the Eclipses do not seem to have taken well to this longer distance work for some reason. This was the fourth occasion I have attempted to photograph one, and the fourth occasion when a different vehicle type appeared. 27764 was one of five integral E300s to move from Mansfield to Grimsby in August as fleet strength replacements for the departed Scania E400s, and these seem to be particularly common on the 53.
Grimsby's input on the 53 consists of an all-day duty on the full route, plus two peak extra duties. The other two buses on the route are operated from Lincoln and comprise the other full route duty plus the vehicle for the short journeys between Lincoln and Market Rasen. This is a route which has been consistently scaled back over the past decade or so. A would-be flagship service was introduced in 2010 with new Scania E400s operating hourly between Newark, Lincoln, and Grimsby under the auspicious of the 3/X3. The section south of Lincoln was soon discontinued, whilst in 2012 the service was reduced to two-hourly between Lincoln and Grimsby, with short workings operating between Lincoln and Market Rasen to maintain an hourly frequency on that leg. It has become commonplace to see single deckers on the route in recent years, a trend which the replacement of the Scanias with the B7RLEs will only increase.